and so the voyage begins
just travel down deeper into my world and you will find a depth according to your interest
to what end? there is no end
travel far enough and you will meet yourself
// AKTUELL
Relationer
9.4. - 22.12. 2025
cafè Sorte Øje
heimdalsgade 22
2200 København N
5.9. - 1.12. 2025
Brautarholt 8
105 Reykjavik
Iceland
Terræn
25.10. 2025 - 22.12.25
Galleri Under Svanen
4000 Roskilde
gruppeudstilling med Morten tillits, Thomas Granslev og Aske Sigurd Kraul
ICELAND – IN DIALOG presents two different yet interconnected chapters – from the quiet processes of nature to the active interventions of humanity – in an artistic dialogue between three artists in Iceland.
Dove Bradshaw– Aske Sigurd Kraul– Sam Jedig
Three artists meet in Iceland in a joint project where nature, materiality, and landscape are brought into play in dialogue with one another.
Dove Bradshaw– Material/Immaterial
Since the 1970s, American artist Dove Bradshaw has worked with materials in transformation, where time, environment, and chemical processes alter the work’s expression.
At Kambur she presents the iconic salt installation Negative Ions (1996), in which a slow drip of water changes salt as material over time. She also presents works in Tufa Stone in combination with lava, as well as a piece from the series Material/Immaterial(2000).
AtThe Corridor Galleryin Reykjavik, the exhibition is supplemented with her early work2√0 (1971)– a piece that challenges the notion that time and space can be measured precisely. Also on view are her Angle Paintings, which can be hung in twelve different rotations determined by chance, thereby emphasizing Bradshaw’s interest in changeability and indeterminacy.
Aske Sigurd Kraul
Aske Sigurd Kraul works with an investigative approach to the materiality of painting. In the project Iceland – in dialogue he creates a site-specific work at Kambur that interacts with nature and changes over time.
At The Corridor Gallery he also presents a series of paintings on canvas, where materials and pigments unfold in layers reflecting both geological structures and the rhythms of the landscape. The works balance between the painterly and the material, maintaining a dialogue between the physical reality of nature and the abstract plane of the image.
Sam Jedig
At Kambur, Sam Jedig presents works that directly challenge the landscape, including Brasse Cube– a serial progression of cubes placed in continuation, cutting through the terrain in combination with the landscape. He also presents a Smoke Cube performance.
At The Corridor Galleryin Reykjavik, Jedig shows his new Smoke Paintings together with works from the series Stamp Side by Side – Silenced, where he removes all superfluous information, leaving only the material – the stamp and the paper – as a quiet yet insistent image of repetition and absence.
The project is realized in collaboration with Stalke Out of Space.
Practical information
Opening 1
The Corridor Gallery
Brautarholt 8, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland
5 September 2025, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Contact: Helgifridjonsson@gmail.com
Opening 2 (Pop Up Project)
Kambur
851 Hella, Iceland
7 September 2025, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
Contact: Kambur851@gmail.com/ +354 8231596
Aske Sigurd Kraul's artistic works explore the nature of existence and our relationship with reality. Through a dialogue with concrete materials, he challenges our assumption of what is "real". Drawing on philosophical principles, Kraul examines the processes that shape our perception of the world, from the conscious to the unconscious. His works span both the image surface and three-dimensional space, weaving a narrative about the human experience of time. By juxtaposing historical perspectives with contemporary understandings, Kraul seeks to uncover new pathways for interpretation. Ultimately, his art invites visitors to engage with these stories on a visceral level, fostering a deeper sense of connection and understanding of the world.
fieldseries
just keep on going deeper
mist of stars series
In Mist Of Stars-Series, (2022 - ongoing), I work with pigments on unprimed canvas, which are fixed with hareskin glue. In this series, the resolution of the two-dimensional surface is examined, which creates an indefinable depth through color surfaces and effect pigments. The colors in the effect pigments depend on the intensity and angle of the light, which is why the visual cannot be completely maintained, but is dependent on the viewer's position in relation to the work. Thus, the work changes slightly depending on where it is viewed from, and with this indefinable depth points to the fact that our experience is an interaction between what we experience and ourselves as the experiencing subject
some thoughts about my practise
My work production revolves around existence, both in relation to large philosophical understandings and in very specific situations. Through different series of works, I explore pain-ting as a medium, the inherent ability of materials to change, and the role of the artist in relation to the work.
