Clara-Lane Lens

Clara-Lane Lens
Clara-Lane Lens
Born	Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Known for	Painting

Clara-Lane Lens is a Belgian painter, so far particularly known for focussing on portraits of androgynous^[1] personas.^[2] At the age of 17, she had a first solo exhibition in Brussels (BE).^[3] Genderless,^[4] the theme of that expo stays the inspiration for most of her works upon today.^[5]

Astrid Verreycken^[6] in 254Forest:^[7] "Clara-Lane Lens paints using a classic imagery. Her works veers between the directness of a quick snapshot and an extensive study of the human body. All figures share something similar, beautiful but introvert. They are inward-looking, lost in thought. But there is also a kind of physical absence. She deliberately omits the characteristics that could reveal a character's gender. Spectators are regularly misled, yet precisely that's the attraction in her work. As you are left with the sense that something has eluded you."

Clara-Lane Lens currently lives and works at her atelier in Berlin (DE).^[8]

Biography

Clara-Lane Lens was born in Brussels (BE). She did study at Luca, School of Arts,^[9] Ghent (BE). From 2019 on, immediately after obtaining her master's degree in the Arts,^[10] she moved to live and work in Berlin (DE).

Cooperations

In 2006 Clara-Lane Lens was introduced to the screen as a child actress (role The Whisper Kid) in the art film^[11] 'Love is the only master I'll serve,'^[12] world premiering at the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), New York^[13]
In 2015 her painting The Unknown Soldier was used as front cover for the double CD Shell Shock (opera)^[14] by Nick Cave & Nicholas Lens,^[15] Universal Music Distribution published by Mute Records, London.
Besides being mostly known as a painter, in 2020 Clara-Lane Lens performed as well as solo singer and speaker on all twelve tracks of the cd L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S,^[16] a recorded album of the trance-chamber opera^[17] written and produced by Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens. The CD was released and distributed by Deutsche Grammophon^[18] and published by Mute Records, London.

Exhibitions and projects

2015 Visceral, Barcelona (ES), group^[19]
2018 Teerling, In de Ruimte, Ghent (BE), group
2018 SOLO EXHIBITION, Genderless, Le Lac, Brussels (BE)
2018 This thing in Aalst, Huis de Bolle, Aalst (BE), group
2018 Exhibition Fabrik, Leuven (BE), group
2019 Voor De Kat Zijn Viool, Nucleo Lindelei, Ghent (BE), group
2019 Braises de Satin -Maxence, publication CL-LL^[10]^[20]
2019 New Saints, Waldburger Wouters Gallery,^[21] Brussels (BE), group^[22]
2020 Experimental, Basement Berlin (DE), group
2020 These Selves, Pilar, Brussels (BE), group ^[16]
2020 Watering plants, Spoiler Zone, Berlin (DE), group
2020 SOLO EXHIBITION, They never used to talk much, 254Forest, Brussels (BE)^[23]
2020 Community Exhibition Subbacultcha Magazine, De Studio, Antwerp (BE), group
2021 Grove Collective,^[24] London (EN), group
2021 Nationale 8 Gallery, Brussels (BE), Brussels GalleryWeekend^[25] duo
2021 SOLO EXHIBITION Moon in Vertigo, That's what x said, Brussels(BE)^[26]
2021 Infinite Discontinuity, SAO festival, Farrera (ES), group ^[27]
2021 Have we met?^[24] Backhaus Project (Grove Collective), Berlin (DE), duo^[28]
2022 Friends of Ruby, Ruby Gallery, Brussels (BE), group^[29]
2022 SOLO EXHIBITION, Tell us we belong, Silvestri Galleria, Madrid (ES)^[30]
2023 SOLO EXHIBITION, Hiding between droplets of steam, JVDW, Düsseldorf (DE)^[31]
2024 SOLO EXHIBITION, It is cold in the cactus garden, Silvestri Galleria, Madrid (ES)^[32]

