Visual Artist
Artist Statement – Christina Bardram
Christina Bardram’s works draw on a wide range of cultural, botanical and mediative references. In the works, silence and concentration are combined with a strong lyrical tone. The works start where language ends, we see not an intellectual concept, but a sensory sensation. Impressions are taken from the shadows of a sycamore tree and from botanical studies on previous works. The expression is minimal and open – nothing is superfluous – allowing the viewer’s dreams to unfold
The process is highly intuitive and in dialogue with the works and materials Bardram abstracts her personal experiences and explores the phenomenology of color, form and surface – like an alchemist, she investigates and experiments with new materials.
The colors and materials are contrasted between linear / painterly, opaque / transparent, flat / spatial, glossy / matte
The works stand outside of time as they refer to both past and future
CV
Christina Bardram
Born 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Master from Royal Danish Academy school of design (former Danish school of Design)
Lives and works north of Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected solo exhibitions
2019: VERMILION Galleri Orange, Nordhavnsvej 2c, Elsinore, Denmark
2018: BLEUM Galleri Orange, Badevej 1, Elsinore, Denmark
2016: INTERACTION. Bredgade kunsthandel, Bredgade 69 Copenhagen, Denmark
2016: BLEUM – recent works. Galleri Elander, Banevej 4, Tisvildeleje, Denmark
2013: WORKS Galleri 2b, Badevej 2b, Elsinore, Denmark
2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, 2003: Bredgade kunsthandel, Bredgade 69, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011: Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje, Denmark
2007, 2006: Galleri DGV, Svendborg, Denmark
2007, 2005, 2004: Galleri Ramfjord. Oslo, Norway
2005: Galleri Art Venue, Seatle, USA
2004: Frederiksdal Friluftmuseum, Sweden
2003: Erik Bering, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003: Damhuset, Lyngby. Denmark
2001: A flower is a Flower, Marienlyst Castle, Elsinore, Denmark
2000: Galleri Anne Marie, Gothersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999: Toldkammeret, Elsinore, Denmark
1998: MALVAN Galleri Orange, Sankt Olaigade, Elsinore, Denmark
Selected group exhibitions
2023: SPACE & COLOR, with Collect Studio & Malte Fisker, Davis Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: TIME AFTER TIME Gallery Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2023: SPOR Duemosegaard, with ceramic artist Finn Dam Rasmussen, Denmark
2022: THE FLORIALIE, Museum Montanelli, Prag, Czechoslovakia
2022: THE FLORIALIE, Art in box, Prag, Czechoslovakia
2022: CLEAR VISION Gallery Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2022: OPEN ARMS Galleri Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2022: VINTERUDSTILLING, Davis Gallery, Bredgade 69, Copenhagen, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2021: LYSTROPI Galleri Lystropi , with Ian Schjals, Carsten on Wurden, Katrine Ærtebjerg , Lystrupgaard, Lystrup, Denmark
2021: HOPE Galleri Orange , Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2021: THE SAMUEL, with Ian Schjals, Hellerup, Denmark
2020: WINTERHEAT Galleri Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2020: KOSMOS Galleri Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2019: NOW Galleri Orange, Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2019: TALK Galleri Orange Elsinore, Denmark, selected artists from the gallery
2012: MOL LYS, with Ian Schjals. Galleri Elander, Banevej 1, Tisvildeleje, Denmark
2011: UKENDTESPROGFORGARDINER with Ian Schjals. Galleri Elander, Banner 1, Tisvildeleje, Denmark
Commissions private and public
Forstædernes Bank, Kalvebod brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ældresagen, Snorresgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hotel D´Angleterre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Elsinore Town Hall, Elsinore, Denmark
Hamlet, Privat Hospital, Søborg, Denmark
Fabianhus, Gribskov capital, Esbønderup, Denmark
Orana, Rynkeby, Fyn, Denmark
Grants and funds
2007, 2005: Åge Nielsens Fond. Work allowance
2001: Velux fonden, San Cataldo, scholarship ,
Recidencies
2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008: San Cataldo, Italy
2005, 2007: Spain
