Photo Armin Tehrani
Biography
Frederik Næblerød (b. 1988, Copenhagen) is a Danish artist whose practice explores what it means to be human, delving into themes of survival, vulnerability, and transformation. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and large-scale installations, he constructs visceral, immersive worlds where material, gesture, and emotion collide. His works navigate the fragile balance between chaos and control, spontaneity and deliberation, the grotesque and the beautiful, confronting viewers with a raw and complex understanding of human existence.
Næblerød draws inspiration from psychological and physical terrains shaped by encounters with people, places, and situations marked by tension and contrast. His figures emerge like restless spirits, distorted, humorous, and haunting, embodying the contradictions and unpredictability of human nature. Every mark signals a process that is both intuitive and rigorous, charged with emotional urgency and raw physicality. His early years in Copenhagen’s graffiti scene still shape the gestural force of his work. His studio functions as a site of excavation, where materials are pushed to their limits and the drama of human complexity is laid bare.
Næblerød holds an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has exhibited in Denmark and internationally, with recent solo exhibitions at ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Gl. Holtegaard, Vejle Kunstmuseum and Horsens Art Museum. His works are included in public and private collections including the Danish Arts Foundation, Ny Carlsberg Foundation, Horsens Art Museum, Vejle Art Museum, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Skovgaard Museum, and Museum Jorn. He lives and works in Copenhagen.
C.V.
Solo exhibitions
2025
All Walks of Life, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
2024
Family Affair, Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark
2023
Masquerade, Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark
2022
Work in Progress, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Time to Move, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2021
Mental Make-Up, Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark
2019
Monsters and Politics, Kunsthal for Maritim Æstetik, Denmark
2018
Flying Away from Society, Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark
2017
Addicted to Sex, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Denmark
Group exhibitions
2025
Winter Salon, Helsinki Contemporary, Finland
Smittet af Bacillen, HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
Timeline (duo with Casper Aguila), Odsherreds Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2024
FEEL ME, Trapholt Museum, Danmark
Places Like This (duo med Casper Aguila), Odsherreds Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Kunstnerkolonien i Italien & Gensyn, Sophienholm Kunsthal, Denmark
Hot Hands, Skovgaard Museet, Denmark
2022
Lazy 8 (duo with Farshad Farzankia), The Telegraph, Czech Republic
Seriously Fun (duo with Jeppe Hein), Jeppe Hein Studio, Germany
2021
MISA VAN HAM, powered by König Gallery, Germany
2020
Fed Ler – Krukker i Kunsten Nu, Gl. Holtegaard Museum, Denmark
Little Island, Haverkampf Gallery, Germany
Dependance x Brussels, Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark
2019
CoBrA and Some Consequences, Collaborations, Denmark
Protection from Bad Weather (duo with Casper Aguila), Politikens Forhal, Denmark
Contemporary Figuration in the Post-Digital Age, Superzoom, France
OFF GRID (duo with Casper Aguila), Alice Folker Gallery, Danmark
2018
Hypnagogia, Nevven Gallery, Sweden
New “Bad” Painting, V1 Gallery, Denmark
Worshiping Sticks and Stones, Anat Ebgi, USA
2017
Brask Collection Meets Willumsen, J.F. Willumsens Museum, Denmark
NADA Art Fair, Canada Gallery (New York), USA
We Are the Ones Doing Works on Canvas Painting (with Robert Nava), CGK, Denmark
2016
Texas Contemporary, The Second Bedroom, USA
Collections
Statens Kunstfond
Ny Carlsbergfondet
Skovgaard Museet
Horsens Kunstmuseum
Vejle Kunstmuseum
Kastrupgårdsamlingen
Museum Jorn
Awards and grants
2019: OFF-GRID (with Casper Aguila), Statens Kunstfond
2020: Silkeborg Kunstnerlegat
2024: Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond
Catalogues and Monographs
Næblerød, Frederik Clement, Friis Publications, 2025
Frederik Næblerød - All Walks of Life, Ed. Marie Nipper and Christian Kortegaard Madsen, Strandberg Publishing, 2025
Casper Aguila and Frederik Næblerød: Odsherred Projects, Britta Tøndborg, Museum Vest Sjælland
Time to Move. Claus Hagedorn-Olsen (ed.), Horsens Kunstmuseum, 2022
New Neighbours: Introducing Frederik Næblerød, Casper Aguila, Line Rosenvinge Ed., Frederiksberg, Tender Task, 2021