Andreas Emenius (born February 24, 1973) is a Swedish cross-disciplinary artist known for installation, painting, and performance, based in Copenhagen. Emenius has shown work in multiple global biennales as well as museums, and is currently the curator and co founder of the Nordic Contemporary, a gallery for contemporary art featuring Scandinavian artists, in Paris, France. Emenius works additionally as a film director and is a contributor for SHOWstudio, a fashion and film platform founded by British photographer Nick Knight. Emenius teaches occasionally as a visual arts professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and is currently represented by

Shin Gallery Shin Gallery is an encyclopedic art gallery owned by Hong Gyu Shin. It specializes in modern and contemporary art, and hosts museum-quality exhibitions. It is located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, and opened in 2013. In 2014, an im ...

In New York.

Career

Upon graduation from

Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of shor ...

in 1999 with a degree in graphic design, Emenius moved to Paris and worked in design for Kenzo, Adidas, Nike Nederland, and collaborated with British graphic designer

Neville Brody Neville Brody, (born 23 April 1957) is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on ''The Face'' magazine (1981–1986), ''Arena'' magazine (1987–1990), and designing record covers for artists such ...

. Emenius works primarily with painting, video, and sculpture and uses different mediums to express themes including portraiture, banality, anthropomorphism, kinetics, high & low culture, and the ritualistic behaviors of man in group. UK based publication ''1 Granary'' speaks to his work as "''an exploration of figuration and abstraction''" in videos, paintings, sculptures and performances. Inspired by the ''

gesamtkunstwerk A ''Gesamtkunstwerk'' (, literally 'total artwork', translated as 'total work of art', 'ideal work of art', 'universal artwork', 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of al ...

'' school of aesthetic, his work centers on the blending of individual components to create a whole, described by Xibit Magazine as "''outlandish"'' and "''eclectic"''. In 2018-2019 Emenius exhibited solo shows at Nikolaij Kunsthal, Art Busan, and

New York. Emenius has directed film for musicians Trentemøller and August Rosenbaum. Emenius, alongside designer

Henrik Vibskov Henrik Vibskov (born 1972) is a Danish fashion designer, artist, curator and musician. Commonly associated with the fashion brand carrying the same name, his work is known for its enticing universes and crossover into other art forms. Working in ...

, co-created the acclaimed ''Vibskov & Emenius'' art ventures, ''The Fringe Projects'', and ''The Circular Series,'' described by

Dazed Magazine ''Dazed'' (''Dazed & Confused'' until February 2014) is a bi-monthly British style magazine founded in 1991. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature. Dazed is published by Dazed Media, an independent media group known for producing ...

as a series of projects that go outside of the realm of fashion, touching on a variety of aspects such as performance, art installation, film, and even tapestry. Coverage of Emenius's work has been found in Phillips Auction House, Galerie Magazine,

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

, Christies,

Vogue Italia ''Vogue Italia'' is the Italian edition of '' Vogue'' magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it has been called the top fashion magazine in the world. It's been in publication since 1964. Name ''Vogue Italia'' was first published as ''N ...

, Purple Magazine, Nowness,

The Fader ''The Fader'' (stylized as ''FADER'') is a magazine based in New York City that was launched in 1999 by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen. The magazine covers music, style and culture. It was the first print publication to be released on iTunes. It is o ...

, Hypebeast, and

The Korea Times ''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the '' Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacture ...

. In 2014 Emenius co-founded the Nordic Contemporary gallery in Republique, Paris, as a platform to create long-term visibility for

Nordic art Nordic art is the art made in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and associated territories. Scandinavian art refers to a subset of Nordic art and is art specific for the Scandinavian countries Denmark ...

, showcasing internationally the Nordic region's increasing importance in the global art scene. Andreas Emenius Performance

Works

Biennale * 2011 ''Design Not Design'' (co-directed Seung H-Sang &

Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly ...

), Gwangju Biennale, S. Korea * 2010 ''Beyond the Crisis,'' Curitiba Biennale, Brazil Solo exhibitions * 2022 ATLAS PARADISE, Shin Gallery, New York, USA * 2021 Solo private selling exhibition, Phillips Auction House, New York, USA * 2020 ''The Bored and the Restless,''

, New York, USA * 2019 ''When the Unknown Becomes Familiar,''

Kunsthallen Nikolaj The Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center ( da, Nikolaj Kunsthal, formerly (from 2006 - 2010) ''Kunsthallen Nikolaj'' and (until 2006) ''Nikolaj Udstillingsbygning'') is an arts centre in Copenhagen which occupies the former St. Nicholas Church ( da, ...

, Copenhagen, Denmark * 2019 ''The Great Conversation'', Suwon Cultural Foundation, South Korea * 2018 ''Muscle Memory,''

, New York, U.S.A * 2017 ''Sticky minds, fluid moves,''

Viborg Kunsthal The Viborg Kunsthal located at Søndersø, Viborg, Denmark, presents changing exhibitions with renowned Danish and international artists and has existed since 1994. It has since been one of the leading exhibition venues for contemporary art in Denm ...

, Denmark * 2013 ''New End New End,'' Schunck Museum, Herleen, The Netherlands * 2012 ''Future heads,'' Jonas Kleerup Gallery Stockholm, Sweden * 2011 ''Pull me apart, tear me back together'', WAS Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark * 2010 ''The Circular Series,'' Wilhelm Wagenfeld Museum, Bremen, Germany Performance & video * 2017 ''Coming back from the gas station, everything melts through me'', Copenhagen Artweek * 2015-2017 Assorted Music videos for Trentemøller; '''Redefine', 'River In Me', 'My Conviction', 'Come Undone' '' * 2014 ''Through & Through'', Reaktorhallen, with Jacob Mühlrad Stockholm, Zittern Pferd, installation, H.C Andersen Castle, Copenhagen

References

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