Vibe Overgaard is a visual artist based in Copenhagen, working with video, text, performance and sculptures. She graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, following a trajectory of formal artistic education taking place in Amsterdam, New York and Lisbon.
The overall theme in her practice is industry and economy and how global-capitalist destructive conditions are normalized politically, culturally and socially in a western context. Her works deal with the legacy of modernism in the light of her own political context and upbringing marked by the Danish textile industry. Through artistic practice, Vibe Overgaard relates to political and theoretical questions with attention to the bodily, material and aesthetic conditions that anchor capitalism in cultural heritage and everyday life, but which can also give access to new thoughts about presence, social responsibility and sustainable forms of organisation.
She has exhibited work at ISCP, New York City, Adagio for Things (Overgaden), Copenhagen Denmark, Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg, Denmark, Floating Projects, Hong Kong, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, the Netherlands, Odenplan Metro, Stockholm, Sweden among others. She was an ISCP artist-in-residence in 2022 and 2023.
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:
2024 (Opening: August 21st) Solo-exhibition at Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen DK
Selected exhibitions:
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:
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