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FORBANDET KERAMIK
ANNE-LOUISE BACHMANN, ALSO KNOWN AS FORBANDET KERAMIK, IS A DANISH CERAMIC ARTIST CELEBRATED FOR HER POETIC AND DEEPLY EMOTIONAL WORK IN CLAY. SHE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR HER ICONIC CERAMIC HEARTS—FRAGILE, POWERFUL FORMS THAT HOLD STORIES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND UNBREAKABLE CONNECTION.
THROUGH HER WORK, BACHMANN INVITES THE VIEWER TO STEP CLOSER TO THEIR OWN PAIN, TO STRIP AWAY EVERYTHING BUT FACTS AND FEELINGS. WHAT REMAINS IS EARTH BENEATH YOUR FEET AND PURE, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
IN HER SOLO EXHIBITION, THE ARTWORKS TRACED DIFFERENT STAGES OF BEING BURIED IN THE GROUND - HOW NATURE GRADUALLY WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH, DECOMPOSING THE HUMAN FORM AND TRANSFORMING IT INTO SOIL. YET, THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF DECAY AND RETURN, LOVE DOES NOT WAVER. IT PERSISTS, QUIETLY AND UNDENIABLY.
WITH FORBANDET KERAMIK, ANNE-LOUISE BACHMANN CREATES WORKS THAT ARE BOTH ELEGIES AND ANCHORS - REMINDERS THAT EVEN AS BODIES DISAPPEAR INTO THE EARTH, LOVE REMAINS WHOLE, UNBROKEN, AND ALIVE.
SIMON FENSHOLM
IN SIMON FENSHOLM’S PAINTINGS, WE MEET A SPACE THAT SITS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HOPE AND SADNESS, ORDER AND MESS. THE IMAGES ARE NEITHER FULLY REALISTIC NOR FULLY ABSTRACT, BUT EXIST IN A GREY AREA WHERE EMOTIONS ARE FELT MORE THAN EXPLAINED.
BASED IN COPENHAGEN, FENSHOLM WORKS WITH PAINTING TO EXPLORE HOW PEOPLE TRY TO STAY IN CONTROL WHILE LIVING IN A WORLD THAT IS OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE. HIS WORK LOOKS AT THE WAYS WE CREATE STRUCTURE AND MEANING TO KEEP OURSELVES STEADY, EVEN WHEN THINGS AROUND US FEEL UNSTABLE.
THE PAINTINGS FOCUS ON CONTRASTS: WHAT FEELS REAL VERSUS WHAT IS STAGED, CALM VERSUS DISORDER, STRENGTH ALONGSIDE VULNERABILITY. RATHER THAN HIDING WEAKNESS, THE WORK BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE FRAGILE PARTS OF BEING HUMAN AND THE EFFORT IT TAKES JUST TO KEEP GOING.
SEEN TOGETHER, THE PAINTINGS ACT LIKE QUIET OBSERVATIONS OF MODERN LIFE. THEY FORM A THOUGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF OUR TIME, WHERE SOFTNESS AND SENSITIVITY SIT JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE, WAITING TO BE NOTICED.
IDA KUNSTMANN
IDA KUNSTMANN IS A DANISH ARTIST BASED IN AALBORG WHO WORKS ACROSS DRAWING PAINTING CERAMICS AND INSTALLATION. HER PRACTICE UNFOLDS IN A DREAMLIKE AND FAIRYTALE INSPIRED UNIVERSE WHERE THE FIGURATIVE AND THE ABSTRACT MEET AND MERGE.
AT THE CORE OF HER WORK ARE THEMES OF THE BODY IDENTITY AND TRANSFORMATION. THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION WITH FORM COLOUR AND MATERIALITY SHE CREATES WORKS THAT FEEL BOTH FRAGILE AND POWERFUL. LAYERS OF TEXTURE AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN EXPRESSION INVITE THE VIEWER INTO OPEN ENDED NARRATIVES AND SENSORY EXPERIENCES.
IDA KUNSTMANN’S ART EXISTS IN A STATE OF BECOMING WHERE FIGURES MORPH SPACES BREATHE AND MEANING IS NEVER FIXED. HER WORK ENCOURAGES SLOW LOOKING AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OFFERING POETIC MOMENTS WHERE IMAGINATION AND EMOTION CAN FREELY UNFOLD.
