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.
AVAILABLE WORKS:
Paintings
Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018
Long Shadow Afternoon, 2018
Balancing with Two Birds, 2020
Balancing with Two Birds, 2020
Casino ll, 2020
Casino ll, 2020
Biking With a Free Bird, 2019
Biking With a Free Bird, 2019
Bird in the Box, 2019
Bird in the Box, 2019
Easy Rider, 2019
Easy Rider, 2019
Jumping Fence, 2019
Jumping Fence, 2019
Never Too Late With a Fish, 2019
Never Too Late With a Fish, 2019
Nomads, 2018
Nomads, 2018
Tennis Team, 2020
Tennis Team, 2020
The Three-Eyed Woman with Her Bag and a Bird, 2018
The Three-Eyed Woman with Her Bag and a Bird, 2018
MTV Era, 2021
MTV Era, 2021
Yellow-Blue Shirt Girl, 2020
Yellow-Blue Shirt Girl, 2020
Horseman, 2018
Horseman, 2018
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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
Untitled (totem), 2018
Untitled (totem), 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
Family of Friends, 2019
Family of Friends, 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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