Anders Brinch

ANDERS BRINCH
BORN 1971 / DENMARK / LIVES AND WORKS IN COPENHAGEN

EDUCATION:

2001-2007:
MFA, School of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2010:
KUP, Group Show, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen DK
TICS, Galerie Teapot, Cologne, Germany
Fruits Of Babylon, Volta Show, New York, USA

2009:
Copenhagen Spirit, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen DK
The Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen DK
Nordic art, Casino Metropolitano, Mexico
Palles Børnebørn, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen DK
Waiting for The Sun, Galleri Claus Christensen, Copenhagen DK
Multiples, Co-lab, Copenhagen DK

2008:
Rumble in the Jungle [solo show]. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
Who’s your Daddy. JAMOCA, LA, US
Strange Ranger. Circus Gallery, LA, US.
No Brain [solo show]. Hamborg, DE.
Påskeshow 2008 [w. Partners in Crime & Teknisk Uheld]. Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg DK.

2007:
Oxygen Islands [solo show]. Randers Kunstmuseum DK.
Partners in Crime [w/ Jes Wind Andersen & Nick Mehlsen]. Politikens Kunstforening, Copenhagen DK.
Salon # 1. Kunsthallen Lauritz, Copenhagen DK.
Oxygen Islands [solo show]. Kastrupgaardsamlingen, Copenhagen DK.
Big Scales. Erik Veistrup Collection, Portalen, Hundige DK.
MAD LOVE – Young Art from Danish Private Collections. ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj DK.
10th International Istanbul Biennial [by Thomas Andersen]. Istanbul, Turkey.
EXIT 07. Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen DK.
Under the Nails. Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen DK.
Reumert vs. Elmer + Selected. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
Ovki Dovki. Råhuset, Copenhagen DK.

2006:
Strange Days On Cirkus Earth [solo show], Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
GO FIGURE! Young Danish Painting. ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj DK.
Feast. Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg DK.
Kiel Kopenhagen Junge Kunst aus Zwei Haupstädten [curator Valentine Röthmaler]. Kunstverein Schloss Plön, DE.
Follow Your Heart. Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers DK.

2005:
Buffet. Førstetilvenstre, Copenhagen DK.
Space C. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
A Safe Place [curator Mikkel Eskildsen]. Projekt Rum, Copenhagen DK.
Once upon a Time. Museum Marienlyst Castle, Helsingør DK.
Playing All Day. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.

2004:
Fools On a Hill. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
New Blood. Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen DK.
Pub Art. Huset i Magstræde, Copenhagen DK.
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition [censored exhibition]. Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen DK.
KE Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling [censored exhibition]. Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen DK.

2003:
Lost Boys (We are a hit in Germany). Cobra-rummet Sophienholm, Lyngby DK.
Galleri RumCo. Copenhagen DK.
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition [censored exhibition]. Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen DK.

2002:
Lost Boys (Like putting ones head into a bush). Luftkastellet, Copenhagen DK.
Kiek in die Welt [w. Rasmus Rosengaard]. Galleri over Klaveret, Copenhagen DK.
Elmer’s Cut. Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen DK.

2001:
Ctrl-alt-delete [w/ Dansk Oxin]. The Chapel at the Assistens Cemetary, Copenhagen DK.
Lebensraum [w/ Morten Hebsgaard]. Tangsøgade, Copenhagen DK.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. AIX NV, Copenhagen DK.

PRESENTED AT ART FAIRS:

2008:
Preview Berlin, Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof, Berlin DE.
The Nordic Art Fair, Forum, Copenhagen, DK.
SCOPE Basel, Basel, CH.
SWAB, Barcelona, ES.

2007:
Bridge Art Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami US.
The Nordic Art Fair, Forum, Copenhagen DK.

2006:
Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen DK.
alt_cph, The Alternative Art Fair, The Factory of Art and Design, Copenhagen DK.
Art Chicago in The Park, Chicago US.

2005:
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago US.
Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen DK.

2004:
Art Paris Louvre, Paris FR.

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

KUNSTEN - Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj DK.
Randers Kunstmuseum DK.
Skive Kunstmuseum, DK.
Københavns Billedudvalg, Copenhagen DK.
Novo Nordisk A/S
TrygVesta A/S
Finans Rådet

GRANTS, HONOURS, ETC.:

2008:
Solar Foundation Honoury Grant.

2007:
Honoured by The Danish Arts Foundation for Oxygen Islands [solo show].
Ida & Hans Blix’ Travel grant.
ARKEN Travel Grant Prize.

2006:
Silkeborg artist grant.
Solar Foundation Honoury grant.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

2007:
Stop making sense. Workshop about painting. Kunstlaboratoriet, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj DK.

BIBLIOGRAFI:

2007:
Ny Dansk Kunst 07. Ed.: Marie Kirkegaard, Torben Zenth og Anne Kathrine Eriksen. Kopenhagen Publishing
Shooting Gallery Press, Copenhagen.
Anders Brinch / Oxygen Islands. Ed.: Inge Dybbro. Kastrupgårdsamlingen & Randers Kunstmuseum, Copenhagen.
MAD LOVE – Ung kunst i danske privatsamlinger. Ed.: Christian Gether & Dorthe Rugaard Jørgensen. ARKEN Museum for
Moderne Kunst, Ishøj.
EXIT 07. Ed.: Anne Kielgast. Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand & The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.
REUMERT vs. ELMER + Selected. Ed.: Niels Reumert & Elmer. Galleri Chrisoffer Egelund, Copenhagen.

2006:
Man skal have øjnene med sig – Erik Veistrups samling. Ed.: Lise Jeppesen & Erik Veistrup,
Randers, Kunstmuseum & Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum.

2005:
Dansk Kunst 05. Ed.: Torben Weirup. Aschehoug Dansk Forlag, København.

STATEMENT
Anders Brinch works with both total abstraction as well as figurative elements in a surprisingly varied gathering of materials and approaches, ranging from oil on canvas to ready-made objects, plaster, plants, and sound. However, whether he works on the canvas or on a three dimensional installation, one should not see these as confined genres in a classical way, but rather as accumulations or mixtures wherein new combinations, expressions and shapes are born. His choice of topics derives from personal experiences that he fearlessly allows presence in his work in which levels from emotional pain to ecstatic joy can be traced.

The themes and emotions treated in different paintings and sculptural works can be seen in unison, as fragments or building blocks of a unified whole; of everyday life. However, it is noticeable that it is presented in a form that defies the unity, definition and the recognizable of everyday life. As it is, the form reaches far beyond the surrounding profane and into an aesthetically experienced art form. And perhaps it is this tension between the everyday-ish and the thoroughly worked-through, reflected and complicated artistic expression, which is played out in the artistic practice of Brinch, which causes general questions about history and memory to arise.