Working with Galleri Nijenkamp — A Gallery Partnership Across Two Coasts

The Covered Walkway There is a word that recurs in every language that has touched the art world. In Danish, it is galleri. In Spanish, galería. In German, Galerie. All of them trace back to the Latin galeria — a covered walkway, a passage, a sheltered route between one place and another. The gallery, etymologically, was never just a destination. It was a corridor. That feels accurate. A good gallery partnership is not a transaction. It is an opening of passage — between an artist's studio in one part of Europe and an audience in another. Claus Bertermann is based in Oviedo, in Asturias, on the northern coast of Spain. Galleri Nijenkamp is based in Odense, Denmark. Between them: the width of a continent, two coastlines facing different seas, and a shared dedication to the power of contemporary painting. Starting today, bertermann.art is listing Galleri Nijenkamp as a strategic gallery partner. This collaboration is built on a specific, deliberate focus. While the studio in Oviedo remains the origin for all of Claus Bertermann's output, Galleri Nijenkamp will represent the artist’s abstract body of work. This partnership celebrates the abstract paintings — works built through accumulation and erasure, where layer upon layer of oil is applied only for the palette knife to reveal what was buried beneath. By focusing on this specific discipline, Galleri Nijenkamp provides a dedicated home for the works that require a particular kind of dialogue: large-format pieces for collectors who are ready to live with art that doesn't explain itself. If you are visiting from Denmark: welcome. You will find two distinct paths here. The abstract works, which define our partnership with Galleri Nijenkamp, and the figurative works, which move differently — with roller-applied grounds and oil crayon silhouettes that float free of their backgrounds. Both belong to the same artistic vision, but it is the abstraction that finds its curated passage through the halls in Odense. The goal is to build, over time, a network of a few select galleries across Europe that represent such a genuine alignment. This is the first step. More to follow. Gallery Partners → bertermann.art/galleries