Katinka Lampe | Art Brussels 2026
During Art Brussels 2026, a selection of new paintings by Katinka Lampe will be one view at our main booth. Working from staged photographs, she constructs images that hover between portraiture and abstraction. Her process focuses on surface: skin, fabric and light are rendered with precision, while backgrounds remain flat and undefined. Influenced by classical lighting, her compositions recall historical painting yet resist clear identification. Resemblance is not the defining characteristic of these pieces. Instead, the artist sees the figures as visual impressions that, once transformed by her gaze, become representative of larger themes within society, rather than the individual.
8010257, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 100 x 80 cm
Katinka Lampe
Katinka Lampe begins her process by photographing models, usually young individuals, in specific poses. These models are styled and cast based on certain ideas or sources, rather than posing as themselves. These photographs become the starting point for her paintings.
4050257, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 40 x 50 cm
Katinka Lampe
3540256, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 40 x 35 cm
Katinka Lampe
4050258, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 40 x 50 cm
Katinka Lampe
3545251, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 35 x 45 cm
Katinka Lampe
Throughout the painting process, Lampe searches for the balance between attraction and repulsion, affirmation and denial, realism, and abstraction. She combines precisely rendered details with flat areas, maintaining control over the paint and avoiding virtuoso brushstrokes by using a large brush to remove personal elements. This method adds an extra layer of meaning to her work, prompting viewers to shift their focus from realistic resemblance to artificial interventions and an almost impersonal painting style.
1318263, 2026 | Oil on canvas | 180 x 130 cm
Katinka Lampe
5060258, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 60 x 50 cm
Katinka Lampe
3545250, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 35 x 45 cm
Katinka Lampe
4055254, 2025 | Oil on canvas | 55 x 40 cm
Katinka Lampe
4050244, 2024 | Oil on canvas | 50 x 40 cm
Katinka Lampe
About the Artist
Katinka Lampe traverses the realms of figurative, expressionist, and abstract painting in her soft, yet uncanny, portraits. Her works, though imbued with a sense of realism, are not meant to represent those that they depict. Resemblance is not the defining characteristic of these pieces. Instead, the artist sees the figures as visual impressions that, once transformed by her gaze, become representative of larger themes within society, rather than the individual.
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