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Some art specifically and very directly depicts humanity and existence. Other art documents and depicts humanity based on the traces we leave behind. Jonna Pedersen practices the latter, showing us reality based on human actions and traces. Barcelona, Berlin, New York, London and Copenhagen are cities that have inspired her. Her documentation makes the invisible visible. Nothing is too ugly or nonaesthetic.
Though individual places may seem to be standing still, they are constantly changing. Her pictures are about what has happened before as well as what is going to happen next.
Still lifes also have a big place in Pedersen’s world. The artist’s fascination with product packaging is manifested in representations of everyday life showcasing consumer products.
“I am eager to investigate things and places that have soul, and which may be blind spots in many people’s minds. I am inspired by time gaps in the city, and then traces of people in the big city. It is especially the “skin of the city” that I capture and interpret. It is important for me to create a new reality on the canvas so my story can begin.
I also possess a great fascination for packaging that tells a story. Packaging from different kind of cultures interests me. I call my paintings of consumer products for “time images” and I am thus challenging the concept of still life, hoping to revitalize the genre.”
In the book “Documentary” (2010) art historian Trine Ross writes: “… Jonna Pedersen can show us the world anew, and let us see ourselves and reality with new eyes.”
Jonna Pedersen was born 1971 in Odense, Denmark. She is a 2003 graduate of Bjørn Ignatius Øckenholt’s School of Visual Arts, Copenhagen. She debuted at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 2005 and has since shown in a number of juried exhibitions. She is the recipient of several grants, including from the Danish Arts Foundation, the Danish Arts Council, the Oticon Foundation and the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone Foundation. She has exhibited widely in Denmark, as well as in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona and other cities.
Pedersen considers it essential to constantly practice her art and challenge herself. For her, life and art are intertwined. The things that occupy her have roots in her childhood or derive from everyday life.
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Jonna Pedersen
Playful Promises, Bethnal Green Road, off Brick Lane, London
Acrylic on canvas
134x170 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Mixed media on paper
53 x 42 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Dutch Breakfast Joy
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Ekstra Jumbo
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Window with a View, Old Nichol Street, London
Acrylic on canvas
140x110 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
House You Live In
Mixed media on paper
53 x 42 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Tea For Twenty
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
£1400
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Jonna Pedersen
With Bite
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 54 cm
£1100
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Jonna Pedersen
Going for a Walk, Redchurch Street, London
Acrylic on canvas
134x170 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Instant Comfort
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 54 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Nobody Home 71 Redchurch Street, London
acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
No More Playing 31-33 Redchurch Street, London
acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
No Nonsense
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm
£1400
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Jonna Pedersen
Bam & Co.
Acrylic on canvas
170 x 134 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Heads Up Redchurch Street, London
acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
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Jonna Pedersen
Ding-Dong, Brooklyn, New York
acrylic on canvas
140 x 110 cm
Selected Solo Shows
2012 - Galleri Jytte Arntzen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 - Æglageret, Denmark
2011 - The Zity, Galerie Contour, Denmark
2011 – Bremers Gallery, Denmark
2011 – Documentary, Koege Gallery, Denmark
2010 - Cirkus Metropolis, Galleri Jakobsen, Lønstrup, Denmark
2009 - Billy Boy Comes to Town, Galleri Norballe, Denmark
2009 – Barcodes, Galleri Liisberg, Denmark
2009 - Etikette, Copenhart Gallery, Copenhagen
2008 – The Lovers and The City Streets, Galleriet Joergen Oestergaard, Denmark
2008 - The Lovers and The City Streets, Kunstpakhuset, enmark
2008 - Tidslommer og knaphuller, Copenhart Gallery, Denmark
