19. Kristin Hjellegjerde
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
London Wandsworth
Ariel, 26 Jun – 31 Jul 2021Louis BennettVividly rendered characters appear against a collage of painted scenes that contrast romantic, pastoral imagery and bright, cartoonesque colours with crumbling gothic architecture and an underlying sense of foreboding.. Read more
London, Melior Place
The Desperate Journey II, 15 June – 17 July 2021Tewodros HagosExhausted faces, framed by bright orange life jackets, gaze out at the viewer, their eyes filled with emotion while other figures are huddled together in groups, their bodies wrapped in shimmering golden blankets as they watch distant boats on stormy seas. Read more
Berlin
In Orbit, 5 June – 3 July 2021Rithika MerchantRachel Garrard Intricate, mythical scenes populated with winged women and mystical symbols appear lush and vibrant alongside subtle, geometric forms painted in earthy, faded hues on textured linen. Read more
EARLIER EXHIBITIONS
London Wandsworth
A New Dawn, 21 May – 19 June 2021 Rufai Zakari Flamboyantly dressed figures appear against colourful patterned backgrounds, at once painterly and graphic in style. Read more
London, Melior Place
Wabi-Sabi, 14 May – 20 June 2021 Cigdem AkyAdeline de MonseignatNatascha SchmittenEmilia KinaPanos Tsagaris ‘Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble,’ from Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren. Read more
London Wandsworth
A New Dawn, 21 May – 19 June 2021 Rufai Zakari Flamboyantly dressed figures appear against colourful patterned backgrounds, at once painterly and graphic in style. Read more
Berlin
Long Hands, 30 April – 29 May 2021 Dawit Abebe Monstrous, oversized arms loom over crowds of small people against a backdrop of children’s sketches and pages torn from exercise books. Read more
London Wandsworth
The Need for Roots, 16 April – 15 May 2021 Christiane Pooley Expansive, blue-tinted landscapes appear profoundly empty or otherwise, occupied by faceless figures and fractured images that slide across the canvas, their colours and edges fading into one another. Read more
London, Melior Place
Eclipse of the Scrolls, 1 April – 8 May 2021 Gerald Chukwuma Through a frenzy of colours and symbols that are chiselled, burnt and painted onto panels of wood, Nigerian artist Gerald Chukwuma creates striking visual language that weaves together ancient symbols, contemporary and historic references. Read more
Berlin
Myths, 27 March – 24 April 2021 Kelechi Charles Nwaneri Black figures with striking motifs painted white onto their skin appear against burning blue skies and stylised settings. These people are the deities and characters from Igbo mythology, vividly reimagined by Nigerian artist Kelechi Nwaneri. Read more
London Wandsworth
Nangeli, 4 March – 10 April 2021 Muhammad Zeeshan Bare-chested women stare solemnly outwards at the viewer, their poses at times proud and at others self-conscious, each muscle rendered in precise, beautiful detail. Read more
London, Melior Place
Tonight the Air is Warm, 26 February – 27 March 2021 Budi Agung KuswaraGenevieve ChuaJo NgoManit SriwanichpoomNicole CosonRobert Zhao RenhuiSarah ChooWawi NavarrozaYee I-Lann Tonight the Air is Warm brings together a collection of vibrant and diverse photography, print and video works by eight established, mid-career and emerging artists from Southeast Asia. Read more
Berlin
Money and Fairy Tales, 19 February - 20 March 2021 Celina Teague Characterful, vibrant animals and bold slogan text combine on the canvas to create arresting imagery that simultaneously seduces and confronts the viewer. Read more
London Wandsworth
Adieu To Old England, 23 January – 27 February 2021 Sverre Malling Surreal, fairytale-esque landscapes and characters are rendered in exquisite detail in Norweigan artist Sverre Malling’s latest collection of drawings. Read more
Berlin
Allegro, 13 January – 6 February 2021 A sheriff playing the flute, a DJ lighting a turntable on fire and a cowboy strumming his guitar against a verdant green sky. These playful, eccentric scenes are the painted visions of Belgian artist Joachim Lambrechts whose vibrant, dynamic practice celebrates joy, humour and free creative expression. Read more
London Wandsworth
Devil's in the detail, 20 November 2020 – 16 January 2021Dawit AbebeForrest KirkHouda TerjumanKate MccGwireKhushna Sulaman-ButtKimathi MafafoLincoln MwangiMinyoung ChoiRabia FarooquiRene GonzálezRufai ZakariSimón ArrebolaSoheila SokhanvariTuesday RiddellThe latest group show at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s Wandsworth gallery in London brings together the work of 13 artists whose practices, though distinct, are engaging with our world, challenging our perceptions and reflecting the realities of our history, contemporary culture and society. Read more
London, Melior Place
Gathering, 6 November – 9 January 2021 A group of people sit with their backs to the viewer while in the distance a crowd of spectral figures form a wall of bodies that blends into the beige background. Read more
