Artists

Bio

Emily Gernild (1985, Odense) lives and works in Copenhagen. She graduated from Funen Art Academy (2016) and Düsseldorf Kunstakademie (2014). Her work is in the collection of Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Denmark and Trapholt Museum, Denmark.

Emily Gernild

Selected Works

Eg22 Soil 12
SOIL, 2022 Exhibition image
OSL contemporary (2022)
Curated by Milena Høgsberg
Eg22 Soil 9
SOIL, 2022 Exhibition image
OSL contemporary (2022)
Curated by Milena Høgsberg
Eg22 Soil 4
SOIL, 2022 Exhibition image
OSL contemporary (2022)
Curated by Milena Høgsberg
'Untitled (Venus)' (2022)
'Untitled (Venus)' (2022) Oil on linen
170 x 130 cm
Untitled (peach) (2022)
Untitled (peach) (2022) Oil, rabbit skin glue, pigment, pastels and acrylics on canvas
130 x 170 cm
Untitled (raspberries) (2022)
'Untitled (raspberries)' (2022) Oil on linen
170 x 130 cm
Eg22 16 Drink No More 2022
'Drink No More' (2022) Oil on primed canvas
190 x 130 cm
Eg22 14 Purple Potpourri 2022
'Purple Potpourri' (2022) Rabbit-skin glue on unprimed linen
100 x 180 cm
Eg22 13 A Clear Mind 2022
'A Clear Mind' (2022) Rabbit-skin glue, oil and oilstick on primed canvas
170 x 130 cm

CV

Born 1985 in Odense, Denmark

Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

Education

2010 - 2016

Studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and at the Funen Art Academy

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023

'Emily Gernild', Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark (upcoming)

2022
2022
2022

'Never Too Good to Be True', Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Denmark
'SOIL', OSL Contemporary, Norway

2021

'During Dusk', M100, Denmark
'Black Lemons', Schwarz Contemporary, Germany

2020

'Domestic Landscapes', Galleri Kant, Denmark

2019

'Before and After', The House for Art and Design, Denmark
'Upåagtet – Emily Gernild & Christine Swane', Rønnebæksholm, Denmark

2018

'Moveable Feast', Schwarz Contemporary, Germany
'Coquettish', Galleri Kant, Denmark

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

'Food Galore – in Baroque and Contemporary Art', Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark
'The Sisters of Cassandra', Rundetaarn, Denmark

2021

'Flowers in Art', Arken Museum for Modern Art, Denmark
'Vokseværk', Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Denmark
'Leftovers and other Squeezed Lemons', Gammelgaard Art and Culture, Denmark
'After Images', Janus Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2020

'Seniornotes – in a Covid Era', Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Public collections

Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Denmark
Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond), Denmark

Public art commissions

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark
The Maritime and Commercial High Court, Denmark
Holbæk Art, Denmark
Årets Harald, Royal Copenhagen and the University of Copenhagen

Awards

Honorary Grant, Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation

Bibliography

2021

Emily Gernild: Black Lemons, Milena Høgsberg, Kerber Verlag

2019

Upåagtet – Emily Gernild & Christine Swane, Vibeke Kelding Hansen, Public