Artist Statement
Space, color and tranquility are the main focus of my work.
I am constantly exploring how colors affect one another, and how little—or how much—it takes to create a sense of space. At the same time, I strive for a certain tranquility within the picture frame.
I work on several paintings simultaneously. The repetition, combined with the slow process of building up layers of oil paint, makes both material and process an essential part of the work.
Precision is key in my process, yet it should never become too rigid. I use masking tape to create my layers and lines. On closer inspection, they reveal slight irregularities—lines that are not entirely straight, or traces of paint that have slipped beyond their edges, leaving marks of imperfection.
Texture also plays an important role. The layers create a surface that reflects the process itself. Small accumulations of dried paint remain on the canvas, forming a structure that is gradually intensified as each new layer is added, shaping the spatial depth of the work.
Part of the poetic strength lies in this slowness. It is a time-based process, and that duration becomes visible in the final piece.
For me, painting has a mathematical quality—it is like solving a problem.
BIO
Born 1976, Lives and Works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Member of the Danish Visual Artists
Coming up
June: Showing works, at Hotel D'Angleterre & Marchal
September: Seoul, Korea
October: Toronto, Canada
2020 CCA Andratx, Artist-in-Resindency
2016-2018, Has founded an run the very successful exhibition space Røm in Valby,
together with Jeanette Hillig, Jakob Hunosoe, Anne Torpe
and Elisabeth Anker-Møller. www.roem.dk
Education
2006 The Royal Danish Academy, School of Design.
1999 Drawing School by Lis Nogel
1996 Holbæk Art School
2000 - 2014 apprenticeship at Lis Nogel
2000 - 2006 apprenticeship at Niels Erik Gjerdevik
Site specific art installations
2025 BEC Financial Technologies , Roskilde, Denmark
Exhibitions
2024 Neu Ja!, Galerie Bludin Berisha. Hamburg, GE
2022 Solo Show The Tranquility of space, Domeij Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2023 Sexy Xmas The Lodge, LA, USA
2019 Winter Show, Christoffer Egelund, DK
2019 Summer Show, Christoffer Egelund, DK
2018 Winter Show, Christoffer Egelund, DK
2018 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London UK
2018 Show up, RØM, Valby, DK
2017 Frederiksbergsalonen, DK
2017 The Devil is in the Detail, VÆG Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2017 Constructions, Vrå Kunsthal. Vrå, DK
2016 Røm, Walking The Gap, Solo Show, DK
2015 0601-0603, Copenhagen, Denmark, DK
2015 Nordahl & Nissen Contemporary, Summer Exhibition, DK
2015 Nordahl & Nissen Contemporary, Grand Opening, DK
2015 Saatchi Art's Showdown Prize top 30, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Hanover Project, In the city, Preston, UK
2013 Galleri KIRK, DK
2013 Galleri KIRK, Double art in Double A, DK
2013 Kunstnernes Easter Exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2012 Bischoff, Untitled, Holbæk, DK
2010 Nakke Hage, KE, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Gl. Holtegaard;DK
2008 Møstings Hus, Space In Between, DK
2007 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Grimmerhus, Network Europa, DK
2007 Turf Gallery, London,UK
2006 Network Europe, Guldagergaard, DK
2006 Nakke Hage, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Kunstnerens Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, DK
2004 Illums Bolighus, DK
2003 Det Ny Kastet, Thisted, DK
2002 Det Ny Kastet, Thisted,Dk
2002 Springexhibition , Charlottenborg , Copenhagen, DK
Scholarships.
2008 Work Scholarships at the Danish Art Workshops.
2006 Network Europe; The National Bank of Denmark Jubilee foundation of 1968, Augustinus Foundation, Oticon Foundation, Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsens Foundation