Clara-Lane Lens Explained

Clara-Lane Lens
Birth Place:	Brussels, Belgium
Nationality:	Belgian
Field:	Painting

Clara-Lane Lens is a Belgian painter, so far particularly known for focussing on portraits of androgynous^[1] personas.^[2] At the age of 17, she had a first solo exhibition in Brussels (BE).^[3] Genderless,^[4] the theme of that expo stays the inspiration for most of her works upon today.^[5]

Astrid Verreycken^[6] in 254Forest:^[7] "Clara-Lane Lens paints using a classic imagery. Her works veers between the directness of a quick snapshot and an extensive study of the human body. All figures share something similar, beautiful but introvert. They are inward-looking, lost in thought. But there is also a kind of physical absence. She deliberately omits the characteristics that could reveal a character's gender. Spectators are regularly misled, yet precisely that's the attraction in her work. As you are left with the sense that something has eluded you."

Clara-Lane Lens currently lives and works at her atelier in Berlin (DE).^[8]

Biography

Clara-Lane Lens was born in Brussels (BE). She did study at Luca, School of Arts,^[9] Ghent (BE). From 2019 on, immediately after obtaining her master's degree in the Arts,^[10] she moved to live and work in Berlin (DE).

Cooperations

• In 2006 Clara-Lane Lens was introduced to the screen as a child actress (role The Whisper Kid) in the art film^[11] 'Love is the only master I'll serve,'^[12] world premiering at the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), New York^[13]
• In 2015 her painting The Unknown Soldier was used as front cover for the double CD Shell Shock (opera)^[14] by Nick Cave & Nicholas Lens,^[15] Universal Music Distribution published by Mute Records, London.
• Besides being mostly known as a painter, in 2020 Clara-Lane Lens performed as well as solo singer and speaker on all twelve tracks of the cd L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, a recorded album of the trance-chamber opera^[16] written and produced by Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens. The CD was released and distributed by Deutsche Grammophon^[17] and published by Mute Records, London.

Exhibitions and projects

• 2015 Visceral, Barcelona (ES), group^[18]
• 2018 Teerling, In de Ruimte, Ghent (BE), group
• 2018 SOLO EXHIBITION, Genderless, Le Lac, Brussels (BE)
• 2018 This thing in Aalst, Huis de Bolle, Aalst (BE), group
• 2018 Exhibition Fabrik, Leuven (BE), group
• 2019 Voor De Kat Zijn Viool, Nucleo Lindelei, Ghent (BE), group
• 2019 Braises de Satin -Maxence, publication CL-LL^{[10] [19]}
• 2019 New Saints, Waldburger Wouters Gallery,^[20] Brussels (BE), group^[21]
• 2020 Experimental, Basement Berlin (DE), group
• 2020 These Selves, Pilar, Brussels (BE), group ^[22]
• 2020 Watering plants, Spoiler Zone, Berlin (DE), group
• 2020 SOLO EXHIBITION, They never used to talk much, 254Forest, Brussels (BE)^[23]
• 2020 Community Exhibition Subbacultcha Magazine, De Studio, Antwerp (BE), group
• 2021 Grove Collective,^[24] London (EN), group
• 2021 Nationale 8 Gallery, Brussels (BE), Brussels GalleryWeekend^[25] duo
• 2021 SOLO EXHIBITION Moon in Vertigo, That's what x said, Brussels(BE)^[26]
• 2021 Infinite Discontinuity, SAO festival, Farrera (ES), group ^[27]
• 2021 Have we met?^[24] Backhaus Project (Grove Collective), Berlin (DE), duo^[28]
• 2022 Friends of Ruby, Ruby Gallery, Brussels (BE), group^[29]
• 2022 SOLO EXHIBITION, Tell us we belong, Silvestri Galleria, Madrid (ES)^[30]
• 2023 SOLO EXHIBITION, Hiding between droplets of steam, JVDW, Düsseldorf (DE)^[31]
• 2024 SOLO EXHIBITION, It is cold in the cactus garden, Silvestri Galleria, Madrid (ES)^[32]

