Mormor

Mormor is a Danish artist whose artistic work is molded by the people and spaces around him.

Based in Copenhagen, Mormor started his career in an early age in the streets of his hometown of Aarhus. Today a lot of his pieces can be experienced on canvas or paper and is exhibited in Berlin, New York, Munich as well as in Copenhagen.

He also works with large scale wall paintings spreading widely over public and private spaces primarily in Denmark but also in the whole of Northern Europe. Mormor believes that art is very valuable to life not only to the artist himself but to humans in general. He contributes to this by working with people, in spaces sorrounding by people telling their stories. 

The style of drawing is young, fresh and easy to recognize as an illustration by the hand of Mormor with its very personal expression: Buildings, cities, figures and several other images appear with the well-known line in various medias. With a playfull approach he keeps on challenging his media, exploring several techniques of painting and printing and never ending the process of constantly renewing himself as an artist. 

“I love to experiment and play with materials. To me it's essential to have some really strong ideas behind the pieces and try it out whether it's an illustration or a technique. I work with a lot of different people from private buyers to educational insitutions and art institutions. I suppose I just have this strong interest in people, creating art to the people and love to visualize their stories in my pieces.” 

 
 
Selected work
 

2019

AARhus - Wall paintings for BIG architects

Decoration of public trains wagons for Odense Letbane

Wall painting at Greve Gymnasium

Wall painting for Science EXPO 2019

 
2018

200th anniversary print for The Federal Reserve Bank of Denmark

Exhibition for Danish Cultural Institute & EUNIC, Riga, Latvia

Wall paintings for Valcon, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Wall paintings for Scandic in the meat packing district of Copenhagen, Denmark

Exhibition at The People's Political Festival of Denmark, Nordea Foundation in collaboration with the Youth Island, Denmark

Wall paintings at the Royal Suite at Hotel Marriot, Copenhagen, Denmark

Wall paintings at Ewalds Brasserie, Copenhagen, Denmark

Publication of book in collaboration with Environment and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

 

2017

Wall paintings at BIG Architects, NY, USA

Wall paintings Brøruphus Efterskole

Wall paintings of Sportcenter and Stadion GOL, Norway

Window painting for Gilt cocktail bar, Copenhagen, Denmark

Wall paintings Aarhus Business School, Aarhus, Denmark

Odense's history, City fence for Odense Municipality, Odense, Denmark

 

2016

Exhibition "Update" at the Danish Architecture Center DAC, Copenhagen, Denmark

Wall paintings Aarhus Airport, Aarhus, Denmark

Illustrations for Circus Summarum

 

2015

Wall paintings of Nørrebro Bryghus, Copenhagen, Denmark

Window painting for Noname, Rotterdam, Holland

Wall paintings Aalborg Students Course, Aalborg, Denmark

Wall paintings of Paderup Gymnasium, Paderup, Denmark

 

2014

Kindergarten sculptures in Kolding's day care institutions, Kolding, Denmark

Workshop for children and young people in collaboration with Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark

Exhibition Skagen, Skagen, Denmark

Street art, London, UK

Exhibition Minimum, Aarhus, Denmark

Wall paintings Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark

 
2013
 
Workshop and illustration for Skansen Hus og Have, Aarhus kommune
 
Judge at art biennale “Vårsalong”, Aarhus City Hall
 
Illustration for advertising agency MonSun
 
Mural Copenhagen, Private
 
 
2012
 
Decoration of LTU Lyngby-Tårbæk Ungdomsskole
 
Solo Show, “Stramt” Aarhus Godsbanen
 
Exhibition at the Urban Art Fair STROKE, Munich
 
Group Exhibition Gallery D
 
Juge at CATCH12, ARoS Museum of Art
 
Decoration of Northside Festival backstage area
 
Decoration of restaurant Kjøbenhavn
 
Collaboration with SPOT Festival
 
T shirt design for gronsag.com
 
T shirt design for designer Bibi Chemnitz
 
Illustrations for the newspaper Aarhus Affairs
 
Illustrator for the Copenhagen Post
 
Wall painting, Copenhagen
 
Wall painting, Roskilde
 
Wall painting, Aarhus
 
 
2011
 
Solo show, LUNCHMONEY GALLERY
 
Solo show, Øst for Paradis
 
Group exhibition, Køge Museum of Art
 
Group exhibition, Gallery Jarsbo
 
Group exhibition, NGO Skateistan
 
Group exhibition, IDOART.DK
 
Wall painting, Studenterhuset Aarhus
 
Wall painting, Theater Svalegangen
 
Wall painting, Øst for Paradis
 
Wall painting, Nightclub V58
 
T-shirt, Street Coffee
 
Book cover, ‘Walk This Way’
 
Poster, Køge Museum of Art
 
Poster, Streetheart Beats Copenhagen
 
Poster, danish NGO Verdens Skove
 
Collaboration, Vestas
 
Collaboration, Google
 
 
2010
 
Solo show, Street Coffee
 
Solo show, Recommended
 
Solo show, Vega Idealbar
 
Solo show, Gallery Helvetikat
 
Group exhibition, Rumkammerat
 
Collaboration, Cobe Architects
 
Poster, danish NGO GivBlod
 
Scholarship, The Danish Arts Foundation
 
 
2009
 
Group exhibition, Ridehuset
 
Group exhibition, Archauz
 
Group exhibition, Street Heart
 
Group exhibition, Copenhagen Unfair