Sophia Kalkau
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Sophia Kalkau | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Website | http://www.kalkau.dk |
Sophia Kalkau (born 1960) is a Danish artist, who works in a variety of media including writing, photography, sculpture and installation. Sophia Kalkau has studied Art History at Copenhagen University and holds a degree in Art Theory from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She is the author of numerous publications on aesthetics.[1][2]
In the center of Kalkau's art stands a critical, open dialogue that researches vocabularies of material and form around the female body through a photographic work. In a repetitive act of merging, binding and combining human figures and geometrical objects Kalkau formulates an artistic narrative of surface continuity and spatial organization.
A key characteristic of her oeuvre is a conceptual approach to contemporary sculpture that she serially explores through her own body. Kalkau's interest in physical, cognitive and perceptive transitions materializes frequently in a scenographic performative gesture that she records through serial photographic prints. Kalkau's photographic work defies an unambiguous reading and invites the viewer to various interpretations.
Art in public space in selection
- 2025 "Dråbebroen", Christiansfeld
- 2023 "Zygote", Christmas Møllers Plads, Copenhagen
- 2021 "Fra himlen fra havet – Portaler til poesi", Forensic department of Mental Health Centre Sct. Hans, Roskilde.
- 2016 "Marmorstelen", Grøndalskirken, Copenhagen.[3]
- 2016 "Det Ægyptiske Æg", Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen.[4]
- 2015 "Another Way of Watching", Slotsvase. Palsgaard Slot, Juelsminde, Denmark.
- 2013-2015 "Cirklen, Kurven, Bladet". The New University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
- 2012 "Black Column". Pier project Søndergaard, Ballerup, Denmark.
- 2011 "Atrium". Hospice Djursland, Rønde, Denmark.
- 2010/2011 "Lenticula". The historic site of Skibelund Krat, Denmark.
- 2005 "Quadrature of the Moon". The Royal Danish Academy Architecture Library. Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2003 "Black Lines". Vejleåparken, Ishøj, Denmark.
