Former residents
Ollie Hermanson (Norway), Robert Lisek (Finland), and Andrea Jespersen (Denmark) were the first artists selected for the new residency programme launched by the Art Museums of Skagen. They were a part of the programme from February 2024 to May 2024.
Ollie Hermansson (Norway)
Ollie Hermansson is a performance artist who studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and moreover studied performative art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Hermansson’s work is centred on performances, workshops, text, drawings, and tactile gestures. The idea is to get very close to the audience in a personal and intimate fashion, calling for audience participation in work focusing on queer experience.
Robert Lisek (Finland)
Robert Lisek is a Polish-Finnish mathematician and artist, holds a PhD from the University of Arts in Poznań, and is interested in systems, networks, and processes in computer science, biology, and in a social context. Lizek combines research, music, and different conceptual art forms whilst exploring relationships between biological and mechanical aspect.
Andrea Jespersen (Denmark)
Andrea Jespersen is a visual artist who works with various scales, materials and techniques. Through interdisciplinary research, her art explores how we ponder and play with the knowledge we possess. Jespersen is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art (London) and holds a PhD from Northumbria University (UK). Her research focuses on female conceptual art practices that rely on the 'cerebral handmade’.http://andreajespersen.com
Maja Johanne Lauesen
is a visual artist living and working in Copenhagen. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Bergen Academy of Fine Arts, Norway, and Paris-Cergy, France. Lauesen works with relief, sculpture, painting, drawing and text. In alternative landscape images, Lauesen zooms in and out on the world, both on a micro and macro level, with references to planetary spots, microscopic cells, and the depths of the ocean. The visible and the hidden, the near and the far and the artificial and the organic.
Anders Malta
is a danish composer working across genres and mediums. Latest he and Jonas Struck composed the score for the danish feature film “Synkefri” which got nominated for a Robert as well as carl prisen in the category best original score. Aside from that he has worked with a lot of different symphony orchestras; Copenhagen Phil, The Danish Chamber Orchestra, Latvia Radio Orchestra and Budapest Art Ensemble, Arranging and orchestrating for film and concerts. Anders also works as a trumpet player working everything from small gigs on the Copenhagen Jazzscene to being a soloist with Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Stine Emil Thorbøll
is a Danish film maker. Their passion lies in exploring the unconventional and uncovering hidden beauty, with a core commitment to challenging stereotypes. Their inspiration often comes from music and sound, triggering instant visual ideas. They hold a degree in Creative Communication from DMJX and have previously worked as a Creative Director in the music industry.