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Born in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Currently living in Houston, Texas.
Christian Eckart evokes the modernist belief in abstractions as a conduit for spiritual perfection. Working with custom metal fabricators and specialized auto lacquer paints, Eckart's wall works are objects of precision and physical purity. Eckart refers to himself as a contemporary "icon painter subscribing to the precepts and formal designs" of the Russian constructivists, and supremacist movement of the early 20th century and its historical antecedents, Baroque and Renaissance cathedral painting.
Eckart has shown extensively in the United States, Europe and Canada. Exhibiting galleries include Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; Sabine Watchers Fine Arts, Brussels; and Galerie Tanit, Munich. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; MCA, Chicago; MFA, Houston; Modern Art Museum of Vienna; Eli Board Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA; and many others
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