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Anu Ramdas (b. 1980) lives and works in Copenhagen.
Composed of bright spheres, smooth bulbs, and other voluminous growths with sharp boundaries, Ramdas’ drawings appear just as creature-like as they do floral, robotic, ovarian and cosmological. The latter effect is compounded by the fact that Ramdas senses the individual shapes in her drawings as independently rotating objects, each spinning on its own vertical axis like miniaturised planets or atomic particles. In this way these drawings inhabit an ambiguous spatial plane that is at once macro- and microcosmic.
Employments:
2014-22: Teaching Assistant, The Lab of Photography- The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2021-23: Board member of BKF studio visits
2021-23: Board member of DIAS Kunsthal
2017-18: Two year- Artistic Research Grant, The Danish Ministry of Culture, ‘Graphene – Media & Mineral’
Education / Courses:
2021 -23: Clairvoyant, Spirituel Uddannelsescenter v. Tove Lucka – Copenhagen (DK)
2022: Project management for Artist - Public Decoration v. BKF- Copenhagen (DK)
2006 - 11: MFA, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts – Copenhagen (DK)
2009 - 10: Exchange student at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (PRC)
2004 - 06: Malmø Art Academy (SE)
Residencies:
2022: ISCP, The Danish Art Foundation Residencies - New York, (US)
2019: La Wayaka Current, Tropic 08 (PA)
2018: La Wayaka Current, Tropic 08 - (PA)
2013: SALT Beyoglu, The Danish Art Foundation Residencies - Istanbul, (TR)
2012: Bucharest AIR, Bucharest - (RO)
Upcoming Exhibitions:
2024: SOLO - Radar - Sønderborg Kulturhus / 15. Jan - 15. Feb (DK)
2024: SOLO - Augustiana Kunsthal / 26. may - 31. July (DK)
Solo Presentations:
2023: Lucem Interiorem, OTP Copenhagen
2017: Against the Grain, Fotogalleriet [format], Malmø (SE) in collaboration w. Christian Danielewitz
2016: Against the Grain, Galleri Image, Århus (DK) in collaboration w. Christian Danielewitz
2016: Mauna, Danske Grafikernes Hus (DK)
2015: One and Three Monochromes, C4 Projects - Copenhagen (DK)
2014: Hotel Ararat, Polistar, Istanbul - in collaboration w. Christian Danielewitz (TR)
2012: Light! More light! - Atelier35 - Bucharest (RO)
2010: Collected audio frequencies from Pyongyang, Koh-i-noor- Copenhagen (DK)
Selected Group shows:
2022: VERA ICON - Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig (DK)
2020: From the Mundane World, Inaugural Exhibition of the He Art Museum, Foshan (PRC)
2019: The Long Term You Cannot Afford, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (DE)
2019: Cry Me A River, Floating Art, Vejlemuseerne (DK)
2017: I Prefer Not To, Non-profit Art space Meter - Copenhagen (DK)
2016: Young Danish Photography ’15, Four Boxes, Krabbesholm Højskole (DK)
2015: The Degree of Freedom at -273 Degrees Celsius, Atelier 35, Bucharest, (RO)
2015: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Labour in Single Shot / project by Harun Farocki og Antje Ehemann (DE)
2014: Boston Center for Arts, Mills Gallery/ Labour in Single Shot / projekt af Harun Farocki og Antje Ehemann (US) 2014: MUAC / Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City / Labour in Single Shot / projekt af Harun Farocki og Antje Ehemann (MEX)
2014: Piccadilly Exhibition Company # 24, Online Julekalender (DK)
2013: Piccadilly Exhibition Company # 5, Travel book series - Sydhavn Station, København (DK)
2013: TAL013 Supernovas, TechArtLab - Rio de Janeiro (BR)
2013: On Time, Sydhavn Station - København (DK)
2013: Goethe Institut -Max Mueller Bhavan , Labour in Single Shot / projekt af Harun Farocki og Antje Ehemann (IN) 2013: Museum Sztuki, Lodz / Labour in Single Shot / projekt af Harun Farocki og Antje Ehemann (PL)
2012: Remnants from a World Exhibition, The Piccadilly Exhibition Company # 4, Traneudstillingen - Gentofte (DK) 2011: AFGANG 2011, Kunsthal Nikolaj - København (DK)
2011: Anstrøg II, Gallery Christina Wilson - København, (DK)
2011: Koh i Noor at Den Frie, Center of Contemporary Art - København (DK)
2010: Sotiri Art Prize, Young International Photography - Korca & Tirana (AL)
2010: One Lens at One Eye, BKS- Garage - København i samarbejde m. Nanna Lysholt-Hansen (DK)
2010: Through a glass, darkley, Gallery Soap - Kitakiyushu (JP)
2009: Tong, Zhu Lou Art Space - Beijing (PRC)
2009: Chambers of Fine Art, Caochangdi - Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou (PRC)
2009: OPEN, The 10th International Performance Art Festival, 798 Art District - Beijing (PRC)
Publications:
2022: Ole Bak Jensen: ’Kunsten at forandre’ - Online publication. Kunsten.nu
2021: Essay, ’Den rodløse svæver’- Tidsskriftet Æter nr. 1, published by Arkiv for Detaljer
2021: Poem og Photographs, ’Fra Træets Krone Daler De’ & ’Geometry Signifies a World of Meaning’ - Tidskriftet Kritiker #59
2020: Maria Kjær Themsen: ’BERØRT – OM DANSK KUNST I DET NYE ÅRTUSINDE’. Strandberg Publishing, 2016: ’Against the Grain’/ in collaboration w. Christian Danielewitz,
2014: ’White City / Black Desert - Black City / White Desert’ i in collaboration w. Christian Danielewitz
Grants:
2021: Preben Siigers Fond - Æreslegat
Anne Marie Temányi født Carl Nielsen - Æreslegat
SKF- Arbejdslegat
2018: Kunstnerisk Udviklingsvirksomhed - Kulturministeriet
SKF- Arbejdslegat
2017: Kunstnerisk Udviklingsvirksomhed - Kulturministeriet
SKF- Arbejdslegat
2016: Den Hielmstierne- Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2015: Ville Christensens Legat
2014: SKF- Arbejdslegat
Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fonden
2013: Ragnvald & Ida Blix Fond
2012: Akademiraadets Understøttelsesfond
2011: Ragnvald & Ida Blix Fond
Elly Dalsgaard Mindelegat
Oticon Fonden
2010: Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fonden
Det Obelske Familiefond
2017: Kuno Stipend
2005: Dansk Kvindesamfund
