INFORMATION

Carla Klein
email: info@carlaklein.studio

CURRICULUM VITAE

Carla Klein
Born in Zwolle 1970, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EDUCATION

1988–1993
Koninklijke academie beeldende kunsten, Den Haag, The Netherlands

1994, 1995
Rijksakademie voor beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2017
Carla Klein & Marlene Dumas, The Garden Room, Museum voor Modern Realisme, Ruurlo, The Netherlands
Gasunie Groningen

2015
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2014
Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO   
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Fifth Anniversary Lift Ticket, commissioned by The Aspen Art Museum and The Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen, CO

2009
A reconstruction of a random timeline, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
World Class Boxing, Miami, FL (cat.)

2007
Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, Sweden
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Matrix 218/UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Scape, Bookpresentation, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Buro Empty, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1996
Exposorium, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

FILMS

2015
Dutch Masters in the 21st Century, short film on Carla Klein, produced by Michiel van Nieuwkerkestraat and René Mendel, directed by Marc Schmidt, and made possible by the Media Fund and Mondriaan Fund.

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

2018
Willems, Gerrit.
Schuil, Han. et al.,  De meest eigentijdse schilderijen tentoonstelling, Nederlandse schilderkunst van nu, Dordrechts Museum, pp. 100-105. 2018
Scott, Andrea. “Goings on About Town – Carla Klein.” The New Yorker, January 23, 2018. [online]|
“Greenhouse Interiors: Carla Klein at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.” Blouin Artinfo, January 17, 2018. [online]

2017
Rhijnsburger, Liesbeth. “Solo Show Carla Klein at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery”.
Dutch Culture USA, December 27, 2017. [online]

2014
Green, Tyler. “
The MAN Podcast: Carla Klein, Nayland Blake.Modern Art Notes, March 20, 2014. [online]
“New Work – Carla Klein.The Last Magazine, March 18, 2014. [online]

2011
Tschida, Anne. “
At Miami’s Bass Museum, Scholl exhibition explores what happens when paint leaves the canvas.” The Miami Herald, August 30, 2011. [online]
“Art in Unexpected Places.” Aspen Art Museum and The Crown Family, 2011. pp. 27-28.

2009
Zeitz, Lisa. “Hells Breaks Loose in Chelsea.” Frankfurter Zeitung
Allgemeine (Frankfurt German Daily),
October 10, 2009. pp.40
“Artnet News.” Artnet.com, October 8, 2009. [online]
Soto-Ward, Sylvana. “The Short List.” Vogue.com, October 1, 2009. [online]

2008
Carla Klein”, Exhibition catalogue, World Class Boxing, Miami, 2008.                               

2007
Coggins, David.
“Review: Carla Klein at Tanya Bonakdar.” Art in America, November, 2007. pp. 221
Korotkin, Joyce. Carla Klein.Tema Celeste, July/August, 2007. pp. 54-55
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Carla Klein.” The New York Times, April 27. 2007. pp.   E22
De Geer, Jacob. Exhibition catalogue, “The Rensjosatern Project: Carla Klein”, 2007.

2006
“Breathing Time”, Exhibition catalogue, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2006.

2005
Chen, Aric.
“From a Couple of Collectors, a Curated Remix.” The New York Times, December 1, 2005.
Weinert, Morgan. “Lost in Translation, Thought.” The Daily Californian, October 10, 2015. [online]
Johnson, Ken.  “Everywhere’s the Same: Nowhere in Particular.” The New York Times, June 3, 2005. pp. 34
Torassa, Ulysses, “Creating art outside the box”, San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2005. [online]
Burton, Johanna, and Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi. Carla Klein: Scape. Artimo, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, Matrix 218/UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.  2005.
Ise, Caludine. Vanishing Point. Exhibition catalogue, Wexner Center for the Arts. 2005. 

