• Laila Svensgaard

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b 1974 in Tim, Denmark, lives and works in Copenhagen

EXHIBITIONS

2024
Øjeblikket, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark

2023
Divine Intelligence, Eks-rummet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Solo
The Colorful Aftermath of A Violent Stellar Death, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark, Solo
Øjeblikket / The Moment, SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg, Denmark

2022
Death of The Milky Way, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark, Solo

2020
Paper Planes, Skovlandet - Station for Contemporary Art, Skørping, Denmark, Solo
Trope, Copenhagen Photo Week, Copenhagen
Pocket Photos, Bladr - Platform for Artist Books, Copenhagen, Solo

2019
Kontact, The Photoscope, Copenhagen
Plastik, Eks-rummet, Copenhagen
Composition In The Dark, Grand Teatret, Copenhagen, Solo

2018
Moon Drawings, Spirefestival, Holbæk, Dk
Notes On Darkness, SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen
Writing Sound, One Hundred Sounds, C4 Projects, Copenhagen, Solo
Cover, Eks-rummet, Copenhagen

2017
Spor, Mod.Strøm Culture Festival, Slipshavn, Funen, Denmark
Atlas. a - b (Passage), Eks-rummet, Copenhagen
Gotta Serve Somebody, KH7Artspace, Aarhus, Denmark

2016
Laila Svensgaard Drawing, Eks-rummet, Copenhagen, Solo

2015
We will push the ship from shore and let it drift toward the darkest of oceans, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Anti – Asger, UMI galerija Kalnas, Vilnius, Lithuania
We can know more than we can tell, The Education Room, Den Frie Contemporary Art Center, Solo

2014
Anti-Asger, Kedlen Showroom, Aarhus, Denmark
Philomela, Trappegalleriet, Kunsthal Viborg, Viborg, Denmark, Solo

2012
KP Spring, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Nordkraftudstillingen, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark
Inside 2012, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark

ARTIST BOOKS

2023
Pocket Photos, released at SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg

2020
Pocket Photos, released at Bladr – Platform for Artists Books, Copenhagen

2019
Skabning, released at Bladr, Copenhagen and Antipyrine, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark
Pocket Photos, released at The Photoscope, Copenhagen

2017
Gotta Serve Somebody 1 – 4, Fanzines, released at KH7 Artspace, Aarhus, Denmark

2015
Arkiv, Ark Magazine no. 109

2014
Anti-Asger, Narayana Press, ISBN 978-87-997337-0-5

GRANTS

Danish Arts Council
Poul Johansen Fund
L. F. Foghts Fund
Gerhard Henning’s Fund
Gottfred Eickhoff and Gerda Eickhoff's Fund
Copenhagen Council for Visual Culture
Danish Journalist' Copyright Fund

COLLECTIONS

Ferring Pharmaceutical Art Club

EDUCATION

2013-2015: MFA Fine Art in Critical and Pedagogical Studies, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
2012-2013: MA Aesthetic and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark
1995-1998: BFA Fine Art (Hons) Painting, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK