Klara Lilja
Klara Lilja creates an organic genesis of imaginative beings, flora, and fauna in clay. Rendered in mesmerizing glazes, developed by the artist herself, the colors on the sculptures seem to blossom. Klara Lilja bestows her figures with an aura, and refers to the concealed inner world of the viewer.
Klara Lilja lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. She graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2021. Her Instagram is a popular visual gallery where she engages with her 16K+ followers with humour and endless digressions about almost everything, while keeping her face anonymous.
Born 1989 in Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
EDUCATION
2017 – 2021
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, MFA
2014 – 2017
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, BA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Alive, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022
Mellem Myte og Virkelighed, CLAY Museum, Middelfart, Denmark
Mellem Myte og Virkelighed, Willumsen Museum, Frederikssund, Denmark
2021
Parangkera, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cosmogony, Holly Golightly, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Philosopher’s Mountain, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Dryade, Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mountain of Fear, Ping Pong Rummet, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Genesis, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Graviton, Ekely, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Lilith (The Birth of), HELLO KORAL, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mystery Tamago, Gallery Oaji, Tokyo, Japan
2015
ADD TO BAG, Galleri Q, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
ENIGMATIC UNDERWORLDS. GAUGUIN AND LILJA, Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark
2022
Mystical Forest, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, DK
2021
Guld og Magi, ARKEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
3×3 Eyes, Peach Corner, curated by Karen Harsbo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nikolaj – Københavns Kunsthal 40 år, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
MFA Degree Show, curated by Vermilion Sands, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
Norman Fucking Rockwell, V1 Gallery II, Copenhagen, Denmark
COOL CLAY, Gl Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
Today’s Special #3, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
FANTASY, group show curated by Klara Lilja, Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Ordination, Sophie Tappeiner, Wienna, Austria
Tables, Pots & Plants – A song for Matisse, V1 Gallery at VOLTA14, Basel, Switzerland
LER, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
Stum Sol, Galleri Q, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Pæne Ting, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gruppeudstilling #2, Carlsbergbyens Galleri & Kunstsalon, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vόστοςάλγος – Nostos Algos, Kvadrat 16, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Tastings, KIKshh (Kunst i Kapellet Sct. Hans Have), Roskilde, Denmark
2010
Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
