Overview

Sometimes it becomes a bit too spacy. And then I need time to see if it is too spacy (...) It should be a bit weird, but not too weird. 

  

— Kinga Bartis. 

Kinga Bartis’ approach to painting lies outside the boundaries of the classic school of the medium. Eschewing labels, Bartis envisions painting as a means of breaking free from the habitual relationship of defining and redefining of our existence—Bartis choose to instead look towards a more multidisciplinary and open approach.

 

This approach can also be seen in Kinga Bartis’ technique and composition. Traditionally defined relationships or perceived hierarchies between foreground and background are set aside. Repeating imagery of bodies, figures, plants, natural elements and landscapes combine to reflect the realties of a shifting world. Often blending one into the other, the resulting ambiguity provides a backdrop for the aforementioned characters to ebb and flow, almost moving subtly on the canvas, revealing themselves organically.

 

Reoccurring themes of sexuality, power structures, the body and self-perception can be felt through these motions as they pulsate towards us. Their presence does not suggest a direction that Kinga Bartis’ wishes us to go in, but rather a mood or a feeling, a platform through which discussions are encouraged.

 

Kinga Bartis (b. 1984, Transylvania) lives and works in Copenhagen. Bartis graduated with an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2018. Bartis has been exhibited at Museet for Religiøs Kunst (Lemvig), Rønnebæksholm (Næstved) OK CORRAL (Copenhagen) among others. In 2022, Bartis opened a solo exhibition at TRANEN Space for Contemporary Art (Gentofte).  

Biography

Born 1984 in Transylvania, Romania. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Education

2018

 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017

 Umeå Art Academy, Sweden

2009

 Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024

 Galerie Marguo, In a one, Paris, France

2023

 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, WhileAway, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

 Roskilde Festival, Kinga Bartis, Roskilde, Denmark

 

 Tranen, Kinga Bartis, Gentofte, Denmark

 2021

 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Irregulars. Beyond The Current, Copenhagen, Denmark

   Outpost Gallery, Deep, Deep Down Far, Far In, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020  Mural on Valby Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019  Archway Nightlands Connector Jennifee-See Alternate, The Earthlings and the Otherworlders, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Group Exhibitions

2024 Galerie Marguo, Deli Dali, Paris, France
2022  Sophienholm Kunsthal, Metamorphoser, Copenhagen, Denmark
 

 Nikolaj Kunsthal, Københavnerstykker, Copenhagen, Denmark

   Vandrehallen, At Være Til, Hillerød, Denmark
 

 Museet For Religiøs Kunst, Vera Icon, Lemvig, Denmark

 

 Copenhagen Contemporary, Dangerous When Wet, Copenhagen, Denmark

 2021

 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, The Autumn Show, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 eastcontemporary, Les Danses Nocturnes, Milan, Italy

 

 Rønnebæksholm, Soil. Sickness. Society, Næstved, Denmark

2020

 Gallery Kunstsalonen, Frederiks Salonen, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 AUC ART, May Auction, London, UK

 

 Casinot XXH, Works on Paper, Malmø, Sweden

 

 OK Corral, Some Days Last a Long Time (w. Coline Marotta), Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 PADA Studios, Not Yet, No, Lisbon, Portugal

 

 PADA Studios, SALAT DAYS, Lisbon, Portugal

 

 Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station, 12 Hours, Shift (w. Anna Stahn), Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station, Bad Girl Painting, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 Perelin, NattensSkov, kolonihaveforeningen Grænsen, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 OTP Copenhagen, Deep Dream, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 Galleri Tom Christoffersen, 14,8×21, Copenhagen, Denmark

   All Mouth Gallery and Bowes-Paris Gallery, Curated for Christmas (charity auction), London, UK
   Curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Mural on Valby Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
 2019  Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Bestseller, Copenhagen, Denmark
   Kunsthal Ved Siden Af, Denne Universets Mave, Svendborg, Denmark
   PADA + Turps Banana London, Lisbon, Portugal
   Alice Folker Gallery, Julesalon, Copenhagen, Denmark
   Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
 2018  Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Masters Salon Painting 2018, Antwerp, Belgium
   Kunsthal Charlottenborg, MFA Degree Show, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Collections

Statens Kunstfond/The Danish Art Council
Denmark Københavns Kommune/Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark

 

Works
  • Before, I was mostly me
    Kinga Bartis
    Before, I was mostly me, 2024
    Oil on linen
    200 x 140 cm (78 3/4 x 55 1/8 in)
  • Brave are the tiny stones sleeping in wild rivers
    Kinga Bartis
    Brave are the tiny stones sleeping in wild rivers, 2024
    Oil on linen
    200 x 300 cm (78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in)
  • Don’t look down, but remember sometimes, to before you were. It will help you seeing cleaner in darkness
    Kinga Bartis
    Don’t look down, but remember sometimes, to before you were. It will help you seeing cleaner in darkness, 2024
    Oil on linen
    115 x 100 cm (45 1/4 x 39 3/8 in)
  • Home/ Portrait of a shell
    Kinga Bartis
    Home/ Portrait of a shell, 2024
    Oil on linen
    120 x 150 cm (47 1/4 x 59 in)
  • Lie where the soil is tender and you will become
    Kinga Bartis
    Lie where the soil is tender and you will become, 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    Diptych
    Overall 245 x 300 cm (96 1/2 x 118 1/8 in)
    Each 245 x 150 cm (96 1/2 x 59 in)
  • Rootless strangers
    Kinga Bartis
    Rootless strangers, 2024
    Oil on linen
    250 x 100 cm (98 3/8 x 39 3/8 in)
  • Tomorrow is only a nightmare away
    Kinga Bartis
    Tomorrow is only a nightmare away, 2024
    Oil on linen
    115 x 100 cm (45 1/4 x 39 3/8 in)
  • WhileAway
    Kinga Bartis
    WhileAway, 2023
    Mixed media
    245 x 600 cm (96 1/2 x 236 1/4 in)
    framed: 250 x 605 cm (98 3/8 x 238 1/4 in)
  • and change became their landscape
    Kinga Bartis
    and change became their landscape, 2022
    Mixed media
    200 x 150 cm (78 11/16 x 59 1/16 in)
  • Dream gatherers
    Kinga Bartis
    Dream gatherers, 2022
    Mixed media
    148 x 153 x 5.5 cm (58 4/16 x 60 3/16 x 2 2/16 in)
  • Summoning a home
    Kinga Bartis
    Summoning a home, 2022
    Mixed media
    153 x 143 x 5.5 cm (60 3/16 x 56 4/16 x 2 2/16 in)
  • Self Taught Love
    Kinga Bartis
    Self Taught Love, 2021
    Mix media on canvas
    framed: 203 x 134 cm (79 7/8 x 52 3/4 in)
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