Trine Churchill

​TRINE CHURCHILL is a Danish painter living in Los Angeles.
The daughter of a Danish cartoonist and from a family of dreamers, art and imagination was part of growing up.

“I FIND INSPIRATION in the everyday life, using vintage imagery (often selected from my family’s photos) and snap shots from life around me or current events.
The images can be somewhat mundane to begin with but used as a mere steppingstone into the process of making a painting, my physical world becomes more of a psychological, and symbolic one. I approach the canvas with little planning. In this way, I allow for mistakes to happen, aware that these mistakes can sometimes take the painting to the next level. My painting process also entails loose handling of the paint in areas that are more abstract along with other areas that are rendered realistically. It is this duality in the painting process that I feel very passionate about, finding a real pleasure in applying the paint to the surface. For this purpose, I work in oil as well as acrylics, both of which medium will allow for flow in the moment.”

TRINE CHURCHILL received her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angles and studied for a semester at l´Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts ...

1990 - 94 BFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
1993 École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2024 "yesterdays.",The Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA

2023 A Sense of Place, Trine Churchill and Lynne McDaniel, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA


2018 "The Woodstock Landscape", Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA

2015 "The In Between," College of the Canyon Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA

2011 "Psychopomps Symphonies," Galerie Hübner + Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany

2010 "Volcanic Puffs and Other Tales," George Billis Gallery Los Angeles, CA

2009 "New Paintings," Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2008 "Wild Things," Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 "New Paintings and Works on Paper," Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023. Schätze aus dem Archiv, Galerie Hübner + Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany

NOMAD II / TRYST, organized by Torrance Art Museum, CA


2022 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

Venice Art Walk & Auction, Venice, CA

2021 NOMAD, pop-up by Torrance Art Museum, CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction,
Venice, CA
2020 LAAA’s 2020 OPEN SHOW, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Art Show at Castelli’s Art Spac...