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Thomas Øvlisen

Thomas Øvlisen has been heavily influenced by the landscapes around his native shores of Denmark, demarcated by horizon lines where the sea meets the sky in the distance. The evidence of time and erosion of water on rock and land has had a recurring visual presence in Øvlisen’s work, from his early abstract paintings to hand-sanded sculptural objects with a weathered patina, to recent paintings of seagulls flying towards a horizon line. Øvlisen’s work evokes a joyful curiosity and reverence for nature.

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Thomas Øvlisen: Anden stjerne til højre

Thomas Øvlisen’s museum exhibition at Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, Denmark is featured in Edition No.12 of KLAUSGALLERY.CLOUD

Museum Exhibition

Thomas Øvlisen at the Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen

Thomas Øvlisen has a solo show up, entitled Anden stjerne til højre , at the Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, Denmark. The show is up until May 9, 2021. Nikolaj Plads 10 / 1067 KØBENHAVN

Review

Xstraction

In his review of Xstraction, Ken Johnson discusses the uncharted possibilities in Øvlisen’s work.

review

Thomas Øvlisen - Tomato

Nana Asfour reviews Thomas Øvlisen's solo exhibition at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

Catalog

Thomas Øvlisen
Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, 2014

8.5 x 8.5 inch, 20 pages, soft cover, full color catalog of the Thomas Øvlisen 2014 exhibition Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

Review

CRG Presents Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery

Roberta Smith celebrates the Klaus Gallery facsimile at CRG Gallery

Thomas Øvlisen

b. 1974, Denmark
lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

Education

2001
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1995
Kreativ Basis, Reklameskolen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1994
Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Denmark

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
When Tomorrow Becomes Yesterday, Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, Denmark

2021
Anden stjerne til højre, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
Variations in Blue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
See a Penny, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2016
Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Knud, Sade, Los Angeles, CA

2015
New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014
Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2013
Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
(Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008
Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005
Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003
Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Group Exhibitions

2022
87 Franklin Inaugural, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
VI XX- Twenty Years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021
It’s Weird to Disappear, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018
MINE II, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
MINE, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Blixa Artzine, KN1-15, Aalborg, Denmark

2016
New Thoughts, New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
The Art of the Now, curated by Betty Levin , Hearst Corporation Building Galleries

2015
13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014
Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
Zeigen, Kunsthal Nikolaj, København, Danmark

2013
Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
Industrious Abstraction, V1 Gallery – Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
Secret Garden II, Museum Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
Xstraction, The Hole, New York

2012
Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011
Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
Status – Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

2005
Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Denmark (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
Framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark

2004
V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003
Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Bibliography

2021
Dane, Benjamin, Anden stjerne til højre, Børsen, April 9
Billedreportage, “Billedreportage fra en nedlukket udstilling: Thomas Øvlisen: Anden stjerne til højre –Nikolaj Kusthal”, Kunsten.nu

2019
Campell, Adrianna et al., Thomas Øvlisen – Future Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, At Last Books

2016
Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December

2014
Dalmagas, Rachel, “Art of The childhood memory”, Zing Magazine, August.
Tillotson, Newlin, “Cocaine, Champagne, The Grim Reaper, and More at V1 Gallery’s CHART Fair Booth”, Artsy, August, 21

2013
Johnson, Ken, “Xstraction”, New York Times, June 7

2012
Asfour, Nana, “Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14
Zhu, B., “Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend”, Continuum, January 30

2006
Smith, Roberta, “CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery”, New York Times, July 14
Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver

2005
“The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Denmark

2003
“The Un Declaration of Human Rights“, Ascheboug, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000
“You Don’t Have to Like the Art…”, Novo, Copenhagen, Denmark

Awards

2005
Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist

2001
Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design

Collections

NNIT, Denmark
Novo A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Hellerup, Denmark
Haldor Topsaee A/S, Lyngby, Denmark
Novozymes, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Damgaerd Data (now Microsoft), Copenhagen, Denmark