Visual artist Anne Louise Blicher. Based in Copenhagen, DK and Berlin, DE.
 
”Anne Louise Blicher creates site specific works that subvert classical landscape’s ideals of patriarchy and ownership in favor of feminist multitude and ecological balance. Blicher’s work seeks to change the static postcard view of landscape by rendering nature as a sensed landscape, an ecology of dynamic parts in complex interaction with their surroundings”

(Deric Carner, curator and project manager, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC)

BIO
A.L. Blicher is a graduate in classical painting from Florence Academy of Art (2011) and holds a postgraduate-degree in Fine Arts specialized in printmaking from The Royal Institute of Art Stockholm (2015). Her exhibition record includes public art commissions for Rødovre Kommune, Sønderborg Kommune, the EDC Poul Erik Bech Foundation in Varde, and Danderyd Sjukhus in Stockholm, exhibitions at SixtyEight Art Institute (DK)/Sharp Projects (DK) (solo), Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (DK), The Danish Printmakers House (DK) (solo), Lofoten International Art Festival (NO), The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NY), Fanø Art Museum (DK) (solo), Johannes Larsen Museum (DK), Grafiska Sällskapet (SE), Litografiska Akademin (SE), and Mark Rothko Art Centre (LV) among others. She has been an artist-in-residence worldwide including Klitgården (DK), San Cataldo (IT), The Danish Institute in Athens and in Rome, Women’s Studio Workshop (US), Atelier Circulaire (CA), and Künstlerhaus Lucas (DE).

 
STATEMENT
I work within a post-industrial craft discourse and a feminist material tradition, enacting an intimate, slow ecology. Through durable, mineral-based materials and slow, handmade processes that foreground touch and atmosphere, I aim to create works that endure both physically and emotionally, offering moments of pause, orientation, and care within shared spaces.
 
Rooted in sculptural painting, my practice explores how flat materials can generate volume and presence in space. I work with sustainable and technically durable materials such as enamel, cork, and water-based monoprints. In particular, vitreous enamel, whose mineral origins ground the work in the Earth’s substances—is a sustainable, regenerative, non-toxic, antibacterial, UV-stable, and fire-resistant material. Composed of ceramic pigments fused to metal at 850°C, it holds color permanently, withstands harsh environments, and evokes a quiet material presence that invites both touch and contemplation.
 
Trained in realistic painting, I combine classical techniques with a spatial perspective, exploring the body’s orientation within built environments. I am particularly drawn to ceilings as places of contemplation and physical reorientation, and to how they can reshape the ways we look, stand, and move through space, making looking upward both a physical and emotional act. I draw inspiration from religious ceiling frescoes, reimagined through a contemporary ecological lens, and from Emanuele Coccia’s Cosmic Garden, in which gardening becomes an atmospheric practice that extends beyond the ground, as plants generate light, life, and presence in the air.
 
Using a graphic-anthropological method, I trace and interpret the landscape’s marks—not as objective documentation, but as imaginary mappings. I see each place as an archive of material flows, where a line’s significance lies not in its form, but in the understanding it generates. Rooted in Critical Plant Studies and cosmometry; an understanding of how the energy-synergetic relationships of the universe shape nature’s design of sustainable systems, I explore the role of plants and geological materials as active storytellers. Nature’s logic, from its vitality and decay to its ecological, entropic, and geometric structures, provides the fundamental dramaturgy for my images and spatial compositions.
 
CV
EDUCATION

• • • Course in art consultancy in public space by Camilla Hedegaard Møller & Christina Prip organized by BKF, Copenhagen, DK (2021)
    • Master in Design, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen, DK (1.part/30 ETCS) (2017- 2018)
    • Postgraduate project studies, specialized in printmaking, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE (2014–15)
    • Diploma in classical painting, bachelor level, Florence Academy of Art, Gothenburg, SE and Florence, IT (2008 ‑11)
    • Master of Science in Information Technology, IT university of Copenhagen, DK (2004 — 2006). Exchange to The Royal Danish School of Design in the subject ‘Staging of public space’ (2005). Final thesis ‘Pervasive Gaming: piracy of reality’ about the way digital technology can extend the game experience to the physical world and stage the surroundings in new ways.

