About

Danish artist Henrik Godsk is known for his geometric portraits of androgynous human figures that seem both familiar and enicmatic. According to the artist himself, “they come from the future, but also lived in the past”. Some have described them as robots, he looks upon them as “very human”.

Henrik Godsk is a seventh generation traveller. He began painting when he was only seven years old as an apprentice under his grandfather and father, renovating fairground facades. As a teen, he discovered the works of modernists like Modigliani and Picasso and began painting on canvas. The influence of art history has been present in his work ever since. Besides nods to early Modernism, particularly Cubism, there are also references to the church murals of the Middle Ages as well as Renaissance and Baroque portraiture. The aesthetics of the fair are also very present. Sometimes he references the geometrical patterns and color schemes of the fairground facades directly. This fusion of high and folkloric art creates a pictorial universe that is very unique and personal.

Henrik Godsk lives and works in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He holds an MA in art and literature from Aalborg University. He is a member of the Danish Association of Visual Artists and has received support from the Danish Arts Foundation. His work is represented in several prominent public and private collections.

Selected solo exhibitions include: Traveller’s Journal, Vigo Gallery, London (2024), Humans & Creatures, Vigo Gallery at Wellington Arch, London (2023), Archetypes, Ruttkowski;68, Paris (2023), No Piano, CFHILL, Stockholm (2022), Fade to Red, PIERMARQ*, Sydney (2022), and Traveller, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne (2021).