Caroline Achaintre (1969) is a mixed media artist living and working in London. Her work draws heavily on Animism, Expressionism, Theatricality and the Handmade.
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.
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. Much of this work draws on traditions of carnival and tribal masks and the potential to both attract and repulse through the materials. She has held a number of residencies and exhibited in a number of locations, including London's Saatchi Gallery, Cell Project Space London, Birmingham's Eastside Projects, and as part of the eighth British Art Show.
As of April 2019, Achaintre is Professor for Painting/Textile Arts at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany.
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| Ms. Caroline Achaintre |
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| Frogger, 2011 |
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| Befor, 2013 |
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| Theresa, 2013 |
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| Air Hair, 2014 |
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| AstraY, 2014 |
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| Monmec, 2017 |
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| PussyLoco, 2017 |
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| Schnauzer, 2017 |
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| Dissolver, 2018 |
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| Veneer, 2018 |
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| Echo Peel, 2019 |
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| Fumingo, 2019 |
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| Gitans, 2019 |
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| Martha, 2019 |
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| MissTique, 2019 |
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| Solaroid, 2019 |
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| Derma D., 2020 |
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| Louis Q., 2020 |
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| Elm, 2021 |
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| Klaus, 2021 |
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| Dork, 2022 |
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| Mercury, 2022 |
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| Brainz, 2023 |
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| Ric Rac, 2023 |
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| Charade, 2024 |
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| Mastermind, 2024 |
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| Charybdis, 2025 |
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| Untitled, 2025 |
