Magnus Pettersen

Sculpture

Magnus Pettersen (b.1983, NO) holds a degree from the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen. In Pettersen’s first solo exhibition in the gallery titled ‘Vitality and Self-interest’ a new series of sculptures are presented which transgress the boundary between artworks and functional objects. With a formal approach, Pettersen combines various units of pigmented concrete cast with polychromatic surfaces, with other materials such as wood, steel and aluminum. The question of what arises when design is no longer bound by functionality, but also reaches for artistic aesthetic and ethical freedom, is central in Pettersen’s artistry. The exhibition title is, amongst other things, inspired by the book ’Vibrant Matter (2009) by the philosopher Jane Bennet, which explores man in relation to his surroundings and the vital force inherent in material formations.

Pettersen lives and works in Copenhagen.

Vitality and Self-interest (solo), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2023
Norwegian Presence (Pettersen & Hein, group), Salone del Mobile, Milano, IT
2023
KOPP (group), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2021
Enter Art Fair (group), København, DK
2020
Norwegian Presence (Pettersen & Hein, group), Salone del Mobile, Milano, IT
2022
Norsk Skulpturbiennale (group), Vigelandmuseet, Oslo, DK
2015 - 2016
Mind in Matter (solo), Peter Amby Gallery, København, DK
2013
FOKUS (group), Nikolaj Kunsthal, København, DK
2013
Parallel Worlds (the world as it is and the world as it could be) (solo), Not Quite, Sverige, SE
2012
Collapse (duo), Peter Amby Gallery, København, DK
2012
Components and Connections (duo), Q, København, DK
2012
Something is taking place (group), Another Place, København, DK
2012

Artwork