KIRSTINE REINER HANSEN

Kirstine Reiner Hansen is a Danish-born artist based on California's Monterey Peninsula. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Design and Illustration from the Kolding School of Design in Denmark before establishing a painting practice recognized for its evocative, psychologically resonant imagery.

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Hansen's work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States. In 2012, she was awarded the prestigious Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant and has twice been named a semi-finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Her paintings have been featured in Juxtapoz magazine and in John Seed's book Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World. Her work also appears in the 2023 independent film Meaning of a Ritual.​