Chris Klein (visual artist)

Christopher Klein is a British visual artist based in Quebec, best known for his richly colored, hyperrealistic paintings portraying original scenic costumes from theatrical plays, films, and period collections. His oeuvre was described as "a poetics of observation as a repeated and prolonged meditation on these beautiful fabrics, folds, pleats and colours". Since the mid-nineties, he has worked as a scenic artist on many films and theatrical plays.

Career

In Ontario, Klein he was hired as a Head of Scenic Art at the Stratford Festival. Klein has painted costumes from major productions such as The Phantom of the Opera, and exhibited them at Bernaducci Gallery.

He has produced paintings inspired by the designs of Zandra Rhodes, and Thierry Mugler.

Klein painted costumes for the cover of a Disney brochure celebrating The Lion King's 20th anniversary in London. Klein's paintings of scrapyards were included in an exhibition at Nicole Longnecker Gallery.

Awards

Klein's distinctions as an artist include:

Shortlisted as a finalist to the Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag (FiKVA-foundation) International Award for Painters in 2022
Best of Show, Grey Cube Gallery, 2022
Grand Prize of the Teravarna Gallery Fall competition in 2023
Winner, Boynes Monthly Art Award, December 2023

Exhibitions

Solo shows

2013: Galerie Richelieu, Montreal, Canada
2013: Galerie Luz, Montreal, Canada
2016: Agora Gallery, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
2017: Westland Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2019: Bernarducci Gallery, New York

Other