Rune is a self-taught artist whose work has found identity as part of a growing urban art movement. His paintings have been exhibited in Denmark, Germany, Australia and across the US. Much of Rune’s inspiration comes from his time spent travelling and observing cultural traditions, religious motifs, textiles, and costumes from around the world.
ARTCOLLECTORNEWS: Please tell us a little bit about your background and art.
My name is Rune Christensen. I am from Denmark, and I am currently based in a small town in mainland Jutland. And I'm sitting right now in a prison, well, what used to be a prison from 1850 and closed in2006 and now it's kind of a cultural institution here in Jutland where I live now. And this is where I was born. I was in Copenhagen for a while, and I spent a lot of time traveling around the world just living in a backpack for many years. I got into painting through, I think, graffiti. I found graffiti in the early 90s and practiced that for many years and then for some years I didn't do anything. And something was missing, something creative, because I was used to you know graffiti kind of consumes your life for many years and then maybe three years of just being young and whatever that brings to your life. And I got bored, and I picked up a canvas and some house paint that I found in the basement and just started adding paint on there. And many years later I'm here and so I guess that's kind of the short story of me getting into painting, the way that I'm doing now.
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