2025

All Walks of Life, Arken Museum of Contemporary Art

  • A large black and white mural of a spider with a smiling face on the side of a building. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art. An art studio with colorful paintings displayed on the walls and on easels, featuring abstract and animal designs.
  • Collage of various colorful artworks, paintings, and photographs displayed on a large wall in an art gallery. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • An art gallery showcasing a wall covered with numerous colorful artworks, with additional pieces displayed on distant walls and a concrete floor. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Three contemporary abstract paintings by Frederik Næblerød displayed on a mauve gallery wall with a pink stripe at the base and a concrete floor. All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Art gallery with colorful paintings on the walls and sculptures on pedestals in the center of the room. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life Arken 2025 Armin Tehrani
  • Art installation resembling a small house made from vertically arranged, multicolored wooden planks inside a gallery with minimal lighting. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art. My Friend the Wind artwork
  • Interior of a rustic wooden structure with multiple windows, one person walking, and shadows cast on the floor. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Colorful mural with abstract animal sculptures on a pink wall decorated with black and orange tree branches. Green steps lead to a door with a cart of art supplies outside. Frederik Næblerød All Walks of Life exhibition at Arken Museum of Contemporar

Frederik Næblerød’s largest solo exhibition to date, All Walks of Life at ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, presented a vibrant universe of raw human expression. With over 30 paintings, 24 sculptures, two installations, a scrapbook room, and a fully recreated 1:1 atelier inside the museum, the exhibition allowed the artist to continue producing new works that were incorporated directly into the space.

Curated by Rasmus Stenbakken, the exhibition showcased Næblerød’s characteristic immediacy, where everyday objects and surroundings were transformed through an insatiable artistic curiosity. Its title, All Walks of Life, reflected this breadth, portraying universal themes and exposing both familiar and darker sides of human nature. Visitors encountered scenes and figures in which they could recognise themselves; our flaws, differences, and shared humanity.

Outside ARKEN, a 20-metre-long spider mural greeted guests as a “mascot guarding the museum after closing time,” while inside, the artist created the monumental work Botanical Garden, naming the space it inhabited and turning the exhibition into a living, evolving environment.

Dates: 06.02.2025 - 04.01.2026 | Supported by Augustinus Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse ​​​​​​​and Gangstedfonden | Photos: Anders Sune Berg and Armin Tehrani

2024

Family Affair, Alice Folker Gallery

  • Art exhibition featuring bronze sculptures of fantastical and mythical headpieces on white pedestals in a bright gallery. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.
  • Art exhibition with various dark-colored abstract sculptures on white pedestals in a bright, minimalistic gallery with white walls and large windows. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.
  • Art sculptures displayed on white pedestals, including a black creature with large ears and a tail in the foreground and various other colorful and textured masks or sculptures in the background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.
  • Three abstract sculptures displayed on white pedestals in an art gallery, including a greenish creature with multiple tentacle-like protrusions, a black animal-like figure with long ears and a tail. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Galler
  • Art exhibition featuring three paintings with black silhouettes on brown or beige backgrounds, including a skeleton pushing a stroller and mythical/human figures. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.
  • Contemporary art gallery with four large paintings of abstract black creatures on beige backgrounds, displayed on white walls. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.
  • Gallery of 15 framed abstract paintings with humanoid and insect-like figures on a white wall. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery.

Family Affair at Alice Folker Gallery offered a deep look into Frederik Næblerød’s artistic universe, where strange, hybrid figures emerged through a strong and unmistakable visual language.

The exhibition presented thirteen bronze sculptures, six black paintings on canvas and fifteen watercolour drawings, forming a cast of characters that suggested a family of sorts, masked personalities, mischievous animals, and creatures bound by duality. Not nightmares, but beings held between light and dark, familiar and uncanny.

The black paintings carried a stark intensity, reducing expression to form, gesture and presence. The bronze sculptures slowed the pace, their meticulous detail giving each character a quiet, enduring weight. Drawing from sci-fi, myth, dreams and everyday observation, Næblerød continued to work from artistic necessity, but here he led his figures somewhere new, inviting viewers into a world that was both unsettling and strangely close to home.

Dates: 16.08 - 27.09.2024 | Photos: Alice Folker Gallery

2023

Masquerade, Gl. Holtegaard

  • Large white mansion with a dark shingled roof, multiple chimneys, and a central tower with a weather vane. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • Three gold animal head sculptures on tall blue pedestals in a garden with green grass, wildflowers, and trees, with open gates in the background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • A shiny, gold-colored sculpture of a mythological creature with multiple horns and a face with a furrowed brow, resting on a blue pedestal in an outdoor setting. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • A golden sculpture resembling a lion's head placed on a blue pedestal outdoor, with another sculpture and greenery in the background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • View through double glass doors into an art gallery room with purple walls, featuring a sculpture of a gold skull on a blue pedestal. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • An art gallery with painted portraits on a light blue wall, featuring colorful and abstract depictions of women, with large windows on the right and a doorway leading to more artwork in the background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard,
  • An art gallery featuring blue walls decorated with an array of framed sculptures and masks, and a skeleton hanging from the ceiling with a bed in the center. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • An ornate gold-framed mirror with white paint smeared over the glass, partially obscuring the reflection, mounted on a dark blue wall. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • An art installation with mannequins, colorful fruit piled on a table, and paintings on yellow walls. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • An art gallery with a pink wall displaying mounted decorative masks with antlers, a white fireplace, and a doorway leading to a room with a colorful abstract painting. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.
  • Decorative mounted deer head with painted ceramic facial details on green shield-shaped plaque against pink background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark.

