ALEXANDER TOVBORG
Born 1983 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
| 2007-2009 | Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2004-2010 | The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Solo exhibitions (selected)
| 2023 | Ghost, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy Kirken, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2022 | madonna, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Beyond Devotion, Blum and Poe, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2021 | Sacrificial Love, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2019 | Tovborg og Tegners Arv – Guddommen og dens skabere, Nordkystens Kunsttriennale 2019, Rudolph Tegners Museum, Dronningmølle, Denmark amor fati II, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany |
| 2018 | hvem er dit sværd, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark amor fati, Niels Borch Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | altars of humanity, Gallery Nicelle Beauchene, New York, USA the symbol has resurrected, Blum & Poe, New York, USA |
| 2016 | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA Troens Ridder, GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark State of Concept, Athens, Greece |
| 2015 | myten er en tilstand, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2014 | Bocca Baciata, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Pieta, Fauna, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Eternal Feminine, Gallery Nicelle Beauchene, New York, USA | |
| 2012 | Sacra Conversazione, (w/ Jeppe Hein) Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Giverny, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy | |
| Teenage Jesus, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2011 | Tre, Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark |
| 2010 | New Eternity, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | Harens Klan, Hostrup-Pedersen & Johansens Litografiske Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 | Death of a Pioneer, Minoutte Show, Grandteatret, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2006 | I Tell You Weird Tales, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Group exhibitions (selected)
| 2022 2021 |
Vera Icon, Museet For Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark THE AUTUMN SHOW, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Guld og Magi, Arken, Ishøj, Denmark GAMES, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark Stories About Mothers, Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivaa, Denmark Fragments, ADZ Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2020 | Perpetual Dawn, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark The Botanical Mind. Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
| 2019 | Summer Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Icons. Worship and Adoration, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany Koldinghus-Gobelin Tapestry Cartoons, Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark I Don’t Believe In Art, I Believe In People (curated by Jen de Nike), LX Gallery, New York, USA Husker du? Jubilæumsudstilling, Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark Borch Editions. 40 Jahre Druckwerkstatt, Royal Danish Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2018 | Starry nights, ARKEN, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | Cool, calm and collected, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark |
| Porten i Wittenberg, touring Copenhagen, Ribe, Toreby, Lemvig, Denmark, and Wittenberg, Germany ONLY Small Paintings’, Fortnight Institute NYC, NY, USA Grådighed, Holstebro kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Becoming Human, Skulptur Odense 17, Odense, Denmark hvad gør kunst på hospitaler?, KØS museum for kunst i det offentlige rum, Køge, Denmark |
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| 2016 | INSIDE OUT, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Kunsten i lyset, Museet for religiøs kunst, Lemvig, Denmark | |
| 2015 | Let’s Get Figurative, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, USA |
| Powerful Babies, Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Herron, Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 2014 | Holbaek ART, Holbaek ART, Holbaek, Denmark |
| The Brask Collection, Munkeruphus, Dronningmolle, Denmark | |
| Mostly Black And White, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark | |
