About | Dorte Boe

ARTIST STATEMENT

Inspired by the evidence of natural forces on rocks, walls and wood, Dorte Boe creates patinas in the deeply worked surfaces of her paintings. Just as the erosion of wind and rain on plaster, wood, and paint represent time’s passage, her paintings are meditations on history and its long arc of change.

Boe creates her lively textures by directly engaging with her raw materials. In lieu of traditional brushwork, she applies paint, oil and cold wax with soft rollers and even more directly with her hands. Sand, ash, earth and pigment may be added. A branch or knife is used to scrape and dent. As the work progresses, layers and crevices appear, then recede, like rust or lichen; stress and wear marks evolve.

Such subtle, irregular surfaces come from Boe’s close observation of the effects of the eternal and elemental actions of sun and atmosphere. These are her best guides to creative vision. The rich surface detail of her paintings is a closely observed commentary on the inexorable agents of nature, breaking down subtly but irregularly whatever objects come into its path.

Ultimately, the subject of Dorte Boe’s work is a kind of natural history itself. She emulates nature’s accretions and residue and thereby reveals the tracings of invisible actions. In creating such painted pieces, the artist is both creator and destroyer: herself a force of nature.

BIO

As an emerging artist, Dorte Boe continues to broaden her experience and creatively engage with other painters through travel and study. She was born in 1962, in Kolding, Denmark, and currently lives in Humlebaek, Denmark.

For exhibition and sales, contact Dorte at:
Tel: +45 2892 0992
www.dorteboe.dk
info@dorteboe.dk

CONTINUING STUDIES
Serena Barton, Italy (2017)
Rebecca Crowell, New Zealand (2017)
Rebecca Crowell, Ireland (2013, 2014)
Bettina Winther, Spain (2012, 2014)
Rie Broedsgaard, Denmark (2011)
Ulla Storm, Denmark (2011, 2012)
Mette Glassy, Denmark (2010)

EXHIBITIONS

2023:
Artmoney Gallery Bornholm | june-dec
Gallery Dynamisk Stilhed Aarhus | july

2022:
Open doors (come visit me at home) | sep. 3-4.
Kunstrunden, Marienlyst Castle, Helsingoer, Group Exhibition | aug 27. – sep 11.
Gallery Langager Helnaes | July

2021:
Gallery Langager Helnaes | mar 23.-oct 24.
Chicago´s Bridgeport Art Center, juried exhibition | Chicago jan 11. – feb 19

2020:
Open doors (come visit me at home) | sep. 5.-6.
Kunstrunden, Annaborg Group Exhibition | aug 13. – sep 6.
Gallery Langager, Group Exhibition | july 3. – 26.
Fuglsanghus, Hoersholm | june 6.-28. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
Creative Mind, Copenhagen | may 30.-31. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
Gallery Langager, Group Exhibition | apr 4. – apr 13. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
Linds Kaffebar, Humlebaek | feb. 21. – aug. 21.

2019:
Creative Mind, Docken Copenhagen | nov. 22.-24.
Open doors (come visit me at home) | okt. 6.
Gallery Langager, Group Exhibition | sep 6. – sep 29.
Gallery Langager, Group Exhibition | aug 2. – sep 1
Open Doors (come visit me at home) | june 8. – 10 at 11:00-17:00
Kunstrunden, Marienlyst Castle. Group Exhibition | june 6. – 16. Open 12:00-17:00
Gallery Langager, Helnaes. Group Exhibition | may 30. – june 30.
Copenhagen ArtSpace, Artmoney | apr 19. – 21.
Gallery Langager, Helnaes. Group Exhibition | Easter 2019 (apr 13. – apr 22.)
Fuglsanghus Hoersholm. Group Exhibition | feb 16. – mar 17.

2018:
Gallery Langager, Helnaes. Group Exhibition | oct. 13th-22th 2018
Gallery Soppa de Azul, Spanien, Artmoney exhibition | oct 2018
Galleri Gaudi, Madrid, Group exhibition | sept 2018
Cannes Art3F, International Art Fair in Cannes | july 27th to 29th 2018
Gallery Langager, Helnaes. Group Exhibition | July-sept 2018
Art Nordic. Art fair | april 20th-22th. 2018
Gallery Langager, Helnaes. Group Exhibition | Easter 2018 (mar 29. – apr 2.)
Hillerød Kunstdage, Juried Exhibiton, 3 paintings accepted | mar 9. – apr 2. 2018
ATP i Allerød, 21 paintings | feb-apr 2018
Fuglsanghus, Hoersholm. Group Exhibition | jan 2018

2017:
Kunst for Alle. Art fair | okt 2017
Helsingor Kunstgalleri, Group exibition | sept 2017
Danhostel Fredensborg | aug-nov 2017
Gallery Kunstpunkt, Augustenborg, Denmark, Juried exhibition, 3 paintings accepted | dec 2016 – jan 2017

COLLECTIONS

Private collections in Luxembourg | Sydney, Australia | Nantucket, US | Sweden | Denmark

CONTACT INFORMATION

Tel: +45 2892 0992
www.dorteboe.dk
info@dorteboe.dk