 
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

• • • 2024 — 2026, Shelter of Plants, Aage Knudsens shopping street, Rødovre, DK. Commissioned by Rødovre Municipality
    • 2025, Waterbodies with 3 Moons, wall mounted art installation, Sønderborg Town hall, DK. Commissioned by Sønderborg Municipality
    • 2025, invited by KaB/Land Berlin to do a sketch for “Kunst am Bau”, at a new school in Stellingdamm, Berlin, DE
    • 2022 — 2025, A Vertical Borderland, ceiling decoration and 10 corridor installations, Danderyds Sjukhus, the endoscopy unit, Stockholm, SE. Commissioned by Region Stockholm.
    • 2022 — 2023, The upside-down Kitchen Garden, public installation at the day care centre Bonderosen in Hørup, Als, DK. Commissioned by Sønderborg Municipality
    • 2023, The way of the Pearl Mussel, 2 outdoor wall sculptures, Varde Garten, Varde, DK. Commissioned by EDC  — The Poul Erik Bech Foundation
    • 2018, Foam 6 & 9, outdoor lamppost using solar power, designed for the company SeaSafe, DK

 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• • • 2022, Grief Shrine of growth, part of The Curatorial Thing arranged by SixtyEight Art Institute, gallery Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, DK
    • 2022, Vertical Ocean, Udstillingsstedet.dk, Sorø, DK
    • 2021, Rotations of the Heaven. Entropic Cosmos, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, DK
    • 2019, To Draw A Line, SE! udstillingsrum, Århus, DK (duo — Trine Bork)
    • 2018, Frozen Hawaii, Toldboden, Kerteminde, DK
    • 2017, The Animal Glow, Atelier Circulaire, Centre d’arts imprimés, Montréal, Québec, CA
    • 2016, Uncover, Fanø Kunstmuseum, Fanø, DK

 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN SELECTION
2025

• • • Thinking of Place III, international printmaking collaboration, travelling exhibition 2022 — 2025, Impact 12, International Print Conference, Bristol, UK, North Site Contemporary Arts, Cairns, AU, Corben’s Estate Art Centre, Auckland, NZ, Studio 1, Ponsonby, NZ, Thompson River University Art Gallery, Kamloops, CA, Forma Gallery, Buenos Aires, AR, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, IR, Fete de l’Estampe, University of Kragujevac Gallery, Kragujevac, RS, ANZAAE Conference, Wellington, NZ, Isla Cen-tre for the Arts, University of Guam, US, Funen Printmaking Studio, Odense, DK, Ruf-fin Hall Gallery, Charlottesville, US, The Baird Gallery, Christchurch, NZ, Imalat-Hane Artspace, Nilüfer, Bursa,TR

    • Sculpture exhibition, Annaborg & The Castle, Chapel’s House Sculpture Parc, Hillerød, DK

2024

• • • Net, Allerød Skulpturpark, DK

2023

• • • Summershow, Udstillingsstedet.dk, Sorø, Dk

2022

• • • NAA X Winter exhibition, Nordic Art Agency, Malmö, SE
    • KP22, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK

2021

• • • Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK
    • KP20, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
    • Memories, Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, FI
    • Collection Mini Print Cantabria, La Mer et les Phares à Bordeaux, Cervantes Institute, Bordeaux, FR

2020

• • • The Knot Collective, Galerie Ménil’8, Paris, FR
    • Old School, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, DK

