MIE OLISE KJÆRGAARD, Denmark

Mie Olise Kjærgaard (b. 1974) works in painting, sculptural objects and installation. Since graduating in 2008 with a Master in Fine Art, her work has focused on the theme of man-made constructions. Through her paintings, Olise investigates both the nature of the architectural construction as well as how a construction describes the society, it is a part of.

In her latest work, Olise Kjærgaard has investigated modern ruins in Latin America, and how these contemporary ruins are deserted and occupied again; in horisontal layers with new architectural strategies – very different from the original ideas about function and appearance. This project has been exhibited at Museo de Arte Acarigua in Venezuela under the title ”Discontinued Monuments”.
In architectural terms, breaking with the initial intention and purpose of a construction is dubbed a ”dishonest construction” – this is what Kjærgaard addresses in her most recent works.

Kjærgaard has travelled to societies in different stages of disrepair: twice to the Arctic Circle, to investigate an abandoned Russian mine town, The Pyramid; and to New Foundland in the tracks of the writer/character Espen Arnakke, which was the topic of the solo show at Kunsthalle Nikolaj (DK) in 2012.

Kjærgaard has exhibited at UMOCA – Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, MFAH – Museum of Fine Art Houston, MAAA – Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela; Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK), SNYK – Skive New Museum of Art, (DK), Torrance Art Museum in LA; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston Texas; Honor Fraser, LA; Samuel Freeman, LA; Duve Berlin and Galleri Kant in Copenhagen.

Kjærgaard holds an MFA from Central St. Martins in London and a Master in Architecture from Aarch, Aarhus(DK)//The Bartlett, UCL, London (UK). In recent years, she has been based simultaneously in London, New York and Copenhagen; travelling to residencies in Iceland, Berlin and Skowhegan, Maine.

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AVAILABLE WORKS:

Paintings

• Mainstreet Rowing, 2018 Mainstreet Rowing, 2018
• Boat as Construction, 2018 Boat as Construction, 2018
• Moirania by Night, 2017 Moirania by Night, 2017
• Man with Two Eyed Hat On the Go, 2018 Man with Two Eyed Hat On the Go, 2018
• Moiranian Corner Meeting Place, 2018 Moiranian Corner Meeting Place, 2018
• Horse With Bag and Man Towards the Island, 2018 Horse With Bag and Man Towards the Island, 2018
• Horses and Fish on Their Wat to Bikerace, 2018 Horses and Fish on Their Wat to Bikerace, 2018
• Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018 Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018
• A Man and His Boat, 2018 A Man and His Boat, 2018
• Caring for the Young, 2018 Caring for the Young, 2018
• Circus Escape, 2018 Circus Escape, 2018
• Countryside Travelling, 2018 Countryside Travelling, 2018
• False Babylon, 2018 False Babylon, 2018
• Horses Racing Towards Nowhere, 2018 Horses Racing Towards Nowhere, 2018
• Horse Riding in Boat, 2018 Horse Riding in Boat, 2018
• Horse in Boat in Arch, 2018 Horse in Boat in Arch, 2018
• Horseman, 2018 Horseman, 2018
• Nomads, 2018 Nomads, 2018
• The 3 Eyed Woman with Her Bag and a Bird, 2018 The 3 Eyed Woman with Her Bag and a Bird, 2018
• Welcome to Moirania, 2018 Welcome to Moirania, 2018
• Woman Carrying a Fishbowl in a Bag, 2018 Woman Carrying a Fishbowl in a Bag, 2018
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Objects

• Untitled (bird), 2018 Untitled (bird), 2018
• Untitled (vase), 2018 Untitled (vase), 2018
• Untitled (totem), 2018 Untitled (totem), 2018
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Selected works:

• Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012 Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012
• Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012 Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012
• Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017 Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017
• Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017 Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017
• Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017 Through the Portal of the Pineapple, 2017
• Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016 Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016
• Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016 Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016
• Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016 Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela, 2016
• Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012 Den Tavse Station, Nikolaj Kunsthal 2012
• Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016 Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016
• Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016 Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016
• Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016 Deceitful Strategies, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum 2016
• Ship Searching 2012-14 Ship Searching 2012-14
• Ship Searching 2012-14 Ship Searching 2012-14
• Ship Searching 2012-14 Ship Searching 2012-14
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