Exhibitions

25 April 2024 "Cosmic Bond", featuring the works of Mille Kalsmose and Yukai Hotta, encapsulated the profound interconnectedness between humanity and the universe through compelling installations and ceramic creations. This exhibition explored the idea that we are integral parts of a vast cosmic tapestry, with our actions, thoughts, and emotions rippling through the universe. By reflecting on our place in the cosmos, "Cosmic Bond" urged us to cherish the intricate bonds that unite us all, highlighting the beauty and complexity of existence.

18 April 2024 Arden Asbæk Gallery presents a curated exhibition featuring original sketches by artists such as Ditte Ejlerskov, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Eva Koch, Mille Kalsmose, Niels Bonde, and more. This collection provides insight into the creative processes of these artists, exhibiting everything from raw freehand drawings to extensive preliminary studies. Located on the first floor of Martin Asbæk Gallery, the exhibition invites exploration into the unedited aspects of artistic creation. Visit us Tuesday-Friday 11-18 and Saturday 11-16 on the first floor of Martin Asbæk Gallery.

03 February 2023 "Magic Materialism" at Martin Asbæk Gallery delves into the profound intersection of spirit and matter, exploring the concept of "bodymind" through a magical superstructure. Kalsmose's series "Universal Blindness" investigates self-perception and collective history, featuring paper and concrete works adorned with Braille statements. The exhibition also includes pieces from her series "Collected Memory," an evolving archive of humanity's shared visions and dreams. Kalsmose's art bridges the visible and invisible, offering a reflective journey into our collective identity.

20 April 2022 Mille Kalsmose's project, "Collected Memory – A Diary of the World" as an installation that merges digital and physical realms, transforming individual memories into a collective narrative within recycled brass and paper sculptures. At the Venice Biennale, these archives transitioned into NFTs, prompting contemplation on data's role in preserving humanity's stories. Kalsmose's surreal landscapes of words and statements offer a meditative space, inviting reflection on our shared hopes and dreams across generations.

12 February 2022 As a part of the collection at Horsens Kunstmuseum, Re-programmed Matter was exhibited from February 12 – June 26, 2022. The "New Acquisitions" exhibition, featured works that challenged our perceptions of social media and technology. This unique blend of art and reflection was presented alongside pieces by Frederik Næblerød, Klara Lilja, and Ragna Braase.

07 April 2022 In the Cherry Garden (Kirsebærhaven) in Folehaven, Valby, Mille Kalsmose has created a tiled pavement, named "Kirsebærbæltet", a path decorated with plants from around the world, carefully selected on a workshop held together with the local residents. The designed Turing-pattern mixes the plants and creates new variants - just as the area continuously develops and grows when new residents move in and change the organic structure of the community.

24 September 2021 "Humanness: Inner Studies in a Collective Cloud," part of the Collected Memory series, at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg is an installment in the exhibition Work It Out!, and explores themes of identity and digital existence through interactive art. Mille Kalsmose encourages participants to reshape narratives, merging physical and digital archives to amplify individual voices on a global scale.

27 August 2021 "Weight of Memories" was previously exhibited at Chart Art Fair 2021. This site-specific artwork merged brass pendulums, and iron cores excavated from some of the world's oldest rock formation, exploring profound connections between geological time, human perception, and spirituality. The exhibition offered a journey through billions of years condensed into tangible forms, providing a perspective on our place in the universe. It was an opportunity to encounter art that transcended traditional boundaries of time and space.

08 October 2020 Cosmic Family acquired by New Carlsberg Foundation and donated to Kunsten. Mille Kalsmose exhibits an introspective installation at "All Together Now" at Kunsten. Featuring a range of Danish contemporary art from a notable donation, including Kalsmose's exploration of alternative family relationships. Through drawings, paintings, sculptures, and installations, the exhibition offered diverse perspectives on societal norms and human connections, inviting viewers to reflect on the complexities of modern life.

12 September 2020 INTERDIMENSIONALE II featured over 40 Danish contemporary artists and offered a dynamic interplay of art and nature. Mille Kalsmose contributed to the exhibition with her work "Collected Family," where raw materials and colored glass plates created a exploration of the human conditions. Curated by Søren Brøgger and Søren Hüttel, this exhibition could be enjoyed both indoors and in the open landscape, offering an art experience even after hours.

21 August 2020 Collected Memory is a profound exploration of collective memory and identity through art. This long-term project features sculptural and participatory cabinets made from recycled brass, housing memories written on folded rice and newspaper. Blurring the lines between the physical and digital, Kalsmose’s work invites audiences to connect, share, and reflect on their own experiences. Exhibited globally, Collected Memory is a living, vibrant archive that enriches our understanding of humanity's shared history.

06 March 2020 In the exhibition Kalsmose has created evocative installations designed to probe the depths of memory, identity, and the profound intersections of psychological and spiritual realms. From the Re-Sounding Organ, a collaboration with neurologist Peter Michael Nielsen and psychologist Alex Ashot Ikilikian, to the cosmic reverberations captured in Listening Back in Time at the ALMA observatory, her works delve into the essence of deep time and its geological significance. These installations challenge conventional perceptions and offer new perspectives on temporal and existential themes.

13 November 2019 Mille Kalsmose's "Liquid Relations, Listening Back in Time" explores identity and interconnectedness through found objects and cosmic resonances. This narrative blends art with science, prompting reflection on the human essence within a cosmic context and challenging traditional perspectives.

