the work of.. JESPER SIMENSEN Visual artist, Aalborg DK

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1 the work of.. JESPER SIMENSEN Visual artist, Aalborg DK

2 Work in progress JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

3 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist A balancing act Occasionally you get out of balance, and the struggle to regain it can be a journey in itself. This is particularly true in the work of Jesper Simensen, because in this world of images abstractions are almost figurative - as if they entice one to find a motive - and at the same time you have an exuberant expectation that something is not quite as it should be. The surprise is waiting just around the corner. This careful balancing act is a common feature in Jesper Simensen s picture world. It is both brutal and delicate in its expression, and it can be both arrogant and vulnerable - but never boring. The balance may tip, and you might lose your footing anytime. You can gaze at a distance and find one truth or you can go closer and be surprised by the nuances and details. The details are not, as the colors and the large surfaces, neither daring nor provocative, but rather sensitive and delicate in their expression. Background Jesper Simensen finds great inspiration in the involving StreetArt, which over the past 10 years has moved visual art from the studios and galleries out into the streets and urban spaces in the city, where you find yourself faced with art - without necessarily searching for it. Jesper Simensen examines the relationship between surface, spaciousness and volume, by separating the underlying visual perception of such as architecture or urban spaces in both transparent and thick painted facets creating kaleidoscopic and prismatic expressions that reflects the vibrant urban space. If you let the glowing mesh of masks and bubbles lead your gaze, perhaps you find microscopically thin lines of lead or ink, spanning new perspectives. And so - a careful balancing act in the artificially constructed world of Jesper Simensen can begin. Here there is space without scale that doesn t only relate to up and down. Here there are microscopic organisms superimposed on carefully constructed geometric walls and surfaces. In their small cracks powerful explosions of color is revealed, that can easily cause the collapse of the structures. Here the fully balanced and straight sides are almost non-existing. So in order not to fall and lose focus during this balancing act, one must sometimes move sideways instead of straight forward. About the work

4 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 101x105 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

5 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 90x120 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

6 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 85x110 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

7 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 105x120 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

8 Model studies - No Title Wooden construction, 34x61 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

9 Collage - bits and pieces JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

10 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 80x120

11 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 95x120

12 No Title Acrylic on canvas. 95x120

13 No Title acrylic and spray on wodden plate, 95x122

14 No Title Acrylic and spray on canvas, 80x120

15 No Title acrylic and spray on canvas, 65 x 130

16 Experimenting with furniture JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

17 The Red Pavillon - a collaboration with Electrotexture Lab The Harborfront, Aalborg, DK - Urban Art-event, 2010 JESPER SIMENSEN - visual artist

18 J E S P E R S I M E N S E N Born 1979 Based in Aalborg, DK Education: I don t give a f about education, I only care about talent De sætter kulør på Nordjylland - Dronninglund Kunstcenter, Dronninglund, DK Groupshow Galleri Backlund, Göteborg, SE Contact Jesper Simensen Priorgade 4, Aalborg Denmark Phone: jesper@simensen.dk Web: www. simensen.dk 2011 Gallery Kirk, Aalborg, DK Solo exhibition 2010 Summerexhibition, Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, DK Group show The Red Pavillon, The Harborfront, Aalborg, DK Urban Art-event 2009 Christmas exhibition, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK Group show Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK Solo exhibition 2008 Christmas exhibition, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK Group show Nordjyske Censurerede / Decemberudstilling, Dronninglund Kunstcenter, DK Censored Group Show NIRAS, Aalborg Solo exhibition

19 Aalborg Contemporary, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK Group show Galleri Margit Dørflinger, Randers, DK Solo exhibition Grontmij Carl Bro, Kolding, DK Solo exhibition Danish Furniture Design, Aalborg, DK Solo exhibition 2007 Earthsong, Galleri Jen zen Aalborg, DK 2007 Christmas exhibition, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK 2007 Opening exhibition, Galleri Margit Dørflinger, Randers, DK 2006 Østhimmerlands Censurerede udstilling 2006, Skørping Kulturstationen, DK 2006 Ung kunst fra Skagen til Hadsund, Aalborg Kunstpavillon, DK 2006 Carl Bro as, Aalborg, DK 2006 Art n opera, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK 2006 Mini Duo exhibition w/ Jesper Roland Jensen, Galleri Jen zen, Aalborg, DK 2006 Galleri Jen zen Aalborg, DK 2005 Open Studio, Trekanten; Aalborg, DK Publications Wonderland Magazine, Issue No. 9 Art magazine Artists A Tribute to diversity, by Tom Jørgensen Book (ISBN nr.: ), år Jubilæumsfest og doktorpromovering, Aalborg Universitet, DK Booklet cover, 2009 Studieguiden 2009, Aalborg Universitet, DK Magazine Cover (contest) Artist of the year 2009, EDC mæglernes kunstforening, DK Booklet Indbydelse til promovering af doktorrater, Aalborg Universitet, DK Booklet cover, 2008