ANDREAS CLAUSSEN: PAINTINGS THAT MAKE YOU SMILE AND WONDER
Andreas Claussen (born 1988) is a contemporary painter known for his distinct style of Imaginative Realism and his narrative-driven FLOOD series. Blending heavy impasto and fragmentation with pop-culture aesthetics, Claussen creates post-apocalyptic landscapes and figurative works that are less about doom and more about the 'SNAFU' state of mind: Accepting the chaos with a stoic smile.
In Claussen’s universe, the world has been reclaimed by nature and water. His protagonist - a lonely astronaut in a red suit - wanders through these submerged playgrounds like a futuristic tourist. Whether drifting on inflatable animals like his pink flamingo, exploring ruins, or collecting the scattered fragments of modern life, this figure symbolizes human resilience and adaptation. Here, Looney Tunes logic and Doomsday Prepping meet the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi, finding beauty in the imperfect and the fleeting.
Claussen portrays a post-apocalyptic world not as a nightmare, but as a stage for transformation. His mission is to celebrate the beauty of transience and the irony of humanity's downfall, inviting us to smile and wonder what will remain of us. In an era of digital perfection and AI, Claussen’s work remains unapologetically physical - thick layers of oil paint capture the texture of a decaying yet vibrant world.
Andreas Claussen lives and works in Germany. His work is collected internationally and has been exhibited in prominent galleries and art fairs across the US, UK, and Europe. He paints for those who seek to add a bold and humorous touch to their lives - reminding us that if everything is going under, the only thing left to do is laugh and keep swimming.
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REPRESENTATION
Find available artworks and enjoy exceptional customer service at my partner galleries:
USA
- Principle Gallery, Alexandria & Charleston
- Abend Gallery, Denver
United Kingdom
- AURA Fine Art, Nottingham and other locations
- Buckingham Fine Art, Buckingham
Germany
- Galerie an der Zitadelle, Jülich
Italy
- Arte è Kaos, Alassio
The easiest way to find a painting is the Artwork Finder, which directly connects you to the gallery, where the artwork is located.
PAST AND PLANED EXHIBITONS
2026
- October – Two-Artist Show "Imaginative Realism", Principle Gallery, Charleston, USA
2025
- 19th September – 6th October – Group Show "Mixed Reality", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, USA
- 6th - 7th September – "Zinnober - Open Studio Doors", Hanover, Germany
- 1st - 31st August – Group Show "Apanage Days Berlin" The Apanage Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 19th July – 9th August – Group Show "Through the Natural Lens" Abend Gallery, Denver, USA
- 19th – 23rd February – LA Art Show with Abend Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2024
- 12th February until April – Group show “Seven Deadly Sins” Gallery in the Elysée, Hamburg, Germany
- 22nd March until April – Group show “30. Anniversary” Principle Gallery, Alexandria, USA
- 6th – 27th April – Group show “Contemporary Figuration V” Abend Gallery, Denver, USA
- 21st – 23rd June – Group show “ARTLAB” Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany
- 13th September – 7th October – “Catharsis – Wild Heart” Principle Gallery, Alexandria, USA
- 25th – 27th October – Art Muc Artfair in Munic, Gallery at the Citadelle, Julich/Cologne, Germany
- December – “Small Works” Principle Gallery, Alexandria, USA
- 5th December - "34th Annual Holidays Miniatures Mini Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, USA
2023
- 24th – 26th March – ArtMuc Munich, Germany
- 6th – 31th May – Mini Solo Show “F(L)OOD” Curio Art Gallery, Portugal
- 13th – 16th July – Hamptons Fine Art Fair, New York, USA
- 7th – 28th October – Solo Show “FLOOD – On the Waves of Change” Gallery at the Citadelle, Julich/Cologne, Germany
- 27th – 29th October – C.A.R. Art Fair Essen, Germany
- 27 th October – 28 th November – “Abstraction – Figuration” – Groupshow at Kunst Schaefer Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
- 9th – 12th November – Fair Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany
- 2nd – 31st Dezember – Small Works Exhibition at Principle Gallery, Alexandria, USA
2022
- 10th – 13th November – Fair Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany
- 10th – 14th November – ArtePadova, Italy
- 5th – 30th November – Group Show “Candied” Curio Art Gallery, Portugal
- 28th – 30th October – Fair C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, Germany
- 7th – 9th October – ArtMuc München, Germany
2021
- 11th – 14th November – Fair Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany
- 5th – 7th November – Fair C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, Germany
- 14th – 17th October – ArtMuc Munich, Germany
- 26th – 29th August – INCorporating Hamburg, Germany
2020
- Group show “Seascapes” Ocke Peters Gallery of Art, Flensburg, Germany
- Fair C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, Germany
- Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany (postponed)
- Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, Germany (postponed)
- Group show “Opening” WanderGALERIE Elbe Center, Hamburg, Germany
- Fair Art Nocturne, Knocke, Belgium (postponed)
- Two-Man-Show “Sea and City” Galerie an der Zitadelle, Jülich, Germany (postponed)
- Fair ARTMUC Munic, Germany (postponed)
- Fair Discovery Art Fair Cologne, Germany (postponed)
2019
- Two-Man-Show “Sea and City” Gallery Flying Colours, Hamburg, Germany
- Group show at Gallery Flying Colours, Hamburg, Germany
- “Seas and Shores” Ocke Peters Gallery of Art, Flensburg, Germany
2018
- Group show “Everthing We Love” Ocke Peters Gallery of Art, Flensburg, Germany
- Fair “NAMTA 2018” Dallas, USA
- Fair “Paperworld” Frankfurt, Germany
RECENT PRESS
- [AUSTRALIA] Beautiful Bizarre Interview about “FLOOD”
- [USA] American Art Collector article about “FLOOD”
- [AUSTRALIA] Beautiful Bizarre article about “Andreas Claussen: The Enterprising Painter On Bringing Levity To Environmental Uncertainty”
- [UNITED KINGDOM] Creative Boom article “Paintings by Andreas Claussen of a lonely astronaut wandering a flooded Earth”
PUBLICATIONS
- 2024 Hardcover Book “FLOOD VOL 2”, Germany
- 2022 Hardcover Book “FLOOD”, Germany
- 2021 Art Fair Catalog “Andreas Claussen”, Germany
- 2019 Book “Andreas Claussen VOL. I”, Germany
- 2019 Short film “Painted Collages – Current works of Andreas Claussen” Klingebiel – CREATIVE, Germany
EDUCATION
Besides learning the craft of painting in an ongoing plank of daily drawing and book reading, Claussen learned from some of the best:
- 2017 “Artistic Composition” Steve Huston, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2017 “Figure Painting” Steve Huston, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2016 “Drawing anything from imagination” Glenn Vilppu, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2015 – 2016 “Figure Drawing and Painting” Jeffrey R. Watts, Watts Atelier of the Arts, San Diego, California, USA