14 September 2019 The sculptural sound installation Cosmic Family was exhibited at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art Exhibition in Copenhagen as part of the exhibition Cosmic Existence. In Mille Kalsmose's work abstract iron figures converge with celestial echoes recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This installation challenges traditional perspectives on identity and connection, using materials like silk, pigskin, and meteor stones to evoke cosmic orbits and planetary harmonies. Kalsmose intertwines the intuitive with scientific exploration, prompting contemplation on humanity's place in the cosmic tapestry.

20 July 2019 Collected Memory, the first of the series premiered at the United Nations NOVUS SDG Moonshots Summit: From the Oceans to the Moon, Making the Impossible Possible, in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters, New York on July 20, 2019

15 March 2019 Material Madness brings together four women sculptors who redefine the artistic landscape through unconventional materials and techniques. Mille Kalsmose's contributions delve into universal human relationships and introspection, offering narratives that resonate across diverse cultural backgrounds. This exhibition celebrates the intersection of physical and intellectual materials, presenting works that provoke contemplation on contemporary societal issues and personal narratives.

28 April 2019 Inverted Rituals was exhibited at the exhibition Flat Out Drawings from 2000–2019. Inverted Rituals is a set of 24 videos presented in an installation of 24 screens and loudspeakers surrounding the viewer as if the viewer had entered the mind of the artist or themselves.

The 2019 theme, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," fosters collaboration among female artists across various mediums, generations, and ethnicities, representing diverse social backgrounds. Serving as a hybrid art festival, exhibition, cooperative, laboratory, and incubator, its mission is to create opportunities for both emerging and established artists to mutually uplift each other.

03 November 2018 In the solo exhibition "The Shape of Us" at Horsens Art Museum, Mille Kalsmose explores identity and relationships through a series of new, large-scale installations. Her artworks blend iron, living matter, blood, algae, moss, rocks, silk, wood, plaster, and sound effects, delving into the vast field of human existence. Kalsmose investigates inner realms and taps into our collective human consciousness. The artworks combine palpable and intangible elements, creating pieces that are striking both physically and conceptually, transcending familiar everyday concepts.

Mille Kalsmose's work can be described as a constant search for and development of survival strategies. In her works, she explores both her own psychological terrain while opening up a metaphysical understanding of her surroundings. This introspective piece resonates within the exhibition showcasing the diverse and sometimes subversive currents of Danish art over the past fifteen years.

01 June 2017 Mille Kalsmose’s exhibition, Re-sounding Organs, consists of three works, which were all made in July 2017 during her artist-in-residence sojourn at CCA Andratx. The works are site-specific and were inspired by the space, the character and the climate of the atrium courtyard of CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain.

In 2017, Denmark and Japan celebrated the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. This was done with exhibitions, concerts, animation and film festivals, symposia, performing arts and theater as well as a great focus on architecture, crafts and design. Mille Kalsmose contributed "Mnemonic Archive," crafted from brass, Chinese and Japanese double-woven paper dyed in cherry juice and red pigment.

01 September 2017 Mille Kalsmose's new work, Cosmic Relations, carries her signature themes—personal identity and the connections between the self and others, especially family members—to a higher, more abstract level. Previously, the artist kept her explorations grounded, so to speak, despite a high degree of stylization.

The group show presents a compilation of contemporary female portraits created through various media. Video, painting, drawing, photography, participative happening installation and sculpture. Only one art work presented in each media. No narrative, analysis or comparison, rather an abstract expression to let the art works speak for themselves as well as together

Mille Kalsmose's explores the mother-daughter bond through her artistic intervention. Captured in black and white portraits by Spanish photographer Alberto Garcia-Alix, this project delves into universal themes of familial relationships and the pursuit of happiness beyond biological ties. Kalsmose challenges and redefines the concept of a "natural" relationship, inviting viewers to contemplate common narratives of human connection.

Mille Kalsmose's explores the mother-daughter bond through her artistic intervention. Captured in black and white portraits by Spanish photographer Alberto Garcia-Alix, this project delves into universal themes of familial relationships and the pursuit of happiness beyond biological ties. Kalsmose challenges and redefines the concept of a "natural" relationship, inviting viewers to contemplate common narratives of human connection.

Mille Kalsmose takes her audience on an introspective journey through "SITE-Seeing" - a participatory exploration of identity, absorption, reflection, transcendence, and consciousness. Through a darkened room illuminated by a hovering circle of cloth and intricate light reflections, visitors are invited to engage with a hypnotic video and audio installation. Inspired by a public library setting, the artwork challenges viewers to delve inward, prompting reflection on the relationship between self-awareness and personal exploration within a shared public space.

The ongoing project, All My Suicides, which so far has resulted in both a Part One, Two and Three consists of Kalsmose's five official name changes – from the name, ”Henriette Olesen”, she was christened to several variations until she reached her present name, ”Mille Kalsmose-Hjelmborg”, in 2008.

The general title The Core shows that Mille Kalsmose has the real world as her artistic point of departure – both the actual outer world and our actual inner world: The Core refers to a direct dialogue with the new architecture and the physical space in Kernen, where the works are positioned, but the title also refers to the visual source and inspirational framework that Mille Kalsmose has used in all four of her works, namely our own inner cell world.