Bio

Over the last two decades, Troels Carlsen has developed a painting practice, in which canonical art historical subjects are transferred to otherworldly realms. Paintings beyond dreams with intentions too deliberate to be labeled Surrealist. His work incorporates nineteenth-century anatomical drawings into the world of his painting, resulting in visceral assemblages of hybrid figures. Carlsen’s archival impulses which connect such seemingly disparate references spring from a nearly forensic interest in how images are made, and how our understanding of the world is constituted by images in a symbolic as well as a literal, bodily sense. Carlsen’s interest in image creation explores how we recognize- and idealize both ourselves and others with romantic introspection.

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Born 1973
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
NECTAR OF RUINS, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany

2022
Bloomerang, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Swirl, Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019

Reverie, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018
ATLAS, Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany

2017
The Colossal Language, (Special Project), CHART, Charlottenborg,
Copenhagen, Denmark
From The Well of Components, Politikens Forhal,Copenhagen, Denmark
Otherworld, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
Don't You Know You're Life Itself, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015
Guilty Pleasure, V1 Gallery – the Depot, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Remains of Disappearance, Foundation Aldega, Amelia, Italy
Insight & Illusion ( Retrospective), Museum Krydsfelt, Skive, Denmark

2014

The Ten Thousand Things, Y Gallery, New York,USA

2013

Mute Appeal, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Sipping From the Mirror, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

My Life Has It, Galeria Valle Orti, Valencia, Spain
Fate Takes a Hand, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010
Edition Artist, Volta Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Man You All, Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany

2009
Volta NY, solo w. V1 Gallery, New York, USA

2008
At Most Sphere, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
Ape Savant, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003
So Why So Sad, Gallery Chips, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
Troels Carlsen Solo, Revolver Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS

2022
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021
Lampadephoria, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Art Herning, Group presentation with V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
Horses, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark

2015
V1 Gallery at Art Herning 2015, Herning, Denmark

2014
My Treasure – Art in private collections, Holstebro Museum of art,
Holstebro, Denmark
Et Brask Spark, Works from an art collection by art collector Jens Peter Brask, Munkeruphus Museum, Denmark
Paper, Munch Gallery, New York, US
Django, Franz Pedersen Gallery, Horsens, Denmark
PARC, w. Y Gallery, Lima, Peru
Art Herning, w V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
VOLTASHOW, w V1 Gallery, Basel

2013
Summer Reading, The Hole, New York, US
Chicken or Beef ? The Hole, New York, US
In Case We Don`t Die, The Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver With Joy, curated by Invisible Exports, New York, US
Guerrero Gallery, Nudes, San Fransisco, US
Works of Paper, Davidson Contemporary, New York US
Kill Two Birds With One Stone, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
ARCO, w. Galeria Valle Orti, Madrid, Spain
Art Herning, w V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2012
The Armory Show, V1 Gallery, New York, US
ARCO, w. Galeria Valle Orti, Madrid, Spain
MACO, Galeria Valle Orti, Mexico
Art Cologne, V1 Gallery, Cologne, Germany
VOLTA SHOW, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tonight we won't be bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning, w V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark

2011
Covers, Dazed & Confused 20th anniversary, Colette, Paris, France
Con Amore-Djurhuus Collection, AROS Museum, Denmark
A Paper Trail, De Warande, Turnhout, Beligium
VOLTASHOW, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Volta, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
MACO, Galeria Valle Orti, Mexico
ArtBrussels, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Belgium
OneShot, Kulturhuset, Ikast. Denmark
Whats He Building In There, Fuse Gallery, New York.
Status – Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery,
Copenhagen, Denmark
ARCO, w. Galeria Valle Orti, Madrid, Spain

2010
Preview Berlin, Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
MACO, w. Galeria Valle Orti, Mexico City, Mexico
VOLTASHOW, Officially Selected Artist Edition, V1 Gallery, Basel
Voges Gallery, Paper Moon, Frankfurt, Germany
OneShot, Allmänna Galleriet 925, Stockholm, Sweden (group)
The Mentor Show, Group Larm Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
ARCO, w. Galeria Valle Orti, Madrid, Spain

2009
OneShot, Werkstette Group Copenhagen Denmark
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Edition Copenhagen Retrospektiv 1959-2009, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen Denmark
ARCO, Galeria Valle Orti, Madrid, Spain
ArtBrussels, V1 Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
VOLTASHOW, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2008

Destruction of Atlantis, Union Gallery, London, UK
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery booth, Copenhagen, Denmark
ZOO Art Fair, V1 Gallery booth, London, UK
VOLTA SHOW, V1 Gallery booth, Basel, Switzerland