THOMAS SKOU
THOMAS SKOU IS A RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST WHO MOVES FREELY BETWEEN MEDIA AND LANDSCAPES. HIS PRACTICE IS ROOTED IN MOVEMENT, CURIOSITY, AND A DEEP CONNECTION TO PLACE.
IN HIS WORK, PHOTOGRAPHY MEETS PAINTING. LIGHT MEETS DARKNESS. THROUGH ARTISTIC STROKES, SYMBOLS, AND FIGURES APPLIED DIRECTLY TO HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, THOMAS SKOU CREATES A DISTINCT VISUAL LANGUAGE WHERE EACH WORK TELLS ITS OWN STORY.
HIS ART INVITES THE VIEWER INTO A COLORFUL AND DUSTY PRAIRIE, WHERE ATMOSPHERE AND NARRATIVE UNFOLD SIDE BY SIDE. IT IS IN THIS MEETING POINT BETWEEN THE REAL AND THE INTERPRETED THAT HIS WORK COMES ALIVE, BLENDING DOCUMENTATION WITH IMAGINATION AND TURNING THE OPEN ROAD INTO A CANVAS.
THOMAS MAU
THOMAS MAU IS A DANISH VISUAL ARTIST BORN IN 1978, WHOSE PRACTICE IS DEEPLY SHAPED BY LITERATURE AND A LIFELONG CONTEMPLATION OF MORTALITY. HIS WORK MOVES THROUGH THEMES OF MELANCHOLY, RELIEF, AND DESPAIR, EXPLORING UNIVERSAL HUMAN EMOTIONS WITH A RAW AND INTROSPECTIVE SENSIBILITY.
DRAWING ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURES, MAU APPROACHES HIS ART WITH A SPIRITUAL INTENSITY, EVEN AS HE OPENLY QUESTIONS FAITH ITSELF. HE HAS NOTED THAT WHILE HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, RELIGION IS SO DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR CULTURE AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT ITS STORIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, CONTINUE TO HOLD GREAT POWER AND RELEVANCE FOR HIM.
HIS ARTISTIC LANGUAGE IS INFORMED BY EXPRESSIONISM AND FIGURES SUCH AS EDVARD MUNCH, AS WELL AS BY THE WRITINGS OF DOSTOEVSKY, CÉLINE, NIETZSCHE, AND RIMBAUD. MUSIC AND POETRY ALSO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE, WITH THE WORK OF NICK CAVE STANDING AS A NOTABLE INFLUENCE.
THOMAS MAU LIVES AND WORKS IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO CREATE WORKS THAT INVITE THE VIEWER INTO A CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE BETWEEN BELIEF AND DOUBT, LIFE AND DEATH, DARKNESS AND MOMENTS OF QUIET RELIEF.
CECILIE LUND
CECILIE LUND CREATES STRIKING AND SENSITIVE ARTWORKS THAT EXPLORE THE HUMAN BODY AS A CARRIER OF EMOTION, MEMORY, AND INSTINCT. THROUGH DRAWING AND FIGURATION, SHE PORTRAYS HUMANS IN STATES OF VULNERABILITY, TENSION, AND TRANSFORMATION.
HER WORK IS ROOTED IN THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. THE FEAR OF WHAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND THE FEAR OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF WE DO NOT ACT WITH CAUTION. INSPIRED BY STORIES FROM A TIME BEFORE ELECTRICITY AND SHARED KNOWLEDGE, HER ART ECHOES A WORLD WHERE SHADOWS COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR ELVES AND A NEWBORN CHILD COULD BE SUSPECTED OF BEING A CHANGELING IF ITS BEHAVIOR SUDDENLY CHANGED.
IN THIS EXHIBITION, HUMANS ARE SHOWN AS BEINGS DRIVEN BY INSTINCT AND IMAGINATION, WITH FEAR AS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR. LUND’S WORK INVITES THE VIEWER TO REFLECT ON HOW THESE ANCIENT FEARS STILL LIVE WITHIN US TODAY, SHAPING OUR ACTIONS, BODIES, AND STORIES.
