About the artist:
Claude grew up behind the cold war iron curtain, specifically East Berlin.
He left his enclosed home country at an early age of 19 and has been roaming the world ever since.
He now lives and works in South East Asia for more than 15 years. When asked if his photographic work is related to the circumstances he grew up with his response is this:
"As an artist I want to create an overall body of work of someone who walked out of his childhood home, slid down the rabbit hole and never ceased to stumble around wondering and exploring with his mouth wide open. I have no interest in reporting back the realities of my exploratory territories but rather pick fragmented bits and pieces to create my own tunes that I can dance to and perform for others. Tunes that tell stories of the otherness, disparity and mystery of places far away from home. Stories that ignite curiosity rather than educate, stories that will pull YOU down the rabbit hole and make you want to follow me..."
solo exhibition
2020
'Kehr Wieder!’, Oberfett Gallery, Hamburg / Germany
postponed due to covid-19 temporary gallery closure
2018
'Land of the Great Poets' & ‘Ayutthaya Heritage’, House of Lucie - Kashan, Kashan / Iran
2016
'Dreams of a Distant Place', AREZZO & FOTOGRAFIA BIENNALE, Arezzo / Italy
selected group exhibition
2021
‘Femalia’, Praxis Gallery, juror: Elizabeth Flinsch
‘Life in the Pandemic’, Davis Orton Gallery, online group exhibition, juror: Karen Davis
‘The Staged Photograph’, Southeast Center of Photography, juror: Richard Tuschman
‘Blue Skies’, "Don't take pictures" magazine, online group exhibition, juror: Kat Kiernan
‘Mercy of the Moon’, A Smith Gallery, juror: Kevin Tully
‘NOIR’, Analog Forever Magazine, online exhibition, juror: Blue Mitchell
‘Diptych’, A Smith Gallery, juror: Kevin Tully
2020
‘LENSCRATCH VOTE’, Lenscratch, online group exhibition
‘Domicile’, A Smith Gallery, jurors: Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully
2019
‘Color’, Southeast Center of Photography, juror: Blue Mitchell
‘Life of Water’, The Center for Fine Art Photography, juror: Jennifer Shaw
2018
‘Fauna’, Southeast Center of Photography, juror: Anne Berry
‘The Portrait’, Praxis Gallery, juror: Douglas Beasley
‘Black + White 2018’, The Center for Fine Art Photography, juror: Catherine Couturier
‘Celebrating Women’, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Joyce Tenneson
2017
‘Open’, SouthEast Center For Photography, juror: Tim Anderson
‘The Creative Portrait’, Los Angeles Center of Photography, juror: Ann M Jastrab
'Conversation with Light', PRYME Editions, Juried online exhibition, juror: Michael Kirchoff
‘Passporte Prize for Surreal Photography’, Juried online exhibition, juror: Sarah Sudhoff
‘FairyTales & Nuclear Bombs’, Lightbox Gallery, juror: Diane Fenster
‘The 2017 Photographic Conversation’, Lenscratch online exhibition
‘Black + White 2017’, The Center for Fine Art Photography, juror: Ann M Jastrab
‘Intimate Portraits’, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Joyce Tenneson
‘Visual Armistice’, Plates to Pixels Annual Juried Exhibition, online exhibition
2016
‘Tabula Rasa’, Artspace OBERFETT, Hamburg / Germany
‘Light’, A Smith Gallery, juror Jennifer Schlesinger
‘Haunted’, Darkroom Gallery, juror Russell Joslin
‘Landscapes’, Film Shooters Collective, online exhibition
‘Fishing for Iconography II’, A Smith Gallery, wheat pasted in public places in Johnson City, Texas
'Px3 Paris Photography Prize 10th Anniversary Exhibition', Gallery Espace Beaurepaire, Paris/France
'Tribe', juried group exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery, juror: Blue Mitchell
'Intimate Alchemy', 2016 anual juried exhibition, Plates to Pixels Gallery, juror: Blue Mitchell
'Flawed / An instant film exhibition', juried group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, juror: Michael Kirchoff
2015
'Beauty Where You FInd It.', juried group exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery, juror: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal of Rfotofolio
'Open Theme - 1st PopUp Show', juried group exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery - Astoria,OR,
Honorable Mention'Fading', juried group exhibition, PH21 Gallery Budapest
KL International Photo Awards 2015, Portrait Photography, winner and finalists exhibition
'A world beyond', juried group exhibition, PH21 Gallery Budapest
'Instamatic', online group exhibition by "Don't take pictures" magazine
'Portraiture: Expression and Gesture', juried group exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Karen Haas
2014
'Exposure 2014', juried group exhibition, Open Shutter Gallery, juror: Jimmy Williams
2013
'Faces', juried group exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, juror: Elizabeth Avedon
'Exposure 2013', juried group exhibition, Open Shutter Gallery, juror: Cara Weston
'The Last Spooky Show', juried group exhibition, Lightbox Gallery
'Curiouser and Curiouser: Photographic Dreams and Fictions', juried group exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Blue Mitchell
'Psyche', juried online exhibition, Linus Galleries
'Mobil Magic II', juried group exhibition, Lightbox Gallery, juror: David Carol
'PhotoCraft2', juried group exhibition, Lightbox Gallery, juror Blue Mitchell
'City', juried group exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, juror: Stephen Perloff
'Long Shot 2013', Photo Center NW, group exhibition
