Matilde Duus * b. 1983 * Currently living and working from Svendborg, DK
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SHORT BIO:
Matilde Duus (b. 1983, Århus, DK) is a visual artist educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,DK, (2008-2014), and Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, (2012).
Matildes body of work including both wall based and sculptural pieces, all of which are articulations of the
most basic element in her practice; exploring the spatial properties of the two dimensional. Matildes preferred material is glass, often combined with other materials as metal, naturrock, paper or photomaterial.
Working with glass allowes Matilde to not only form spatial objects existing in their own right, but to explore the phenomenological nuances of the glass’ transparency and its ability to encapsulate and capture other objects. This interaction between material and motif, between form and subject, is central to her work. The qualities of the material points to the subject matter, which in turn points back to the material. Her work becomes poetic manifestations, or renderings, of these interconnections.
Matilde is currently working on a large-scale commission for Sydhavns-kvarteret in Århus, developed through a close interdisciplinary collaboration with SHL architects.The project aims to be produced in recycled building materials to develop and inspire new sustainable solutions in the construction industry. This without compromising with the artistic quality. The piece due to be finished medio 2026.
The artists works are represented in the public collections of the Danish Arts Foundation in Denmark and Copenhagen Municipality.
Public and Site specific works include Banedanmark, Ringsted, Denmark (2020), UCSyd, Kolding, Denmark (2022) and Sydhavnskvarteret, Århus, Denmark (forthcoming)
Matilde Duus is represented by BRICKS gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Forthcoming / Current Projects:
2025:
Kaååråålines Vers
Groupshow w Karoline Ebbesen, Gudrun Hasle, Georgina Maxim et al.
Museum of Contemporary Art in collaboration with Museum Sct. Hans, Roskilde
14.09 →7.12.2025
2026:
“What is This, an Exhibition for Ants?!”
Groupshow
Glas–Museum for Glass Art, Ebeltoft
06.03 → 01.11.2026
EFTERGLØD · SAMTALER OM LYS
Groupshow, curated by Biba Fibiger and Veronica Rigét.
Rundetårn, Cph
17.04 → 21.06.2026
Måneøjet
Public commission, made in collaboration with SHL architects
Sydhavnskvarteret, Århus, DK
Kjernen
Public Commission
Langhauen VGS, Bergen,NO
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INSITU Work / Public Collections:
2023:
included in permanent hanging at Denmarks Export- and Investment fund (EIFO), 2 works
(selected by IN SITU)
2022:
Included in permanent hanging in Ganni stores in Copenhagen, Paris og Hamborg, 3 works
2022:
included in the permanent collection of The Danish ArtCounsil, 6 works
2022:
Tunge dråber eller tårer fra havet
INSITU Public Commission, UCSyd, Kolding, DK
Cubo Architects / Statens Kunstfond
2021:
included in the permanent collection of Copenhagen Visual Arts Council, 1 work
2020:
Den rejsende, den vægtløse
INSITU Public Commission, Banedanmark, Ringsted, DK
Henning Larsen Arkitekter/ BYGST
2018:
included in permanent hanging at The Danish Building and Property Agency, Kalvebod brygge, DK, 2 works
(Selected by Creator Projects)
2016:
included in permanent hanging atMid and West Jutland Police Headquarters, Holstebro, DK, 8 works
(Selected by Lars Rahbek)
Solo Exhibitions:
2024:
En dag blir strømmen langsommere / One day the current will slow
- curated by Henriette Nørmark
Format Oslo, NO
2023:
TRØST / Solace
Solo
BRICKS Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2021:
Den Sidste Vinter / The last winter
M100, Odense, DK
2020:
The Inverted Image
BRICKS Gallery, Cph, DK
2018:
Collecting Hole
Magasin Lotus, Cph, DK
2016:
Vinduet I brystet
Skt. Hans Have, Roskilde, DK
2015:
En verden uden sol; / A world without sun ;
c4, Cph, DK
Paper Beats Rock
LARMgallery, Cph, DK
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2025:
Seeing Through
Groupshow w Matilde Duus, Mikkel Kaldal & Caroline Thon
Lene Bilgrav Gallery, Århus
2024:
BUILDING BRICKS - Celebrating 5 years
BRICKS Gallery, DK
Juleutstillingen 2024
Kunstnerforbunnet, Oslo, NO
ECHOoO
BRICKS gallery, DK
(groupshow curated by Amanda Dam)
Art Herning
Artfair w BRICKS gallery, Herning, DK
2023:
JULEUTSTILLINGEN 2023
I & We III
Lednicke Rovn, Slowakia
(Groupshow arranged by S12, Lednicke Rovne og RONA glassfactory)
ENTER Art Fair 2023
Art Fair w BRICKS Gallery, CPH, DK
I & We II
BWA, Wroclaw, Polen
(Groupshow curated by Mika Drozdowska)
Great Small Works II
Stephane Siemoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
(group show)
Art Herning
Artfair w BRICKS gallery, Herning, DK
2022:
Havet imellem os
Eksrummet, Kbh, DK