MARIA JERNOV
MARIA PAINTS INTUITIVELY, ALLOWING HER “FRIENDS” TO EMERGE FROM LAYERS OF COLOR AND FORM. THESE FIGURES FEEL BOTH STRANGE AND FAMILIAR - LIKE VISITORS FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS - EACH CARRYING ITS OWN QUIET STORY.
HER ART INVITES YOU TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND DISCOVER YOUR OWN NARRATIVES WITHIN THE SHIFTING SHAPES, CREATING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE SEEN, THE UNSEEN, AND THE SELF.
NICHOLAS IMMS
NICHOLAS IMMS IS AN AUTODIDACT BRITISH ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH CARVED PLYWOOD AND SOLID TIMBER, HE CREATES SCULPTURAL ARTWORKS WHERE FIGURES, SHAPES, AND COLOURS COLLIDE IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.
HIS PRACTICE SPARKS THE IMAGINATION BEYOND THE DESCRIBABLE, INVITING THE VIEWER INTO PLAYFUL, INTUITIVE WORLDS THAT RESIST EASY DEFINITION. WITH A TALENT THAT IS JUST AS DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS AS IT IS TO LOOK AWAY FROM, IMMS’ WORK BALANCES RAW MATERIALITY WITH CURIOSITY, HUMOUR, AND WONDER.
TOBIAS JACOBSEN
TOBIAS JACOBSEN IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHOSE WORK CHALLENGES CONVENTIONS AND INVITES AUDIENCES INTO UNEXPECTED, EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCES. CONSTANTLY EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES OF FORM AND EXPRESSION, TOBIAS CREATES ART THAT IS BOTH THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND EMOTIONALLY RESONANT - ALWAYS WITH A TOUCH OF CURIOSITY AND PLAYFULNESS.
AFTER A RECENT RESIDENCY IN KYOTO, TOBIAS RETURNED WITH NEW VISIONS, REFINED CRAFT, AND A DEEPENED ARTISTIC LANGUAGE THAT NOW SHAPES HIS LATEST WORKS. THESE PIECES, CURRENTLY EXHIBITED AT DE GALLERY, REFLECT THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST UNAFRAID TO EXPERIMENT AND REINVENT.
BEYOND HIS UNDENIABLE TALENT, TOBIAS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE PEOPLE WHO LIGHTS UP A ROOM - CHARMING, GROUNDED, AND FULL OF CREATIVE ENERGY. FROM HIS FIRST VISIT DROPPING OFF HIS WORK DURING OUR OPEN CALL EXHIBITION TO BECOMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR ARTISTIC FAMILY, TOBIAS HAS CAPTURED BOTH OUR HEARTS AND OUR IMAGINATION.
ROBERT KLINT
ROBERT KLINT WORKS ACROSS PAINTING, CERAMICS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY, MOVING FLUIDLY BETWEEN MEDIUMS TO EXPLORE THEIR UNIQUE POSSIBILITIES AND ATMOSPHERES. HIS PRACTICE IS ROOTED IN A CURIOUS, EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH, WHERE PROCESS AND MATERIALITY PLAY CENTRAL ROLES.
HE ALLOWS THE MATERIALS TO ACT AS CO-CREATORS, EMBRACING SPONTANEITY, ACCIDENTS, AND SUBTLE SHIFTS THAT OCCUR ALONG THE WAY. THIS OPENNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO HIS WORK, WHICH EMERGES AS TRACES OF AN INTUITIVE, ORGANIC PROCESS.
FOR ROBERT, EXPRESSION IS FOUND IN THE TENSION BETWEEN CONTROL AND RELEASE. HE IS DRAWN TO THE SMALL, UNPREDICTABLE MOMENTS THAT SHAPE A WORK’S FINAL FORM - MOMENTS WHERE THE MATERIAL TAKES OVER AND FINDS ITS OWN DIRECTION.
MORTEN OVERGAARD
IN A STRONG AND UNIQUE MIX OF MIXTURES, EXPRESSIONS AND TECHNIQUES MORTEN EXPLORES A WORLD OF SYMBOLS, STORIES AND TALES.
MORTEN WAS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR GROUP EXHIBITION ‘DE ANSWER’ AND FROM OUR FIRST MEETING THERE WERE NO DOUBT THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM AS A PART OF DE FAMILY.
