“Landscapes are never still — they shift, breathe, dissolve and re-emerge.”
Navigating the Layers of Nature and Perception
Born in 1980 in East Jutland, Denmark, Jeppe Lauge’s work explores the intricate interplay between nature, perception, and human intervention. His paintings inhabit a moment between stillness and motion, capturing the fragile boundary where landscapes begin to dissolve, reform, and reimagine itself. Blending realism with abstraction, Lauge evokes the emotional texture of nature in flux — not just what we see, but what we feel as the environment changes around us.
Lauge graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2011. He currently resides and works in Kulhuse, Denmark, after spending a decade in Amsterdam.
Artistic Practice and Conceptual Framework
Lauge's practice is grounded in a dualistic visual language that merges naturalistic imagery with abstract geometric elements. His process begins with photographs of both cultivated and wild landscapes, which he transforms into digital collages. These collages become the basis for layered oil paintings on canvas, resulting in works that oscillate between realism and abstraction. The juxtaposition of organic forms with precise geometries reflects the mediated nature of contemporary experience, where reality is continuously shaped and refracted by technology and human presence.
Spiritual Resonance and the Human-Nature Connection
More than visual inquiries, Lauge's works invite a contemplation of our spiritual and emotional relationship with the natural world. By deconstructing and reassembling natural elements, he reveals the layers of human influence upon the environment. Through this lens, Lauge challenges the division between the natural and the constructed, offering a subtle yet powerful meditation on the complex entanglement of humanity and environment.
Exhibitions and Recognition
Lauge has exhibited widely across Europe, with solo and group shows in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Notable exhibitions include REWIND (2023) and Silent White (2021) at Galerie Bart, Amsterdam; Somewhere Around There (2018) and AS ONE SEES (2021) at Konstanze Wolter Contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany.
His works have also been featured at various Art-fairs such as Enter Art-Fair (2022-2023-2024), Copenhagen and SPARK-Art-Fair (2024), Vienna by Konstanze Wolter contemporary and BUSAN Art-fair (2024), Busan, South Korea by Galerie BART.
He has received several honors, including inclusion in Best of Graduates at Galerie Ron Mandos (2011), participation in the OSTRALE Biennale (2019, Dresden), and a nomination for the Luxembourg Art Prize (2017).
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2024 Enter Art Fair (DK). KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2024 Busan Art Fair (KR) GALERIE BART (NL)
2023 Enter Art Fair (DK). KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2022 Enter Art Fair (DK). KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2022 RETREAT. KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2022 BIG ART - Art fair. GALERIE BART (NL)
2021 Summer Exhibition. RARITY GALLERY, (GR)
2019 OSTRALE Biennale for contemporary art. (DE)
2019 Around The Corner. GALERIE BART (NL)
2018 PAN - Art fair. GALERIE BART (NL)
2018 Black & White, KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2017 The Luxembourg Art Prize. (LUX)
2016 Untitled. Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 Untitled. GALERIE BART (NL) (Nijmegen)
2015 Platform Platvorm Exhibition. Bart Invites, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 14. Galerie 14. Luxembourg city (LUX)
2012 North Face(S). LCProject and Le LEE. Metz (FRA)
2011 BEST OF GRADUATES, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2011 The graduation show. Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Untitled. MACHWERKET (DK)
2007 KE-kunstnernes efterårsudstilling, Den frie udstillingsbygning. København (DK)
2007 Untitled. MACHWERKET (DK)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 SPARK Art Fair (AT), KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2023 Rewind, GALERIE BART (NL)
2021 Silent White, GALERIE BART (NL)
2021 As one sees, KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
2018 Somewhere around here, KONSTANZE WOLTER GALLERY (DE)
COLLECTIONS
DELA Art Collection
Rijnstate Collectie
RESIDENCIES, GRANDS, AWARDS
2017 The Luxembourg Art Prize (nominee), The Pinacothèque,
Luxembourg (LUX)
2011 Best of Graduates (nominee) Ron Mandos Gallery,
Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Tweede Nassauer Ateliers, Three-month residency,
Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Hans Brinker Trophee (nominee), Hans Brinker Hotel,
Amsterdam (NL)
PUBLICITY
ARTCI Magazine issue 1The Museum of Awe, NASA by Cecilie Vår Norsahl, 2018
AS ONE SEES, published by Konstanze Wolter gallery and Jeppe Lauge. Text by: Robert R Shane and Sara Hatla Krogsgaard. 2022