2004
Suto, Wilma. “Contemporary artists on the border of the old and the new Europe.”
NY arts magazine, October 20, 2004.
Keijer, Kees. “Esthetisch en virtuoos, met druipers en vlekken.” Het Parool, October 11, 2004.
Van de Velde, Paola. “Oponthoudt tussen oost en west.” De Telegraaf, September 17, 2004.
Delay: artists on the border between old and new Europe. Exhibition catalogue, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004. pp. 38–43

2003 
Schwendener, Martha.
“Carla Klein.” Time Out NY, November 6-13, 2003. pp. 60
Kerr, Merrily. “Painting as Paradox,” Flashart, January – February, 2003. pp. 107
Falconer, Morgan, “Rijksakademie/Victoria Miro”, What’s on in London, January 29, 2003. [online]
Commandeur, Ingrid. “Grijs en leeg.” Metropolis M, nr. 6, 2003. pp. 144–145
Bierens, Cornel. Vrije Schilderkunst, Stichting Lieve, Laren, 2003. pp. 40-51.

2002
Saltz, Jerry. “Painting A La Mode.” The Village Voice, December 4, 2002. pp. 63
Henry, Max. “Carla Klein at Tanya Bonakdar.” Art In America, June, 2002. pp. 124-125
Uslip, Jeffrey.Carla Klein.Flash Art, March/April, 2002. pp. 101-102
Burton, Johanna.Carla Klein.Time Out New York, January 10-17, 2002. pp. 62
Schwabsky, Barry. (Introduction) “Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting.” Phaidon, 2002. pp. 176-179
A collection, selected works from the collection of the ABN AMRO Bank, Exhibition catalogue, Noordbrabants Museum, 2002. pp. 79 

2000
Giovannotti, Micaela. “Carla Klein.” Tema Celeste: Contemporary Art, October/December 2000. pp. 86
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices.” Village Voice, July 11, 2000.
Johnson, Ken. “Carla Klein.The New York Times, July 7, 2000.
Conley, Kevin. “Carla Klein.The New Yorker, July 3, 2000. pp. 14
Bangma, Anke. “Carla Klein.” Amsterdam: Artimo Foundation, 2000. 

1999
Braet, Jan. “Sneeuw op komst.”
Knack, May 26, 1999. 

1998
Den Hollander, Ellen.
“De smaak van een Haagse conservator.” Haagsche Courant, November 26, 1998
Strauss, Cees. “Dubbelslag leidt tot een scherpe confrontatie.” Trouw, October 23, 1998.
Hagoort, Erik. “Strijd tussen idolen, outcasts en aquaria.” De Volkskrant, October 23, 1998.
Defesche, Pieter. “Koelte en hitsigheid in Stadsgalerij.” Limburgs Dagblad, October 6, 1998.
Doesborgh, Wim. “Schrik voor de opgeruimde stilte.” De Limburger, September 24, 1998.
Ter Borg, Lucette. “Boordevolle leegte van Kleins toonzalen.” De Volkskrant, July 1, 1998.
Van der Lugt, Patricia, and Baars, Karin. “Carla Klein and Charlotte Schleiffert.” Exhibition catalogue, Attitude 3, 1998. pp. 7-11.

1997
Pultau, Dirk. “Verzet tegen dominante kunst.” NRC Handelsblad, March 8, 1997.
Braet, Jan. “Eros en Narcis in hun eerste bloei.”  Knack, February 26 1997.
Borka, Max. “Groene Pasen bloemleest kunst uit schemerzones.” De Standaard, February 15, 1997.
R, M. “Groene Pasen vraagt trage aandacht.” Financieel Economische Tijd, February 8. 1997.
B, E. “Maakt een groene pasen de lente.” De Morgen, February 8, 1997.
Peters, Philip. “Heeft het schilderij…” in cat. Green Easter, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, 1997. pp. 37-47.
Cassiman, Bart. “Landschappen van het bewaren. Om te bewaren?” in cat. Green Easter, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, 1997. p. 9

1996
Roos, Robert. “De troosteloosheid van dierenwinkels.” Trouw, October 30, 1996.
Suto, Wilma. “Rijen bruine sliertjes op het platte vlak.” De Volkskrant, June 14, 1996.
De Hoog, Dirk. “Die neiging tot ordenen fascineert me.” Ad Valvas, May 25, 1996.

