Caroline Achaintre

Caroline Achaintre (born December 1969) is a mixed media artist living and working in London.^[1] Her work draws heavily on Animism, Expressionism, Theatricality and the Handmade.^[2]

Born in Toulouse and brought up near Nuremberg, Achaintre trained as a blacksmith, before obtaining a scholarship at the Kunsthochschule Halle. She came to London in 1998 with a DAAD grant to study at the BA programme of Chelsea College of Arts. She later graduated with an MA in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London before establishing a studio in Homerton, East London.^[3]

Much of her earlier work was in textiles, particularly wool, and Primitivist in style, though she has also worked in installation, and also in ink on paper and ceramics.^[4][5] Much of this work draws on traditions of carnival and tribal masks and the potential to both attract and repulse through the materials.^[6] She has held a number of residencies and exhibited in a number of locations, including London's Saatchi Gallery, Cell Project Space London,^[7][8] Birmingham's Eastside Projects, and as part of the eighth British Art Show.^[6]

As of April 2019, Achaintre is Professor for Painting/Textile Arts at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany.^[9]

Achaintre is represented by the gallery Von Bartha in Basel.^[10] She has held many solo shows in several countries.

• 2025: Gobbler, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, CH
• 2025: SHAPESHIFTER, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, DE
• 2024: The Seeker, Art: Concept, Paris, F
• 2024: Achaintre Après Achaintre, Secci gallery, Milan, IT
• 2024: The Cast, Duo Show with Raphael Sbrzesny, Haus Coburg, Delmenhorst, DE
• 2023: Her Hare, VISUAL, Carlow, IE
• 2023: Doppelgänger, Museum Lothar Fischer, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, DE
• 2023: Roadrunner, Neues Museum, Nuremberg, DE
• 2022: Inhabitants, Encounter, Lisbon, P
• 2022: Shiftings, Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, CH
• 2021: Caroline Achaintre: Shiftings, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, DE
• 2021: Tête-à-tête, curated by Joël Riff, Art: Concept, Paris, FR
• 2021: Permanente, CAPC, Bordeaux, FR
• 2020: Permanente, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, IT
• 2020: Vue Liquide, Fondation Thalie, Bruxelles, BE
• 2019: Permanent Wave, Belvedere 21, Vienna, AU
• 2018: Fantômas, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill On Sea, GB
• 2018: Duo Infernal, Art: Concept, Paris, FR
• 2018: Caroline Achaintre, BE-PART, Waregem, BE
• 2018: Wimper, Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, GB
• 2018: Dissolver, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, DE
• 2018: Scanner, Arcade Gallery, London, UK
• 2017: Caroline Achaintre A.D.O., Farbvision, Berlin, DE
• 2017: Caroline Achaintre, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FR
• 2017: Escaner: Caroline Achaintre, Museo de Arte Precolombiano, Quito
• 2016: Limbo, Arcade Gallery, London, GB
• 2016: Boo, c-o-m-p-o-s-i-t-e, Brussels, BE
• 2016: Caroline Achaintre, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, GB
• 2015: Caroline Achaintre, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, GB
• 2014: Present/Future, Illy Prize, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT
• 2014: Caroline Achaintre, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, GB
• 2014: Mooner, Arcade, London, GB
• 2013: Camp Coo, UH Galleries and Smith Row, Hertfordshire and Bury St Edmunds, GB
• 2012: Trip-Dip, Arcade Gallery, London, GB
• 2010: Couleur Locale, Arcade Gallery, London, GB
• 2008: Visor Visitor, Fake Estate, New York, USA
• 2008: Novelty, Galerie Mirko Mayer, Cologne, DE
• 2007: Six Strings, Bloe de la Barra, London, GB
• 2006: Caroline Achaintre, Galerie Mirko Mayer, Cologne, DE
• 2005: DEEDIE, The Showroom, London, GB
• 2004: Quaters, Whitechapel Project Space, London, GB
• 2004: Caroline Achaintre, Galerie Mirko Mayer, Cologne, DE
• 2004: Caroline Achaintre, Lawrence O‘Hana, London, GB