Background
Christina Kruse was born in 1976, in Buchholz, Germany.
209 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010, United States
Christina attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
209 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010, United States
Christina attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Christina Kruse was born in 1976, in Buchholz, Germany.
Christina attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Christina began working as a model behind the camera in 1996. Later, after taking a few sculpture courses at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, she rented a studio in Brooklyn and started by simply playing around with all sorts of mediums for at least three years, pretty much every day. Bit by bit, she acquired her own knowledge and preferences and began making the artworks.
During her career, Christina took part in several solo exhibitions, including "Christina Kruse" at Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (2008), "Christina Kruse/ Reisebuch 1-5" at Salon Anke Degenhard, Hamburg, Germany (2009), "Vortex" in New York City (2010) and "Christina Kruse: Base and Balance" at Helwaser Gallery, New York City (2019).
She also participated in many group exhibitions, including "Photo et Mode", Festival Transphotographique, Lille, France (2008), "NOW" at Phillips, London, United Kingdom (2009), "Faces", Forgotten Bar Projects, Berlin, Germany (2010), "Social Photography II" at Carriage Trade Gallery, New York City (2011), "Photography IV" at Carriage Trade Gallery, New York City (2017) and others.
Currently, Christina lives and works in New York City.
Although Kruse is perhaps better known as one of European haute couture's top fashion models, her work as an artist and photographer has been recognized for over a decade, shown by well-regarded galleries in Paris and Germany and featured in Vogue, Interview, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, I-D magazine and Mixte.
In 2005, Christina received a GLAAD award for Best Emerging Artist in Photography.
Counting a broad range of modern artists, such as German painter and sculptor Oskar Schlemmer and Russian Suprematist Kazimir Malevich amongst her influences, Kruse's artistic practice thrives on the notion of construction — that a work of art can necessarily be produced out of multiple elements, that fit and connect with one another.
Although grounded in structure, balance and stability, Kruse's sculptures nevertheless evoke similarities to the human head and face, drawing connections between rationality and the oftentimes more capricious side of human life.
Across her body of sculptural work, rectilinear forms are often counterbalanced with rounded spheres, weighted by intense shades of black, grey and white. Through emphasizing the weight and depth of each component, as well as their surface treatments and color applications, Kruse’s works achieve a sense of equilibrium. Presented in loose groupings, her sculptures recall the notion of a tableau vivant, reflecting her own interest in the artistic practices of leading Bauhaus practitioners.
Christina has a son.
