we thrive somewhere // group exhibition
featured artists
Foto: Joachim Bøgedal
the exhibition "we thrive somewhere" revolves around what expands, shifts, and transforms our lived realities, and what seeks to nurture our curiosity for fiction, magic, and dreams in a feminine reality. the works in the exhibition aim to present small dioramas of paraphrased worlds as escapist spaces one can step into, moving between speculative fiction, reality, mythology, dreams, and fantasy.
ethel coppieters (b)
ethel coppieters studied fine art at the ecole de recherche graphique (ERG) in brussels. inspired by the women around her, the figures that she creates are nourrished by classic feminine references with highly contemporary narrative elements. the faces are very softly drawn, giving the figures a sense of anonymity. at the same time creates a universal female figure that is reduced to the essentials. though these portraits of women with deconstructed body proportions, freed from the mandates of beauty we know, the artist recreates dreamlike scenes to speak about the intimate and the universal.
line finderup jensen (dk)
line finderup jensen (1991, copenhagen) holds an MFA from akademie der bildenden künste in vienna (2019) and glasgow school of art (2018).
she works with 3D software and creates videos, installations and interactive experiences in virtual reality.
bouncing back and forth between the analogue and digital line uses airbrush to paint from her digital works, thus creating an exchange between various realities.
in recent years she has exhibited at overgaden (DK), das weisse haus, vienna (AU), tropez, berlin (DE), roskilde museum of contemporary art (DK) and MOOSEY (UK) among other places.
krista rosenkilde (dk)
krista rosenkilde works with painting, paper works, and sculpture. archetypes and symbols are woven into an ornament of shapes and colors. the figures are drawn from folklore, religious stories, dreams, and the occult universe. the decorative aspect is valued as highly as the narrative, which is why the visual language is simplified to the verge of the abstract. for rosenkilde, the works are a way to connect the visuality of art to the inner life of humans, just as the stories the paintings are based on do.
krista rosenkilde (1982) holds an MFA (master in fine art) from the royal danish academy of fine arts, copenhagen (2003-2009). she is a co-founder of the artist-run exhibition space førstetilvenstre (2005).
since her graduation from the academy, rosenkilde has had solo exhibitions at galleri tom christoffersen, the trane exhibition, and vendsyssel art museum, and has participated in group exhibitions at the kastrupgård collection, holstebro art museum, heerup museum, and vejle art museum.
rosenkilde's works have been acquired by the art foundation, the copenhagen visual arts committee, and politiken's house.
rosenkilde has undertaken several large-scale decoration projects, with the most recent being an extensive decoration of the walls in the 150 m² jury room of the high court “vestre landsret”.
diana ruban (ua)
ukrainian artist, born in 1999 in the poltava region in the city of kremenchuk. took part in ukrainian and international exhibition projects. in her work, she explores the feelings that arise in society regardless of age and gender and analyzes her own and other people's experiences that could influence the formation of a person's worldview. she works with painting, sculpture, and installation.
hedvig greiffenberg (dk)
hedvig greiffenberg (b. 1994) graduated with an MFA from the royal danish academy of fine arts in 2024. greiffenberg's practice spans installation, video, and text, with sculpture at its core. in her work, questions of composition and epistemological boundaries drive investigations into semiotics and liminality in both space and image.
josephine baltzersen (dk)
josephine baltzersen (b. 1992, copenhagen) graduated from the academy of fine arts vienna with an MFA in 2022. she explores the intersection between classical casting and printing techniques with a focus on storytelling. inspired by ancient sculptures and polychromy, baltzersen challenges societal norms and seeks broad representation and inclusion. her works reflect on historical narratives and open up different perspectives.
in her praxis, she focuses on the space between people, where the clean background contrasts with the wavy motifs. allowing the clean space between the characters to contain the tension and energy that exist between them. she seeks to create a fluid, limitless space where close relations can breathe and unfold safely.
stefan bakmand (dk)
stefan bakmand (b. 1988) studied at the jutland art academy in aarhus, denmark (2010-2015), and holds a master's degree in artistic research from sint lucas antwerp, belgium, where he studied from 2018 to 2019. he has exhibited at kunsthal aarhus, se-rum, kh7 artspace, and ok corral in copenhagen. he has participated in residencies at la wayaka current in panama, frans masereel centrum in belgium, and the robert blackburn printmaking workshop in new york. in 2023, he received a working grant from the danish arts foundation. bakmand uses drawing, graphics, text, and archival material to explore mediumism, psychedelia, ontological themes, and the spiritual aspects of being. his practice is based on his own 'atlas' - a collection of images from various periods, featuring alchemical symbolism, biology, folklore, science, art history, family photos, comics, and other elements of pop culture. he calls the atlas 'the bybliomöbic'.
vivian hoang (dk)
vivian hoang (1999, copenhagen) has just completed two semesters at VERA school of art and design and has been accepted into the royal danish academy of fine arts in copenhagen, with the school term starting this fall. she is a vietnamese/danish artist from djursland and aarhus, where her artistic expression is rooted in memories from the past and dreams of the future.
vivian works with painting, tapestries, video, and sculpture. she uses symbols and physical materials from her personal culture, textiles from her own and friends' discarded clothes, which in some way have had their own cycle or a story in symbiosis with her life. it is an invitation to a journey of remembrance, an attempt to materialize the past and hold onto her memories.
