About Michael Isling
Isling says about his own paintings: My paintings are dealing with public spaces, so called non-spaces. Rooms which are normally considered transit-spaces, such as waiting-rooms, stations or for example the inside of a bus.
In some paintings I’m trying to describe the atmosphere, while I in others try to deconstruct the obvious space. One of the ways I’m doing it is by mixing reality and an explosive colouring.
The painting is about an exploration of space and meaning.
CV for Michael Isling
Education:
2005 - 2006 Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi
2003 – 2008 Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Odense, Denmark
2002 - 2003 Ene-elev hos grafiker Bjarne Agerbo, Vanløse, Denmark
2001 - 2002 Privat tegneskole i Ryesgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 - 2001 Tegning, grafik og maleri på Københavns Tekniske Skole, Denmark
Exhibitions:
2011
" Lost Civilization - New Hope". galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
Islands of Problems (seperat-udstilling), Århus Kunstbygnings
OK CORRAL, Toves Galleri, København. Forum, København
2010
A Well Shaven Cactus’, Esplanaden3, København
Art Copenhagen, udstillet af Esplanaden3, Nordens Kunstmesse 2010, Forum, København
"Relikvie Mortum", Galleri NB, Viborg
'The Appearance and Disappearance of Beauty', Gammelgaard Kunst og Kulturcenter, Herlev
Shrine of Gardendigung, Green line, udstillet af galleri ADCO:VENUE, Bryggen, Vejle
RIGHT NOW!, udstillet af galleri ADCO:VENUE, Øksnehallen, København
2009
Medlemsudstilling, DG Danske grafikere
Art Copenhagen, udstillet af Esplanaden3, Nordens Kunstmesse 2009, Forum, København
Bokar Live, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense
My Heart Belongs to..., National Print Museum, Dublin, Irland
2008
Travellers Guide to Emptiness, Galleri Esplanaden, København
Ground (seperat-udstilling), udstilling i galleri NB-Roskilde, Roskilde
”In case we die”, Akademiets afgangs udstilling, Brandts klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
”Garden view”, NLH space, Copenhagen, Denmark
”Spring08”, Århus Kunstbygning, Århus, Denmark
”Genoplivnings forsøg af en kokosnød importeret fra Cambodja” (separat) SAS Radisson, Århus, Denmark
”Room 1133”, Bokar, Cambodja
2007
NBeX, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
”Tryk på Tiden” Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark
”20 års Jubilæums udstilling”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
”Gardendigung” (separat), Det fynske Kunstmuseum, Odense, Denmark
”Zoom”, Esplanaden 3, Copenhagen, Denmark
”Klæder skaber eller..”, Fyns kunstmuseum, Odense, Denmark
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling (KP), Århus, Denmark
”NbeX kunstnere”, galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
”Fjorten Talenter”, Galleri Brantebjerg, Rørvig, Denmark
”Green Garden” (separat udstilling), NBeX galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2006
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (KE), Den Fri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling (KP), Århus, Denmark
"One Size Fits All", Runde Tårn, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Transpassing Space" (separat-udstilling), Lyngby kunstforening, Lyngby, Denmark
Galleri Brantebjerg, Rørvig, Denmark
"Rundgang", Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, Denmark
”Sedimenter”, Rosetten, Copenhagen, Denmark
Den fynske forårsudstilling, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
"Genbanken", Johannes Larsens muset, Kerteminde, Denmark
"Danish Graphic", Black church print studio, Dublin, Ireland
2005
Den Fynske censurerede, Denmark
"Grafiske gerninger", Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
”Crossover”, Installationer i Charlottenborgs gård, kulturnatten, Copenhagen, Denmark.
"Spring 05", Danske Grafikere, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pro-art, installation i Byen og på Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark
"Drive by" (separat-udstilling) Fyns Grafiske Værksted, Denmark
"Voll: 2" Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
"Frames" Toldboden, Kerteminde, Denmark
2004
Ung Kunst Malmö/Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS), Tistrup, Denmark
Bornholms Kunsthal, Nexø, Denmark
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS), Tistrup, Denmark
"Pigs in artspace" (separat-udstilling). Galleri Ellen Friling, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Highland Council Galleries, Scotland
The Meffan museum and art gallery, Forfar, Scotland
Grace Field Arts Center, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003
Miniatureprint 03, censureret international grafik udstilling, UK
"Inside Out", Phantheonfløjen, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
"Spring 03", Udstilling hos Danske Grafikere, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleri Nakke Hage, Rørvig, Denmark
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Press release 2008-08-29
GROUND
galleri NB Roskilde is proud to open the exhibition Ground with the young artist Michael Isling Saturday the 27th of September 14-16.
At the opening the exhibition will be presented by the artist himself.
The exhibition Ground has focus on the non-spaces and on the dialogue which exists between culture and nature. The works base themselves in several travels in Asia, where Isling tried to capture an understanding and a sense of space, an understanding which he has been working with for many years. In the exhibition non-spaces is characterized by the fact that manmade constructions is left and subsequently taken over by nature. Isling has among other doings found hotel in Cambodia, abandoned since the French left the country in 1952, and inhabited it for a night. The hotel became in time dilapidated and the plants of the jungle has been dominating the hotel and it’s once so luxurious surroundings. This is the space Isling is drawn to. He moves with his own words between the strange, the uncontrollable and a recognition of the actual spaces. The works of Isling is described by the art historian Mads Damsbo as “a transient space between coming into existence and decay”. Isling is seeking an aesthetic expression which is mixed with the spectators own recognition of the architectural space. The artistic expression of Michael Isling becomes even more stylized than the reality of which they come. The meeting between the abandoned and the appropriated is an eternal longing for a feeling of solidarity with the world that we live in and the world that we meet.
Besides the paintings and the collages there is an installation, which Isling has placed in the center of the room. The spectator is met by dirt, plants and flickering sights from Islings travels. The photos are accompanied by the sounds of the jungle which gives you the sensation of heat and met you with the same condensed atmosphere Isling was met by while travelling in the jungle.
Michael Isling (f.1978) graduated this spring from The Art Academy of Fyn. In several years Isling has been a part of the Danish art scene as one of the younger artists, who has the courage to detach himself from the crowd. He has participated in several censored exhibitions, among them SPRING-08 and Ung Kunst i Malmø
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