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Emily Gernild

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Emily Gernild
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Odense, Denmark
NationalityDanish
EducationFunen Art Academy, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Emily Gernild (born 1985) is a Danish painter and artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2][3][4]

Life and work

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Gernild was born 1985 in Odense, Denmark.[5] From 2010 to 2016, she studied fine art at Funen Art Academy and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf where she was taught by Danish artists Tal R and Jens Haaning.[6][7] Her work is part of the permanent collections of The Danish Arts Foundation, Trapholt Museum for Modern Art, Kastrupgårdsamlingen and The Canica Art Collection.[8][9][10]

Gernild's abstract paintings often include compositions of classical still life subjects. Everyday objects such as vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, seeds, jugs and bottles are recurring motifs.[11][12] Using dynamic brushstrokes on large canvases, Gernild paints with rabbit-skin glue mixed with pigments along using traditional materials including oil and stick, watercolor, gesso and acrylic.[13]

Her paintings reference 16th century Dutch still life paintings, Edvard Munch’s Symbolism, surrealist dreamlike scenes and draw upon the traditions of female Nordic painters such as Hilma af Klint.[14] In the publication 'Touched - Danish Art in the New Millennium', art critic Maria Kjær Themsen writes that:

Both Anna Ancher, Christine Swane and Anna Syberg are Danish painters who are known for their interior and floral motifs. Gernild adds a far more curved and lively virtuosity to the tradition, where voluminous flowers fill the entire canvas and become abstract. She uses the colors so that they form structures and not just figuration in a very sensuous painting that unites the art historical heritage with the fabulous color of the 00s.[15]

In 2023, her solo exhibition 'Aunts and Dolls' opened at Gammel Holtegaard.[16] Curated by Mai Dengsøe, the exhibition explored the artists family history and consequences of lobotomy in Denmark.[17] [18]

Her solo exhibition ‘Unaffected - Emily Gernild & Christine Swane’ at Rønnebæksholm Museum presented Gernild’s contemporary paintings in dialogue with Christine Swane’s artistic work and her connection to the Funen Painters.[19][20] A selection of her lithographs were shown alongside works by CoBrA-artist Corneille, Chinese-American artist Walasse Ting and American artist John Chamberlain in the exhibition 'Colour as the driving force' in 2021.[21]

She has held solo exhibitions at Schwarz Contemporary in Berlin, M100 Exhibition Space in Odense, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard in Copenhagen and OSL Contemporary on Oslo.[22][23][24][25] Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Arken Museum for Modern Art, Trapholt Museum for Modern Art, Gammel Holtegaard, Rundetaarn, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Janus Vestjyllands Art Museum and Gammelgaard Art & Culture Museum.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

She has created public art commissions for Holbæk Art (2020), the Danish Ministry of Education (2019) and The Maritime and Commercial High Court in Denmark (2012).[33] She received the honorary grant from Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation in 2021 and was selected to create the statue Årets Harald by Royal Copenhagen and The University of Copenhagen in 2018.[34][35]