| Fluid Flesh, Nordic Contemporary, Paris, France | |
| Panda Sex, State of Concept, Athens, Greece | |
| 2013 | Betroet Tvivl – Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen, Denmark |
| Carnegie Art Award Exhibition, touring Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo | |
| I knOw yoU, IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | |
| The world is almost six thousand years old, Lincoln Gallery, London, UK | |
| Modern art, Lincoln Gallery, London, UK | |
| Give us today… When art goes to church, KOS – Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark | |
| 2012 | S, M, L, XL, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| F FOR FREEDOM, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| LUBOK. Contemporary graphic and artist books from Leipzig, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 2011 | Folklore – Old New Forms, Kunsthallen 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark |
| Just a few too many, a bit too small etchings – and a Rembrandt, Marianne Friis Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Voyage to the beautiful Self, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| The Magic of Clay – Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Gl. Holtegaard, Gl. Holte, Denmark | |
| 2010 | Landskabets Anatomi, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden |
| Etwas viele, bisschen langweilige, ganz kleine Radierungen, Galerie Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany | |
| Jubilæumsudstillingerne, Janusbygningen, Tistrup, Denmark | |
| Best of Wonderland, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Afgang 2010, Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi/Billedskolerne, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2009 | Kurs:Havnen, Kunstmuseet Køge Skitsesamling, Køge, Denmark |
| Kurs:Højen, Odsherred Kunstmuseum, Asnæs, Denmark | |
| Copenhagen Spirit, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| GBB, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Klaatu Barada Nikto, BKS Garage, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Fantastisch, Pforzheim Galerie, Pforzheim, Germany | |
| Angili-Heart, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark | |
| It’s raining men!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Til Vægs, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2008 | Angli – Heart, HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark |
| Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| A View at the Unknown, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Denmark | |
| 2007 | Magtdemonstrationer, Kronborg Slot, Helsingør, Denmark |
| Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| A View at the Unknown, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Denmark | |
| 2006 | Camp Eden, Kong Christian, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Ordsprog, Portalen, Hundige Kunsthal, Hundige, Denmark | |
| Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| I Tell You Weird Tales / With guests Ferdinand Ahm Krag and Morten Schelde, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Ten on Fourth, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2005 | Pro-Art, Randers Kunstmusem, Randers, Denmark |
| Der var engang på Marienlyst Slot, Marienlyst Slot, Helsingør, Denmark | |
| Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Publications (selected)
| 2023 | Dengsøe, Mai, ed. Alexander Tovborg: Sacrificial Love, Beyond Devotion. Texts by Tom Morton, Nicoletta Isar, Anne Ulrikke Bak, and Maria de Blum. Los Angeles: Blum & Poe, 2023. |
| 2018 | Amor Fati, Text by André Bjerke, Jeanne d’Arc, Tom Morton, Louis Scherfig, Photos by Jacob Oftebro, Ehrhorn Hummerston, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | MAMMON. Photos by Jacob Oftebro, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA TESER. Danske samtidskunstnere i dialog med reformationen, Text by Lisbeth Bonde, Wunderbuch, Skive, Denmark TEGNER – 100 år i Rusland, Text by Alexander Tovborg, Frydenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2016 | The Rape of Europha, Text by Tom Morton, Ehrhorn Hummerston, Copenhagen, Denmark Moby Dick Filet, Harpune Verlag, Vienna, Austria |
