Linnea Jensen
Linnea Jensen work mainly with oil on canvas, and mix media on paper such as watercolor, charcoal, pastels and prints (woodcuts and drypoint). The images are figurative and autobiographical. The images carry a poetic touch, a sense of melancholic wonder, interwoven with reflections on more philosophical and universal questions about life, death, loneliness, longing, timelessness and transience. The images are multifaceted, but mainly revolve around the female experience, and you can sense an underlying criticism of what has brought us to the time and world we find ourselves in today. Nature has always had an important role in the motifs, but recently everyday objects arranged in still life-like set-ups have begun to blend in with the landscape, thereby disrupting the sense of what is interior and what is exterior in the picture. To serve as a kind of exploration of how our inner and outer worlds are intertwined and in constant flux. Linnea draw much of her inspiration from modernism, for example from artists such as Munch, Bonnard and Gauguin. However, influenced by the postmodern period, which is why you can see a constant sampling and decomposition of the values that characterized the earlier era of modernism. It is more about what is possible to express painterly than seeking new grounds. About how color and brushstrokes can express a poetic feeling, than a dogmatic examination of the capabilities of painting. The Danish island Bornholm is where Linnea Jensen has her base but the work and exhibition practice is extended to not only include Denmark, but Sweden and New York as well. She has participated in exhibitions at, among others, the Bornholm Art Museum, James Cohan Gallery in New York and Steinsland Berliner Gallery in Stockholm (which is a regular exhibitor at CHART Artfair). In addition, she have had museum sales for the Bornholm Art Museum and a number of private collectors and art associations.
LINNEA JENSEN b.1965
ARTSCHOOLS
Lunnevads FHSK. bildlinjen, Sweden1984-85 Idun Lovens målarskola Stockholm Sweden 1985-86 Krogen Amerika Graphic Printing Education Linköping Sweden 1987
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Bornholms Kunstmuseum 2025 Denmark "Kan kunsten samle verden" Bornholms Kunstmuseum Group show spring 2025, Denmark ”Our winter show” Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden 2024 “Arcadia and Elsewhere” Group Show James Cohan Gallery New York 2024 Tur og Retur Bornholms Kunstmuseum 2022 -23 Holkahesten Gudhjem museum 2022 KE 2021 Censureret efterårsudstilling Den Frie Copenhagen Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, Sweden 2021 2008-2018 As a single mother I took a break from my art practice to take care of my two children. Holkahesten Gudhjem Museum 2003-2008 Bornholms Museum. Denmark 2006.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Brdr Larsen traveler scholarship 2023, CCA Andratx prisen - 21 Kulturministeriet. Denmark, Nordisk Ministerråds travelling scholarship. Greenland, Arbejdslegat, Statens Kunstfond. Denmark, George Harnes Fond. Denmark, Irgens-Bergh legat, Marie Månsson Langhoffs legat. Anne E. Munchs legat.