Alice Folker Gallery

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Danmark
Copenhagen
Alice Folker Gallery

Alice Folker Gallery has a primary focus on emerging artists Alice Folker is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2017.
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The gallery is situated in the centre of Copenhagen on Esplanaden 14 and has a focus on emerging artists. All represented artists are in the collection of museums or public foundations and have made exhibitions at large institutions and museums and public commissions.

01/06/2026

SAVE THE DATE
Opening Thursday 18 June 16.00-18.00

ANIMA
Solo exhibition by Signe Erichsen
18 June - 14 August 2026

Signe Erichsen’s oeuvre reflects an artistic practice rooted in the exploration of how the subconscious manifests itself in the physical world. Through her labour-intensive and layered technique, she immerses a range of inner states into the canvas, creating a visual language that runs throughout the works.

This visual language reveals different subconscious states that Erichsen regards as universal aspects of the human condition, reminding the viewer to turn their attention inward. The title of the exhibition, ANIMA, derives from the Latin word for life force, soul, or breath - a word that describes the essence of all living things.

The titular painting is a monochrome work created with gold pigment, symbolising an immense magnification of this very essence. The piece Memento Mori emerges from a deep blue background like an explosion of life force. Its title refers to the awareness of our own mortality, a reminder that can sharpen our sense of presence and what we wish to give to life while we are here.

Another example is A Love for My Friend, in which an explosion of purple and pink pigment consumes the canvas as a burst of intense, colorful energy. The painting reflects on the loss of a dear friend and how a person’s entire life force can disappear in an instant - as if in an explosion - while simultaneously continuing to exist within those left behind.

Signe Erichsen (b. 1982) lives and works in Copenhagen. She graduated from AKBILD, Academy of fine arts, Vienna, where she studied under professor Daniel Richter.

Her recent exhibitions include Trapholt Museum (2025) (group exhibition), and solo exhibitions at Gallery Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen (2023), Le Saint Gallery, Vienna (2018).

28/05/2026

We are happy to announce that Christine Overvad Hansen will participate in our upcoming summer group exhibition ‘Why do Birds’.
Opening Thursday 18 June 16.00 - 18.00.

Christine Overvad Hansen
Moderator, 2021
Ostrich feathers, bronze, motor
220 x 110 x 90 cm

26/05/2026

Today I was invited for a beautiful visit at Catherine Anholt’s studio. I am very happy to announce that Catherine will open her first solo exhibition in Alice Folker Gallery in Copenhagen in August 2026. The exhibition text is written by Laurence Anholt and I am full of admiration and respect for the creative and loving family and their story.

Extract from the exhibition text:
‘This show is entitled The Love and the Pain, and the work arises from those dappled emotions - the beauty of nature, the love of family, and the agony of bereavement. The loss of a child of any age may feel unbearable, but there is nothing depressing about Catherine’s work. The activity of painting is a lifeline, through which she has relearned joy, and developed an ongoing dialogue with her daughter.’

25/05/2026

Maria Torp (f. 1975) is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She graduated with an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, after earlier studies at the London College of Printing. Torp’s practice encompasses painting, drawing, and occasionally sculptural elements, with a distinct focus on the interaction of materials and the expressive potential of her chosen surfaces. A recurring feature in her work is her use of cardboard as a painting ground, which both challenges and enriches the visual impact of her works. Rooted in a hyperrealistic tradition, Torp’s meticulous technique and sensitive handling of brush and line bring vitality and presence to her images. Her art engages with themes including social equality, the interplay between the personal and the global, and the complex conditions of human experience.

Torp has exhibited extensively in Denmark and internationally, including a recent large solo exhibition at Trapholt, Kolding (2024) among others and has exhibited at Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils; The Kastrupgård Collection, Kastrup; Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Gammel Strand, Copenhagen; Den Frie, Copenhagen and O-Overgaden, Copenhagen as well as in London, Amsterdam and Cape Town. Her artworks are held in public collections such as Trapholt, Vestjylland’s Art Museum, Danish Arts Foundation, DK, The Velux Foundation, John A. Bennette Collection, US, Nykredit and the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia.

Beyond her studio practice, Torp has written a book, MEGAPORTRÆTTER, on the project Shaping A Pattern, published by Gyldendal 2024 and made a documentary film, also called MEGAPORTRÆTTER launched by Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) 2025.

24/05/2026

Maria Torp
Haiti/Hawaii, 2026
Oil and acrylic on cardboard, handmade frame, museum glass
107 x 77 cm

Haiti (The Hibiscus)
Among Haitians, the hibiscus is today a symbol of Haiti’s freedom and national identity. Haiti’s revolution against the colonisers culminated on 1 January 1804, when the country became independent. Although the flower
was not part of the uprising itself, it was later chosen as the national flower and linked to the victory of the revolution. Beyond Haiti, Hawaii and other
colonies have also used the hibiscus as a symbol of independence and victory over colonial powers.

22/05/2026

Last two weeks of Maria Torp’s solo exhibition ‘Transition’ which ends 4th June.

In Transition, Maria Torp’s first solo exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, a sensuous, colourful universe unfolds, one where people and flora intertwine with the currents of cultural and political change. With her characteristic hyperrealistic brushstrokes, Torp creates narratives about dwelling in a time of rupture and living in a world in constant motion. In a world that can feel uncertain and vulnerable, where everything trembles and dystopian visions of the future seem to have become present realities, Torp’s paintings remind us of change, community, and presence.

