Carla Kranendonk
'Suddenly you find yourself only staring at the technique and your gaze remains fixed on patches of embroidery or applied beads. Or a small bag, coated with hundreds of beads, can mesmerize you with its refinement. When you then try to comprehend the entire work, the ‘tricks’ with perspective suddenly become apparent. In a subtle manner, Carla Kranendonk has also interwoven her relativistic view of other facets of Caribbean and African societies into her work.'
- Arno Kramer, 2014
Dutch-born Carla Kranendonk's works are informed by her travels to West Africa and combine vivid brushwork with hand-embroidered paper collage, as well as photographic elements. As disparate textile patterns are juxtaposed with screen-printed textures, her mixed media works come to represent a travelogue of collected images and memories, reinforced by the frequent use of photographs of the artist and her family members. Large in format, Kranendonk's works are authentic in their composition and playful in their manipulation of perspective.
Kranendonk studied at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam from 1984 - 1987, and has exhibited across the Netherlands and in London. Her work is also held in private collections in New York, Cape Town, the Middle East, Barbados, Curacao, Geneva, Israel and London.
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Naomi, 2024
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Bamba and Maria, 2024
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Zaynab, 2023
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Thara, 2023
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Gaia, 2023
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Amina, 2023
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Sali, 2023
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Ruth, 2023
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Afua, 2023
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Iqbal, 2023
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Maroua, 2023
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Thiaba, 2022
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Elody, 2022
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Fatou-Bintou, 2022
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Nana, 2022
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Fadila, 2022
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Hadia, 2022
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Leonora, 2022
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Fatou and Doudou, 2021
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Aby, 2021
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Mariama, 2021
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Ibrahime, 2021
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Awa, 2021
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Yewande, 2021
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Nkiru, 2021
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Couple in Balance, 2020
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Isabel, 2020
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Seyana, 2020
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Couple in balance, 2012
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Carla Kranendonk in the Whitby Hotel, New York - courtesy Harper's Bazaar
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Pŏp-ū-lar
Group Show 20 - 30 July 2020 LondonPopular, an exhibition of people including contemporary artworks by John Holcomb, Mersuka Dopazo, Carla Kranendonk, Phil Shaw, Andrew Mockett, Rose Blake, Nikoleta Sekulovic, Sophie Charalambous, Emma Haworth and Jerry Jeanmard. The London exhibition also includes non-Western artworks, including by African Bushmen artists, Norman Kingsley and Jimmy Pike.Read more -
Springtime
Group Show 9 April - 31 May 2020Inside Springtime, an exhibition by contemporary artists such as Rose Blake, Nyarapayi Giles, Mersuka Dopazo and Pauline and Emma Wangin at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Strong
Carla Kranendonk 13 May - 24 July 2019 LondonInside an exhibition by leading aboriginal artist Carla Kranendonk at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Odalisque
Carla Kranendonk 28 February - 24 March 2018 LondonInside aboriginal artist Carla Kranendonk's first solo exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London in 2018.Read more
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La Art Show X Citibank Gallerist Talk
News 30 July 2021In this film Rebecca discusses the work of gallery artists Mersuka Dopazo, Carla Kranendonk and Laurence Jones. Also, reflecting the gallery’s acknowledged position as a champion of indigenous art, Rebecca talks about the Australian aboriginal artists Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Janice Murray.Read more -
Art on a Postcard for International Women's Day
News 25 February 2021Carla Kranendonk, Hepzibah Swinford and Nikoleta Sekulovic contribute to the Art on a Postcard 2021 auction for International Women's Day, raising funds for the Hepatitis C Trust.Read more
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Carla Kranendonk at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
Create! Magazine, 10 February 2018 -
The New Whitby Hotel Brings The Best of British Design To Manhattan
Forbes, 26 February 2018 -
The Colourful Canvases of Carla Kranendonk
Portray Magazine, 1 September 2019 -
A Vivacious Retreat
Harper's Bazaar Interiors, 1 September 2019 -
Going Strong: Carla Kranendonk Explores Female Power
Hospitality Design, 1 November 2019 -
Carla Kranendonk's Colourful Works Are Happiness On A Canvas
Harper's Bazaar Art, 27 November 2019 -
Bid on a Miniature Work of Art in Celebration of IWD
Town & Country, 15 February 2021