Matteo Cantarella (DK)

Matteo Cantarella was established in 2022 in a residential complex in the outer district of Nordvest, in Copenhagen. From the beginning the gallery has supported the career of emerging artists, oftentimes presenting their first solo exhibitions in Scandinavia. The gallery focuses on positions which are critically invested in addressing our institutional, political and ecological surroundings. The programme reflects this ethos and places a particular emphasis on queer and female artists working with installation, performance, time-based media and painting.

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CHART

For CHART 2024, Matteo Cantarella’s presentation will reflect on the relational and material influence of our constructed and ecological environments. Through evocations of nature, labour and economy, the presentation will include paintings by Julia Selin and Cecilie Norgaard, sculptures by Therese Bülow and Vibe Overgaard, and drawings by Frederikke Jul Vedelsby.

Cecilie Norgaard, mr performative tableau drama, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella

Julia Selin, Still wet from birth, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella. Photo by OMN

Vibe Overgaard, Power Loom Threaded Square, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella

Frederikke Jul Vedelsby, Not without Rose 3, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella

Therese Bülow, Longing for another Tongue, 2021-2024. Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella

Therese Bülow (DK)

Concerned with echoes of a forgotten past and the remnants of our biological memory, Therese Bülow explores the concept of corporeality across a wide field of inquiry, contending with the crafted body to reconsider the constructs of our habitual comprehension, and to diminish the distance between humanity and its ecological surroundings.

Therese Bülow (b.1996; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen and Malmö. The artist holds both a Masters of Fine Arts and Bachelors of Fine Arts from Malmö Art Academy (Malmö; SE). Recent exhibitions include: Skånes Konstforening (Malmö; SE), Galleri CC (Malmö; SE), Den Gamle By (Aarhus; DK), Matteo Cantarella (Copenhagen; DK), Den frie udstillingsbygning (Copenahgen; DK), Uppsala konstmuseum (Uppsala; SE).

Longing for another Tongue

Aluminium, stainless steel, belts, water, kønrøg (pigment)
2021-2024

Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella

DRAMA (tøj)

Cast and brushed aluminium, raw wool from Spælsau sheep
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella. Photo by Per Andersen

Puzzle Piece for Deer(est) Heart

Cast and polished aluminium, soap, magnets, felt dyed with dyer's chamomile, iron oxide, steel
2022

Courtesy of the artist and Matteo Cantarella. Photo by Youngjae Lih

Portrait of Therese Bülow

Courtesy of Matteo Cantarella. Photo by Clara Reeh

Julia Selin (SE)

Working with painting as her elected medium, Julia Selin looks at the world from unsettling, unseen perspectives. Informed by the Scandinavian tradition of artists like Edvard Munch, Peder Balke, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela, her work integrates references from the natural world which becomes a filter through which sense her physical and incorporeal surroundings.

Julia Selin (b. 1986, Trollhättan; SE) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. Recent exhibitions include Matteo Cantarella (Copenhagen; DK), Tara Downs (New York; US), Galleri Flach (Stockholm; SE), Galleri Thomas Wallner (Simris; SE), Skene (Malmö; SE), Porte (Leipzig; DE), Werkhalle Wiesenburg (Berlin; DE), Alma Löv Museum (Östra Ämtervik; SE).