Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host an exhibition of new work by award winning artist Cléa van der Grijn. The disembodied adventures of Cléa is a series of new paintings inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic novel Alice in Wonderland. Van der Grijn utilises popular imagery from the book, along with its themes of displacement and transformation to reflect her own experiences with personality disorder, addiction and recovery, and to illustrate both the complexity and absurdity of what it is to be human.
Van der Grijn’s new works on canvas demonstrate the artist’s process orientated philosophy, whereby compositions are formed in an unconventional and impulsive manner. Often deconstructed and reformed, the paintings deliberately reveal traces of their history, whereby the nature of their materiality is brought to the foreground.
Cléa van der Grijn is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, visual artist and independent film maker based in Sligo. She employs various media in her practice, including experimental film, large format photography, sculpture, drawing and painting. Her films JUMP (2019) and FLUX (2021) have won awards at numerous film festivals worldwide including WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (Remi Award), Denver Underground Film Festival, New York International Film Festival, New Jersey Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Oaxaca FilmFest, Mexico, amongst others. She is currently working on her first independent experimental feature film (written, produced, directed, edited by Cléa) which will be privately screened at Solomon Fine Art at a later date in 2023.
Cléa van der Grijn’s work is represented in numerous public collections including the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Office of Public Works, Arts Council of Ireland, Bank of Ireland, AIB Bank, The Gate Theatre, Bord Gáis and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Cléa van der Grijn: The disembodied adventures of Cléa
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Cléa van der GrijnCaterpillar and DodoMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist -
Cléa van der GrijnLost Her HeadMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Lost Her Head€ 7,300.00
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Cléa van der GrijnDiving Down the Rabbit HoleMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Diving Down the Rabbit Hole€ 7,300.00
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Cléa van der GrijnFlamingo and AliceMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Flamingo and Alice€ 7,300.00
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Cléa van der GrijnBending BackwardsMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Cléa van der GrijnSynchronicityMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Cléa van der GrijnRiskMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Cléa van der GrijnHookah Smoking CaterpillarMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The Artist
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Cléa van der GrijnChillMixed media on linen108 x 108cmCourtesy of Solomon Fine ArtCopyright The ArtistSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Chill€ 7,300.00
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Cléa van der GrijnYes. This is how it is., 2022mixed media on linen60 x 80cmSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Yes. This is how it is., 2022€ 5,250.00
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Cléa van der GrijnPsilocybin in the Garden, 2022mixed media on linen60 x 80cmSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Psilocybin in the Garden, 2022€ 5,250.00
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Cléa van der GrijnDisregarding, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnOM, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnAlert, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnFlamingo and Beads, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnSwimmer, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnCaterpillar, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnFlamingo with Ruffle Blouse, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnJust two birds having a chat, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnPeering in, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cmSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Peering in, 2022€ 3,000.00
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Cléa van der GrijnThe Dodo, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnBlue Hare and Psilocybin Mushroom, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cmSolomon Fine Art - Cléa van der Grijn, Blue Hare and Psilocybin Mushroom, 2022€ 3,000.00
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Cléa van der GrijnThe Dodo (Formal Silhouette Portrait), 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnThe Lorax, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnTwo Hares and Psilocybin, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnRed Pink Hare, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Cléa van der GrijnPsilocybin Mushroom, 2022mixed media on linen56 x 56cm
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Gloss-ip: See All The Guests At Solomon Fine Art’s Latest Opening
Cléa van der Grijn February 13, 2023SOLOMON FINE ART LAUNCHED A NEW EXHIBITION OF WORK BY SLIGO-BASED FILM MAKER AND ARTIST CLÉA VAN DER GRIJN. SEE ALL THE GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE … It was a packed... -
RTE NEWS - Culture
In The Picture: Cléa van der Grijn's disembodied adventures January 26, 2023In The Picture: Clea van der Grijn's disembodied adventures RTE Culture: Updated / Thursday, 26 Jan 2023 13:00 A detail from Caterpillar & Dodo (2022) by Clea van der Grijn... -
IRISH TIMES CULTURE MAGAZINE
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The Wild Creator: interview with Cléa van der Grijn
The Wild Creator | Interview with renowned artist Clea van der GrijnAnyone that’s ever been to a show of Clea van der Grijn will know what I mean when I say her work ‘goes deep’. The internationally award winning film-maker and... -
Cléa van der Grijn’s Flux at the New Jersey Film Festival
New Jersey Stage | By Emily RanieriCléa van der Grijn’s Flux is an experimental short film that’s being shown at the New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, January 28th, 2022. The film explores themes such as... -
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Sunday Independent: Life becomes her
Words by Mary O'Sullivan Photography By Tony Gavin November 14, 2021There's a lot of discussion about mental health these days — much talk in sometimes vague terms about panic attacks and anxiety — but mental illness has been a taboo... -
What Lies Beneath / Sunday Independent
Niall McMonagle delves deeper into the work of Cléa van der Grijn November 7, 2021WHAT LIES BENEATH Sunday independent Niall MacMonagle November 07 2021 Cléa van der Grijn One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small Ireland-born Cléa van... -
COSTUME DRAMA
Cléa van der Grijn & Natalie B Coleman's FLUX film/fashion collaboration November 5, 2021Costume Drama The interrelationship between fashion and film makes for compulsive viewing says Penny McCormick who meets three Irish women responsible for dressing and accessorising le tout Hollywood ... -
Gallery artist Clea van der Grijn IMMA acquisition
IMMA COLLECTION: YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 April 21, 2021IMMA COLLECTION YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 Following the announcement of a €1m acquisition fund supported by the Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in October 2020, Minister... -
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: CLÉA VAN DER GRIJN
My Cultural Life March 24, 2019MY CULTURAL LIFE Since 2008, artist Clea van der Grijn's work and practice is about unravelling the complexities associated around the culture of death, reconstructed memory and time. Jump, her... -
CLÉA VAN DER GRIJN featured in IRISH ARTS REVIEW
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IMAGE INTERIORS: CLÉA VAN DER GRIJN
The artist's new home and studio in Sligo September 1, 2018For the September/October 2018 issue, Image Interiors visited artist Cléa van der Grijn's beatiful new home and studio in Co. Sligo.
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