Andreas Emenius | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | February 24, 1973
Nationality | Swedish |
Education | Central Saint Martins |
Known for | Painter & Performance Artist |
Spouse | Elena Velez |
Children | 2 |
Website |
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Andreas Emenius (born February 24, 1973) is a Swedish cross-disciplinary artist known for installation, painting, and performance, based in Copenhagen. [1] Emenius has shown work in multiple global biennales as well as museums, and is currently the curator and co founder of the Nordic Contemporary, a gallery for contemporary art featuring Scandinavian artists, in Paris, France. [2] Emenius works additionally as a film director and is a contributor for SHOWstudio, a fashion and film platform founded by British photographer Nick Knight. [3] Emenius teaches occasionally as a visual arts professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, [4] and is currently represented by Shin Gallery In New York. [5] Emenius is the husband of prominent New York fashion designer Elena Velez with whom he shares two children. [6]
Upon graduation from Central Saint Martins in 1999 with a degree in graphic design, [3] Emenius moved to Paris and worked in design for Kenzo, Adidas, Nike Nederland, and collaborated with British graphic designer Neville Brody. [7] Emenius works primarily with painting, video, and sculpture and uses different mediums to express themes including portraiture, banality, anthropomorphism, kinetics, high & low culture, and the ritualistic behaviors of man in group. [8] UK based publication 1 Granary speaks to his work as "an exploration of figuration and abstraction" in videos, paintings, sculptures and performances. [9] Inspired by the gesamtkunstwerk school of aesthetic, his work centers on the blending of individual components to create a whole, described by Xibit Magazine as "outlandish" and "eclectic". [10] In 2018-2019, Emenius exhibited solo shows at Nikolaij Kunsthal, [11] Art Busan, [12] and Shin Gallery New York. [13] Emenius has directed film for musicians Trentemøller [14] and August Rosenbaum. [15] Emenius, alongside designer Henrik Vibskov, co-created the acclaimed Vibskov & Emenius [16] art ventures, The Fringe Projects, [17] and The Circular Series, [18] described by Dazed Magazine as a series of projects that go outside of the realm of fashion, touching on a variety of aspects such as performance, art installation, film, and even tapestry. [19] Coverage of Emenius's work has been found in Phillips Auction House, [20] Galerie Magazine, [21] The New York Times, [22] Christies, [23] Vogue Italia, [24] Purple Magazine, [25] Nowness, [14] The Fader, [26] Hypebeast, [27] and The Korea Times. [28]
In 2014 Emenius co-founded the Nordic Contemporary gallery in Republique, Paris, [22] as a platform to create long-term visibility for Nordic art, showcasing internationally the Nordic region's increasing importance in the global art scene. [2]
Biennale
Solo exhibitions
Performance & video
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