Berlin
A stopped world, 3 November – 19 December 2020 A vast textured sky, bruised blue, purple, and pink, with billowing clouds of smoke simultaneously evokes a sense of stillness and motion, fragility and power. Turning her eye once again to reproductions of nature’s expanse, British artist Caroline Jane Harris’ new body of work explores the making and manifestation of imagery in the digital age. Read more
London, Melior Place
Into Yonderland, 25 Sep – 31 Oct 2020 Dream-like, colourful figures appear in theatrical and absurd scenes, caught in an uneasy balance between the familiar and the strange, the comedic and the uncanny. Often painted in a vibrant, fairground colour palette, the works invite the viewer into a world of illusion in which the more macabre aspects are revealed as the scene unfolds before the gaze. Read more
Tears Like Northern Rain, 9 Oct – 31 Oct 2020 Dramatic stylised scenes rendered in a striking contrast of natural and acid tones recall the bold aesthetics of comic books and Pop art with vivid contemporary perspective. This is the work of Lancashire-born, London-based artist Louis Bennett whose practice explores personal narratives within the shifting context of British history and politics. Read more
Berlin
Zima Blue, 11 September – 24 October 2020 Martine Poppe Public and private, demure and violent, ordered and wild – for her second exhibition in Berlin, young Norwegian artist Martine Poppe has produced an extraordinary series of paintings and sculptures. Read more.
London Wandsworth
The Desperate Journey, 21 September – 10 October 2020 Tewodros Hagos Lone figures appear standing wrapped in silver and gold blankets against moody grey skies while exhausted faces, framed by their life jackets, look pleading out from the canvas. Read more.
London, Melior Place
A Splendour Among Shadows, 26 August – 19 September 2020 Lorena García MateuRichard Stone Bringing together the sculptural work of London-based artist Richard Stone and Spanish artist Lorena García Mateu’s paintings, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery presents A Splendour Among Shadows, a timely exploration of sensuality and artistic representation. Read more.
London Wandsworth
A Place That Cannot Be, 7 August – 6 September 2020 Maha Ahmed
A pink crane swoops into a white sky above a landscape of exotic plants and dark earth. This is the artistic world of Pakistani artist Maha Ahmed whose work explores the relationship between the self and the other through the creation of mythical visual narratives.Read more
Berlin
Everything, 30 July – 29 August 2020 Richard Schur
Imagine a watch, each component crafted, polished and positioned by hand, using tools refined and perfected by a true master. A watch so exquisite it becomes time’s keeper rather than its teller. Everything is connected; if just one component is altered or removed, the hands of time will cease to turn. Read more
London, Melior Place
When will I see you again? 10 July – 15 August 2020 Kyle Meyer
Three naked forms emerge behind a rash of colours as if coming up for air. This large-scale textural self-portrait articulates the feelings of seclusion, claustrophobia and anxiety that run throughout Kyle Meyer’s latest body of work. Read more
London Wandsworth
The Echo of Time, 1 July – 31 July 2020
A mysterious, sombre female figure leads us silently through a series of vivid and surreal settings. Both sculptural and ethereal she appears in different forms, hovering between worlds, just as the imagery that surrounds her creates a layered impression of familiarity and mystery, closeness and distance, ancient and modern. Read more
Berlin
Inadequate, Just Inadequate, 18 Jun – 25 Jul 2020
A series of lyrical paintings produced in Portugal, which draw inspiration from the isolation of ‘social distancing’ and Portugal’s fascination with the concept of saudade – the yearning to escape what you cannot live without, to possess what you know will do you harm. Read more
London, Melior Place
10001 afternoons, 22 May – 3 Jul 2020
Strong female figures appear vibrant and empowered in Wycliffe Mundopa’s complex theatrical scenes. These are the residents of Mbare — one of Harare’s most colourful townships — whom play a central role in not just the infrastructure of Zimbabwe’s largely informal economy, but also the shaping of a proud national identity. Read more
Berlin
Ikwokirikwo: The Dance of Spirits, 9 May – 13 Jun 2020
Gerald Chukwuma’s thrilling ability to capture moments of rapture reaches new heights in his meditations on the ancient Ikwokirikwo dance, at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin. Read more
London Wandsworth
On the Spur of the Moment, 15 May – 27 Jun 2020
Red-eyed cowboys smoke cigarettes and sit astride rearing horses while a burly woman practises the guitar on a blue wooden chair. For his first solo exhibition entitled On the spur of the moment at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Wandsworth, Joachim Lambrechts invites viewers into a dynamic visual world inspired by impulsivity and play. Read more
