Jens Settergren
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Overview
Jens Settergren (DK, b. 1989) explores the contemporary interconnections of nature and technology and its effect on, and connection to, images. Settergren is interested in the different understandings images create and the power they hold. Settergren is further interested in affecting and hacking images to explore society’s collective fears and fantasies. He seeks out both the grand and captivating images and icons, while also placing everyday objects and commercial images in an unfamiliar context. Through the use of video, photography, sculpture, sound and digital animation, he examines art as a tool to renegotiate different narratives and examine the different forces that shape our reality.Jens Settergren graduated from the Jutland Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. He has exhibited at Die Raum, Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Forum des images, Paris, The Poor Farm, Wisconsin, Institute for New Connotative Action, Portland and Art Sonje Center, Seoul. He has also exhibited at the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Institute, KØS Museum of art in public spaces, Kunsthal Aarhus, Brandts Museum of Modern Art, Odense, Kunsthal Nord, and at the acclaimed art program at Roskilde Festival. In recent years Settergren has worked with Danish public art commissions e.g. The Galaxy Path, Vollsmose, Odense, commissioned by The Danish Arts Foundation & Odense Municipality and Nukleus, Samsø Public School, Tranebjerg, supported by The Danish Arts Foundation & Samsø Municipality. In 2021-2022 Settergren was part of the Bikuben Foundation Studio Program (DK). His works are part of the collections of The National Gallery of Denmark, KØS, and the Copenhagen Municipality, and in 2020 he received the Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Talent Prize. In 2022 he received The Danish Arts Foundation career program The Young Artistic Elite. -
Works
Jens Settergren
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Jens Settergren: Milk Plus
7 Mar - 12 Apr 2025Wilson Saplana is pleased to present Jens Settergren's video installation Milk Plus . A sensuous and hypnotizing universe of sound and visuals, that invites us on a journey through the...Read more -
SPRING SHOW
13 Apr - 25 May 2024It is our great pleasure to be able to welcome you all to the gallery's first SPRING SHOW, which is a group exhibition with all the gallery's represented artists: Maiken...Read more -
Jens Settergren: Bubbles, Orbs, Oracles
13 Jan - 25 Feb 2023The gallery present the exhibition Bubbles, Orbs, Oracles by Jens Settergren, that engages with questions that we all too rarely ask ourselves: Where do images come from, what do they...Read more
Institutional exhibitions
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JENS SETTERGREN: MILK PLUS
SOLO EXHIBITION, VIBORG KUNSTHAL, VIBORG, DK September 19 - January 12 2025MILK PLUS BY JENS SETTERGREN Viborg Kunsthal, Riddergade 8, 8800 Viborg 'Milk Plus' examines the collective notions of the human body, its reproduction, and commercialization in modern society through a... -
JENS SETTERGREN: NUKLEUS
PERMANENT PUBLIC COMISSION, SAMSØ SCHOOL, SAMSØ, DKNUKLEUS BY JENS SETTERGREN Samsø School, Marsk Stigsvej 5, Tranebjerg, 8305 Samsø Nukleus is a permanent public comission supported by the Danish Arts Foundation. Photos: David Stjernholm -
JENS SETTERGEN: THE COPENHAGEN INTERPRETATION at inter.pblc
SOLO EXHIBITION, INTER.PBLC, COPENHAGEN, DK December 8 - 29, 2023Opening: 08.12.23 4-7PM Exhibition period: 08.12.23 - 29.12.23 JENS SETTERGREN The Copenhagen Interpretation (2023) Two sculptures and sound installation Sound composed by Astrid Sonne Concept and text by Jens Settergren...
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MILK PLUS MENTIONED IN BØRSEN
BørsenMichael Solgaard, March 11, 2025 -
Jens Settergren’s “Milk Plus” Explores Big Dairy’s Slick Marketing at Viborg Kunsthal
STUPIDDOPEJesse James , November 11, 2024 -
Jens Settergren explores the cultural power of milk at Viborg Kunsthal
LUSTER MAGAZINERubén Carrillo, November 8, 2024 -
Jens Settergren Probes Into Milk's Power at Viborg Kunsthal
HYPEBEASTErin Ikeuchi, November 7, 2024 -
got milk? by Stephanie Cristello
O FLUXOStephanie Cristello, November 7, 2024
