Gitte Valentiner-Branth

Gitte Valentiner-Branth

Gentofte, None - Non-US/Canada, Denmark

About Gitte Valentiner-Branth

When first struck by the architecture of a building, a cool lamp, an industrial pipe, a wonderfully designed chair, a water-tower or an electrical mast –these elements will be emphasized in her composition, which then may or may not end up telling a story. Gitte Valentiner- Branth as an artist is not primarily preoccupied by emotions, story or personal issues. With her paintings she wishes to create pictures, which through their pure visual expression invite us to experience curiosity, spirit of adventure or reflection. Her wish is to reveal the pure visual experience within her compositions, which are both realistic and slightly odd, almost dreamlike. It is the configuration – the external visual stimulation, which attracts her attention and stimulates her process and it is with the work of spatial shapes her internal expression is the strongest and most clear – this happens both in her precise brushstrokes and transparent layers dripping down the canvas. All of these painting techniques are what enhances her creations with energy and variation. When all that has been said, its important to emphasize that you also sense a vulnerability and a wish for wanting more out of life in her art work. It jumps out from the visual experiences exposed to the viewer. She dares to show her vulnerabilities, her dreams – and her longing. It is this specific longing which is sometimes revealed in the titles of her art works. This is where it’s possible to sense how Gitte Valentiner-Branth wishes for more, wants to make it in this life, be in a different place, find her own spot… and this longing expresses something which she isn’t the only one who feels: To dream of going somewhere else, to feel that you are in the wrong place, to be stuck in the same spot unable to move, to live in an unsafe environment, to wander through lonely streets and just stare into lit streetlight. A longing so strong that it burns through your defenses and grabs a hold of your heart. At this point, the strong survivor comes rushing into the art work and adds on top of all the longing, vulnerabilities and loss, a full mix of colours which then once again brings balance to the painting. Gitte Valentiner-Branth is nothing if not a lover of colours and an eternally optimistic painter, who sees colours as an essential part of herself. Colours are able to set the tone, the energy as well as the joys of life and they are therefore able to strongly influence her as a painter. The longing can therefore never become dark and at a standstill – it’s an ever turning motor – in the art work as well as in life.

Education:

I graduated from Ignatius Art School and the art school Spektrum in Copenhagen, and keep follow courses at the schools.
www.ignatius.dk
www.kunstskolenspektrum.dk

Events:

My artwork Connections was chosen and featured at "New This Week" 10-08-2018 by Saatchi Art chief curator Rebecca Wilson.

My work has been chosen to be featured in the Get the Look: Bohemian Chic collection in Saatchi Art's newsletter May 2018.

I exhibit in galleries, art fairs and art associations and have Open Doors in my atelier at home once a year.

Exhibitions:

Art Association Ballerup October 2018
Censured exhibition Frederiksberg September 2018
Daniel Raphael Gallery in London, May 2018
Galleri Øckenlund, Frederiksberg June 2018
The Other Art Fair in London March 2018.
Censored exhibition HCU, February 2018
Censored exhibition VK18, January 2018
Censored exhibition Forårsudstillingen Hillerød, March 2018
Solo show Galleri Nybro, September 2017
Kunst for alle, art fair Copenhagen 2015
Kunst for alle, art fair Copenhagen 2012