Modern Times, 20 Mar – 17 May 2020 Sinta Tantra
Modern Times, an exhibition of new work by Sinta Tantra curated by Guillaume Vandame. Read more
All the Days and Nights, 28 Feb – 9 May 2020 Group Exhibition
The latest group show at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s Wandsworth gallery in London brings together the work of 16 artists who are exploring portraiture through their different mediums. Read more
Fragments of Life, 13 Mar – 25 Apr 2020 Rebecca Brodskis
In gesture, expression and the subtle distortion of surface reality, Rebecca Brodskis captures whole lives, tells stories of place and friendship, charts love’s course – from exploration through to performance – as a colour, a tangle of limbs, an embrace, and a dance. Read more
Solo Exhibition, 14 Feb – 14 Mar 2020 Dawit Abebe
Huge figures stand with their backs turned to the viewer as if trying to fade into the colourful painted backgrounds, alongside a collection of monstrous hands extending from muscular male bodies. Read more
Mystery of things, 8 February – 7 March 2020 Vibeke Slyngstad
Vulnerable and cussed. Indifferent and in need of protection. A scrap of overlooked scrubland near a refugee camp in east Jerusalem. A trail once used by the Comanche, where Donald Trump now wants his wall. A place of retreat in India. A coastal nature reserve in Norway. Read more
Maní, 10 January – 8 February, 2020 Ana Barriga
A giant peanut with a blue face and red lips resides as deity over a vibrant world of cartoon-like creatures. This is Maní, the fictional civilisation created by Spanish artist Ana Barriga in which society centres around the peanut. For her solo show at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s gallery in London Bridge, the artist presents a new series of imaginative paintings that visualise everyday life in the peanut community. Read more.
The Three Princes of Serendip, 18 January – 22 February, 2020 Ruprecht Von Kaufmann
Spectral figures float against shadowy backgrounds as if emerging from dust or smoke. These are the surreal, monochromatic visions of Berlin-based artist Ruprecht von Kaufmann, who returns to the medium of drawing for his latest solo exhibition entitled The Three Princes of Serendip at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s gallery in Wandsworth, London. Read more
Transcendental, 14 Dec 2019 – 1 Feb 2020 Sadikou Oukpedjo
Mysterious half-man, half-animal beings appear on the canvas in surreal, seemingly mythological scenes. Togolese artist Sadikou Oukpedjo presents a stunning new series of paintings for his solo exhibition Transcendental at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin. Read more
አንዳፍታ (Moment), 22 November – 20 December, 2019 Wendimagegn Belete
Stitching together fragments from historic and contemporary Ethiopian culture, Wendimagegn Belete creates vibrant, textural collage paintings that explore the concept of epigenetic inheritance, of memories that transfer over generations and permeate our present. Read more
Strangers in Town, 8 November – 7 December, 2019 Group Exhibition
As our world becomes increasingly digitised, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin presents a group exhibition celebrating traditional craftsmanship and tangibility. Read more
Post Apoca-Lips, 20 September – 2 November 2019 James Ostrer
'Imagine being inside Tracey Emin’s tent if it were to comeback from its burnt ashes through the medium of an LSD trip’ - James Ostrer Read more
Addicted to Love, 11 October - 16 November 2019 Soheila Sokhanvari
Sleepy, almond eyed women with retro blow dries pose against psychedelic backgrounds in Iranian-born artist Soheila Sokhanvari’s reimaginings of celebrity photographs. These women were the pop-stars of Iran’s entertainment industry, who were forced to flee their country. Read more
Mirror, Mirror, 13 September - 02 November 2019 Vanessa Prager
Through thick impasto strokes, groups of women emerge melting into one another against swirling abstract backgrounds. The figures appear writhing, pink and fleshy, a combining mass that is simultaneously a single entity and an expression of multitude. Read more
Wild Gardens, 05 September - 05 October 2019
Yassine BalbziouiA masked man wearing a suit holds a sunflower over a black hole, whilst a line of men holding spades watch in the distance, their faces obscured by floral balaclavas. We wonder: is this man planting the flower, burying or stealing? Is this a ceremony, a dream, a nightmare? ‘Spy Flower’ is just one of the surreal scenes...Read more
A masked man wearing a suit holds a sunflower over a black hole, whilst a line of men holding spades watch in the distance, their faces obscured by floral balaclavas. We wonder: is this man planting the flower, burying or stealing? Is this a ceremony, a dream, a nightmare? ‘Spy Flower’ is just one of the surreal scenes...Read more