2007 - Urbane Fortællinger, NBeX, Galleri NB, Denmark
2007 - Danmarks Akvarium, Copenhagen
2007 - Galleri Liisberg, Denmark
2007 - Urbane Stories, Galleriet Else Marie Jensen, Denmark
2007 - Jørgens Autohal III, Copenhart Gallery, Denmark
2007 - I love New York, Pakhuset, Nykoebing Zealand, Denmark
2007 - Jørgens Autohal II, Galleri Jakobsen, Denmark
2006 - Times Square Utopia, Galleri Jytte Arntzen, Copenhagen
2006 - Jørgens Autohal I, Byggeriets Hus, Copenhagen
2006 - Galleri Brantebjerg, Odsherred, Denmark
2006 - Galleri Jarsbo, Århus, Denmark
2005 - Galleri Nordskov, Nordfyn, Denmark
2005 - Urban Tribe IV, Gallery Nybro, Copenhagen
2005 - Galleri Liisberg, Denmark
2005 - Urban Tribe III, COBRA-rummet ved Sophienholm, Copenhagen
2004 - Galleri Nybro, Copenhagen
Selected Group Shows
2012 – The Big Show, The Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2012 - New York City Blues, Augustiana, with Grace Pillard, Robin Tewes and Bjørn Eriksen, Denmark
2012 - New York City Blues, Kunstpakhuset Ikast, Denmark, curated by Bente Jensen
2012 - Global Village, Alkmaar, Holland, curated by Jeroen van Paassen
2012 - Global Village, Sully, France, curated by Jeroen van Paassen
2012 - Global Village, Brønden, Denmark, curated by Jeroen van Paassen
2011 - Dit Tårn Din Kunst, Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 - ProjectMailArtBooks, KNH, Haarlem, Holland, curated by Ed Hanssen
2011 - ProjectMailArtBooks, KPW, Wijchen, Holland, curated by Ed Hanssen
2011 - Chain Letter, Samsøn Projects, Boston, USA
2011 - New York Art Marathon, Alexandre Gertsman Gallery, New York, curated by David Gibson
2011 - Parcours de l'Art, Avignon, France
2011 - Consumer Art, Projekt 072, Alkmaar, Holland, curated by Jeroen van Paassen
2011 - Optipism, DadaPost, Berlin, curated by Lars Kræmmer
2011 – La Dolce Vita, YXIE lab, Alkmaar, Holland, curated by Jeroen van Paassen
2010 - 2010 Fine Art, South Africa
2010 – 2010 International Fine Art, FIFA, China
2010 – 2010 International Fine Art, FIFA, Honduras
2010 – 2010 International Fine Art, FIFA, New Zealand
2010 – 2010 International Fine Art, FIFA, Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum, Germany
2010 – Fodboldkunst, Augustiana – Kunstcenter og Skulpturpark, Augustenborg, Denmark
2010 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2, Galleri Nakke Hage, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 - Global Village, Alkmaar, Holland, curated by Jeroen van Paassen and Bea Peter
2008 - Zephyr, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York
2008 - Oh, Danmark, Copenhart Gallery, Copenhagen
2008 - Galleri Brænderigården, Denmark
2008 - Kunst i Påsken, Byggeriets Hus, Frederiksberg, Denmark
2007 - Jul i Danmark, Galleri Nittenunder, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 - Det er kunst, Galleri Nakke Hage, Copenhagen
2007 - Cows on walls, Copenhart Gallery, Copenhagen
2006 - Inaugural show, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York
2006 - To the moon, Alice...,Heidi Cho Gallery, New York
2006 - Nordic Moods, Galeria La Frutéria, Barcelona
2006 - Galerie Zone F, Berlin
2006 - Galleriet Joergen Oestergård, Denmark
2006 - Galleriet Else Marie Jensen, Denmark
2006 - Kolding Art Fair, Denmark
2006 - Andersen Art, Espergærde, Denmark
2006 - Galleri Jytte Arntzen, Copenhagen
2006 - Galleri Jarsbo, Århus, Denmark
2005 - Vid Association, Broendsalen, Copenhagen
2005 - Portalen, Denmark
2005 - Sisters, Berlin
2005 - Galleri Jarsbo, Denmark
2005 - Galleri Nybro, Cph, Denmark
2004 - Galleri Silkeborg Kunstnerhus, Denmark
2004 - Galleri Nybro, Copenhagen
2004 - Lumby Mølle, Odense, Denmark
2004 - Jystrup Savværk, Jystrup, Denmark
National and International Juried Exhibitions
2007 - Artists Autumn Exhibition (KE), Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2007 - Artists Summer Exhibition (KS), Janusbygningen, Tistrup
2006 - Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2006 - Artists Eastern Exhibition (KP), Århus Kunstbygning, Århus
2006 - Artists Summer Exhibition (KS), Janusbygningen, Tistrup
2006 - Artists Autumn Exhibition (KE), Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2006 - Hvidovre Juried Exhibition, Hvidovre Bibliotek, Hvidovre
2005 - Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2005 - ART NOW, Diploma of Excellence
2005 - ART ADDICTION, Diploma of Excellence
2004 - Hvidovre Juried Exhibition, Hvidovre Bibliotek, Hvidovre
Member of Danish Artist Society
Education
2004/3 - Bjørn Ignatius Øckenholt's School of Visual Arts, Copenhagen
2000-2003 - Private lessons from painter Håkan Nyström
1999 - Art lessons at Ealing Art College, London
1996 - Cand. Negot / MA in International Business
Jonna Pedersen takes us for a tour of her studio in Copenhagen. She describes a selection of her new paintings made for an exhibition in GX Gallery, London 18-30 August 2012.
