Kirsten Murhart

Kirsten Murhart (1951- ) is a figurative expressionist with a great sense of humour. She worked for more than 20 years as a journalist and editor. At the same time she received private teaching by two reputed painters. The lithographic artist Alfred Immanuel Jensen (1918 -), and the painter and lithographic artist Ole Vincent Larsen (1938-2003). In 2003 she had so many exhibitions, that she made the decision to make a living as a full time artist.
Ever since she has been increasingly busy - she exhibits all over Denmark, Poland, Russia and the Netherlands. She is connected to five Danish galleries, one in Poland and one in the Netherlands. Her artworks are currently presented at Museum of Contemporary Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in Sopot Museum, Poland, and in a danish museum of art.
Kirsten Murharts motifs are taken straight from the realm of reality. Her paintings are often biting commentary to ethical questions such as gene technology and cloning, presented in a style which has been called both grim and burlesque. In her milder paintings, the inspiration is found in the small oddities of everyday life, human emotions, small funny episodes, the atmosphere, the moment and the touching poetry of the clowns.