MIE OLISE KJAERGAARD
Your Gaze Hits my Sock, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
47.3 x 39.4 in. (120 x 100 cm)
Total Price : £11,400
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Your Gaze Hits my Sock, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
47.3 x 39.4 in. (120 x 100 cm)
Total Price : £11,400
24 NAACKETS
Your Gaze Hits my Sock, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
47.3 x 39.4 in. (120 x 100 cm)
Total Price : £11,400
24 NAACKETS
About Mie Olise
Kjærgaard works in painting, occasionally sculptural objects and installation. Graduating an MFA from Central St. Martins in London in 2008, Olise is interested in society as a construction and the role of the Woman as a Construction. Mie
Olise works in painterly strokes and large scales. Painting since the age of 15, she has taken a long and curved journey – actually starting out working with women figuration with a feminist angle in her teens, a circle has been forming over the last years.
Muses Having Fun are paintings based on thoughts of woman-hood, in history, art history and personal present life. In the works there are strong references to history; both suffragettes, women who tore off the corset to ride a bike, play tennis or music, as well as a series of paintings of a more fantastic scenery, with women (girls or witches) simply taking off on dangerous animals, being wild, fierce or just adventurous. All living their life as subjects, experiencing life from the inside and out.
A lot of the titles of the works Olise borrows from earlier works of women artists, the titles are picked out of hundreds, and suit the works; yet the titles serve to pay a hommage to these amazing Women.
Kjærgaard has exhibited at the Karpidas Collection, Dallas, UMOCA – Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, MFAH – Museum of Fine Art Houston, MAAA – Museo de Arte Acarigua, Venezuela; Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK), SNYK – Skive New Museum of Art, (DK), Torrance Art Museum in LA; Himmerlands Kunstmuseum (DK); The Journal Gallery (NYC), Honor Fraser, LA (NYC) and Hans Alf Gallery in Copenhagen.
Kjærgaard holds an MFA from Central St. Martins in London, as well as a Master in Architecture from Aarch, Aarhus (DK) + The Bartlett, UCL, London (UK).
From Mie Olise Kjaergaard’s artist statement.
Photo credit: Mathilde Schmidt
Education
Master in Architecture from AAArch, Denmark
2001 - The Bartlett School of Architecture, UK
Seleceted Awards
2021 - Ny Carlsberg Foundation, grant – book: Disobedient Muses.
2017 - Danish Art Council Working Grant.
2014 - Danish Art Council
Why we like it
International recognition, with repeat presence at global art fairs and shows in Asia, Europe and US
One of the most important Scandinavian contemporary artists
Recent show with Karpidas collection
Landmark Museum show expected in the fall of 2023
Part of prominent collections such as JP Morgan Chase, Museum of Fine Art Houston, Utah Museum of Art
Collected by a number of US Museums board members
Recent gallery shows with Various Small Fires and Anna Zorina, both seen as strong career catalysts
Unique artistic language and colour palette, instantly recognisable
Thought-provoking and contemporary subjects (empowered women, re-occupied ruins in south America, …)
What others are saying
What is included
The value of the artwork (£8,500 incl. VAT)
Collection, crating, shipping & import duties (£1,700 incl. VAT)
Condition report and photography (£350 incl. VAT)
10% admin fee to cover insurance and storage (£850 incl. VAT)
Mie Olise Kjaergaard in her studio - photo credit: Mathilde Schmidt