Henrik Godsk
Born in Denmark, 1975.
Henrik Godsk creates figurative works that depict structured interiors and androgynous characters simplified by the use of geometric forms. Influenced by Scandinavian simplicity and Danish design, Godsk’s paintings adhere to a self-imposed set of rules dictating the use of reduced forms, shapes and colours. Working primarily in oil on canvas, Godsk images are reminiscent of Russian avant-garde paintings and evoke the radiance and sensuality of Paul Klee’s colour schemes. Godsk’s work is informed by formalism, art history and folkloric art and culture.
Godsk is of seventh-generation Traveller heritage. He grew up in the itinerant world of the fun fair and cut his teeth as a painter renovating and designing fair ride panels and facades together with his father and grandfather at a very young age. His paintings fuse folkloric and high art, with his portrait subjects essentially acting as vessels for his exploration of colour and form. Henrik Godsk once said: “When I painted fair ride facades, I was very often a formalist, the main focus being on geometry and patterns.”.
Godsk holds an MA in Art and Literature from Aalborg University, is a member of the Danish Association of Visual Artists and has received support from the Danish Arts Foundation. His work is represented in several prominent public and private collections.
生於1975年，丹麥。
Godsk所創作的具像作品擅長以簡化的幾何形式描繪雌雄同體的人物和室內結構。受北歐的簡約風格和丹麥文化的影響，藝術家的畫作遵循一套自我強加的規則，只使用簡化的結構、形狀和顏色。 其作品受到形式主義、藝術史和民俗藝術文化的影響，並主要在布面油畫上創作，很容易讓人聯想到俄羅斯的前衛繪畫和名畫家保羅・克利（Paul Klee）的色塊作品特有的光彩和性感。
Godsk擁有第七代旅人的血統 — 他在移動式遊樂園的流動世界中長大，並在年幼時便與父親和祖父一起擔任「畫家」，負責翻新和設計遊樂設施的面板和外觀。他的畫作融合了民俗藝術和高雅藝術，作品的肖像主題本質上充當了他探索色彩和形狀的載體。Godsk曾笑指：「當我在繪畫遊樂設施的外觀時，我經常會變成一位形式主義者，只關注幾何和圖案。」
Godsk擁有奧爾堡大學的藝術與文學碩士學位，是丹麥視覺藝術家協會的成員，並獲得了丹麥藝術基金會的支持。他的作品在幾個著名的公共和私人收藏中展出。
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
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2024
GRACE | AISHO Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan
New Horizons ｜Piermarq | Sydney, Australia
Traveller’s Journal | Vigo Gallery | London, United Kingdom2023
Archetypes | Ruttkowski;68 | Paris, France
Humans and Creatures | Wellington Arch, Vigo Gallery | London, United Kingdom2022
Fade to Red | Piermarq | Sydney, Australi
No Piano | CFHILL | Stockholm, Sweden2021
Traveller | Ruttkowski;68 | Cologne, Germany2020
Portraits and Passages | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia -
2023
Henrik Godsk + Kazuma Koike “Stille” ｜ HAGD Contemporary ｜Aalborg, Denmark
Mixed Pickles 12 ｜Ruttkowski;68｜New York, NY
Grand Opening | HAGD Contemporary | Aalborg, Denmark2022
The Breakfast Club | Eligere Gallery | Seoul, South Korea
Portraits | Kunstbygningen I Vraa, Engelundsamlingen | Museum of Modern Art | Vraa, Denmark2021
Mixed Pickles 10 | Ruttkowski;68 | Cologne, Germany
Mixed Pickles 9 | Ruttkowski;68 | Goldberg Studios, Munich, Germany
This Must Be the Place | Villa Schönningen | Berlin, Germany2020
Abstraction and Figuration | Kunstbygningen I Vraa, Engelundsamlingen | Museum of Modern Art | Vraa, Denmark2019
Contemporary Portraits | Frederikshavn Museum of Modern Art | Frederikshavn, Denmark
Hybrids | CFHILL | Stockholm, Sweden
Earth | SADE Gallery | Los Angeles, USA
Paperwork’s | NNB Gallery | Berlin, Germany
The Art Salon | Copenhagen, Denmark
Disturbed Reflections | CGK Gallery | Copenhagen, Denmark
Horisont | Ålesund Kunsthal | Ålesund, Norway
From Europe with Love – Godsk, Kerwick, Vrancken | Piermarq Gallery | Sydney, Australia2018
The Art Salon | Copenhagen, Denmark
ANGRY BOYS | Det Ny Kastet – Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art | Thisted, Denmark
Henrik Godsk & Jordy Kerwick | Galerie Wolfsen | Aalborg, Denmark -
Timothy Tan Collection, The Philippines
Ryan Stokes Collection, Australia
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, USA
Fabien Fryns Collection, Belgium
Simon Parra Collection, Ecuador
Kerwick Collection, France
Leif Djurhuus Collection, Denmark
Beck Risvig Collection, Denmark
Martin Nielsen Collection, Denmark
DLA Piper Collection
Mark Rothko Art Centre – Museum of Modern Art
Vesta’s Art Collection
Det Ny Kastet – Collection of Modern Art
The City of Aalborg – Collection
The City of Aarhus – Collection
The Collection of Odense Hospital
Danske Bank Collection