Trine Struwe (b. 1988) is a Danish artist based in
London (UK) and Copenhagen (DK). She graduated with an MA in Painting from Royal College of Art in London
in 2020 and with a BFA
from Malmö Art Academy (SE) in 2016. She also participated in a foreign exchange program at The
Cooper Union in New York (US) in 2015. Recently her work was
shown at Saatchi Gallery and Fold Gallery in London. Previously her work has been shown in
curated contexts at Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Lunds Konsthall
(Lund, SE), Obra (Malmö, SE) and the Center of Photography (Stockholm, SE). Trine co-founded the small press Tacet in 2017 focusing on
artist books, with work
exhibited at Wiels Art Book Fair (Bruxelles, BE) and SixtyEight Art Institute
(Copenhagen) in 2019.
CV
Upcoming
2021
Residency at Danish Art Workshops (Copenhagen, DK)
Groupshow at It’s Kind Of Hard To Explain (London, UK)
Residency at PADA Studios (Lisbon, PO)
Residency at the Danish Institute in Athens (Athens, GR)
Duo-show at Ergo Collective (Athens, GR)
2022
Soloshow at Kunsthal Kongegaarden (Korsør, DK)
Ung Dansk Samtidskunst ‘22, at Kunstbygningen i Vrå (Vrå, DK)
Education
2018-2020 Royal College of Art, London UK (MA Painting)
2015 The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, US (Fine Art)
2013-2016 Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden (BA Fine Art)
Selected exhibitions
2020
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery (London, UK)
50/50, Fold Gallery (London, UK)
14.8x21, Gallery Tom Christoffersen (Copenhagen, DK)
RCA Graduation Show, Kristin Hellegjerde Gallery (London, UK) Chapter 6, Solo show (London/online, UK)
Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, DK)
Alas, Sirin Gallery (Copenhagen, DK) duoshow
2019
Soft, Strong, Slow, Dyson Gallery (London, UK)
Close Call, Kunstscenen (Copenhagen, DK)
Final Exhibition, Axel Towers (Copenhagen, DK)
HQ, Udstillingstedet Sydhavn Station (Copenhagen, DK)
2018
WIP show, RCA, London (London, UK)
Strata, Obra (Malmö, SE)
Vi tager intet ansvar, Warehouse 9 (Copenhagen, DK)
2017
Contemporary Grazing, H/F Enghaven (Odense, DK)
Tendency, Rendevouz Artspace (Copenhagen, DK)
A Sentimental Group Show, Private apartment (Copenhagen, DK) curated by Alberte H. Westergaard
I am thinking that I might be an object, René Holms Atelier (Esbjerg, DK) curated by Christina René
2016
Artists’ books, Lunds Konsthall (Lund, SE)
Flyktpunkt - ny svensk fotografi, Centrum För Fotografi (Stockholm, SE)
October, Obra (Malmö, SE)
Margarita, Pavillion no. 11 (Copenhagen, DK)
BFA exam show, KHM Gallery (Malmö, SE)
2015
Slowly moving body of light, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery (Skanör, SE) soloshow
Art of the book, Cooper Union School of Art (New York, US)
212, Cooper Square (New York, US)
Sweden’s Emerging Art, No Picnic (Stockholm, SE)
Grants and awards
2021
Grant from Danish Arts Foundation (PADA)
Research/production grant (In a thin Voice/Ergo Collective), Kulturstyrelsen
2020
Award-nominee (student of exceptional promise), Royal College of Art
Working grant, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2019 - 2017
Distinction award MA Thesis (White Ink), Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art (MFA), Grants from Soransk Samfund, Henry Shaws Legat, Vohlerts Legatfond, Dansk Tennis Fond, Overretssagfører Sigurd Jacobsens Mindelegat, Oticon Fonden, Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond, Augustinus Fonden, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Glashofs legat, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond
Also
2021
Mentoring w. curator Helene Nyborg Bay (Nikolaj Kunsthal)
Assistant for artist Kathrine Ærtebjerg (DK)
2020
Assistant for artist Tove Storch (DK)
Salzburg Summer Academy (Art Writing) w. Writer Louisa Elderton & Klaus Speidel
Artist talk and guest teaching at Cardiff School of Art & Design /Ysgol Gelf a Dylunio Caerdydd (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
2019
Co-curator of a solo show w. artist Marianne Skaarup Jakobsen at SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK)
Weather Writing, SixtyEight Art Institute w. curator Miriam Wistreichand writer Ida Marie Hede
2018
Co-founder of Tacet, a small press focusing on artist books, exhibited at Wiels Art Book Fair (Bruxelles, BE) and SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK) in 2019.
