Nanna Riis Andersen works with painting and drawing, exploring themes such as transformation, transitional phases, and the body. She uses a visual language that encompasses both the abstract and the figurative. Familiar shapes may seem on the verge of dissolving in the delicate layers of color, or a form may be magnified and removed from its usual context, to appear explicitly and take on a new meaning.

Nanna Riis Andersen (b. 1985) graduated from the Jutland Art Academy in 2012. She has exhibited both solo and in group shows at galleries and exhibition spaces in Denmark and abroad. She participated in the JCE Biennale in 2015 - 2017 in Denmark, Italy, and France. She was awarded the Sven Holt Grant in 2020 and the Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Foundation's work grant in 2024. She lives and works in Ringsted and Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

CV

  • 2024
    Det Dobbeltsidede Hjerte, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    Sti Vild Sti, Formation Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

    2023
    Unbroken, Kulturhuset Skanderborg, Skanderborg, DK

    2022
    Earthenware, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    Oceanflow, Galleri Kulturstationen, Humlebæk, DK

    2021
    Body Basket Beach, pop-up exhibition at former SuperMarket, Ringsted, DK

    2018
    Fillings, Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, DK

    Solo exhibition, Randers Kunstforening, Randers, DK

    2017
    MOUTH, Den Nordiske Ambassade, Copenhagen, DK

  • 2024
    Common Ground, Gravel Art, Sorø, DK

    Summer 24, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    2023
    One Size Fits All, Ibsens Hotel / Format Artspace, Copenhagen, DK

    Duo exhibition, w/ Bjarne W. Sørensen, Fyret i Hirtshals, DK

    2022
    Winter, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    Reservoir, w/ Nour Fog, Gallery Channel, Copenhagen, DK

    Deep Dive, Fremkaldte Lag, Gravel Art, Sorø, DK

    Transparens, Dronninglund Kunstcenter, Dronninglund, DK

    Selected Works, Galerie MøllerWitt, Copenhagen, DK

    2021
    Vinter, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    Netting Rooms, w/ Eva Steen Christensen & Matilde DuusGalerie MøllerWitt, Copenhagen, DK

    Kroppen er et landkort, w/ Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard, Huset i Asnæs, DK

    Geodæsi, w/ Bjørn Poulsen & Johanne Skovbo Lasgaard, Borup Kulturhus, DK

    2020
    Vinter, Galleri Lene Bilgrav, Aarhus, DK

    You Hide It So Well, w/ Nils Elvebakk Skalegård, SIRIN Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

    2019
    Drawing Attention, w/ the art association ‘Den Frie Udstilling’, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK

    2018
    WogL’s Artist Supplies Store, curated by Anna Walther and Anne Langgaard, DELFI, Malmö, SE

    2015 - 2017
    JCE Biennale: Villa Olmo, IT - Museo de l’Empordà, Figueres, ES - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante, PO - Kunstbygningen i Vrå, DK - Le Beffroi, Montrouge, F

  • 2007 - 2012: Jutland Art Academy, DK

    2010 - 2011: The Royal Danish Academy of Art, DK

  • 2024: Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
    2021: DBF’s Kickstart Legat
    2020: Sven Hols’ Grant
    2018: Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
    2018: Danish Arts Foundation, Production Grant
    2014: Danish Arts Foundation, Work Grant
    2010: Jutland Art Academy, Grant of Honor

  • 2020 - 2022:
    Art teacher, Høje Taastrup Billedskole, DK
    2020 - 2023:
    Member of the art council, Ringsted Kommune, DK
    2020 - 2022:
    Member of BKFs udvalg til uddeling af kulturelle midler, DK