Vibe Overgaard

Vibe Overgaard is a visual artist based in Copenhagen, working with sculpture, video, text, performance and printmaking.

The common question in her practice has to do with alienation and agency under capitalism. How does the growth economy affect cultural, bodily, and emotional aspects of human life, and how do we move beyond?

She works with the legacy of modern development in the light of her own political context and upbringing: her father and grandfather had a carpet factory, and her sculptural forms often draw on childhood memories of that industrial environment. She uses materials like clay and wood, exploring the dynamic between industrial machine logic and the organic sensibility of earthly materials.

The sculptures are melancholic portrayals of the heritage of industry in Western culture, and in her work with the sculptures, she explores a haunting presence in the idea of the industrial machine, the factory, and in the infrastructure of capitalism.

Contact:
vibesovergaard@gmail.com

Education:
2018 Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon PT
2017 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, MFA, Copenhagen DK
2016 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Theory and Communication, Copenhagen DK
2015 Parsons, MFA exchange program, New York US
2013 Gerrit Rietveld Academie - BFA, Amsterdam NL
2011 Pratt Institute, BFA exchange program, New York US
2008 Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Aarhus DK

Upcoming exhibitions:
2026 Solo show at Danske Grafikere
2026 Solo Show at the Culture Shipyard Helsingør

Selected exhibitions:
2025 Törrlägg Öresund, Group show at Malmö Konsthal, Malmö SE
2025 Group show, Nejd, Göteborg SE
2024 Solo-exhibition at Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen DK
2023 Towers of Dust, Adagio for Things (Overgaden), Copenhagen DK
2023 Spiritual Abstractions, Galeria RGR, Mexico City MX
2023 Spindle City, Solo show at ISCP Second floor gallery, New York City, US
2022 Circuit, performance and exhibition, Celsius Projects, Malmö SE
2021 Autonomy in Constructed Space, Video and talk, Kunsthal Nord, organized by F.eks, Aalborg DK
2021 Monstersuppe, Group show, KØS Museum of Art in Public Space, Køge DK
2020 Beyond Books, Online performance and artist talk, Index, Stockholm SE
2020 Performancerum i December, Performance event, Performancerum, Århus, DK
2020 ExNature, solo exhibition, Delfi, Malmö SE
2020 Economic Figure of Speech, Performance event, Lokale, Copenhagen DK
2020 Working Potatoes, Duo exhibition with Emilia Bergmark at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, NL
2019 Mellemting Mellem Ting, Group show, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, København, DK
2019 Kolonien III, Group show, Kolonihaveforeningen ABC, København, DK
2018 Untitled (Clay, Wood), Public artwork at Odenplan Metro Station, Stockholm SE
2017 Maneuverable Strategies in Xm2, Duo exhibition with Sara Kramer at Floating Projects Art Space, Hong Kong
2016 A Reservoir of Trust – Group show, Goethe Institut, Ramallah PS
2016 Golden Tours – (Curatorial work) Group show in Copenhagen DK
2015 Tempo - Solo show, Violets Cafe, New York US
2015 Men Hvorom Alting Er - Group Show, Gallery SØ, Copenhagen DK
2015 Looking Through This - Group Show, Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro DK
2014 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling - Group show, Den Frie, Copenhagen DK
2014 Henk op de Helling - Group show, NDSM, Amsterdam NL
2014 Light-art Project - Group show, Museum Gouda, Gouda NL
2013 Jubilæumsudstilling - Group show, Dalgashus, Herning DK
2013 Stage Chamber Scene - Solo show, Gallery Floskl, Copenhagen DK
2013 Ernstig Geschikt - Part of the filmprogram at Focus Filmhuis, Arnhem NL

Other projects and residencies:
2025 Member of the Jury of admission to Dansk Kunstnersamfund under Akademiraadet, DK
2024 Speaker at conference A Tide of Ghosts, University of Copenhagen KUA, DK
2024 Guest-lecturer at Aalborg University, Institute for Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg, DK
2024 Organizer of five-part event-series at Containerakademiet, Copenhagen, DK
2024 Residency at det Danske Institut i Rom
2023 Public talk at ISCP in connection with solo-show Spindle City. In conversation with Rakhee Kewada (PhD, Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY) and Mary N. Taylor (Assistant Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the Graduate Center CUNY).
2023 Public talk at ISCP in connection with solo-show Spindle City. In conversation with Laurel Ptak (Curator)
2021-2023 9 months residency at ISCP, New York US
2019 - 2021 Board member UKK, Association for artists, curators and art mediators Denmark
2019 Valparaíso Foundation residency, Mojácar, Spain
2019 The Danish Institute in Athens, Residency, Athens GR
2019 Where to Imagine, Article published in catalogue for Hannibal Andersen’s exhibition at PET projects, GR and in anthology for Ejerslev Dreaming Festival, DK.
2019 Posse CPH #9, Facilitating workshop at Danseatelier, Copenhagen DK
2018 Maumaus Independent Study Program, Lisbon PT
2018 Danish Workshop for Arts, Residency, Copenhagen DK.
2018 Siuated Practice, Written article for Yearbook 2017, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
2017 Forum – Co-founder of group for self organized education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
2017 Teaching assistant, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts BFA, Copenhagen DK
2016 Jury member, Board of admissions, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
2014 Obras Art Residency - Residency program, Evoramonte PT

Represented in the following collections
New Carlsberg Foundation
Danish Arts Foundation
Collection of the Municipality of Copenhagen