Publications

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  • Vibeke Kelding Hansen and Lisbeth Bonde (2019). Upåagtet - Emily Gernild & Christine Swane; Rønnebæksholm Museum. ISBN 9788799992850
  • Milena Høgsberg and Grant Klarich Johnson (June 2021). Emily Gernild: Black Lemons. Kerber Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7356-0772-0
  • Anna Walter Ed. (2022), Kassandras søstre – fremtidens malere hæver forbandelsen (in Danish). Denmark, Rundetaarn. ISBN 978-87-998290-1-9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Werthern, Wilhelm (13 December 2018). "Emily Gernild". Le Monde diplomatique. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ Ellemann Höegh, Birgitte (3 February 2023). "På akademiet var de kun to elever, der udførte den form. I dag lever Emily af sin særlige kunst". Berlingske Tidende. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ Hornung, Peter Michael (21 July 2019). "Ung lovende kunstner: »Nettets hurtige billeder er som hurtige forelskelser. Vi har brug for at forelske os. Men vi har også brug for kærlighed«". Politiken Newspaper. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ^ Nolte, Michaela (3 April 2021). "Schlacht der Zutaten" (PDF). Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ Lodberg, Marie (12 July 2021). "Morgenmad med Emily Gernild: "Det er noget, vi alle forstår, når vi kigger på det"". Alt for Damerne magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ Høm, Janus (1 June 2016). "Wiki-sensibilitet". Kunstkritikk. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ Fejerskov, Ditlev (24 February 2022). "Interview: Emily Gernild". Dossier magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Artist: Emily Gernild" (PDF). Galleri Bo Bjerggaard. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  9. ^ "The permanent print collection". Kastrupgaardsamlingen Museum. 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  10. ^ Trapholt Art Museum (24 February 2021). ""TRAPHOLT ZOOMER IND: PÅ BESØG I EMILY GERNILDS ATELIER". Trapholt Kunst Museum. Hentet 20. november 2023". Trapholt Art Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ^ Ulekleiv, Line (13 May 2022). "Samtiden som fruktoppsats". Kunstavisen. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ Norton, Nicholas (28 April 2022). "Harmoni i fiolett". Kunst Kritikk. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ^ Høgsberg, Milena (4 September 2022). "Emily Gernild: SOIL Solo exhibition". Milena Høgsberg. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Emily Gernild solo exhibition, 17 Nov 2023 - 21 Jan 2024". Gl. Holtegaard Museum. 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  15. ^ Kjær Themsen, Maria (2020). Berørt - om dansk kunst i det nye årtusinde (in Danish). Denmark: Strandberg Publishing. pp. 243, 244, 335. ISBN 9788792949875.
  16. ^ "EMILY GERNILD: Aunts and Dolls - 17 NOV 2023 – 18 FEB 2024". Gl. Holtegaard. November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  17. ^ Kryger, Mathias (25 November 2023). "Inger og Eva levede af fars penge og af fars kager" (PDF). Politiken.
  18. ^ Jørgensen, Tom (November 2023). "Helt igennem overbevisende Emily Gernild-udstilling" (PDF). Jyllands-Posten.
  19. ^ "Upåagtet – Emily Gernild & Christine Swane". Næstved Netavis. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Upåagtet – Emily Gernild & Christine Swane". Rønnebæksholm Museum. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Colour as the Driving Force (in Danish: Farven som drivkraft)". Kunst paa Arbejde. 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Solo exhibition: Emily Gernild - Movable Feast" (PDF). Schwarz Contemporary. 2 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Solo exhibition: Under Skumring med Emily Gernild". M100 Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art. October 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Emily Gernild: Never Too Good to Be True". Kunsten.nu. 2022.
  25. ^ "Emily Gernild curated by Milena Høgsberg". OSL Contemporary. 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  26. ^ Steffensen, Erik (26 August 2022). "Tilberedelse af et menneske" (PDF). Weekendavisen. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  27. ^ Kryger, Mathias (5 September 2021). "Udstilling på Arken er et billede på den forførende kraft, en blomst besidder". Politiken Newspaper. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  28. ^ "The Sisters of Cassandra – the painters of the future repeal the curse". Art Week. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Billedserie fra en nedlukket udstilling: EFTER-BILLEDER". Kunsten.nu. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Emily Gernild & Martha Hviid: Dagsrester og Andre Pressede Citroner". Kunsten.nu. 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  31. ^ "VOKSEVÆRK - Ny Grafik fra samlingen". Kastrupgaardsamlingen. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  32. ^ "TRAPHOLT ZOOMER IND: PÅ BESØG I EMILY GERNILDS ATELIER". Trapholt Museum of Modern Art. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  33. ^ "Emily Gernild - Bønnebord med palmekål / Kidney table with lacinato kale". Holbæk Art. 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  34. ^ "11 danske billedkunstnere modtager hæderslegat fra Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond". Kunsten.nu. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  35. ^ "ÅRETS HARALD, TIDLIGERE VINDERE OG DESIGNERE". Royal Copenhagen. 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2022.