Birgit Bjerre (DK)

Biography:
Birgit Bjerre (b. 1970) .
Lives and work in Aarhus.



Education:

Academy of Fine Art, Aarhus. DK
Media Science, Aarhus University
Holbæk Kunsthøjskole


Selected exhibitions:
2014
"Et bedre sted", Vaeg Gallery, Aalborg, DK.
Ståsted. Galleri Rum 46. Maj 2014.
2013:
Birgits mærkelige julekalender.
Galleri Jørgen Østergård. Oktober 2013
2012:
Art Copenhagen, (Galleri Pi) september 2012.
Soloudstilling Galleri Pi Kbh Maj 2012: Dystopia. Dit smukke dumme mennneske (48 værker). Modtager ”værkstedsret” af billedkunstudvalget i Århus kommune de næste 7 år.
2011:
Art Herning, Galleri Pi, Februar 2011
2010:
”Uindrammet”. 35 værker. Filmbyen. Nov. 2010
Udsmykningsprojekt ”Lommelygter” med konfirmander i Risskov Kirke
Soloudstilling Herning Sygehus nov. 2010
Århus Kommunes Billedkunstudvalg køber 6 værker. Juli 2010
Galleri Pi, Østerbro. Fast kunstner 2010.
Ramböll, Soloudstilling. juni 2009.
Arkitekterne CF Møller. Soloudstilling februar 2009
Hatch and Bloom. Århus. MEMO. Soloudstilling 15 maj – 15 juli. 2009
2008:
Galleri Charlotte Fogh Contemporary/ HIGHLIGHTS 2008, Jule særudstilling Dec. 2008 med udvalgte værker.
Galleri Charlotte Fogh Contemporary/ Sommerudstilling 2008
MEMO: VIA University College jubilæumsudstilling (26 værker) nov. 2008

Refer to www.birgitbjerre.dk for a complete list.

Birgit Bjerre creates colourful and unpolished pictures of the outside world, conceived and remembered by the inside mind. The works on paper and canvas shows every single step. No hidden strokes, but visible action.

The real physical world and the mind. There is nothing else for the artist. Birgit Bjerre works towards the mind and ”the real” (whatever that is) and how the two components mingle. How we try to understand the world. How we comprehend and conceive the world, as a real object – but most of all through subjective and wishful thinking. The narrative and figurative are bridges and pillars that lifts the recognizable. The objects are things we share. But in between the chair, the lamp, the car, the television, the woman and the man are secrets and longings. Never explained or told, but still present.

 

 

From the studio – working on new stuff for the exhibition at VÆG, april/may 2014:

Selected works for the solo show “Et bedre sted” at VÆG, april/may 2014:

“Et bedre sted”, oil on canvas, 220 x 250 cm:

 

“Vest for hebriderne”, oil on canvas, 220 x 270 cm:

“Verfen”, oil on canvas, 108 x 150 cm:

“Dystopia fangst”, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm:

“Dystopia indenfor”, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm:

“Mundlam”, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm:

“Dystopia hus”, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm:

“Radio virker stadig”, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm:

“Ikke længere end hertil”, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm:

Dystopia VIII, ink on paper, 100 x 125cm:

Dystopia VII, ink on paper, 100 x 125 cm:

Dystopia IX, ink on paper, 100 x 120 cm: