Ingerlise Vikne (NO)
Born 1961
Ingerlise Vikne was born and grew up in Norway, but currently she lives in Denmark. The introverted character of her art reflects her upbringing amidst vast and solitary Norwegian landscape. Experiencing Vikne’s art requires withdrawing into our inner world. She offers us a mirror and reminds us of the value that can be found in the slipping into a universe of mind. Ingerlise Vikne conveys the inner universe with saturated and subdued colours; and it is through this colour range that she portrays the care and love she feels for her characters.
A motif she most often returns to in her works are children’s faces. They are all based on different elements of Ingerlise Vikne’s life, and as she herself says, their solitude is not to be seen as a burden, but a choice. “My figures on canvasses have made a choice, they are in a place where senses are neutralized and not stimulated – a place without expectations - obligations – a place where you turn inwards and experience… a quiet happiness…“
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“[The artist] says that the audience’s first reaction is usually a feeling of melancholy and sadness. Persons portrayed on pictures, and therefore the artist herself, must be sad, lonely, isolated, and anxious. The issue with Ingerlise Vikne’s pictures is that she herself does not see them as sad. On the contrary, she sees the characters’ isolation as something positive; as one’s soothing ability to rest in oneself. In silence.”
Tom Jørgensen, redaktør af Kunstavisen
Show CV
EDUCATION
2000 – 2002
Courses at Aarhus Art Academy and The Graphical School, Aarhus
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Wintershow” GALLERI V58, Aarhus, DK
"Summershow" GALLERI V58, Aarhus, DK
2021
“Wintershow” GALLERI V58, Aarhus, DK
2020
“Wintershow” GALLERI V58, Aarhus, DK
2019
Art Herning, Herning, repræsenteret af GALLERI V58, Aarhus, DK
2018
GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
Galleri Brænderigården, solo exhibition, Horsens, DK
2017
GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
GALLERI V58 pop up, Skagen, Danmark
NORTH kunstmesse, Aalborg, represented by GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
2016
GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
Art Copenhagen, Bella Center Copenhagen, repræsenteret af GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
Storytellers, soloudstilling, GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
Galleri Brænderigården, soloudstilling, Horsens, Danmark
Gallery Art Nou Milleni, gruppeudstilling med artist talk, Barcelona, Spanien
2015
GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
Istanbul / BAP Berlin Art Project
BAP/Istanbul Art Project, Istanbul
2014
GALLERI V58, Aarhus, Danmark
On the Edge of Reality, soloudstilling, Galleri Brænderigården, Horsens, Danmark
2013
Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, Danmark
Galleri Fine Art, Oslo, Norge
Art Fair, Lübeck, Tyskland
2012
Kunstgalleriet, Odense, Danmark
Galleri ArtCompaz, København, Danmark
2011
Character Wall, soloudstilling, Galleri Margit Dørflinger, Randers, Danmark
Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, Danmark
Galleri Saltum, Danmark
2010
Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, Danmark
Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Tyskland
Hammel Kulturhus, Hammel, Danmark
2009
Damenwahl, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Tyskland
Fuga Art Association
Galleri Houvig, Danmark
Tåstrup kulturcenter, Danmark
Fussingø Slot, Danmark
2008
Galleri Sortedam, København, Danmark
Galleri Art Nordic, Norge
2007
The Line Gallery, Skotland, UK
Gallery Imagination Art, Skotland, UK
Fredriksten Fort, Norge
Galleri NB, Viborg, Danmark
Galleri Art Nordic, Norge
2006
Dronninglund Kunstcenter
SCHOLARSHIP
2011
Frida Hansens Legat, Norge
Stavanger European Capital of Culture
2009
Modtaget Jyllandspostens legat til ophold i Berlin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Please, Do Not Disturb, Don’t Even Think About It, kunstbog af Ingerlise Vikne, 2015
Katalog fra Brænderigården, Horsens, 2014
VIDEO
Portræt af Ingerlise Vikne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fvWjHSYhZY
COVERS
Twelve poetry book.covers published af Jorinde & Joringel
Karsten Bjarnholt: Mit mørke
Niels Hav: De gifte koner i København
Erik Helger: Balkoner
F.P. Jac: 33 års spontane hengivelser
Vagn Lundbye: Luftguitar
David Læby: Reade Street
Viggo Madsen: Luns af det levende
Henning Mortensen: So Happy Just To Be Alive
Mogens Bynkou Nielsen: Altid cyklende i modlys
Annelise Nielsen: Som noget af det sidste
Kirsten Nørgaard: Galileos finger
Kemal Özer: Kærlighedsmøder
