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

• Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018 Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018
• UT (Sisters with an Attitude Series), 2021 UT (Sisters with an Attitude Series), 2021
• Balancing with Two Birds, 2020 Balancing with Two Birds, 2020
• Casino ll, 2020 Casino ll, 2020
• Underwater Dragon Flying, 2021 Underwater Dragon Flying, 2021
• Dragonstar, 2021 Dragonstar, 2021
• Mother and Son on Another Ride, 2021 Mother and Son on Another Ride, 2021
• Whose Utopias?, 2021 Whose Utopias?, 2021
• Bird in the Box, 2019 Bird in the Box, 2019
• Easy Rider, 2019 Easy Rider, 2019
• Jumping Fence, 2019 Jumping Fence, 2019
• MTV Era, 2021 MTV Era, 2021
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Objects

• Friends with Pineapples, 2019 Friends with Pineapples, 2019
• Untitled (bird), 2018 Untitled (bird), 2018
• Untitled (vase), 2018 Untitled (vase), 2018
• Rider on Horse on Yves Klein Blue, 2019 Rider on Horse on Yves Klein Blue, 2019
• Shoes on Display, 2019 Shoes on Display, 2019
• Bikers Round and Round, 2019 Bikers Round and Round, 2019
• Blue and Three-Eyed, 2019 Blue and Three-Eyed, 2019
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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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