Jytte Rex (b. 1942), is an accomplished Danish artist, writer and film director. Rex studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the early 70ties and was at the forefront of the Scandinavian feminist arts movement. Throughout her extensive career she has worked with various media, performances, videowork, sculptures and photography. Often her images appear in multiple collages and settings, changing their narrative and agency. Jytte Rex has a unique position in Danish film, literature, and art history. Her works are avant-garde and poetic with stories often carried by a feminist commitment. For decades she focused on her international career as a film director, receiving both the Eckersbergs Medal and the same year the Danish Arts Foundation’s lifetime honor. She received the Skovgaard Medal in 2004 and the Thorvaldsen Medal in 2005. In recent decades museums around the world have rediscovered her great feminist artistic practice and her works are represented in the collections of The National Gallery of Denmark, Aros - Museum of Contemporary Art, KUNSTEN - Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Ny Carlsbergfondet, Vejle Art Museum, Art Museum Brandts, the National Photography Museum.
Jytte Rex (b. 1942), is an accomplished Danish artist, writer and film director. Rex studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the early 70ties and was at the forefront of the Scandinavian feminist arts movement. Throughout her extensive career she has worked with various media, performances, videowork, sculptures and photography. Often her images appear in multiple collages and settings, changing their narrative and agency. Jytte Rex has a unique position in Danish film, literature, and art history. Her works are avant-garde and poetic with stories often carried by a feminist commitment. For decades she focused on her international career as a film director, receiving both the Eckersbergs Medal and the same year the Danish Arts Foundation’s lifetime honor. She received the Skovgaard Medal in 2004 and the Thorvaldsen Medal in 2005. In recent decades museums around the world have rediscovered her great feminist artistic practice and her works are represented in the collections of The National Gallery of Denmark, Aros - Museum of Contemporary Art, KUNSTEN - Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Ny Carlsbergfondet, Vejle Art Museum, Art Museum Brandts, the National Photography Museum.