| 2015 | myten er en tilstand, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2014 | Pieta, Bjorn Rasmussen, LA Graphic Design, Copenhagen, Denmark Bocca Baciata, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2013 | Best of 67 x Kunst, Michael Jeppesen, Strandberg Publishing, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2012 | Teenage Jesus, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig, Germany Giverny, Text by Tom Morton, Brand New Gallery, Italy The Sacred and the Profane,Text by Jorg Heiser, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2011 | Lubok Solo 3, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig, Germany |
| Rising-young artist to keep an eye on!, Edited by Olaf Salie, Daab Media Verlag, Germany | |
| 2010 | New Eternity, text by Jorg Heiser, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | Harens Klan, Hostrup-Pedersen & Johansen Litografisk Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Til Vægs, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2006 | Ordsprog, Frederik Stjernfelt and Ida Bertelsen, Portalen, Hundige Kunsthal, Hundige, Denmark |
Articles/Reviews (selected)
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| 2023 |
Morton, Tom. “Alexander Tovborg’s Spiritual Yearning.” Frieze.com, June 27, 2023. |
| 2022 | “Arekisanda Tovuborugu-no Shiteki de Shiteki na Seiboshi-zo.” (Poetic and Private Madonna and Child by Alexander Tovborg.) Geijutsu Shincho, July 2022. |
| 2021 | “dea madonna med tulipan (sommer)”, Synne Rifbjerg, Weekendavisen, July 8, 2021 Sweetwood, Cole. “Pick Of the Week: Anna Weyant, Alexander Tovborg, & Asuka Anastasia Ogawa.” Artillerymag.com, April 21, 2021. Almino, Elisa Wouk. “A View from the Easel during Times of Quarantine.” Hyperallergic.com, February 5, 2021. |
| 2019 | “Fire kunstnere får hæderslegater af fond”, Birgitte Rahbek, Kulturmonitor, August 19, 2019 “Facinerende dialog mellem to store kunstnere”, Bente Scavenius, Børsen, July 19, 2019 “Alexander Tovborg’s glass mosaic shows Copenhagen Airport in a new light”, Harriet Lloyd-Smith, Wallpaper*, June 11, 2019 “Sfinksens gådefuldhed – malet med helligt vand og engangsklude”, Laura Engstrøm, Børsen Atelier, May 27, 2019 “Myterne foldes ud i fabelagtige farver”, Anonymous writer, IMPACT, May, 2019 “En troens ridder”, Patricia Stokholm, Torben Zenth, Kopenhagen Magasin, March 27, 2019 |
| 2018 | “Guide: Hold efterårsferie med kunst”, Lisbeth Bonde et al., kunsten.nu, October 11, 2018 “Museumsstykker fra tovborg”, anonymous writer, Børsen, September 14, 2018 “Gallerirevy København: Kunstens stærke tale”, Lisbeth Bonde, kunsten.nu, September 18, 2018 “I krig & kunst”, Julie Moestrup, Weekendavisen, vol. 35, August 31, 2018 “Chart Art 2018: What to see at the Copenhagen fair this weekend”, TF Chan, Wallpaper.com, August 30, 2018 “Ny udstilling: Helvedes-værker er udfordrende, anderledes og sært nyskabende”, Trine Ross, Politiken, April 15, 2018 “Ej male fanden på væggen”, Mathias Dyhr, Kunstkritikk, May 7, 2018 |
| 2017 | “Afledningsmanøvre”, Ole Bak Jakobsen, kunsten.nu, February 16, 2017 “Mad og kunst på KØS”, Martin Rasmussen, Lørdagsavisen Køge, November 16, 2017 “Alexander Tovborg: altars of humanity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, 12 October – 12 November. the symbol has resurrected, Blum & Poe, New York, 15 September – 28 October”, Joshua Mack. Art Review, December, 2017 “Koldinghus-direktør: Gobeliner bliver et must-see”, Jydske Vestkysten, Lotte Højstrøm, April 26, 2017 “Koldinghus får ny vævet kunst på væggene”, Jesper Bak, Peter Frandsen Siggaard. dr.dk, April 26, 2017 |
| 2016 | “10 Works to Collect at Chart”, Demie Kim, Editorial, Artsy, August 17, 2016 “Alexander Tovborg: Jag er på Patmos i grotten, hvor Johannes skrev Apokalypsen og kan ikke tale”, Johan Moe Fejerskov, Politiken, September 29, 2016 “Imod billeddiktaturet”, Louise Steiwer, kunstkritikk, September 29, 2016 “Troens Ridder – Alexander Tovborg i direkte tale”, Torben Zenth, Kopenhagen Magasin, September 30, 2016 “Ugens kunstner – Alexander Tovborg”, Pernille Fonnesbech, kunsten.nu, October 5, 2016 “En hoppeborg skal frelse menneskeheden”, Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, October 1, 2016 “The Artist Creating a New European History”, Jane Villadsen, AnOther, November 8, 2016 “Alexander Tovborg’s exhibition ‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell’ at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles”, Isabella Mason, Blouin artinfo, November 16, 2016 “Last Chance: Alexander at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles”, Isabella Mason, Blouin artinfo, December 15, 2016 “Alexander Tovborg at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles” Isabella Mason, Blouin artinfo, December 14, 2016 |
