Andreas Emenius

Upon graduation from Central Saint Martins in 1999 with a degree in graphic design,[3]  Emenius moved to Paris and worked in design for Kenzo, Adidas, Nike Nederland, and collaborated with British graphic designer Neville Brody.[7]  Emenius works primarily with painting, video, and sculpture and uses different mediums to express themes including portraiture, banality, anthropomorphism, kinetics, high & low culture, and the ritualistic behaviors of man in group.[8]  UK based publication 1 Granary speaks to his work as "an exploration of figuration and abstraction" in videos, paintings, sculptures and performances.[9] Inspired by the gesamtkunstwerk school of aesthetic, his work centers on the blending of individual components to create a whole, described by Xibit Magazine as "outlandish" and "eclectic".[10]  In 2018-2019, Emenius exhibited solo shows at Nikolaij Kunsthal,[11]  Art Busan,[12]  and Shin Gallery New York.[13]  Emenius has directed film for musicians Trentemøller[14] and August Rosenbaum.[15] Emenius, alongside designer Henrik Vibskov, co-created the acclaimed Vibskov & Emenius[16]  art ventures, The Fringe Projects,[17]  and The Circular Series,[18]  described by Dazed Magazine as a series of projects that go outside of the realm of fashion, touching on a variety of aspects such as performance, art installation, film, and even tapestry.[19]  Coverage of Emenius's work has been found in Phillips Auction House,[20] Galerie Magazine,[21] The New York Times,[22] Christies,[23] Vogue Italia,[24]  Purple Magazine,[25]  Nowness,[14]  The Fader,[26]  Hypebeast,[27] and The Korea Times.[28]

In 2014 Emenius co-founded the Nordic Contemporary gallery in Republique, Paris,[22]  as a platform to create long-term visibility for Nordic art, showcasing internationally the Nordic region's increasing importance in the global art scene.[2]

Andreas Emenius Performance at Copenhagen Art Week, 2017

Biennale

• 2011 Design Not Design [5] (co-directed Seung H-Sang & Ai Weiwei), Gwangju Biennale, S. Korea
• 2010 Beyond the Crisis, Curitiba Biennale, Brazil [5]

Solo exhibitions

• 2022 ATLAS PARADISE, Shin Gallery, New York, USA[29]
• 2021 Solo private selling exhibition, Phillips Auction House, New York, USA [20]

• 2020 The Bored and the Restless, Shin Gallery, New York, USA
• 2019 When the Unknown Becomes Familiar, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark [11]
• 2019 The Great Conversation, Suwon Cultural Foundation, South Korea [28]
• 2018 Muscle Memory, Shin Gallery, New York, U.S.A [30]
• 2017 Sticky minds, fluid moves, Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark [31]
• 2013 New End New End, Schunck Museum, Herleen, The Netherlands [32]
• 2012 Future heads, Jonas Kleerup Gallery Stockholm, Sweden [33]
• 2011 Pull me apart, tear me back together, WAS Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark [34]
• 2010 The Circular Series, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Museum, Bremen, Germany [35]

Performance & video

• 2017 Coming back from the gas station, everything melts through me, Copenhagen Artweek [36]
• 2015-2017 Assorted Music videos for Trentemøller; 'Redefine', 'River In Me', 'My Conviction', 'Come Undone' [37]
• 2014 Through & Through, Reaktorhallen, with Jacob Mühlrad Stockholm, Zittern Pferd, installation, H.C Andersen Castle, Copenhagen [38]