Karin Aherne Jansen

Kinsale, Co.Cork, Ireland

About Karin Aherne Jansen

Karin is a Dutch artist living and working in rural Ireland near the city Cork. Contemporary Abstract Paintings in which she uses many layers of paint. Expressionism in Emotion, texture, colour, tone and structures. Sometimes she scape with a painters knife into the history of the paint, underlying colours and shapes showing themselves having communications with transparency, impasto, dark and bright colours. Especially the concept of colour is very important for her. Themes are nature with it's vitality and it's force, strength and sensitivity. In her work She looks for strength, authentic originality. My favorite artists at the moment are Mark Rothko, Joan Mitchell, Sean Scully and Joe Bradley.

Education:

M.A. 1996: Art History: contemporary art.
Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam. The Netherlands.
B.A. ArtEZ, Monumental Art and Painting. Enschede, The Netherlands.

Events:

2018: Artist of the day; Saatchi online: Featured “Spring Bouquet”: 5th. July.
2017: Featured; Blocks 12: Spotlight on Ireland. curated by Evangeline Delaware, Saatchi Art.
2017: ArtClickIreland.com.Irish Art. Edith Rohu. ArtClick(@artclickireland)/Instagram.
2015: Saatchi Art Long List for the Painted World: Abstract Red 12. Selected 300.
2014: In celebration of Cy Tombly collection. Featured Pink Roses 24.
2014: New this week 1 - 13 - 2014,
Abstract in Red 12. Curated by Rebecca Wilson.
2014: Art of the day. Featured by Zealous. Co.

Exhibitions:

2018: Tracton Arts Week, with guest artist Geraldine O’Sullivan: Victor Richardson and Sara Roberts, Co.Cork. Ireland.
2017: Tracton Arts Week. Painting workshops and group exhibition; 10 by 10, Ireland
2016: Tracton Arts Week. Painting Workshops and expo. Ireland
2015: Tracton Arts Week, curated by Victor Richardson and Sara Roberts. Ireland
2014: Kinsale Arts Week. KAW, KOST, Ireland.
2013: Kinsale Arts Week. Exhibition: KAW, Ireland.
2012: Kinsale Arts Week, Exhibition: KAW, Ireland.
2007: ITS. University Nijmegen. Expo: Flying Dreams, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2007: Exhibition City Hall Beuningen, The Netherlands.
2005: Exhibition HAN University Nijmegen, curated by Els Zaat, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
1996: Galley “Vredenburg”; An Emotional Journey, curated by Iris Trompert, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996: Ballroom Hilton Hotel Amsterdam, group Exhibition: Avenida Azzura, The Netherlands.
1996.