Artistic Residencies

2020 Banditto Residency, Montepulciano (IT)^[33]
2021 Can Centre d'Art i Natura, Farrera (ES)^[34]

References

^ Belgian Pride: Moon in Vertigo September 23, 2021
^ "Clara-Lane Lens". 6 October 2021.
^ "Clara-Lane Lens - Self-portrait after a quarantine fight".
^ "Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens -September 23, 2021".
^ "Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis". www.bruzz.be.
^ "Astrid Vereycken".
^ "They never used to talk much".
^ "An Interview with the Painter Clara-Lane Lens". 8 January 2021.
^ "LUCA | School of Arts".
^ ^a ^b "New Masters: Clara-Lane Lens".
^ "Love is the Only Master I'll Serve". Brooklyn Film Festival.
^ Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve - Flanders Image ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Love is the Only Master I'll Serve". IMDb.
^ "Opera Shell Shock on cd". La Monnaie / De Munt. 11 November 2016.
^ Nicholas Lens - MuteSong
^ ^a ^b "Clara-Lane Lens exhibits a body of many selves at 254Forest".
^ L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S: L'opera confine de Nicholas Lens and Nick Cave radiofrance.fr
^ "L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave". www.deutschegrammophon.com.
^ "Visceral Class, Part I: Barcelona, Spain". Engaging Vitality. 26 November 2022.
^ Culture Club Live: Bezette Stad 100 April 2, 2021
^ Return of the Art: 7 Must See Exhibitions: 6-New Saints at the Waldburger Wouters July 21, 2021
^ "New Saints".
^ "They never used to talk much".
^ ^a ^b Clara-Lane Lens Artist Page / Grove Collective
^ Clara-Lane Lens - Nationale Gallery
^ "Opening & first solo show: Clara-Lane Lens (BE/D)".
^ Infinite Discontinuity - Sao Festival ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Artland - Discover and Buy Art Online". www.artland.com.
^ "Ruby & (more) Friends". Ruby Gallery.
^ "Silvestri Galleria - Tell us we belong -exhibition Clara-Lane Lens -June 4 until July 23, 2022". www.galeriasilvestre.com.
^ "It's cold in the cactus garden". arteinformado.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Clara-Lane Lens – hiding between droplets of steam". jvdw.gallery. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Our network".
^ "Centre d'Art i Natura".

External links

[1] Belgian Pride: Moon in Vertigo September 23, 2021

[2] "Clara-Lane Lens". 6 October 2021.

[3] "Clara-Lane Lens - Self-portrait after a quarantine fight".

[4] "Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens -September 23, 2021".

[5] "Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis". www.bruzz.be.

[6] "Astrid Vereycken".

[7] "They never used to talk much".

[8] "An Interview with the Painter Clara-Lane Lens". 8 January 2021.

[9] "LUCA | School of Arts".

[auto-10] "New Masters: Clara-Lane Lens".

[11] "Love is the Only Master I'll Serve". Brooklyn Film Festival.

[12] Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve - Flanders Image ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[13] "Love is the Only Master I'll Serve". IMDb.

[14] "Opera Shell Shock on cd". La Monnaie / De Munt. 11 November 2016.

[15] Nicholas Lens - MuteSong

[auto1-16] "Clara-Lane Lens exhibits a body of many selves at 254Forest".

[17] L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S: L'opera confine de Nicholas Lens and Nick Cave radiofrance.fr

[18] "L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave". www.deutschegrammophon.com.

[19] "Visceral Class, Part I: Barcelona, Spain". Engaging Vitality. 26 November 2022.

[20] Culture Club Live: Bezette Stad 100 April 2, 2021

[21] Return of the Art: 7 Must See Exhibitions: 6-New Saints at the Waldburger Wouters July 21, 2021

[22] "New Saints".

[23] "They never used to talk much".

[grovecollective.co-24] Clara-Lane Lens Artist Page / Grove Collective

[25] Clara-Lane Lens - Nationale Gallery

[26] "Opening & first solo show: Clara-Lane Lens (BE/D)".

[27] Infinite Discontinuity - Sao Festival ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[28] "Artland - Discover and Buy Art Online". www.artland.com.

[29] "Ruby & (more) Friends". Ruby Gallery.

[30] "Silvestri Galleria - Tell us we belong -exhibition Clara-Lane Lens -June 4 until July 23, 2022". www.galeriasilvestre.com.

[31] "It's cold in the cactus garden". arteinformado.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[32] "Clara-Lane Lens – hiding between droplets of steam". jvdw.gallery. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[33] "Our network".

[34] "Centre d'Art i Natura".

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