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AKIN DURODOLA
AKIN IS A NIGERIAN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE ARTIST WHOSE WORK EXPLORES IDENTITY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE MANY WAYS BLACK INDIVIDUALS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, HIS STRIKING PORTRAITS COMBINE CONFIDENT COMPOSITIONS, EXPRESSIVE COLOUR AND CAREFULLY OBSERVED DETAILS.
DRAWING FROM BOTH HIS NIGERIAN HERITAGE AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, AKIN BRINGS TOGETHER CULTURAL SYMBOLS, CONTEMPORARY FASHION AND PERSONAL STORYTELLING. AFRICAN HAIRSTYLES, COWRIE SHELLS, JEWELLERY AND DISTINCTIVE CLOTHING BECOME POWERFUL EXPRESSIONS OF PRIDE, INDIVIDUALITY AND CONNECTION TO HISTORY.
HIS FIGURES CARRY A QUIET BUT UNDENIABLE PRESENCE. THEY DON’T SIMPLY OCCUPY THE CANVAS. THEY OWN THEIR SPACE.
VICTOR GRAU
BORN IN 1995 IN AALBORG, DENMARK, VICTOR GRAU IS A PAINTER WHOSE WORK EXPLORES THE MEETING POINT BETWEEN MEMORY, MOVEMENT AND AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH OIL STICKS ON RAW CANVAS, GRAU EMBRACES IMMEDIACY AND THE POETRY OF IMPERFECTION, ALLOWING THE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE MEDIUM TO REMAIN VISIBLE WITHIN EACH COMPOSITION.
INFLUENCED BY THE NOSTALGIC ATMOSPHERES OF AMERICAN MUSIC AND SPORTS, HIS PAINTINGS TRANSLATE THE ENERGY OF SOUND, MOVEMENT AND LIVED EXPERIENCE INTO COLOUR, RHYTHM AND GESTURE. SMUDGES, OVERLAPS AND UNEXPECTED MARKS ARE NOT CORRECTED, BUT WELCOMED AS PART OF THE PROCESS, BECOMING INTUITIVE COMPOSITIONAL DECISIONS THAT GIVE THE WORKS THEIR DISTINCTIVE SENSE OF MOTION AND SPONTANEITY.
GRAU LEFT DENMARK FOR CALIFORNIA AT THE AGE OF 16, LATER SPENDING MUCH OF HIS ADULT LIFE BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK, WITH SHORTER CHAPTERS IN PARIS AND COPENHAGEN. THESE EXPERIENCES CONTINUE TO INFORM HIS VISUAL LANGUAGE, BRINGING TOGETHER THE CULTURAL IMAGERY AND NOSTALGIA OF THE UNITED STATES WITH A DISTINCTLY EUROPEAN SENSIBILITY.
AFTER YEARS ABROAD, GRAU HAS RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN OF AALBORG IN NORTHERN DENMARK, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A PRACTICE ROOTED IN INSTINCT, ATMOSPHERE AND THE IMPERFECT BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT.
HALFDAN JOHAN
DANISH ARTIST WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CERAMICS, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTING. ROOTED IN HANDCRAFT, HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES THE HUMAN CONDITION, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, AND THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DISTURBING, THE HUMOROUS AND THE SERIOUS.
JOHAN’S WORK IS OFTEN FIGURATIVE, WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN SYMBOLS, BODIES, AND CHARACTERS. HIS WORKS MOVE BETWEEN THE FAMILIAR AND THE ABSURD, WHERE RECOGNIZABLE FORMS AND NARRATIVES ARE SHIFTED AND GIVEN NEW MEANINGS. A CONTINUING FASCINATION WITH HUMAN BEHAVIOR, LIES, DESIRE, IDENTITY, AND MORTALITY RUNS THROUGH HIS PRACTICE.
MATERIAL PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN HIS PROCESS. JOHAN IS DRAWN TO ITS UNPREDICTABILITY AND TO THE TRACES THAT EMERGE THROUGH HANDLING AND TRANSFORMATION. ROUGH SURFACES, WHERE THE HAND AND THE PHYSICAL PROCESS REMAIN CLEARLY VISIBLE, EXIST ALONGSIDE MORE CONTROLLED AND REFINED DETAILS. IN THIS WAY, THE MATERIAL IS BOTH SHAPED AND ALLOWED TO RETAIN A CHARACTER OF ITS OWN.
HE IS CURRENTLY STUDYING AT THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ON BORNHOLM. HIS PRACTICE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THROUGH A COMBINATION OF INTUITIVE CRAFTSMANSHIP, EXPERIMENTATION, AND A CONSTANT CURIOSITY TOWARD BOTH MATERIAL AND HUMAN NATURE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SIMON COLLABORATES WITH DE GALLERY ON A NON-EXCLUSIVE BASIS, AND THE GALLERY IS PLEASED TO SHARE A SMALL, CURATED SELECTION OF HIS PAPER WORKS.
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.
THOMAS COLLABORATES WITH DE GALLERY ON A NON-EXCLUSIVE BASIS, AND DE GALLERY IS PLEASED TO SHARE A SMALL, CURATED SELECTION OF BOTH HIS LARGER AND SMALLER ORGINAL WORKS, INCLUDING PAPER WORKS.
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.
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.
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.