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Christian Rex van Minnen

© Courtesy of Christian Rex van Minnen and cadet capela
Biography

Born in 1980, Providence, RI
Lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA
Transported by Venetian techniques developed by Titian and Rembrandt, creates paintings with disturbing plastic precision, blending beauty and grotesque in a strikingly photographic manner. Inspired by surrealism and the spiritual teachings of Carl Jung, the artist explores the internal transformations of body and mind through an alchemical visual language. His paintings show how experiences of change can be felt physically, transforming the body into a host for these metamorphoses.

Christian Rex van Minnen received his BA from Regis University, Denver. His works are in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, Djurhuus Collection, Christine & Andy Hall Collection, Colección Solo, and the Richard B. Sachs Collection.

Exhibitions
L'or mord l'os

L’or mord l’os

Ken Sortais, Christian Rex van Minnen

August 31 — October 5, 2024

13 rue Béranger, 75003 Paris
BLUNT!

BLUNT!

Ryan Travis Christian, Namio Harukawa, Erin M. Riley, Christian Rex van Minnen

September 26 — October 31, 2020

54 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
Group show

Group show

Monica Kim Garza, James Jarvis, Rhys Lee, Brandon Lipchik, Erin M. Riley, Christian Rex van Minnen

June 21 — 29, 2019

Montpellier
Works on paper

Works on paper

Christian Rex van Minnen

May 9 — 19, 2019

Rue Chapon, Paris, FR
Réalisme d'aujourd'hui

Réalisme d’aujourd’hui

Monica Kim Garza, Erin M. Riley, Theo Triantafyllidis, Christian Rex van Minnen

December 4 — 18, 2018

Rue de Picardie, Paris, FR

Curriculum vitae

Solo and two-person exhibitions
  • 2024
    L’or mord l’os, with Ken Sortais, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • 2023
    La Luz Atrapada, Veta Galeria, Madrid, ES
  • 2022
    Coniunctio, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • 2021
    It Comes In Waves, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, JP
  • Skin Bone Quinacridone Adrenochrome, Galeria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, ES
  • 2020
    Westcliff, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • 2019
    Bloom, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, US
  • Works on paper, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • In Heaven, everything is Fine, with Aaron Johnson, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • 2018
    Chum Chum Rubby Dubby, with Aaron Johnson, AishoNanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
  • 2017
    Mourning Wood in Liminal Dawn, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
  • 2016
    Enantiodromia, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2015
    Golden Memes, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, US
  • 2014
    Glazed and Confused, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2013
    Welsh Rats, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, US
  • 2012
    Fever Dream, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • 2011
    Rainbow Blight, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • 2010
    Neo-Grotesque, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA, US
Group exhibitions
  • 2023
    Our 25th Anniversary (part 2) group show, Rog La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA, US
  • 2022
    45th Anniversary group show, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, US
  • Sublime Bodies, Aisho Nanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
  • 2021
    My Sweet Doppelgänger, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
  • Summer Summer Group Show, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Figure 9, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, US
  • Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY, US
  • 2020
    Hybrids, CFHILL, Stockholm, SE
  • Blast Over, curated by Christian Rex van Minnen, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, FR
  • BLUNT!, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • Global Pop Underground, curated by Nanzuka, Parco Museum, Tokyo, JP
  • 2019
    Re-New, Postmasters Gallery, Roma, US
  • Group Show, cadet capela, Montpellier, FR
  • Mixed Pickles 5, Ruttkowski;68, Berlin, FR
  • New Image Portrait, Curated by Todd Kramer, Stems Gallery, Brussels, BE
  • 2018
    Réalisme d’aujourd’hui, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • 2017
    Beheaded, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
  • CON-Figuration, Postmasters, New York, NY, US
  • 2016
    Juxtapoz x Superflat, co-curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Pricco, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
  • Juxtapoz x Superflat, co-curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Pricco, Pivot Art + Culture Center, Seattle, WA, US
  • 2015
    Objects Installation, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
  • HEY! 3, Halle St Pierre, Paris, FR
  • The Copenhagen Interpretation, Lodge Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Jokes of Nature, Redline Arts, Denver, CO, US
  • All Types of Characters, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Pulse NYC, Gallery Poulsen, New York, NY, US
  • 2014
    Heat!, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
  • Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO, US
  • Winter Group Show, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY, US
  • Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
  • 2013
    Messin’ With The Masters, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, US
  • The Gallery Poulsen 10 Years Anniversary Show, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
  • Beinart Collective 2013 Group Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Varnish 10th Anniversary Show, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, US
  • The Wild Bunch, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2012
    Unnatural History, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK, US
  • Against the Grain, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • 2011
    Cute and Creepy, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL, US
  • Don’t Wake Daddy VI, Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg, DE
  • Dark Water, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
  • What would we wish for in the future?, Biologiska Museet, Stockholm, SE
  • Another Roadside Attraction, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, US
  • 2010
    Ripe, Seattle Pacific Arts Center, Seattle, WA, US
  • Another Roadside Attraction, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, US
  • New Realisms, MiTO Contemporary, Barcelona, ES
  • 2009
    OCHO: Numero Atomico Global Group Show, ROJO Artspace, Barcelona, ES
  • 15th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fairs
  • 2023
    Tokyo Gendai, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, JP
  • Art Basel, Nanzuka Underground, Hong Kong, HK
  • 2022
    Art Basel, Nanzuka Underground, Miami, FL, US
  • CAN Art Fair, Veta Galeria, Ibiza, ES
  • 2021
    Art Basel, Nanzuka Underground, Miami, FL, US
  • Untitled Miami, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, US
  • 2019
    Untitled Miami, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, FL, US
  • Art Brussels Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Brussels, BE
  • 2018
    Untitled Miami, solo, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, US
  • 2017
    Untitled Miami, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, FL, US
  • EXPO Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
  • Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
  • 2016
    Untitled Miami, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, FL, US
  • EXPO Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
  • Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, TX, US
  • 2012
    Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, US
  • SWAB Contemporary Art Fair, Represented by MiTO Contemporary, Barcelona, ES
Collections
  • Obayashi Collection, JP
  • Beth Rudin de Woody Collection
  • Hall Art Foundation
  • Denver Art Museum
  • Djurhuus Collection
  • Colecciōn Solo, ES
  • Richard B. Sachs Collection
Residencies
  • 2011
    Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO, US
Education
  • BA, Regis University, Denver, CO, US
Editions

Above So Below Anima Surf
Christian Rex van Minnen

Lithograph

Pareidolia In Limestone
Christian Rex van Minnen

Lithograph

Stone Flowers
Christian Rex van Minnen

Lithograph

Them New Thought Motherfuckers
Christian Rex van Minnen

Lithograph
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