(Duo w Mette Nisgaard Larsen)
Enter Artfair 2022 w. BRICKS Gallery
Københavnerstykker: Rådet for Visuel Kunst 2018-2021
Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
I & We
S12 Gallery, Bergen, NO
(Groupshow curated by Mika Drozdowska)
Transparens
Dronninglund Kunstcenter, DK
(Groupshow curated by Connie Boe Boss)
2021:
Netting Rooms
Gallery Møller Witt, Copenhagen, DK
(Groupshow with Nanna Riis Andersen, Eva Steen Christensen og Matilde Duus)
The Travel in Space II
Marie Kirkegård Gallery, CPH, DK
(Groupshow with Claus Hugo Nielsen, Ellen Hyllemose, Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard, Louise Sparre, Matilde Duus, Nina Nowak, Rene Schmidt
- - - Curated by Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard og Louise Sparre)
2020:
TIME
X-bunker, Sønderborg, DK
(Groupshow with Matilde Duus (DK), Marcel Grosse (DE), Matthias Grotevent (DE), Nina Nowak (DE),
Christine Overvad (DK), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK), Nils Elvebakk Skalegård (NO/DK), Lucia Sotnikova (RUS/DE)
- - - Curated by Nina Nowak og Matilde Duus)
Enter Artfair, Copenhagen
w. BRICKS Gallery
The Travel in Space
KH7artspace, Aarhus
(Groupshow with Claus Hugo Nielsen, Ellen Hyllemose, Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard, Louise Sparre, Matilde Duus, Nina Nowak, Rene Schmidt
- - - Curated by Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard og Louise Sparre)
Udstillingen er præmieret af Statens Kunstfond
Great Small Works
Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
(Groupshow)
Du er en bevægelse, du er et mønster, du er en stor tung ting
Hvidovre Hovedbibliotek, DK
(duoshow w. Mette Nisgaard Larsen)
2019:
100
Galleri CC, Malmø, SE
(groupshow)
TWENTYFOUR – A GROUP SHOW
BRICKS Gallery, CPH, DK
(groupshow)
In Dialogue
Fredericia Furniture, Cph, DK
(Groupshow curated by Henriette Nørmark)
Kolonihaveforeningen ABC, Rødovre, DK
(Groupshow with Matilde Duus, Felia Gram Hanssen and Nina Nowak)
Karré
LIST, Cph, DK
(Groupshow with Matilde Duus, Mikkel Ørsted, Pernille Kapper Williams, Signe Jais, Julie Boserup, Jakob Hunosøe and Jeanette Hillig)
One day
CGK Kulturgeneratoren, Cph, DK
(Groupshow with Matilde Duus, Jon Erik Nyholm, NDRAP Development / Jens Ivar Kjetså, Nanna Starck
- - - Curated by Agnete Bertram)
2018:
Entropi
Tableau, Copenhagen, DK
(Groupshow with Nicola Samori, Jesper Skov Madsen, Kaspar Oppen Samuelsen, Ismar Cirkinagic, Tony Matelli and Gavin Turk
- - - Curated by Lars Rahbek)
Flyvende Fluer
Den nordiske ambassade, DK
(Duoshow w. Morten Modin)
2017:
Into The Wild
Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro, DK
(Groupshow curated by Anna Bak)
Holy Matter
Litteraturhaus, CPH, DK
(Groupshow curated by Viktoria Wendel Skovsen and Julie Riis Andersen)
Art Rotterdam (fair)
w. Pablos Birthday
Mediated Matter
Kunthal Charlottenborg, CPH, Dk
(grouphow curated by Martin Erik Andersen & Karen Harsbo)
ORD OG HULLER
SE, Århus, DK
(Duoshow w. Julie Stavad)
Matilde Duus + Karsten Konrad
Pablos Birthday, NY
(duoshow)
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Grants and Recidencies:
2025. Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
2023 1-year work grant, BKV, NO
Artist Assistent Grant (employer), kulturadet, NO
Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
2022 1-year work grant, BKV, NO
2021 Grant of Honor, Kunstfondet af 1973
Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
2020 Præmiering ( Danish Arts Foundation) of the exhibition The travel In Spaces, KH7
2019 Danish Art Workshops, Metal Workshop
2018 Artist-in-Recidency, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
Danish Arts Foundation, work grant,
2016-17 Bikuben Fondens Legat Atelier 2016-17
2017 Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
Artist-in-Recidency, Nida Art Colony, Vilnius, LTU
2016 L.F. Foghts Fond
Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
Artist in Residency, Danish Arts Foundations Program, SALT in Istanbul, Turkey
Grosses Treffen, Portfolio Review, the Nordic embassies Berlin
2015 Artist in Recidency, Dansk Kunstnerråds Kunstnerbolig, Hirsholm, DK
2014 Grant of Honor, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
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Founder & responsibly of the exhibition platform
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Education:
2008-2014 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, MFA
2012 Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg
2019 Course: Project management as Art Consultant w/ Christina Prip and Camilla Hedegaard Møller,
organized by BKF, DK
2023 Course: Art Centre's Art Consulting Course modul 1, Viken, NO,
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Member of:
Kunstnersamfundet, DK
Billedkunstnernes Fagforbund, DK
Billedhoggerforeningen, NO
Norske Billedkunstnere, NO