Morten Andersen (born 1976 in Aalborg) is a Danish contemporary artist based in Berlin. Widewalls magazine describes his art as of the "urban abstract contemporary" style.
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Artistic career
Andersen began developing his "geometric expressionism" style while still a child graffitiing on buildings in Aalborg in the 1990s. He found himself "too bound by rules and boundaries" and turned instead to acrylic and spray paints on canvas. His style is also informed by cubism and futurism. He draws inspiration from abstract artists Per Kirkeby, Asger Jorn, Ib Geertsen and Kai Führer, as well as the COBRA movement. He is not a classically trained painter but learned about art during his travels to Vietnam, China, France, Spain, Egypt and the US.
In 2011, French magazine Graffiti Art included him in their annual list of one hundred contemporary artists to watch.
Select exhibitions
2009: Royal Flush - Atticus Gallery, Barcelona
2011: Rudimentary Perfection - Recoat Gallery, Glasgow
2011: Crossroads - Art-On Gallery, Istanbul
2011: Elevated, Looking Down From A Distance - Galerie Itinerrance, Paris
2012: FUTURISM 2.0 - Blackall Studio, London
2012: Believe the Hype - Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg
2013: SCOPE Miami Beach - C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice, California
2013: Geometry by Chance - Mirus Gallery, San Francisco
2014: OPPOSITION - Galerie Mathgoth, Paris
2015: Groupshow - Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg
2017: 11/11: New Original Works (with CT Nelson) - Knew Conscious Gallery, Denver
2024: Urban Dawn - VILLA, Almaty