Benedikte Klüver is a Danish artist based in Berlin. Klüver was awarded a BA in Interaction Design Arts from London College of Communication in 2020, before she continued to Slade School of Fine Art where she was awarded an MFA in Fine Art (painting) in 2022.
Klüver’s paintings demonstrate an investigative affection for colour. Working impulsively, she explores through minimal scapes of colour the unexpected relations as the paint glides, hugs and teases the composition to life.
Inspired by her surroundings, in particular architecture and landscapes, she seeks out contrasting compositions which challenge each other in shape and colour.
Working across painting, film photography and tapestry, Klüver is influenced by each of their processes as she explores their contrasting physicality and behaviour towards colour.
Education
2020 - 2022 MFA Fine Art (Painting), Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
2017 - 2020 BA (hons) Interaction Design Arts, University of the Arts London - First class honours
Exhibitions
2024
MAMA ‘Lands End’, London
Art Central Art Fair, WAS Art Centre, Hong Kong
2023
MOORDN Contemporary Art Fair, Eden Art, Shanghai
WAS Art Center, ‘Chain Reaction’, Shanghai
Canopy Collections ‘Full House’, London
Canopy Collections ‘For Nothing is Simply One Thing’, London
Motel D. Intima ‘Apparenza’, Milan
(Un)fair, Milan
Saruya ‘Colour Merge’, Japan
2022
Auction Collective ‘50 x £50’, London
J Nicholls Projects ‘Interweavings’, London
Painting Labs, London
Slade Graduate Show, London
‘Brave New World’, Anderson Contemporary, London
‘Show By The Canal’, Anderson Contemporary, London
‘Bounce, whirl, sway’, Maverick Projects, London
2021
FRIDGE Group show, London
Salon 21, Photofusion, London
S&P Gallery, London
Grants and Awards
2022
Sarabande Foundation (UK)
2021
Slade Print Fair Prize (UK)
2020
Augustinus Fonden (Denmark)
Louis Hansen Fonden (Denmark)
Knud Højgaards Fond (Denmark)
Publications
Review — ART PLUGGED, ‘Eva Dixon and Benedikte Klüver: LANDS END’
‘Major Reference Works’ Autumn/Winter 2022, Issue number 55, Edited by Manon Rouge, ISBN 978-0-947933-22-7
Review — Les Nouveaux Riches Magazi, Group show “Away” at VIN VIN
Article — Living etc, November 2022 issue, ISSN 1461-9180
Collaborations include
NEUW Denim, Vogue Italia, Oysho, Puss Puss Magazine, Furla, NR Magazine
Born 1996, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shot by Daniel Jackont