2019

• • • The Kelp Congress curated by Hilde Methi, Neal Cahoon, Karolin Tampere, & Torill Østby Haaland, Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), Lofoten, NO
    • Kunstscenen Is Closing, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen, DK
    • International Mini Print Cantabria, Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, ES
    • Summerworks — Anne Louise Blicher & Patte Loper / Moa Alskog & Xin Son / Wilfred Wagner & Paul John / Anne Mette Schultz & Alex Gingrow, The Elizabeth Foundations for the Arts , New York City, US
    • Fugl, Johannes Larsen Museet, Kerteminde, DK
    • Climate Art 2019, Rebildcentret, DK
    • Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, IT
    • 77, art space, Milan, IT
    • Over the Bridge, Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg, SE
    • Portrait Now! 2019, The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, DK and Ljungberg Museum, Ljungberg, SE
    • The Knot Collective, Raum für drastische Massnahmen, Berlin, DE
    • Fyns Grafiske Værksted, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, LV
    • Performance and Proces with a graphical starting point, Grafiska Sällskapet, SE
    • Relief Print Exhibition, Haugesund, Haugaland Museet, NO

2018

• • • Performance and Proces with a graphical starting point, Danske Grafikeres Hus, DK
    • Velvet Ropes, Nevven Gallery, Göteborg, SE & Galleri Golsa, Oslo, NO/initiated by 0–0 LA fine art gallery, Los Angeles, US
    • Neon Camouflage, Impact Encuentro, Printmaking Conference, Santander, ES
    • Svart Färg, Den Grafiska Gerillan, Galleri Ateljé Ur, Malmö, SE
    • Discoveries, Gallery Heike Arndt Kettinge, DK/Fresh Legs, Galleri Heike Arndt,  Berlin, DE
    • 17 INTERBIFEP, International Biennial Festival of Portrait, Tuzla Culture Center, Tuzla, BA
    • 9th International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro 2018, Duoro, PT
    • Luftlinie, Ahrenshoop Art Museum,  Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, DE

2017

• • • 3rd Global Print Biennial, PT
    • The Black School,  Kastrupgård Samlingen, DK

2016

• • • Elevator Music 3 curated by Dahlia Elsayed, Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey, US
    • The Black School, Brandts, DK
    • Djuren with Helmtrud Nyström, Katinka Andersson and Mattias Bäcklin, Konstfrämjandet Bergslagen, Örebro, SE

2015

• • • 4^th International Latgale Graphic Symposium, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, LV
    • Addition, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, SE
    • The 7:th International Lithographic Symposium, Litografiska Akademin, Tidaholm, SE
    • Portrait Now! 2015, The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Frederiksborg, DK and Ljungberg Museum, Ljungberg, SE

 
RECIDENCIES

• • • San Cataldo, Scala, IT (2023)
    • Klitgården Refugium, Skagen, DK (2023)
    • Atelier Madeleine Paris by Grafiska Sällskapet, FR (2022)
    • The Danish Institute, Athens, GR (2021)
    • Hjørring Grafiske Værksted, Hjørring, DK (2021)
    • The Danish Institute, Rome, IT (2020)
    • The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with Bikuben Foundation New York and Art Hub Copenhagen, NY, US (2019)
    • The Danish Institute, Rome, IT (2019)
    • Künstlerhaus Lucas, Ahrenshoop, DE (2019)
    • Green Olives Art, Tétouan, MA (2018)
    • Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec, CA (2017)
    • Atelier Bo Halbirk, Paris, FR (2017)
    • Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK (2016)
    • Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, US (2016)
    • Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, LV (2015)
    • Camac Art Center, Marnay sur Seine, FR (2015)
    • The Danish Institute, Athens, GR (2012)
    • School of Visual Art (SOVA), Dawson, CDN (2011)
    • Art Meeting, West Bengal Federation of United Nations Associations (WEBFUNA) & Indian Council for Cultural Relation (ICCR, Kolkata IND (2011)
    • Palangos Dailė, the Artists’ House of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, LT (2011)

