BORCH Editions was founded in Copenhagen in 1979 and over the years has established a solid reputation as one of the world’s leading producers and publishers of original prints.
BORCH Editions’ 2023 CHART presentation will feature recent prints by a variety of Nordic and international artists, each of whom approach the medium and its technical possibilities through the lense of the media they work in.
Jockum Nordström, Der Künstler im Garten, Soft Ground Etching, 2023
Trine Søndergaard, Blind Side III, Photogravure, 2023
Fiona Tan, Technicolor Dreaming I, Photogravure and spit bite aquatint, 2022
Ragnar Kjartansson (IS)
Ragnar Kjartansson’s practice encompasses a wide range of artistic media, including video installation, performance, drawing, painting and, in recent years, printmaking. Permeated by romantic melancholy, his work is often characterised by an intuitive sense for the comedic potential in tragedy, and a particular openness to different interpretations of his work.
Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976, Reykjavík; IS) lives and works in Reykjavík (IS). Major solo exhibitions include: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (DK); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (USA); the Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík (IS); the Barbican Centre, London (UK); the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park, Washington D.C (USA).; the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal (CA); the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR); the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (USA); He has been collaborating with BORCH Editions since 2016.
Trine Søndergaard creates timeless images that bridge histories, connecting the past with the present. Søndergaard’s work is marked by precision and a refined sensibility that co-exist with an investigation of the medium of photography, its boundaries and what constitutes an image. Layered with meaning and quiet emotion, her works are highly acclaimed for their visual intensification of our perception of reality.
Trine Søndergaard (b. 1972, Grenå; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen (DK). Recent exhibitions of Søndergaard’s work include: Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (DK); Gl. Holtegaard, Holte (DK); Gothenburg Art Museum, Gothenburg (SE). Søndergaard has been collaborating with BORCH Editions since 2006.
Research, classification and archiving are recurring themes in Fiona Tan’s practice. She works primarily with photography, film and video installation. Her works relate to themes such as identity, memory and history, often based on thorough preliminary research. Tan has written and directed two feature length films.
Fiona Tan (b. 1966 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia) lives and works in Amsterdam. Solo exhibitions include Eye Filmmuseum, (Amsterdam, 2022), Museum der Moderne (Salzburg, 2020), MACS Grand-Hornu (Boussu, 2019), Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2019), Brisbane Institute of Contemporary Art (2017), and Tel Aviv Museum (2017).