| 2015 | “Up and Coming: Alexander Tovborg”, Casey Lellser, Artsy, August 2015 “In Wild, Mythical Paintings, Alexander Tovborg Relieves Us of Religious Taboos”, Casey Lesser, Artsy, August 21, 2015 |
| 2014 | “15 Artists to Watch in 2015”, Steven Zevitas, The Huntington Post, December 16, 2014 |
| “Kys, kunst og knogler” Lisbeth Bonde, kunsten.nu, June 25, 2014 | |
| “Millionmallerier paa Holbæks husgavle”, Danni Travn, Borsen.dk, September 17, 2014 | |
| “Cover anbefaler: Alexander Tovborgs Dinosaurer”, Caroline Nordstrand, Cover.dk (Kultur), June 5, 2014 | |
| “Alexander Tovborg: ‘Eternal Feminine’”, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, December 4, 2014 | |
| “Alexander Tovborg at Nicelle Beauchene”, Art in America | |
| “For det meste sort og hvidt”, Tabita Henriksen, kunsten.nu, March 17, 2014 | |
| “Fabelagtig drengeroevskunst paa Munkeruphus”, Carthine Ramsing, Magasinet Kunst, August 19, 2014 | |
| “A dinosaur is like a dead family member”, Torben Zenth, Kopenhagen Magazine, January 20, 2014 | |
| “In it for the long haul: Alexander Tovborg”, Lærke Hein, Murmur.dk, June 24, 2014 | |
| 2013 | “In focus: Alexander Tovborg, Frieze Magazine, Issue 158 October |
| “Her skal kunsten kende sin plads”, Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| “Ostre Landsret har faaet vederkvægende kunst paa væggene”, Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken.dk, May 15, 2013 | |
| 2012 | “Alexander Tovborg, Jeppe Hein at Galleri Nicolai Wallner”, contemporaryartdaily.com, USA |
| “Ah Gud!”, Maria Kær Themsen, kunstkritikk.dk, April 18, 2012 | |
| “Kunsten gaar i kirke”, John Poulsen, Kunstavisen.dk, No. 10, November / December 2012 | |
| 2011 | “Troen er det første kys”, Torben Sangild, Golden Days Festival, Denmark, pp. 24-29 |
| “Mod en ny, spirituel kunst”, Lisbeth Bonde, Weekendavisen vol.13, Denmark, p. 7 | |
| “En søgen efter det religiøse”, Nikolaj Søndergaard, Berlingske Tidende, Denmark, Section 2 p. 1 | |
| “Alexander Tovborg : den fromme kunstner”, Dennis Rivin, Afart #31, 2011 | |
| “Alexander Tovborgs Treenighed”, MGJ, kunsten.nu, March 5, 2011 | |
| “Jeg står mellem den troende og det troede”, Lea Holtze, Kristeligt Dagblad, February 22, 2011, p. 8 | |
| 2010 | “En søgen efter det religiøse”, Nikolaj Søndergaard, Berlingske Tidende Section 2, s. 1, December 30, 2010 |
| 2009 | Harens Klan, Hostrup-Pedersen & Johansen Litografisk Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| “Copenhagen Spirit”, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| “Til Vægs”, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2006 | “Det er fedt at folk gider at have det”, Anne Marie Lykkegaard, Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| “Interview: Alexander Tovborg, by Marie Bentzen”, Kopenhagen.dk, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| “Soldater i…”, Leif Kiil Sørensen, Kristelig Dagblad, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| “Interview: Alexander Tovborg and Morten Ernlund Jørgensen”, Sune Fredskild, Kopenhagen.dk, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2005 | “Tankeflugt paa kirkegaarden”, Sofie von Hauch, Katolsk Orientering |
| 2003 | “Lokumsbilleder”, Thomas Aagaard Skovmand, Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Curated Projects (selected)
| 2018 | helvedet opløser sig, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2013 | Ligegyldigt hvorhen, blot udenfor verden, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Magazine Projects (selected)
| 2012 | Ribe Domkirke – Kirken i dag, Ribe Domkirke in collaboration with Alexander Tovborg, Ribe, Denmark |
Permanent Installations
| 2019 | Sfinks og natur, Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, Denmark Hænder, Trekroner Kirke, Roskilde, Denmark |
| 2016 | Sang om jorden, Jelling Kirke, Jelling, Denmark |
| 2015 | Odense Adelige Jomfrukloster, Odense, Denmark |
| Tejn Kirke, Tejn, Denmark | |
| 2013 | Oestre Landsret, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Awards (selected)
| 2019 | Klara Karolines Fond Stiftet af Aase & Poul Gernes |
| 2016 | Osmund Hansen Foundation Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond |
| 2013 | Nominated for the Carnegie Art Award |
| 2007 | Niels Wessel Bagges Award |
Public Collections
| Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark |
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| Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig, Denmark |