 
GRANTS 

• • • Rådet for Visuel Kunst (Copenhagen Visual Arts Council) (2021, 2022)
    • Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond (2021)
    • Danish Arts Foundation traveling grant (2019)
    • KKV Grafik Malmö traveling grant (2019)
    • The Danish Institute Rome (2019)
    • William & Hugo Evers Fond (2010, 2012, 2019)
    • The Danish Arts Foundation (2018)
    • Beckett Fonden (2016, 2017)
    • Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse (2016)
    • Knud Højgaards Fond (2008, 2016)
    • Glashandler Johan Franz Ronges Fond (2009, 2016)
    • Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fond (2016)
    • Georg Harms Fond (2011, 2014)
    • Den Ingwersenske Fond (2009, 2011, 2014)
    • Fondet for Dansk Svensk Samarbejde (2014)
    • Unesco-Aschberg Bursary, Changdong Art Studio, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, ROK (2012)

 
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

• • • Artist talk and 2 days workshop lecture in monoprint, Academy of Fine Arts — Uniarts Helsinki (September, 2023)
    • Can a Garden Function as a System of Thoughts? Representation of the City: Imagining and Reimagining Cityscape, NSU winter Symposium, the Latvian Centre for Performance Art, Riga, LV, (February, 2020)
    • Art in Rural Communities — CCCA Workshop No. 4, Møn, DK, (August, 2019)
    • Graphic Anthropology – an imaginary documentation tool — talk at Site, Material, and Medium in Socially Engaged Art — CCCA Workshop No. 3, Århus, DK, (March, 2019)
    • Site-specific sensoric notation workshop in collaboration with Boers-Li Gallery, New York, (July, 2019)
    • ICA 2019 Belgrade: 21st International Congress of Aesthetics. Paper: An Empathic Aesthetics of the soil. The Design of No-thing. Published in the 21. International Congress of Aesthetics 2019’s Congress Proceedings book. (July, 2019)
    • Initiator with artist Åse Eg of the project Performance and Proces with a graphical starting point with 10 printmakers from the Danish and the Swedish printmaking organizations. Seminar, collective drawing exercises,  printmaking workshop and exhibitions at Danish Printmakers House, DK and Grafiska Sällskapet, SE (2018–19).
    • Vertical Horizon, Performance at Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, DK (October 30, 2018)
    • Appearances of the Political, NSU Winter Symposium, University of Copenhagen, DK (February, 2018)

 
OTHER ACTIVITIES

• • • Drawing teacher, Medical Museion, Copenhagen, DK (2021-)
    • Drawing teacher, Thorvaldsen’s Museum, Copenhagen, DK (2013-)
    • Art teacher at ARKEN, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, DK (2014 — 2023)
    • Developed teaching material to the touring exhibition Down to Earth — Danish Painting 1780 — 1920 and the Anthropocene Landscape created between  Faaborg Museum, Fulgsang Museum, Ribe Museum, and Hirschsprung Collection, DK (2017 — 2018)
    • Initiated a workshop about portraits in art in relation to the exhibition Keeping up Appearances. Portraits and Emotions in the Golden Age for Hirschsprung Collection, DK (2018)
    • Assistent/studio manager to artist Kirstine Roepstorff (2011 — 2013, 2015 — 2017)
    • Assistant to sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard (2011)

 
MEMBER OF

• • • Kunstnersamfundets Billedsektion (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, member of the Society of Artists)
    • BKF (Danish visual artists)
    • KRO (The Swedish Artist’s National Organization)
    • Danish Printmakers
    • Grafiska Sällskapet (The Swedish Printmakers’ Association)
    • KKS (The Danish Women’s Artist association)
    • CCCA (the international research network: Collaboration and Community-Building in Contemporary Art)
    • NSU (Nordic Summer University) — a nomadic academic institution for research and interdisciplinary studies that organises workshop-seminars across disciplinary and national borders
    
     
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