2016
Artisttalk, Malmö Kunsthall (Malmö, SE)
Københavns Kunstskole (Art Writing) w. poet Glenn Christian
Publications & press
2021
Artists’ Books – Essays by Thomas Millroth, published by Ellerströms/Tragus (2021)
(upcoming) Dreamworks, exhibition catalogue It’s Kind of Hard to Explain (London, UK)
2020
Review of Spring Exhibition with particular mention by Linda Fagerström in Sydsvenskan, “Charlottenborgs vårsalong inspirerar till att sia om samtidskonstens framtid”, 23.02.2020
Chapter 6, online publication, Solo show (London, UK) (http://soloshow.online/chapter6.html)
Forårsudstillingen, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (København, DK)
2019-2016
Review of Malmö Art Academy’s yearly exhibition with particular mention by art critic Thomas Millroth in Sydsvenskan, “Allt är som det brukar”, 13.05.2016
White Ink, MFA thesis, Royal College of Art (London, UK)
Untitled (Thames drawings), artist book, self published
Konstnärsgjorda böcker, exhibition booklet, Lunds Konsthall (Lund, SE)
Untitled (Blå tid, blåt sted) II, artist book, self published
Everything is falling, BFA essay in Malmö Art Academy Year Book
(Malmö, SE)
Untitled (Blå tid, blåt sted) I, artist book, self published
2021
Residency at Danish Art Workshops (Copenhagen, DK)
Groupshow at It’s Kind Of Hard To Explain (London, UK)
Residency at PADA Studios (Lisbon, PO)
Residency at the Danish Institute in Athens (Athens, GR)
Duo-show at Ergo Collective (Athens, GR)
2022
Soloshow at Kunsthal Kongegaarden (Korsør, DK)
Ung Dansk Samtidskunst ‘22, at Kunstbygningen i Vrå (Vrå, DK)
Education
2018-2020 Royal College of Art, London UK (MA Painting)
2015 The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, US (Fine Art)
2013-2016 Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden (BA Fine Art)
Selected exhibitions
2020
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery (London, UK)
50/50, Fold Gallery (London, UK)
14.8x21, Gallery Tom Christoffersen (Copenhagen, DK)
RCA Graduation Show, Kristin Hellegjerde Gallery (London, UK) Chapter 6, Solo show (London/online, UK)
Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, DK)
Alas, Sirin Gallery (Copenhagen, DK) duoshow
2019
Soft, Strong, Slow, Dyson Gallery (London, UK)
Close Call, Kunstscenen (Copenhagen, DK)
Final Exhibition, Axel Towers (Copenhagen, DK)
HQ, Udstillingstedet Sydhavn Station (Copenhagen, DK)
2018
WIP show, RCA, London (London, UK)
Strata, Obra (Malmö, SE)
Vi tager intet ansvar, Warehouse 9 (Copenhagen, DK)
2017
Contemporary Grazing, H/F Enghaven (Odense, DK)
Tendency, Rendevouz Artspace (Copenhagen, DK)
A Sentimental Group Show, Private apartment (Copenhagen, DK) curated by Alberte H. Westergaard
I am thinking that I might be an object, René Holms Atelier (Esbjerg, DK) curated by Christina René
2016
Artists’ books, Lunds Konsthall (Lund, SE)
Flyktpunkt - ny svensk fotografi, Centrum För Fotografi (Stockholm, SE)
October, Obra (Malmö, SE)
Margarita, Pavillion no. 11 (Copenhagen, DK)
BFA exam show, KHM Gallery (Malmö, SE)
2015
Slowly moving body of light, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery (Skanör, SE) soloshow
Art of the book, Cooper Union School of Art (New York, US)
212, Cooper Square (New York, US)
Sweden’s Emerging Art, No Picnic (Stockholm, SE)
Grants and awards
2021
Grant from Danish Arts Foundation (PADA)
Research/production grant (In a thin Voice/Ergo Collective), Kulturstyrelsen
2020
Award-nominee (student of exceptional promise), Royal College of Art
Working grant, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2019 - 2017
Distinction award MA Thesis (White Ink), Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art (MFA), Grants from Soransk Samfund, Henry Shaws Legat, Vohlerts Legatfond, Dansk Tennis Fond, Overretssagfører Sigurd Jacobsens Mindelegat, Oticon Fonden, Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond, Augustinus Fonden, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Glashofs legat, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond
Also
2021
Mentoring w. curator Helene Nyborg Bay (Nikolaj Kunsthal)
Assistant for artist Kathrine Ærtebjerg (DK)
2020
Assistant for artist Tove Storch (DK)
Salzburg Summer Academy (Art Writing) w. Writer Louisa Elderton & Klaus Speidel
Artist talk and guest teaching at Cardiff School of Art & Design /Ysgol Gelf a Dylunio Caerdydd (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
2019
Co-curator of a solo show w. artist Marianne Skaarup Jakobsen at SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK)
Weather Writing, SixtyEight Art Institute w. curator Miriam Wistreichand writer Ida Marie Hede
2018
Co-founder of Tacet, a small press focusing on artist books, exhibited at Wiels Art Book Fair (Bruxelles, BE) and SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK) in 2019.
2016
Artisttalk, Malmö Kunsthall (Malmö, SE)
Københavns Kunstskole (Art Writing) w. poet Glenn Christian
Publications & press
2021
Artists’ Books – Essays by Thomas Millroth, published by Ellerströms/Tragus (2021)
(upcoming) Dreamworks, exhibition catalogue It’s Kind of Hard to Explain (London, UK)
2020
Review of Spring Exhibition with particular mention by Linda Fagerström in Sydsvenskan, “Charlottenborgs vårsalong inspirerar till att sia om samtidskonstens framtid”, 23.02.2020
Chapter 6, online publication, Solo show (London, UK) (http://soloshow.online/chapter6.html)
Forårsudstillingen, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (København, DK)
2019-2016
Review of Malmö Art Academy’s yearly exhibition with particular mention by art critic Thomas Millroth in Sydsvenskan, “Allt är som det brukar”, 13.05.2016
White Ink, MFA thesis, Royal College of Art (London, UK)
Untitled (Thames drawings), artist book, self published
Konstnärsgjorda böcker, exhibition booklet, Lunds Konsthall (Lund, SE)
Untitled (Blå tid, blåt sted) II, artist book, self published
Everything is falling, BFA essay in Malmö Art Academy Year Book
(Malmö, SE)
Untitled (Blå tid, blåt sted) I, artist book, self published