Matilde Duus * b. 1983 * Danish artist, lives and works in Moss, Norway / Copenhagen, Denmark
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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.
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:
2023:
I & We II
BWA, Wroclaw, Polen
(Groupshow curated by Mika Drozdowska)
opening 25.03.2023
I & We III
Lednicke Rovn, Slowakia
(Groupshow arranged by S12, Lednicke Rovne og RONA glassfactory)
opening 07.07.2023
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Solo Exhibitions:
2023:
TRØST
Solo
BRICKS Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2021:
Den Sidste Vinter
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;
c4, Cph, DK
Paper Beats Rock
LARMgallery, Cph, DK
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2023:
Great Small Works II
Stephane Siemoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
(group show)
Art Herning
Artfair w BRICKS gallery, Herning, Denmark
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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Commission Work / Collections:
2022:
included in the permanent collection of The Danish ArtCounsil
2022:
Tunge dråber eller tårer fra havet
Public Commission, UCSyd, Kolding, DK
Cubo Architects / Statens Kunstfond
2021:
included in the permanent collection of Copenhagen Visual Arts Council
2020:
Den rejsende, den vægtløse
Public Commission, Banedanmark, Ringsted, DK
Henning Larsen Arkitekter/ BYGST
2018:
included in permanent hanging at The Danish Building and Property Agency, Kalvebod brygge, DK
2016:
included in permanent hanging at Mid and West Jutland Police Headquarters, Holstebro, DK
Grants and Recidencies:
2023 1-year work grant, BKV, NO
Artist Assistent Grant (employer), kulturadet, NO
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
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