About
Lea Porsager (b. 1981) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, and the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, in 2010. Porsager holds a PhD from the Malmö Art Academy and Lund University, 2021. Porsager’s practice interweaves fabulation and speculation with a variety of mediums, including film, sculpture, photography, and text. Her works encompass science, politics, feminism, and esotericism.
Porsager was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 2023 and was selected as a CERN Honorary Mention for the Collide International Award in 2018. In 2012, Porsager participated in dOCUMENTA (13) with Anatta Experiment. She was awarded the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Scholarship in 2014. In 2015, Porsager partook in the 14th Istanbul Biennial: SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms. Porsager’s earthwork and memorial Gravitational Ripples was inaugurated in June 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, commemorating the Swedish lives lost in the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia.
Biography
LEA PORSAGER
Born in Frederikssund, DK, 1981
Lives and works in Copenhagen, DK
EDUCATION:
2021 PhD, Malmö Art Academy and Lund University, SE
2010 MFA,The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2009 MFA, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
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Press & Books
BOOKS:
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Sunnøve B. (Eds.). “[?!].” Mousse Publishing, 2020
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Synnøve B. (Eds.). ”Lea Porsager: Ring-Pass-Not.” Officin, 2016.
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Sunnøve B. (Eds.). ” Lea Porsager: /FOOD FOR THE MOON/ — Sluggish and Well-lubricated.” Edition After Hand, 2014
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Sunnøve B. (Eds.). ”Ablaze with the Fires of Matter.” Officin, 2013
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Sunnøve B. (Eds.). ” Nerve Fluid.” Edition After Hand, 2012
- Porsager, Lea & Brøgger, Sunnøve B. (Eds.). ”Anatta Experiment.” Edition After Hand, 2012
PRESS:
- Jakobsen, Ole Bak. ” Kunst og Spiritualitet: Lea Porsager.” kunsten.nu, 2024
- Kryger, Mathias. “Gallerierne ånder både museer og kunsthaller i nakken.” Politikken, 2023
- Godwin, Alice. “Critics’ Picks: Lea Porsager.” Artforum, 2023
- Sperling, Anna von. "Vi søger hele tiden derop, hvor der er en høj energi, men der er også en modpol, og det er udmattelsen." Information, 2021
- Nielsen, Bodil Skovgaard. “Ingen kan dræbe og partere en vindmølle så brutalt og kropsligt som Lea Porsager.” Information, June 25ft 2021, p. 12-13
- Ganderup, Mads Bager. ”Jeg vil gerne have folk længere ind og længere ud på én gang.” Berlingske, June 21st 2021, p. 6–8
- Ross, Trine. ”Er dette en kvindes hyldest til det.” Politiken, June 10th 2021, p. 10–11
- Rana, Matthew. "Lea Porsager’s Desire for Destruction." Frieze, 2021
- Haakonsen, Mette. “Mindesmærke af Lea Porsager: Nyt. Og alligevel gammelt.” Kunsten.nu, 2021
- Steiwer, Louise. "The Ghost Particle and The Third Eye." Kunstkritikk, 2019
- ”Announcements: Lea Porsager.” e-flux, May 16ft 2019
Gallery Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS AT NILS STÆRK
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