2007
What Can a Desert Island Do?, Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
Mad Love – Young Art in Danish Private Collections, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Copenhagen, Denmark
Spitting Image, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
ZOO Art Fair, V1 Gallery booth, London, UK
Preview Berlin, V1 Gallery booth, Berlin, Germany
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery booth, Copenhagen, Denmark
VOLTA SHOW, V1 Gallery booth, Basel, Switzerland
Paper Trails – New Adventures in Drawing, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
The Gift, Beaver Project, Copenhagen, Denmark
There is a U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
EXPORTABLE GOODS, Gallery Krinzinger Projekte Vienna, Austria
DNA, (1st prize – installation category), Gallery Edition / Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Preview Berlin, V1 Gallery booth, Berlin, Germany
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery booth, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stay Inn, w. V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
DUNK! i DURUP, Durup, Denmark
Wish You Were Here 5, Gallery A.I.R., New York, US
Stafetten, Første til Venstre, Copenhagen, Denmark
The End, My Friend, Spielhaus Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
3D WONDERS, DUNK!, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005
Lithographies, Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery booth, Copenhagen, Denmark
DNA, Gallery Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wish You Were Here 2, A.I.R. Gallery New York, USA
Framed, V1 Gallery / Turbinen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Psionic Distortion #2, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA

2004
Psionic Distortion, Gallery Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan
Dagen Efter #2 (The Day After #2), The Danish Radiohouse P2 Kunstmagasinet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Copenhagen, V1 Gallery booth, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer Sucks – Art Rocks, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wish You Were Here, Gallery A.I.R., New York, USA
Dagen Efter #1 (The Day After #1), P2 Kunstmagasinet Art on Billboards Copenhagen and major cities in Denmark

2003
Revolver Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002

Faces of King Alcohol, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001
REMIX en Scene, U. Dybølsbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998
TUBE, Kunsthallen Nicolaj, (Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center), Copenhagen Denmark

2000
Codex Moralex, Comic Strip, Månedsbladet Press, (PRESS Magazine)


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY


Foreign Body Double, Interview, S Magazine, february issue, 2014
Juxtapoz magazine, interview, by Henrik Haven, august 2013
An Obsession With Pier Paolo Pasolini, New York Times, by Holland Cottter,
march 7. 2013
IBYEN portræt,by Nina Peitersen, 2012
New Danish Art, kopenhagen publishing 2009
New Danish Art, kopenhagen publishing 2008
Dødens Kunst, by Nilo Zand Berlingske Tidende (MS), December 21. 2008. PP. 14-19
Dazed & Confused (magazine), by Francesca Gavin, October 17. 2008
Amelia Magazine, by Paul Pieroni 2008, pp. 112-115
Dazed & Confused (magazine), by Francesca Gavin, October 12. 2007
Aberne er over os, by Toke Lykkeberg, Børsen Magasin, August 23. 2007. PP. 20-22
Absurde aber og flammende organer, Politiken, May 31. 2008

Selected Works
Banana Split. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in wenge frame with UltraVue glass
225 X 160 CM
Thhe Quiet Brain. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in wenge frame with UltraVue glass
225 X 160 CM
Commitment Has One Eye. 2019
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in wenge frame with true color glass
123 x 173 cm
Red Music. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in weng  frame with Ultravue glass
172.5 x 123 cm
Bloomerang. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in weng  frame with Ultravue glass
172.5 x 123 cm
BLOOMERANG. 2021
eighteen
INSTALLATION VIEW
Lived Experience I. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in wengé frame with Ultravue glass
68 x 66
Lived Experience III. 2021
Acrylic on collaged vintage archival material in wengé frame with Ultravue glass
68 x 66
REVERIE. 2019
INSTALLATION VIEW
eighteen
ROMAINE SPELL. 2019
ACRYLIC ON COLLAGED VINTAGE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL IN WENGE FRAME WITH TRUE COLOR GLASS
225 X 160 CM
GUARDIANS OF SELFHOOD. 2019
ACRYLIC ON COLLAGED VINTAGE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL IN WENGE FRAME WITH TRUE COLOR GLASS
225 X 160 CM
OTHERWORLD. 2017
INSTALLATION VIEW
eighteen
OTHERWORLD. 2017
INSTALLATION VIEW
EIGHTEEN
RANDOM ACT OF FREEDOM. 2016
OIL ON CANVAS
160 X 220 CM
DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIFE ITSELF. 2016
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery

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Mediator #1. 2024

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Untitled. 2010

Troels Carlsen

Untitled. 2010

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Untitled. 2010

Troels Carlsen

Untitled. 2010

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