1995
Suto, Wilma.
“De wijsheid van een grijsaard.” De Volkskrant, 1995.
Kraaieveld, Maaike. “Haagse kunstenaars winnen Koninklijke Subsidie.” Haagse Courant, October 13, 1995.
Suto, Wilma. “Verfklodders als vette salamanders.” De Volkskrant, October 20, 1995.
Pieters, Din. “Winnaars en verliezers op twee exposities.” NRC Handelsblad, October 14, 1995.
Lamoree, Jhim. “Koninklijke subsidie nodig aan revisie toe.” Het Parool, October 16, 1995.
Pieters, Din. “Rijksakademie in Amsterdam houdt open huis.” NRC Handelsblad, December 8, 1995.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
De Meest Eigentijdse Schilderijen Tentoonstelling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Summer show, Annet Gelink Gallery, The Netherlands

2016
Painting Biennial, Museum of Deinze and the Lys, Deinze, Belgium 
Landscapes after Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime, The Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
Julian Dashper & Friends, PS Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2014
The Bigger Picture: Work from the 1990s, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
SKY! – in Dutch Art since 1850De Hallen Haarlem and The Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands, June 21 – September 7, 2014

2013
The Distaff Side, The Granary, The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, Sharon, CT

2012
Dolf Henkes Award 2012 exhibition, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
De Zwervende Tentoonstelling kijkt…, De Haag, The Netherlands

2011
I should have done that, Nest, Den Haag, The Netherlands
I promise to love you, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Vanishing points: paint and paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl collection, curated by Gean Moreno, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL

2010
Common Ground, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2009
Places to be, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Remain in Nature, Galerie LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands

2008
Seeing the Light, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Skylines, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, The Netherlands

2007
EXPOSORIUM 1967-2007, VEERTIG JAAR KUNSTBELEID OP DE VU, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2006
Breathing Time, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (cat.)
Radar: Selections from the Logan Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2005
Controlled, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Vanishing Point, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (cat.)
Bookpresentation, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Frieze Art fair, London, England
Bookpresentation, Annet Gelink Gallery, Artisima, Turin, Italy

2004
Delay, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (cat.)

2003
Artists from the past ten years at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England

2002
Painting as Paradox, Artists Space, New York, NY (cat.)
Art/Huis, The Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw Roden, The Netherlands

2001
Armory Fair, Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY
Far From Us, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Summer show, Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Armory Fair, Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY
Mirrors, The Foundry, London, England
Mirrors, Het Archief, den Haag, The Netherlands
Boekpresentatie, Art book, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1999
TroubleSpot.
Painting, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (cat.)
Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Works on Paper, Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Kunstrai, Vous etes ici, project with Jurriaan Molenaar and others, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Attitudes 3, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands (cat.)

1997
Green Easter, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (cat.)
Reviting, Wolfram Bach gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Paswoord: worden, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fetishimage, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (cat.)
Group exhibition, Buro Empty, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstenaars van het laatste uur, Artoteek, Den Haag, The Netherlands

1996
Collectie Ocè-van der Grinten, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (cat.)
Van Ouborg tot Akkerman, Stadscollectie, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
De Salon, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1995
Painters Opinion, Bloom gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunst ist Luxus, Luxus, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Koninklijke Subsidie, paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.)

 1994
Open ateliers, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Scholarships and Prizes

2018-2022
Stipendium, The Mondrian Fund
 

2009-2010
Fifth Anniversary Lift Ticket, commissioned by The Aspen Art Museum and The Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen, CO
 

2002
Werkbeurs, Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst 

1999
Charlotte Kohler prijs, Prins Bernard Fonds

1998
A.O.P. subsidie, Stroom

1997
A.O.P subsidie, Stroom
Basisstipendium, Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst 

1996
A.O.P subsidie, Stroom

1995
Studiebeurs, Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
Koninklijke Subsidie

Public Collection

ABN Amro, The Netherlands
Akzo Nobel Collection, The Netherlands
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Caldic Collection, The Netherlands
Direct Art Collection, The Netherlands
DNB Collection, The Netherlands
Gasunie, The Netherlands
Museum More, The Netherlands
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Netherlands
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Rabo Art Collection, The Netherlands
Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Thermen museum, Heerlen, the Netherlands