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's 2018 Wiibroe Design, and was the inspiration for the Theatrical Organization of Cyprus theatre production ''In Two Minds''. Until 2019, Krull's studio was at

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, in the historical corner pavilion loft unit where artists

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and

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lived and worked.

Biography

Carl Krull was born on the island of

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(Denmark) in 1975, to artist parents Maria Struzik-Krull and . Krull studied at the

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(Poland) and San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, graduating with a

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degree in 1999. He was selected as a 2007

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at Art Studio Itsukaichi (Japan).

Career

Carl Krull's artistic style has been described as "seismic" or "seismographic", referring to the sculptural drawing and painting approach that he developed. The approach is characterized by a

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way of perceiving figures and space; rather than using contours to outline his subjects, Krull employs an abundance of lines to create the effect of the subject protruding from the two-dimensional surface of the paper or screen. Krull developed the method during a

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through the United States, drawing continuous lines on a paper tube while acting as a human

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, allowing bumps in the road to create irregularities in the contoured lines he was drawing. Through experimentation, he evolved the method from

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car scrolls to color, and incorporated diverse methods that include

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,

drawing Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...

,

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

,

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, large scale sculptures, and murals.

Public installations

* ''Celestial'' – 2018, Elsinore harbor. A tall sculpture of a head, crafted from

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-cut plywood board. * ''Subterranean'' – 2017, Silkeborg Bad sculpture park. An tall concrete sculpture created by excavating earth in the form of two concave figures, then filling the negative forms with 29 tons of concrete. The resulting sculptures were lifted from the earthen mold to create a single convex figure. * ''Loloopop'' – 2006. An audio-visual installation created in collaboration with

Simon Steen-Andersen Simon Steen-Andersen (born 1976) is a Danish composer, performer, director and media artist. Biography Steen-Andersen studied composition with Karl Aage Rasmussen, Mathias Spahlinger, Gabriel Valverde, and Bent Sørensen in Aarhus, Freiburg ...

.

Public collections

* ''Slitscanner'' (pencil), acquired 2011,

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* ''Slitscanner '' (digital media), acquired 2011, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum * ''Graphite #5'' (pencil on paper), acquired 2016,

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(Madrid, Spain) * ''Olmec #2'' (pencil on paper), acquired 2016, Colección SOLO (Madrid, Spain) * ''Olmec #4'' (pencil on paper), acquired 2016, Colección SOLO (Madrid, Spain) * ''Olmec #5'' (pencil on paper), acquired 2016, Colección SOLO (Madrid, Spain)

Selected exhibitions

* ''Resonance'', Hans Alf Gallery (solo) (Copenhagen, Denmark) – 2018 * ''Copenhagen Creatives'' (participating artist), Maison du Danemark (Paris, France) – 2018 * ''Wunderkammer 1 – liquid form'' (participating artist),

Esbjerg Art Museum The Esbjerg Art Museum () is an independently owned art museum in Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1910, in 1962 it moved into a new building in the City Park designed by Jytte og Ove Tapdrup. Since 1997, the museum has formed par ...

(

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, Denmark) – 2018 * ''Seismic'',

V1 Gallery V1 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Meatpacking District of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2002 by designer Jesper Elg and photographer Peter Funch. V1 Gallery gained international notability by being the first art g ...

(Copenhagen, Denmark) – 2014 * ''Snapshots from Slumberland – 3 x Krulls'',

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum ARoS is an art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. On 7 April 2004, ARoS opened with exhibitions in a brand new modern building, 10 stories tall with a to ...

(Aarhus, Denmark) – 2011 * ''Telescope'',

V1 Gallery V1 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Meatpacking District of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2002 by designer Jesper Elg and photographer Peter Funch. V1 Gallery gained international notability by being the first art g ...

(Copenhagen, Denmark) – 2010 * ''Palace Party'' (participating artist),

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(Copenhagen, Denmark) – 2011

Performing arts

Krull performed live in the production ''Body and Soul'' (

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, 2015–2016 season), creating a piece of virtual reality art during this theatre tribute to the human body. During the exhibition ''Palace Party'' at

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, Krull performed a live, artistic marathon in front of the audience, creating a large-scale drawing over the course of 10 hours. His work served as the inspiration for the 2010 Theatrical Organization of Cyprus theatre production ''In Two Minds''.

Awards

* "Selected Artist" invited to create the 2018

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Wiibroe Design (graphic design) * ''Seismic Wave'' (outdoor installation) – Finalist, Hegnspælen 2015 * ''Angels and Demons'' –

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New Art Prize 2005

References

External links

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Subterranean – sculpture at ''Silkeborg Bad'' Art Center
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