Johannes Sivertsen (DK/FR)
The work of Johannes Sivertsen is based on the lack of images he himself experienced, as he was growing up as a stranger among strangers in the suburbs of Paris. Sivertsen appropriates imagery and techniques which were used in the 1800s to paint the greatness of Europe. As Sivertsen creates his alternative history paintings, he makes us aware of our cultural gaze - the point from which we see the world. Sivertsen sees his paintings as a contribution added to an ongoing debate on history and identity and his motifs refer to key points in the western self-understanding.
Johannes Sivertsen (b. 1984, Paris; FR) was born and raised by Danish parents in the suburbs of Paris. He graduated from the Funen Academy of Arts in 2014. He has done a number of exhibitions, e.g. 'Toubab' at SPECTA (DK); 'The Unnamed' at Overgaden - Institute for Contemporary Art (DK); 'Response' at I:Project Space (CN). Sivertsen has been awarded with grants such as Aage & Yelva Nimbs Foundation and Jens Søndergaard og Hustrus Mindelegat. Sivertsen is represented in the collections of the Danish Arts Agency and the City of Copenhagen.
