Ida Sønder Thorhauge (DK)

Ida Sønder Thorhauge is a visual artist working primarily with figurative painting. In her works, monumental female bodies and animals appear situated in vibrant, abstract landscapes. In her world, no one has the sole claim to gender, expression, and behaviour. Thorhauge’s works portray many positions and transformations that humans and other creatures move through in a lived life. Reflecting on the great Fauvist and Modernist masters’ depictions of monumental figures, Thorhauge’s paintings evoke confrontation and the cultural liberation of figures, both human and non-human, throughout art history.

Ida Sønder Thorhauge (b. 1990, Aarhus; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thorhauge holds an MFA from The Jutland Art Academy (2011-2016). She has exhibited at art institutions and museums all over Denmark including: Overgaden (Copenhagen; DK), Kunsthal Aarhus (Aarhus; DK), Kunsthal Nord (Aalborg; DK), Roskilde Festival (Roskilde; DK) and OK Corral (Copenhagen; DK). In 2020 she was awarded a spot in The Danish Arts Foundation's career program: The Young Artistic Elite. Thorhauge’s works are included in the permanent collections of The Danish Arts Foundation, The New Carlsberg Foundation and The Museum of Religious Art (Lemvig; DK). In July 2024 Thorhauge will present her first museum exhibition at The Museum of Religious Art in Lemvig, Denmark.