“Escapism” is a present line of enquiry for a series of works. Escapism is a mental diversion from the harsh realities of daily life with the intent of prompting the viewers’ imagination.
He contemplates, sketches and conveys his spontaneous emotions to sketchbooks.
Reduced and condensed, the sketches play onto the canvas with brushes and instruments, he finds along the coast.
He chooses watercolour and acrylic media for their lively responsiveness to his hand to brush movements.
Cued by the aesthetic of his surroundings, he paints a patch work of visual impressions and emotions. A theatre of movement plays out in expressionist panoramas.
His work meets the viewer with visceral prompts. A pareidolia experience is created, causing viewers to interpret familiar random forms or patterns of light and shadow, as images. Water, cliffs, buildings and landscapes might appear.
These paintings offer visual relief and an emotional distraction from daily realties.I choose watercolour or acrylic media for their lively responsiveness for my hand to brush movements.
Artist’s statement
Biography
Kristian Bluff (b.1963 in Chiswick, an artist community in London) is an Anglo-Dane with his practice in Copenhagen.
Educated in creative disciplines including a BTEC course at Arts University Plymouth, a BA in graphics at The Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen and an MBA at the University of Westminster he worked in the creative industries.
Largely self-taught, Kristian is an emerging professional artist exhibiting in Copenhagen, London, Malmø and Sao Paulo. He is represented by the Nordic Art Agency in Malmø, Sweden. He is a member of the Chelsea Arts Club and the Visual Artist Association in London.
Open Studios Skabelonloftet - Copenhagen 2026
Global Art Trail - Visual Artist Association -Copenhagen 2025
Summer Exhibition - The Chelsea Arts Club - London 2025
Wet-on-wet - Hillerød Kunstforeningen - Hillerød 2025
Edition Prints - Nordic Art Editions - Malmø 2025
International Group Exhibition - Nordic Art Agency Gallery - Malmø 2025
Kulturnatten - Skabelonloftet - Copenhagen 2024
Summer Exhibition - Chelsea Arts Club - London 2024
Summer Exhibition - Nordic Art Agency - Malmø 2024
Open Studios Skabelonloftet - Copenhagen 2024
The Affordable Art Fair Pop-up / The Nordic Art Agency - Malmø 2024
The Nordic Art Agency x Winter Exhibition - Malmø 2023
Artly Mix Gallery - Sao Paulo 2023
Havnegalleriet - Dragoer 2023
Echos Gallery - Sao Paulo 2023
Gallery@OXO - London 2022
Open Studios / Aabne Doere - Lyngby 2022
Wales Contemporary - Milford Haven 2022
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists RBSA 2022
Group exhibitions
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Awards
Longlisted Visual Art Open 2026
Shortlisted Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition 2026 UK
Shortlisted VAA Art 500 International 2025 UK
Longlisted - Visual Art Open 2025 UK
Longlisted - The Visual Art Open 2024 UK & International Emerging Artist Award
Longlisted - The Visual Art Open 2023 UK & International Emerging Artist Award
Art Fairs
Affordable Art Fair / Nordic Art Agency / Stockholm 2024
Art Nordic - Copenhagen 2022
Solo Exhibitions
Statens Serum Institute - Copenhagen 2026
Virum Gymnasium - Virum 2025
Gallery Estrup - Copenhagen 2024
Medicon Village - Lund/Sweden 2024
Copenhagen Business School Art Club 2024
Ledernes Art Society - Copenhagen 2023
SDC Consultants Art Assoc. - Ballerup 2023
Cntr. for Innovative Medtech Art Assoc. - CPH 2023
Dragoer Havne Galleri - Dragoer 2023
aCure Private Hospital - Lyngby 2023