As is the case with many of my processes and series of works, they all seek to point towards our own existence. The existence of an external shared world, the existence of our inner life, the existence of knowledge and understanding, and the existence of the concrete and the procedural. In other words, it is these conditions that I explore with my processes that produce the works, and what I try to point out and highlight with the works.
I want to create works that relate to our understanding of ourselves and the world as it appears to us, as living people who are constantly forming themselves, and are in continuous change. The uncontrolled is a technique I use proven to produce works where the material's own character provides the visual expression. Here, it is the change in the physical properties of the material that evokes the alive and present in the works. As the main focus on change and the uncontrolled, a time aspect naturally follows, and in the recognition that time, like everything else, is a constructed and constituting factor, I also use a temporal aspect in my work production. The eternity of the moment is, in its formulation, a paradox of possibilities. The fact that the works are either an expression of a snapshot, a process, or that the work is constantly changing, reflects precisely this paradox.
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Aske Sigurd Kraul (*1985)
Education and work:
2007-08 assistant at gallery Specta v/ Else Johansen pederskamsgade, Kbh
2008-10 BGK mid and west w/ Heine Skjerning and Henrik Miklos Andersen
2004 - 14 Assistant for artist Majbritt Boa on selected projects and exhibitions
2016 - 17 private lessons with Erik Steffensen, Artist.
2022 Bachelor of Humanities and Technology, Roskilde University
2024 Master in Experience Communication, Roskilde University
Selected exhibitions:
2011 Galleri Labr, group show, Roskilde, DK
2011 Through Light, Roskilde Town Hall, Roskilde, DK
2011 Skjoldungernes Land, Roskilde Municipality, DK
2017 On View 8 + guest, Stalke Collection, v/ Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2017 On View 9 + guest, Stalke Collection, v/ Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2017 On View 10 + guests, Stalke Collection, v/ Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2017 Stalk Out Of Space, curated by Mia Hartmann and Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2018 Emborium, curated by CuriusPlace curators, Godsbanen, Aarhus, DK
2018 Transience and Transformation, curated by Othergrounds, Meinblau, Berlin, DE
2018 On View 12 + guests, Stalke Collection, v/ Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2019 Set design, Harpiks, Zentropa, Shiso Studio, DK
2019 Nature, Gallery KBHKUNST, group exhibition, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Stalke Out of Space Cube, popup exhibition together with Dove Bradshaw, curated by Sam Jedig, KIKshh, Roskilde, DK
2019 Co-incidence, group show with a solo part of Aske Sigurd Kraul, Galleri Stalke, Kirke Sonnerup, DK
2020 MNLSM II, group show, Cologne, DE
2020 Position Artfair, with Galerie Bisenbach, Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
2020 OnView 14 + guests, Stalke Collection, v/ Sam Jedig, Kirke Sonnerup, DK
2020 Carte Blache, curated by Nicolò Baraggioli, Galerie Bisenbach, Cologne DE
2020 The second annual open Air art show, group exhibition, KIKssh, Sankt Hans Have, Roskilde DK
2020 Wonders, group exhibition Atelier Under, Roskilde DK
2020 Position Artfair, with Galerie Bisenbach, Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
2020 Group show, Anika Nutall Gallery, Aarhus DK
2021 Walking Landscape, Metropolis, Roskilde
2022 Sketches for a dream, Muusmans, Copenhagen, DK
2023 The reality of realities, Galleri Stalke, Kirke Sonnerup DK
2024 assistent for artist Dove Bradshaw, at Galerie Thomas Rehbein, Cologne, DE
2024 Common Ground, group show at Gravel Art, DK
2025 relationer, sorte øje, DK
2025 intet eget, colab with Thomas Granslev, DK
2025 i et landskab, groupshow, Gravel Art, DK
Association:
2010- Chairman of Atelier Under, studio community, Roskilde
Collaboration:
2017- Ongoing collaboration with Stalke Collection, Stalke Out Of Space, Kirke Sonnerup, DK
2020-23 collaboration with Galerie Bisenbach, Cologne, DE
2020-22 collaboration with Anika Nutall Gallery, Aarhus, DK
2017-20 Other Grounds, Berlin, curatorial project, DE
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