Klaus Enrique

Klaus Enrique /ˈklaʊs ɛnˈriːke/ (born 1975) is a Mexican-German post-contemporary sculptor and photographer known for his recreations of portraits by Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Enrique grew up in Mexico City. He studied genetics at the University of Nottingham, England, and received an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York City. He was a freelance IT consultant before he turned to photography, which he studied at Parsons and at the School of Visual Arts. His portrait of Mother & Daughter was considered for the Photographic Portrait Prize at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Subsequently, he has been nominated and short listed for various awards. In 2011, he was the winner of the Curator Award / Emerging Artist of the Year for Still Photography. In 2013, his “Vertumnus” was included in “The History of Still Life in Ten Masterpieces” as the Tenth Masterpiece, alongside works by Cézanne, Goya, and Warhol. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Leslie/Lohman Museum and the Haggerty Museum of Art. He currently lives in New York City.