From their common interest in art, religion and spirit, the conversation will dive into Wæhren's artistic practice and her current exhibition in the gallery titled Ash Wednesday. The conversation will (properly) revolve around the following topics: creation, dreams, spirituality, devotion, humility and sensuality. However, there is no guarantee, as Wæhrens and Roepstorff will be guided by their intuition.
PROGRAM
At 4pm: The gallery team welcomes you with a glass of either wine or coffee and gives a brief tour of Maria Wæhren's exhibition 'Ash Wednesday'
4.30pm: The Artist Talk with Maria Wæhrens and Sylvester Roepstorff begins
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery!
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Biography
Maria Wæhrens (b. 1976) graduated from the Jutland Academy of Arts in 1998 and from the Royal Danish Academy of Arts 1999-2005 under professor and artist Ursula Reuter Christiansen. Wæhrens has previously exhibited in Møstings Hus, M100, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Kunsthal NORD, the Nivågaard collection and Lviv National Art Gallery, Ukraine. She had a retrospective exhibition at the Vejen Art Museum in 2021 and painted a mural at Overgaden - Institute for Contemporary Art. Her works are part of the collection at the Museum of Religious Art and at the Danish Arts Foundation. In 2021, she received the three-year work grant from the thre Danish Arts Foundation.
Sylvester Roepstorff (b.1965) holds a Master of Theology from 1994. He is the former program employee and organizer at the Danish Radio dio and editor and author of Den Store Danske Encyklopædi as well as secretary to author Villy Sørensen. Roepstorff is also a former employee of the danish art group Superflex, and was involved in the establishment of the Trampolinhuset project and the visAvis magazine. Roepstorff is author of non-fiction and fiction books e.g. about Copenhagen and of poetry collections. He is also a musician in bands such as The Love Coffin, Bazookahosen and roemeRRoepstorff, and initiator and producer of the art and climate projects The World's Greatest Crime (supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, and publisher and organizer of salons under the auspices of Gadeuniversitet. In March 2023 he was ordained as a priest with office in Oppe Sundby and Snostrup in Frederikssund.
