Rune Elgaard´s practice spans painting and drawing and utilises tension between photorealism and non-figurative imagery. Activating strategies of surprise akin to those of surrealism, he disrupts contextuality by combining exsisting images similar to the making of a collage.
Elgaard finds, selects and archives material from magazines, books and films, often with historical and/or art historical references. His works are generated through juxtapositions of this archival material, creating a poetic logic through a limited number of visual elements. The works have an almost cynical sense of accuracy but they are simultaneously tactile as they are either drawn or painted.
The core of his practice lies in a free approach to structure and syntax. Elgaard´s choice of elements and composition aim to create meaning in the space that exists between the images, without at the same time specifying meaning. It is an on-going search for poetic expressions that are strong enough to avoid the self-evident.
BIO
Born 1980 in Aarhus, Denmark. Lives and work in Oslo, Norway
Education
2009-2011 MA in Fine Art, Oslo Art Academy, Norway
2006-2009 BFA in Fine Art, Trondheim Art Academy, NTNU, Norway
2001-2005 Aarhus Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark
Exhibitions (*solo shows)
2018
Nordic Soul, Labor, Cologne
Postcard From Palavas*, LNM, Oslo
2017
The Summer Show, KANT TEMPORARY, Fanø
Eins Zwei, BOA Gallery, Oslo
STILLS, KANT, Copenhagen
The Island Show, KANT TEMPORARY, Fanø
Art Herning, represented by KANT, Herning
2016
The River Flows, It Flows To The Sea (with Kristofer Henriksson), KANT, Copenhagen
Moments Of Hesitation*, Matjö, BBK (Bund Bildender Künstler), Cologne
Winter 15/16, KANT, Copenhagen
Under 10 Over 1, KANT, Copenhagen
2015
The Island Show, KANT Temporary, Fanø, Denmark
NEW FIGURATION, KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Oslo Show, KANT Temporary, pop up show, Oslo, Norway
2014
Epilouges, (with Lars Morell), KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark
ARTIST BOOKS, Nivågaards Malerisamling and Svend´s Library, Copenhagen
MARKET ART FAIR, Stockholm, represented by KANT, Copenhagen
Drawing Now, Paris, represented by KANT, Copenhagen
2013
We Take No Responsibility, Tårnet Carlsberg, Copenhagen
Bon Jour, Touriste, SØ, Copenhagen
Tribute To Selma, Køge Kunstforening, Køge
Affäire*, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo og KANT
MARKET ART FAIR, Stockholm, represented by KANT
Sublimate Sublime Subliminal, Lloyds Club & Underdog Gallery, London
2012
Somewhere In Between / Outlaw Bobby Steele And The Monkey*, KANT
Cross / Cut*, Halden Kunstforening, Halden
MARKET ART FAIR, Stockholm, representeret by KANT
Snowtime # 2, Galleri KANT, Esbjerg, Denmark
2011
Art Copenhagen – The Nordig Art Fair, represented KANT
Dual View, Frederikshavn Art Museum (with Anne Grefstad), Frederikshavn
MA Exhibition, Stenersen Museet, Oslo
The Christmas Calender, One Night Only, UKS, Oslo
2010
The Cluster Show, SEMIKOLON, Oslo
Art Copenhagen – The Nordig Art Fair, represented by KANT
Cutting Courbet – Balloons And Imprints*, KANT, Esbjerg
Gogo/Cutting Courbet*, 21:24, Oslo
2009
BIG BANG, KANT Esbjerg
Sympathy for the Devil, Museum of Comtemporary Art, Oslo
Torget, Gråmølna – Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim
Bachelors, Even, Bachelor Exhibition, Galleri KiT, Trondheim
2007
IN FULL COLOUR, Galleri Profilen, Aarhus
Painting, Drawing, Water Colour, Åhuset, Køge
Turning Points, Byggeriets Hus, Copenhagen
Trøndelagsutstillingen, Center for Contemporary Art, Trondheim
2006
The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Mixtape Vol. 1, KiT Gallery, Trondheim
2005
WUNDERCAMP, Århus Academy of Fine Arts, Århus
2004
The Summer Exhibition, Janus Bygningen, Tistrup
Grants
2018
Working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2017
Working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2016
Working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2012
Working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2011
Student grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Norway
2005
Residency, Kiers Gaard, Højer, Denmark
Works purchased by
2018
KLP, Oslo
2013
Sankt Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
2010
Nykredit Fonden, Copenhagen
Commissions
2008
Teaterhuset Avantgarden, Trondheim
Member of
NBK
LNM
BOA