The collage-like cardboard backdrops read as another layer within the image. Cardboard is a recurring material in Torp’s practice and carries its own particular narrative: as a familiar and universally accessible everyday material, it stands in contrast to the centuries-old tradition of oil painting, pulling it toward something more grounded. Yet cardboard is not merely background. It holds an inherent strength, a toughness and resilience that allows it to bend, fold, and rise again in new forms. In Torp’s hands, it becomes an image of transformation and perseverance. Figures and flowers push through the surface like dandelions through asphalt, poised in a life-affirming lightness against the raw heaviness of the cardboard.

15/05/2026

Frederik Næblerød
Identity XVIII, 2025
Glazed stoneware
50 x 25 x 32 cm

Næblerød holds an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has exhibited in Denmark and internationally, with recent solo exhibitions at ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Gl. Holtegaard, Vejle Kunstmuseum and Horsens Art Museum. His works are included in public and private collections including the Danish Arts Foundation, Horsens Art Museum, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Ny Carlsberg Foundation, Museum Jorn, Vejle Art Museum, Skovgaard Museum, and Trapholt Museum. He lives and works in Copenhagen.

In 2025, Frederik Næblerød and Casper Aguila’s duo exhibition TIMELINE at Odsherreds Kunstmuseum was awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation. In 2018, Næblerød was nominated for the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA) prize together with Aguila, and their duo exhibition Off-Grid at Alice Folker Gallery (2019) received an award from the Danish Arts Foundation.

15/05/2026

Marie Rud Rosenzweig
Alter Ego, 2026
Oil, wax, pigment and chalk on canvas
90 x 105 cm

Rosenzweig’s practice is rooted in painting as a site of inquiry—an exploration of materiality, narrative, and symbolism. Working primarily figuratively through preparatory studies, her process is layered and in constant motion. It often begins with a specific figure—an object, structure, or “character”—from which she unfolds associative meanings, moving from the concrete toward the ambiguous.

These figures are staged in constructed tableaux—small, provisional environments built from both two- and three-dimensional elements and documented through photography. They function as miniature sets in which the image begins to take form. The canvases are built up through layers of glue, pigment, and chalk before the motif is transferred. From there, painting becomes an intuitive negotiation.

Approaching it as both craft and investigation, she works across materials to create dense, tactile surfaces where multiple iterations can coexist within a single work. Each painting evolves through shifts and accumulations, opening new directions along the way. Treated on its own terms, every work holds multiple layers of interpretation. The process is demanding yet generative—driven by attentiveness, experimentation, and a sensitivity to what might emerge.

15/05/2026

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik
Hoop dreams, 2024
Oil and collage on canvas
200 x 160 x 3,5 cm

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik (b. 1986, Denmark) has an MFA from Royal College of Art, London and a BFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. Gjerdevik works in various media such as painting, sculpture, collage, and drawing. His works are created in a process that involves continuous additions of materials, interposed references, transformations, and overlays. Often the results are both complex and boundless pictorial spaces or structures, with potential for perpetual change.

Gjerdevik has exhibited solo at Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen (2025, 2023, 2018); CCA, Andratx (2021); Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen (2021); Gammel Strand, Copenhagen (2019). Group exhibitions include shows at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (2025, 2023, 2019); Skovgaard Museum, Viborg (2024); Quantum Oddity Gallery, Berlin (2023); Studio Schreck Gustafsson, Borrby (2023); Alma Pearl Gallery, London (2023); Art Brussels, Brussels (2022); Philipp Haverkampf, Berlin (2020); dépendance Bruxelles x Alice Folker (2020) and Kunsthalle E-werk, Schwerin (2019).

Gjerdevik has created public commissions to Tietgenskolen, Odense (2024); the Eastern High Court (2022) in Denmark and the Western High Court (2021). His works can be found in several public collections, including Skovgaard Museum, the City Council of Copenhagen, Politikens Hus, and the Court in Lyngby.

24/04/2026

OPENING Friday 24 April 2026

Transition by Maria Torp

“In Transition, Maria Torp’s first solo exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, a sensuous, colourful universe unfolds, one where people and flora intertwine with the currents of cultural and political change. With her characteristic hyperrealistic brushstrokes, Torp creates narratives about dwelling in a time of rupture and living in a world in constant motion. In a world that can feel uncertain and vulnerable, where everything trembles and dystopian visions of the future seem to have become present realities, Torp’s paintings remind us of change, community, and presence.

The collage-like cardboard backdrops read as another layer within the image. Cardboard is a recurring material in Torp’s practice and carries its own particular narrative: as a familiar and universally accessible everyday material, it stands in contrast to the centuries-old tradition of oil painting, pulling it toward something more grounded. Yet cardboard is not merely background. It holds an inherent strength, a toughness and resilience that allows it to bend, fold, and rise again in new forms. In Torp’s hands, it becomes an image of transformation and perseverance. Figures and flowers push through the surface like dandelions through asphalt, poised in a life-affirming lightness against the raw heaviness of the cardboard.“

Excerpt from exhibition text by Mathilde Vogel.

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Esplanaden 14
Copenhagen
1263

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