2011
'Persona', juried group exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, juror: Chris Buck
'Exposure 2011': 2nd Annual Open Shutter Gallery Juried Exhibition, juror: Steve McCurry, Excellence Award Winner
'Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies', juried group exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Blue Mitchell
'About Me', juried online exhibition, F-Stop Magazine
'A True Story', juried group exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, juror: Peter Turnley
'The Language of Light', juried group exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Paul Paletti
'THAT'S WEIRD!', juried group exhibition, Gallery 1650, juror: Billy the Mime
'The Self Image', juried online exhibition, Plates to Pixels, juror: Jennifer Schwartz
2010
'Scene on the Street', juried group exhibition, Vermont Photo Space, juror: Ed Kashi
'Wide-Awake Dreaming', juried group exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, juror: Russell Joslin
'Art for books', charity group exhibition, Rotery Club Bangkok
'Faces', juried online exhibit, honorable mention, WIPI, jurors: Sarah Hughes, Keith Milton, Sophie Mörner
Publications
2021
LifeFramer, ‘Night Life’ competition, Editor’s Pick - online
Diffusion, Volume X | Print Annual, featured images from “Dreams of a Distant Place”
The Hand magazine issue #31 - featured images from "Dreams of a Distant Place"
2020
Seities Magazine issue “Landscape”, featured images from “Dreams of a Distant Place”
2019
Seities Magazine issue “Open”, featured images from “Wings of Desire”
2018
SHOTS magazine, issue #139 - Self Portraits
Seities Magazine issue “Interior”, featured images from “Dreams of a Distant Place” and “Time Travel”
2017
Diffusion, Volume IX | Print Annual, featured images from “Ayutthaya Heritage”
Seities Magazine issue “Portrait”, featured images from “Ayutthaya Heritage”
The Hand magazine issue #16 - featured piece from "Dreams of a Distant Place" series
One Twelve Publishing, video series ‘Handcrafted Photography’, video interview
2016
‘Don’t Take Pictures’ Magazine, “Oppa #01” featured as ‘Photo of the Day’
Seities Magazine issue “Music”, featured piece from “Dreams of a Distant Place”
The Hand magazine issue #13 – back cover with work from "Naraka, Buddhist Hell"
Invited guest artist at “12:12 Men”’s for their themed "Doppelgänger" online compilation
BLUR Magazine issue #48, feature article “Naraka, Buddhist Hell”
2015
Plates to Pixels Gallery, featured artist month October, online portfolio from "Naraka" series
Seities Magazine, "Macabre" issue, published works from "Naraka" series in print
Pryme Magazine, issue #4 - artist interview and selected works from the "Dreams of a Distant Place" series in print
The Hand magazine issue #8 - published work from "Waters are rising" series in print
ND Magazine - featured portfolio
Pryme Magazine, featured blog article
2014
The AppWhisperer Blog - feature article on "Dreams of a Distant Place" series
LensCulture magazine - feature article on "Dreams of a Distant Place" series
Impossible Project Blog - feature article on "Dreams of a Distant Place" series
The Hand magazine issue #6 - three published works from the "Dreams of a Distant Place" series in print
2011
"Sanctuary of Truth", feature article, publication in Sawaddi Magazine
2010
"The living and the Dead", feature, publication in Bangkok Post
"Celebration of the Dead", photo-essay, publication in Sawaddi Magazine
"Portfolio of the month", feature, publication in Asian Photography Magazine
2009
"Images in the morning mist", photo-essay, publication in Sawaddi Magazine
Awards
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020, Fine Art/Still Life: Honorable Mention
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020, Portraiture/Self-Portrait: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2020, Fine Art - Still Life: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2020, Analog / Film-Fine Art: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2020, Fine Art-Portrait: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2020, People - Self-Portrait: Honorable Mention
SANTA FE WORKSHOPS: DIVERSITY - 2018, Honorable Mention
IPA ONE SHOT - Harmony 2018, Fine Art: Honorable Mention
9th POLLUX AWARD 2016, portrait category, finalist
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016, Professional Fine Art People: Curatorial Selection
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016, Professional Fine Art People: Second Prize
Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016, Professional Fine Art (Other): Honorable Mention
IPA FAMILY OF MAN - Childhood 2016, Fine Art: Honorable Mention
Monochrome Awards 2015, Professional – Conceptual category, Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2015, Fine Art Other: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards 2015, Fine Art Portrait: Honorable Mention
KL International Photo Awards 2015, Portrait Photography, finalist
'Exposure 2011': 2nd Annual Open Shutter Gallery Juried Exhibition, juror: Steve McCurry, Excellence Award Winner
Best Shot 2011, juried competition, WPGA, runner up award + book feature, juror: Julio Hardy
'Portrait & People' 2011, juried competition, WPGA, silver award + book feature, juror: WPGA Team and Julio Hardy
'black & white & color' 2010, juried competition,WIPI, 1st prize portrait category + honorable mention, juror: Susan Spiritus.