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

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. "Opening on 23rd September: Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens — Artistcloseup.com - Your favorite place to discover new artists". Artistcloseup.com - Your favorite place to discover new artists.
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". www.luca-arts.be.
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" (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 – Mute Song".
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".
24. "Clara-Lane Lens". Archived from the original on 5 July 2022.
25. "Clara-Lane Lens". Nationale 8 Gallery.
26. "Opening & first solo show: Clara-Lane Lens (BE/D)".
27. "Infinite Discontinuity - Sao Festival" (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".

External links

• Clara-Lane Lens
• Clara-Lane Lens exhibits a body of many selves at 254Forest
• Alternative Realities - Clara-Lane Lens
• An Interview with the Painter Clara-Lane Lens
• Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis
• Clara-Lane Lens - Self-portrait after a quarantine fight
• Clara-Lane Lens, de onpeilbare wereld achter een blik
• New Masters: Clara-Lane Lens - New Masters
• Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens release L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S