Sabine Wedege (b. 1993, Denmark, visual artist, she/her)
Education
2020-2021: Jutland Art Academy, MFA
2018-2019: University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Fine Arts, MFA
2015-2018: Jutland Art Academy, BFA
Educational programs/courses
2023: Frieze New Writers Programme, OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2022: WHAT COULD/SHOULD CURATING DO? - WCSCD, Belgrade, Serbia
2020: Writing School, Forlaget Gladiator, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Residencies
2023: Slagteriet, Holstebro, Denmark
2022: Konst i Halland, Varberg, Sweden
2022: Foundation Anne Grete, BKF, Fox-Amphoux, France
2021-2022: SUSTAIN - Artist Digital Exchange (Aarhus Center for Visual Art (AaBKC), Castlefield Gallery), Aarhus/Manchester, Denmark/UK
2019: Belgrade AIR, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
Upcoming/current
2023: Addenda, no. 10/11, magazine
2023: Frieze New Writers Programme, OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2023: TBA, BKF secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: Spanien19c, workshop, Aarhus, Denmark
2023: ARV.I, Vishovgrad, Bulgaria
2023: TBA, solo, Heerz Tooya, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
2023: TBA, AaBKC/Konst i Halland, Aarhus, Denmark
2024: TBA, AaBKC/Konst i Halland, Varberg/Halmstad, Sweden
Selected exhibitions
2023: TBA, solo, BKF secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: It's Really Wheel, duo with Clara Jozefine Morks, se!, Aarhus, Denmark
2022: BLEED! BREED! BREAD!, solo, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2022: Muld (Soil), S&M (duo with Magdalene Solli), Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2022: Heksetrappen (The Witch Staircase), solo, Heksetrappen (Strandvejen/Heibergsgade), Aarhus, Denmark
2022: LANDING 2022, Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, Denmark
2021: BAIR retrospective exhibition part 1, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2021: Present Tense, Afgang 2021, Jutland Art Academy, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
2021: Matrikel Uden Kroppe/RUNDGANG TV 2021, Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark
2020: *Letter*, Jutland Art Academy, Art Weekend Aarhus, Splab, Aarhus, Denmark
2020: 0, solo, RUM 10, ORAUM
2019: U dodiru sa (Vane Živadinović Bor), MSUB/MoCAB, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
2019: Ø-острво, solo, KC Magacin, Belgrade, Serbia
2019: Poezija I Kreativno Pisanje, Dev9t Alhemija Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2019: Earth Day Exhibition, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2019: Navigate River, solo, Art Room 1000fryd, Aalborg, Denmark
2018: Presented at Fijuk prodavnica/Fijuk sajam, Belgrade, Serbia
2018: Paintings/exhibition in the movie “Hunger”, Dionysus Media/Zentropa, Aarhus, Denmark
2018: Parliament of owls, murder of crows, 3rd year exhibition, Jutland Art Academy, Splab, Aarhus City Hall, Aarhus, Denmark
2017: 777, solo, The Demo Room at Galleri Image, Galleri Miel, AMOK, Aarhus, Denmark
2016: Interiør, 2nd year exhibition, Jutland Art Academy, Vesterbro Torv, Aarhus, Denmark
2016: Klumpglomerate, Jutland Art Academy, Art Weekend Aarhus, Splab, Aarhus, Denmark
2016: KP16, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
2016: Permanent decoration, TAPE, Aarhus, Denmark
2015: Den første, 1st year exhibition, Jutland Art Academy, Splab, Aarhus, Denmark
2015: Mørke Dage Festival, Aalborg, Denmark
2015: Baby it’s midnigt, solo, UNDERFLADEN/Mørke Dage Festival, Tomrummet, Aalborg, Denmark
Readings/performances
2019: Reading, Poetry Event #00777, AMOK, Aarhus, Denmark
2019: Performance lecture, Energy, ORGANON Exhibition Space, Odense, Denmark
2016: Reading, PerformanceRUM: DADA 100år, Spanien 19C, Aarhus, Denmark
2016: Reading, nORD, Nordic Literature Festival, Helsingør, Denmark
Publications/contributions
Editor at Forlaget TEGALROF
2023: Addenda, no. 10/11, magazine
2022: Sculptural Archive Binder, binder
2022: sustainartists.info, online zine and blog, SUSTAIN
2021: O s.1,1, publication, Forlaget TEGALROF
2021: Archival material for:, binder
2020: 0, book, ORAUM
2018: Hvedekorn 4, magazine for poetry and art, Rosinante & Co.
2016: Hvedekorn 3, magazine for poetry and art, Rosinante & Co.
Curatorial
Curator at RUM два
2022: Archive Dinner, Ostavinska, Belgrade, Serbia
Artist talk/workshop/teaching
2023: Slagteriet, workshop, Holstebro, Denmark
2022: Contribution for workshop with ŠKART Collective, Bela Crkva, Serbia
2022: Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad (KKV), workshop, Varberg, Sweden
2022: Hallands Konstmuseum, artist talk, Halmstad, Sweden
2022: Kunsthal Kongegaarden, artist talk, Korsør, Denmark
2021: Aarhus Art School, teaching/artist talk, Aarhus, Denmark
2019: Belgrade AIR, artist talk, Belgrade, Serbia
Grants
2023: Statens Kunstfond/Danish Arts Foundation (residency)
2022, 2021: Statens Kunstfond/Danish Arts Foundation (production grant)
2022: Oticon Fonden (William Demant Fonden)
2019: Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2019, 2017: Ny Carlsberg Fondet
Member of
Billedkunstnernes Forbund (BKF)
Organisationen for Kunstnere, Kuratorer og Kunstformidlere (UKK)
Foreningen for Samtidskunst (FSK)
Center424
Other
Artist duo S&M (Sabine Wedege, Denmark & Magdalene Solli, Norway)
Artist statement
My interdisciplinary practice intertwines research and storytelling, primarily though sculpture as well as text, sound, and video – based on various of references, including esotericism, folklore, iconography, craft, feminism, and nature relations. The works merge associations via connections found in history to our present, which results in a new constellation.
Working cyclically with both material and concept, where I examine the properties and character of both, in order to encapsulate the concept in the materials. The composition allows one to free oneself from epistemological structures, thereby opening up the works. This encompasses an awareness and respect in imitation, as well as origin, but draws threads across culture, tradition, status, and age.
The choice of materials bears the stamp of craft – it’s experimental and manifests itself as cheap, non-toxic, and sustainable materials, while latently staying between the traditional and the non-traditional. An increased curiosity towards local production, accessibility, and privilege – both in terms of location and the transport/production thereof.
The process is research-based, and I find source materials from both archives, literature, and experiences, with the idea that historical elements and phenomena can take shape through a series of cultural references, by distorting trends – cutting, copying, and pasting different sources to create a pastiche of juxtapositions. In addition, there are repetitions and transformations of already existing sources – a sustainable approach, but also an approach that is fluid. The repetition and recognition are essential in the works to demystify, as the research is directly incorporated in the works – where a trust in familiar forms and objects enables the viewer to intuitively relate to the works, in addition to its complexity of references. Following on from this, humor plays a significant role, as well as kitsch and pop aesthetics to loosen the extra layers of the complex reference ensemble. A kind of overload of materialism and cultures mixing, exactly as a reflection of modern society.
Sabine Wedege
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