luca bjørnsten

CV - LUCA BJØRNSTEN (b. 1986)

education

2011, bfa in fine art, gerrit rietveld academie, the netherlands.

solo shows

2024 supermarché, jps gallery, paris, fr

2023 swab art fair, jps gallery, barcelona, es

2023 landscapes, still lifes & other things, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2022 days of our lives, albert contemporary, odense, dk

2021 landscape, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2019 plastiasia, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2018 greetings, sø, copenhagen, dk

2017 window display, bredgade 56, copenhagen, dk

group shows

2024 grand opening 2.0, albert contemporary, odense, dk

2024 art herning art fair, albert contemporary, herning, dk

2023 through my window, JPS gallery, tokyo, jp

2023 enter art fair, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2023 through the fence, albert contemporary, odense, dk

2023 summer love, gärna gallery, madrid, es

2023 art central, JPS gallery, hong kong, ch

2023 uvnt art fair, gärna gallery, madrid, es

2023 meeting point, galerie slika, lyon, fr

2023 art herning art fair, albert contemporary, herning, dk

2022 galerie èclectique, albert contemporary, odense, dk

2022 joy 2.0, gärna gallery, madrid, es

2022 panorama, cohle gallery, menorca, es

2022 cat, specta, copenhagen, dk

2021 grand, albert contemporary, odense, dk

2021 staying alive, berntson bhattacharjee gallery, malmø, se

2020 twentyrfour II, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2020 enter art fair, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2020 paintings in paintings, monteverita, paris, fr

2020 the show must go on, bricks gallery, copenhagen, dk

2018 5 years, limited works, copenhagen, dk

2015 atlas, prince gallery, copenhagen, dk

2013 dansk kuti, storm p. museum, copenhagen, dk

2013 var forbi, ttc, charlottenborg, copenhagen, dk

2011 pants on fire, ve.sch, vienna, at

2009 untitled, het glazen huis, amsterdam, nl

2008 kindergarden exposure: hotdog holocaust, smittekilde, copenhagen, dk

2007 the animal show, galleriet hornbæk, hornbæk, dk

2007 empti tipi, TTC, copenhagen, dk

2007 zine soup, TTC, copenhagen, dk

2007 under alle bjerge, arttra, copenhagen, dk

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“so, tell me… what are you really thinking?” that’s the question that immdiately springs to mind when viewing the teasingly tongue-in-cheek paintings of luca bjørnsten. squadrons of fedex and dhl planes, landscapes of ikea banners, shell petrol stations and subway takeaway joints, warhol-esque heaps of detergent products and stacked supermarket shelves are juxtaposed with cuddly lambs, cute ponies, white picket fences and a polkadot universe of flowers. all are depicted in the alluring, saturated pastel colours of 1950s us diners or parisian macarons - as thick as butter frosting on a birthday cake and in bold, uninterrupted, self-coloured sections. globalisation and consumer society meet teletubbies. but there is something disconcerting about bjørnsten’s candy crush universe. it seems as fragile as our own self-satisfied, hedonistic insouciance in the face of a rapidly changing world and ever-increasing problems where the clutter of corporate giants has merged ineluctably with the natural world. at any moment it seems like the neapolitan ice cream will melt, revealing something horrific beneath.