Curated by Kit Leunbach, Masquerade at Gl. Holtegaard transformed the baroque rooms of the historic estate into a scenographic journey merging past and present. With colour, theatricality and expressive force, the exhibition wove together the opulent court culture of the 1700s with Frederik Næblerød’s imaginative universe.

Taking inspiration from Gl. Holtegaard’s origins as a “mini-Versailles” built by Lauritz de Thurah in 1756, Masquerade explored identity, display and social hierarchy. The exhibition staged a series of domestic scenes, a hunting room, a surreal banquet, a hall of mirrors and costumed masquerade figures, where ambition, status and self-presentation unfolded as both satire and spectacle.

Outside the entrance, a circle of gilded stoneware faces greeted visitors, setting the tone for an installation that extended across six rooms. Inside, paintings, ceramics, polyfilla reliefs, props and mannequins formed a total environment in which masks, trophies, costumes and ghostly characters appeared as both playful and unsettling. The exhibition exposed the decadence, symbols of power and hidden vulnerabilities of court culture, where roles could be reversed and identity briefly disguised.

Dates: 01.09 - 29.10.2023 | Photos: David Stjernholm

2022

Time to Move, Horsens Art Museum

  • A gallery wall displays two rows of ten colorful abstract paintings with various figures and creatures on a white wall, with a skylight ceiling above. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
  • Three colorful paintings displayed on a white gallery wall, depicting abstract and stylized figures: a dolphin with a person, a seated musician with a guitar and vibrantly colored headdress, Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art m
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract paintings on white walls and wooden floor, ceiling with skylights. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
  • Art gallery with sculptures on white display stands and a large colorful painting on the wall. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
  • Art exhibit in a gallery with colorful ceramic sculptures of various creatures and a modern painting of a figure with a yellow hat and red facial features on the wall. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denm
  • Ceramic sculptures including a smiling blue and white dog with a long snout, and other abstract faces and figures. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
  • Ceramic sculptures of abstract, distorted faces with elongated features, glazed in various colors including blue, white, and green, displayed on a white surface. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
  • Colorful ceramic sculptures resembling abstract human faces and hands, displayed on a white surface. Frederik Næblerød Time to Move exhibition at Horsens Art museum Kunstmuseum, Denmark.

Time To Move at Horsens Kunstmuseum presented a snapshot of Frederik Næblerød’s artistic practice, defined by relentless energy and constant motion. Featuring over 20 monumental paintings, a series of smaller canvases, and 30 ceramic works created between 2020 and 2022, the exhibition captured the urgency of a practice in constant evolution. Works born from rapid gestures, saturated colour and instinctive mark-making revealed both humorous observations and existential reflections. The title emphasised movement in both process and mindset: an artist continually pushing forward, resisting stagnation, absorbing the world and transforming it into an ever-shifting visual language. By isolating this moment of transition, Horsens Kunstmuseum offered a vital glimpse into a practice driven by intensity, experimentation and transformation.

The exhibition highlighted Horsens Kunstmuseum’s ongoing engagement with experimental contemporary art, situating Næblerød’s expressive, materially driven works within the museum’s focus on artists who explore and challenge visual and formal boundaries.

Dates: 23.04 - 04.09.2022 | Supported by Statens Kunstfond.

2021

Mental Make Up, Alice Folker Gallery

  • Colorful, abstract ceramic sculptures arranged on white pedestals in a gallery with blue walls featuring white geometric patterns. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.
  • Ceramic sculpture art exhibit featuring multiple abstract and figurative ceramic sculptures displayed on white pedestals in a gallery with pastel blue walls. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.
  • Five colorful, abstract sculpture busts of mythical creatures displayed on white pedestals against a light pink background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.
  • Abstract ceramic sculpture with a tall, twisted, pointed form and textured, layered surface in blue, green, orange, and brown hues, displayed on a white pedestal against a plain white background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery,
  • Colorful abstract ceramic sculpture with a pointed top, mounted on a white pedestal against a plain white background. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.
  • Blue wall with white abstract lines and two distorted masks with red mouths and pink circular patterns below, resembling exaggerated human features. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.
  • A narrow hallway with bright blue walls, white doorframes, and a light wooden floor. A painted mask with a creepy face is mounted on the wall in the center. Frederik Næblerød exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery, Denmark.

Mental Make Up at Alice Folker Gallery presented a series of ceramic sculptures and paintings by Frederik Næblerød. The title referred to the transformation of inner impulses into tangible form, a visual “make up” of the mind, where imagination, emotion and instinct solidify into characters, masks and hybrid beings. The works explored how mental states can take physical shape, appearing at once expressive, intense and unexpectedly still.

The exhibition was opened by Michael Thouber, director of Kunsthal Charlottenborg, who noted that while Næblerød’s studio is ruled by “wildness, impulse and chaos,” the finished works create “a spiritual calm,” revealing “the deeper layers of him as a person and artist.” His reflections highlighted the contrast between the process of creation and the presence of the completed pieces, a duality at the core of Mental Make Up, where chaos becomes clarity as soon as the work leaves the studio.

Dates: 28.05.2021 - 02.07.2022 | Photos: Alice Folker Gallery