Artistic Residencies

• 2020 Banditto Residency, Montepulciano (IT)^[33]
• 2021 Can Centre d'Art i Natura, Farrera (ES)^[34]

External links

• Clara-Lane Lens
• Clara-Lane Lens exhibits a body of many selves at 254Forest
• Alternative Realities - Clara-Lane Lens
• An Interview with the Painter Clara-Lane Lens
• Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis
• Clara-Lane Lens - Self-portrait after a quarantine fight
• Clara-Lane Lens, de onpeilbare wereld achter een blik
• New Masters: Clara-Lane Lens - New Masters
• Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens release L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S

Notes and References

1. https://www.pride.be/nl/events/qartz-opening-moon-in-vertigo Belgian Pride: Moon in Vertigo
2. Web site: Clara-Lane Lens. 6 October 2021.
3. Web site: Clara-Lane Lens - Self-portrait after a quarantine fight.
4. Web site: Moon in Vertigo by Clara-Lane Lens -September 23, 2021.
5. Web site: Masks off: Clara-Lane Lens reveals her take on the corona crisis. www.bruzz.be.
6. Web site: Astrid Vereycken.
7. Web site: They never used to talk much.
8. Web site: An Interview with the Painter Clara-Lane Lens. 8 January 2021.
9. Web site: LUCA | School of Arts.
10. Web site: New Masters: Clara-Lane Lens.
11. Web site: Love is the Only Master I'll Serve . Brooklyn Film Festival.
12. https://www.flandersimage.com/titles/love-is-the-only-master-ill-serve/love-is-the-only-master-ill-serve.pdf Love Is the Only Master I'll Serve - Flanders Image
13. Web site: Love is the Only Master I'll Serve. IMDb.
14. Web site: Opera Shell Shock on cd. La Monnaie / De Munt. 11 November 2016 .
15. https://mutesong.com/writers/nicholas-lens/ Nicholas Lens - MuteSong
16. https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/maxxi-classique/l-i-t-a-n-i-e-s-l-opera-confine-de-nicholas-lens-et-nick-cave-9662886 L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S: L'opera confine de Nicholas Lens and Nick Cave
17. Web site: L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave. www.deutschegrammophon.com.
18. Web site: Visceral Class, Part I: Barcelona, Spain. Engaging Vitality. 26 November 2022 .
19. https://radio1.be/culture-club-live-bezette-stad-100 Culture Club Live: Bezette Stad 100
20. https://www.seeyouthere.be/return-of-the-art-7-must-see-exhibitions-during-the-brussels-gallery-open-doors/ Return of the Art: 7 Must See Exhibitions: 6-New Saints at the Waldburger Wouters
21. Web site: New Saints.
22. Web site: Clara-Lane Lens exhibits a body of many selves at 254Forest.
23. Web site: They never used to talk much.
24. https://grovecollective.co/artists/58-clara-lane-lens/ Clara-Lane Lens Artist Page / Grove Collective
25. https://www.nationale8gallery.be/claralane-lens Clara-Lane Lens - Nationale Gallery
26. Web site: Opening & first solo show: Clara-Lane Lens (BE/D).
27. https://www.aplecsao.cat/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/INFINITE-DISCONTINUITY-CLARA-LANE-LENS-SAO-FESTIVAL.pdf Infinite Discontinuity - Sao Festival
28. Web site: Artland - Discover and Buy Art Online. www.artland.com.
29. Web site: Ruby & (more) Friends. Ruby Gallery.
30. Web site: Silvestri Galleria - Tell us we belong -exhibition Clara-Lane Lens -June 4 until July 23, 2022. www.galeriasilvestre.com.
31. Web site: It's cold in the cactus garden . arteinformado.com . 2024-07-27.
32. Web site: Clara-Lane Lens – hiding between droplets of steam . jvdw.gallery . 2024-07-27.
33. Web site: Our network.
34. Web site: Centre d'Art i Natura.