THIS GUY IS SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE WE’VE MET. MORTEN IS HUMBLE, POLITE, PROFFESIONAL AND EXTREMELY TALENTED.
INDIO MÖGLICH
INDIO WAS A PART OF OUR OPEN CALL AND WHEN WE FIRST SAW HIS GLASS SCULPTURES WE HAD NO DOUBT. HIS PIECE, THE FAMOUS ‘CATHOLIC PUSSY’ BECAME THE CENTERPIECE OF THE EXHIBITION AND MANY VISITORS WERE MESMERIZED BY THE BEAUTIFUL WORK.
HE IS FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND THROUGH BOTH CLASSIC - AND NEW WAYS, HE MASTERS THE BEAUTIFUL AND FRAGILE MATERIAL OF GLASS. BROKEN, DECONSTRUCTED, HEALED AND SHAPED. EACH UNIQUE PIECE DRAWS YOU IN AND SPARKS THE IMAGINATION OF THE STORY AND ORIGIN.
MATHILDE VOGEL
IN AN ART QUIZ THIS ONE WILL TAKE YOU OUT. THIS AMAZING TALENT BOTH KNOWS ART, TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO CREATE COLORFUL UNIVERSES THAT DRAWS YOU IN. FOR OUR OPEN CALL MATHILDE PARTICIPATED WITH A PAINTING INSPIRED BY ‘BENNYS BADEKAR’ AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE CERTAINLY WASN’T DONE WORKING WITH HER.
AFTER EVERY VISIT FROM MATHILDE WE ARE ALWAYS UPLIFTED AND WISER. HER PASSION, ENERGY AND KNOWLEDGE IS A GIFT TO DE GALLERY.
GABRIEL HINTENAUS
GABRIEL WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA IN 1996 AND IS NOW BASED IN COPENHAGEN. HE STUDIED ACADEMIC PAINTING AND DRAWING IN CALIFORNIA AND BEGAN HIS CAREER WORKING WITHIN THE FILM AND VIDEO GAME INDUSTRIES. HE LATER SHIFTED HIS FOCUS TOWARD PAINTING, DEVELOPING A PRACTICE THAT CENTERS ON PERSONAL NARRATIVES AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, THIS COLLECTION MARKS A MORE INWARD TURN. THROUGH OIL PAINTING, HE EXPLORES THEMES OF EMOTIONAL ISOLATION, VULNERABILITY, AND INNER TENSION. THE WORKS ARE QUIET AND FRAGMENTED, YET DEEPLY HUMAN IN TONE.
THESE PAINTINGS UNFOLD AS EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES RATHER THAN FORMAL STUDIES. FACES DISSOLVE INTO ABSTRACTION, SKIN TRANSFORMS INTO COLOR AND LIGHT, AND FORM GIVES WAY TO FEELING. WHAT REMAINS ARE RAW IMPRESSIONS - ECHOES OF SOLITUDE, HESITATION, INTIMACY, AND UNREST - CAPTURED ON CANVAS.
MARTIN SIEBENHAAR (PATO)
THROUGH PAINTING HE EXPLORES THEMES OF IDENTITY, VULNERABILITY, AND THE QUIET TENSION BENEATH EVERYDAY EXISTENCE. HIS WORKS OFTEN BALANCE ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION, ALLOWING FORM TO DISSOLVE INTO GESTURE, TEXTURE, AND COLOR.
RATHER THAN DEPICTING FIXED NARRATIVES, PATO’S PRACTICE FOCUSES ON EMOTIONAL STATES—MOMENTS OF UNREST, REFLECTION, AND HUMAN FRAGILITY. HIS SURFACES CARRY TRACES OF PROCESS AND HESITATION, EMPHASIZING AUTHENTICITY OVER POLISH AND INTUITION OVER CONTROL. THE RESULT IS A BODY OF WORK THAT FEELS IMMEDIATE AND DEEPLY PERSONAL, INVITING VIEWERS TO PROJECT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES INTO THE IMAGE.
WORKING UNDER THE NAME PATO, MARTIN SIEBENHAAR POSITIONS HIS ART AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR REFLECTION—WHERE IMPERFECTION, EMOTION, AND AMBIGUITY ARE NOT FLAWS, BUT ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF BEING HUMAN.