Rita Klaucke graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, the Academy of Art and Design in Amsterdam (NL). Prior to that, she studied Cognitive Neuropsychology at Groningen University (NL).
After graduating in psychology she worked as a consultant in the cultural field and as a video producer and director.
From 1995 on Klaucke works full time as an artist and has participated in art shows in a.o. :
Rotterdam Contemporary 2015 (Galerie Hein Elferink)
Galerie Hein Elferink, Meppel;
Galleria Arturarte, Rome (I).
The International Centre for Contemporary Art, Genazzano (Italy);
Gallery 'Meno Parkas', Kaunas, Lithuania;
The Contemporary Art Workshop Museum, Rome (Italy),
Senko Gallery, Viborg (Denmark),
PlotArt, international art show on the internet,
Stroom HCBK, Den Haag;
KunstAs in de Witte de Withstraat, Amsterdam;
Stichting Polderlicht, Amsterdam;
Artwalk, Amsterdam;
De Inkijk, Amsterdam;
Outline Amsterdam;
De Catacomben, Amsterdam;
De Melkfabriek, Kolderveen/Meppel;
Galerie Keizersgracht 408, Amsterdam;
Sophie’s Palace, Utrecht;
Artotheek Amsterdam Oost;
De Zaayer, Amsterdam;
Other work:
Photograpy for art magazine Tubelight
Schetsopdracht/Scetching design for De Rode Loper, Theater Festival, Amsterdam;
Graphic design for a.o. Het Schrijfatelier, Amsterdam;
Editorial work and articles on fine art for internetmagazine NWW;
Graphic design, bookdesign and webdesign for a.o. Messer, Mebius, Kracht, Bischoff, Heukelom, Groet;
Since 2007 she focuses on drawing.
Rita Klaucke works and lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Victoria BC, Canada