

Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design

Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design

Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design





MonthlyFeature
May 2018




This Is It, 2017
polystyrene foam, fiberglass, epoxy resin, autolacquer
6.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches (16.51 x 16.51 x 16.51 cm)
Featured in the off tracking seminal show "See a Penny", at the artist run Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery in the LES area of New York's Manhattan, "This is it" embodies almost all of Thomas Øvlisen's trademarks as an artist. Not only the high polished auto lacquer and foam base and in that the use of childhood memories, but also the more recent scouring of cultural detritus. In the vein of to-go cups, plastic bottles and other modern day everyday relics "This Is It" is shaped by a lunch box container and expansion foam.
While at work on this exhibition, spraying a purple metallic coat, Øvlisen suddenly remembered his older sisters boy friend sanding and spraying his moped gas tank that exact same color. Having worked with auto lacquer and sanding since 2000, it is safe to say that it wasn't planed or thought off, but more a deep inner urge to be like this iconic figure in his childhood. Øvlisen firmly believes that he can find this sanctuary from chilhood in his process and that it will transmit it self through the art works to the spectator.
It is a part of his Techno Fossil series. The square base and spheric upper half is a luring visual oxymoron and the satiated mulit layered autolacquer paint is evidence of the time spent creating this sculpture that has more in common with a sublime landscape painting, than a 2 metric ton iron sculpture or other spectacles you so often find in galleries in New York these days.
These sculpture are small and meant to be handled. To be picked up and studied. They are delicate, yet tough. Dense but super light.
Below are more images from the exhibition. Please contact Sam Wilson at Klaus Gallery.