Cris Brodahl

Cris Brodahl is a contemporary visual artist born in 1963 in Ghent, Belgium. She continues to live and work in her hometown.

Cris Brodahl's Art Style 

Cris Brodahl is known for her paintings based on collages crafted from magazine images.

Her work encompasses themes of beauty, violence, sexuality, death, religion, the subconscious, and the uncanny. While primarily portrayed in sepia, grey, or black-and-white tones, careful scrutiny of her paintings reveals a multifaceted range of subtly varied colors.

Some of Brodahl's paintings incorporate collaged components, including gold leaf, while others feature incisions. She assembles a medley of images related to art, photography, history, cuttings from interior design and fashion magazines, film stills, and her own photographs to construct a distinct, surreal contemporary world. Fragmented body parts merge within enigmatic settings or compositions, evoking the Surrealist "cadavre exquis" game and allowing free associations to unravel. 

In 2010, Cris Brodahl held a solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. Her pieces have been showcased in numerous group exhibitions, including "Inner Journeys" at Maison Particulière, Brussels (2013); "The Biennial of Painting: The Image of Man" at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (2012); and "Secret Societies" at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2011).