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HENRIK SIMONSEN DANISH CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
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165 w o rt h av e n u e , pa l m b e a c h , f l 33480 · (561) 655-2090
32 e a s t 57 t h s t r e e t , 2 n d f l o o r , n e w y o r k , n y 10022 · (212) 421-5390 Copyright © 2022, Findlay Galleries, All rights reserved.
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To Grow As an artist working alone in my studio, I was fortunate to have my own space during the pandemic; but none of us exist in isolation. The influence from the outside world filtered through me onto the canvas. I became more aware of time than ever, how we measure it and what it means to us. For me, my experience of time altered, stretched, felt longer, and more fragile. Everything slowed down and seemed less defined. Many of the paintings in this exhibition originated from the observation of time. For example, the four paintings that make up the season series demonstrate the change in the natural world that occurs during a year in Northern Europe, while the works from the light series (Winter Light and “Green Light) aim to capture an ephemeral and brief moment. As the world opened and scaled-down on its restrictions, my work also took on a renewed sense of space as it acquired layers of depth. This renewed sense of space is the source of the perceived three-dimensional quality that enhances the precise details that make up the elements in my work.
Evening Trees oil on canvas 55 x 51 1/8 in. FG© 140673
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Winter Light oil on canvas 59 x 58 3/4 in. FG© 140668
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Autumn oil on canvas 51 x 55 1/4 in. FG© 140671
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Winter oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 55 in. FG© 140672
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Golden Shape oil and gold pigment on canvas 59 x 47 1/4 in. FG© 139505
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Purple and Pale Yellow oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 55 1/8 in. FG© 140674
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Grow Wilder oil on canvas 31 1/4 x 39 3/8 in. FG© 140679
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Green Light oil on canvas 27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. FG© 140683
Green Plants - Red Soil oil on canvas 35 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. FG© 140678
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Summer oil on canvas 51 x 55 1/4 in. FG© 140670
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Spring
oil on canvas 51 x 55 in. FG© 140669
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Yellow Sky oil on canvas | 31 3/8 x 23 1/2 in. | FG© 140680 21
Orange Earth oil on canvas | 43 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. | FG© 140676 22
Tangled Yellow oil on canvas | 39 5/16 x 39 5/16 in. | FG© 136742 23
Ultramarine Evening oil on canvas | 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. | FG© 140682 24
Purple Blackberries oil and graphite on canvas 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. FG© 139516
Blue - Green oil on canvas 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. FG© 140686
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Magenta and Blackberries oil on canvas 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. FG© 140685
Gentle Growing oil and graphite on canvas 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. FG© 139518
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Exhibitions 2022
Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, USA
2020
Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, USA
2018
Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, USA
2014
A Visual Diary - Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, USA
2012
Garden Tales - Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark Between the Trees - Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, USA
2011
Eyestorm - Barbican, London, UK Multiplied Art Fair - Christies, London, UK Where Wild Things Grow - Customs House, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK London Art Fair - Islington, London, UK
2010
Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark Multiplied Art Fair - Christies, London, UK Scope Art Fair - Miami, USA Summer Exhibition - Opus Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK London Art Fair - London, UK
2009
2008
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Scope Art Fair - Miami, USA Kruishoutem Museum, Belgium Beaux Arts, Bath, UK London Art Fair - London, UK Opus Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Kounter Kulture - Opus Fine Art, London, UK Forster Gallery, London, UK Bunny Gunner, Los Angeles, USA Scope Art Fair - Basel, Switzerland London Art Fair - London, UK
2007
Opus Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Forster Gallery, London, UK AAF New York Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells and London, UK
2006
Chase Charity Exhibition - Royal College, London, UK Byard Gallery, Cambridge, UK Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells and London, UK Royal Opera House, London, UK
2005
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells and London, UK Gallery 54 Mayfair, London, UK AAF New York Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA The Curwen Gallery, London, UK Art London, London, UK Byard Gallery, Cambridge, UK Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon, UK Worx of Art, Hitchin, UK
2004
AAF, Battersea, London, UK Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon, UK Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester, UK Quodart, Brighton, UK Carlos Galai Art Foundation, Colombia
2002
The White Gallery, Brighton, UK Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester, UK
2001
The White Gallery, Brighton, UK
2000
The Huntington Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Gjethus Museet, Frederiksvaerk, Denmark The White Gallery, Brighton, UK
1998
Spacex Gallery, Exeter, UK
1997
Alfredo Gallery, Venice, Italy
1996
3 1/2 Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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