Artists

Michael Behrend Hansen

The artist Michael Behrend Hansen, with a gallery in Roskilde, is a sculptor with a clear and distinct voice. The works show a heart for people and their struggle in life.

Michael works almost exclusively in granite and bronze. The artworks are an important commentary on the society we live in. He directs the spotlight both on the fate of the individual person and the daily struggle as well as on the major challenges in the Western world, which include immigration and war. The sculptures are engaging and a good starting point for discussing the society in which we live. Michael Behrend Hansen is the artist behind World Goal 1 on the Løkken sculpture trail.

Michael Behrend Hansen is the artist behind World Goal 1 on the Løkken Sculpture trail.

Torben Mersholm

Torben Mersholm was born in 1969 in Christianshavn, but has lived in North Jutland since 1991. Torben Mersholm is an artist with something on his mind. At first impression one sees humour, the unusual and caricatured figures in his many ceramic sculptures. But most often there is a thoughtful soul hiding under the funny exterior. Torben simply pours his soul into his art, much to the delight of all of us who see it. He has a working gallery in North Urban Art Studio in Aalborg.

Torben Mersholm is the artist behind World Goal 2 on the Løkken Sculpture trail.

Helle Rask Crawford

Sculptor Helle Rask Crawford works in bronze, copper and enamel. The basic existential conditions to which man is subject in his existence are the starting point for Crawford’s sculptures. They are magically realistic, dystopian, but also full of hope and humor. The figures are seen in unusual constellations and proportions in the hope that the viewer will reflect on his own place and role in the world.

Crawford works in a neo-romantic tradition, inspired by icons such as Goethe, Schubert, Camille Claudel and Rodin. Sci-fi noirs such as Blade Runner, Dune and The Matrix are also sources of inspiration. Helle Rask Crawford would like to draw attention to the need to understand and take responsibility in a world that develops quickly and unpredictably.

Helle Rask Crawford is the artist behind World Goal 3 and World Goal 12 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Jens Galschiøt

Jens Galschiøt is a sculptor and owner of Galleri Galschiøt on the outskirts of Odense, where he has his base. Galschiøt is one of Denmark’s most experienced artists with countless exhibitions both at home and around the world. Galschiøt’s art is characterized by a humanistic starting point, and his works often function as a kind of examination of the conscience of all of us by focusing on issues such as climate change, workers’ rights and inequality.

Jens Galschiøt is the artist behind World Goal 4 at Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Gitte Jean Kjaergaard

Gitte Jean Kjaergaard is a self-taught multi-artist and resident of Skjern in West Jutland and is fascinated by art, culture, architecture and design. Gitte Jean makes ceramics of the humorous kind. All kinds of ideas swarm forth when Gitte gets a lump of clay in her hand. She likes to mix different materials and elements and likes to create something that lies outside our norms and values. Something that is less predictable and preferably a little “crooked”.

Gitte Jean Kjaergaard is the artist behind World Goal 5 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Lene Purkær Stefansen

Bronze artist Lene Purkær Stefansen, Svenstrup born in 1968, self-employed as a bronze artist since 2005. Lene Purkær Stefansen works with bronze sculptures, bronze pictures etc. with a base from Aalborg Bronzestøberi. In her works, Lene depicts stories and visual words about life, good and bad – both the light and the dark elements are depicted with great love for life.

Lene Purkær Stefansen is the artist behind World Goal 6 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Robert Sigaard

Robert Sigaard is inspired by working with contrasts in the picture surface, in choice of figure and in expression. He believes that the most humorous elements to cultivate are found in elements with darkness, a dark contrast or tone. Robert Sigaard works with many different variants and forms in surrealism. This primarily in paintings, sculptures, graphics or drawings.

Robert Sigaard is the artist behind World Goal 7 at Løkken Sculpture trail.

Dorthe Lysemose

Multi-artist, Dorthe Lysemose’s life has always been characterized by art and creativity. She likes to throw herself into all materials that can be shaped into figures and sculptures. The joy of creating led her towards bronze casting. Dorthe uses philosophical, humorous and loving titles from everyday life and is inspired by proverbs and quotes. She likes to combine bronze and ceramics with other materials. She states: “Can I make a living from my art? – Yes, because I can’t live without it.”

Dorthe Lysemose is the artist behind World Goal 8 at Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Brian Poulsen

Brian Poulsen, who became “Sculptor of the Year” in 2023, writes simply about himself; “I shape clay with my hands to give it a bit of life and a bit of character.” Brian has worked with clay since 1997. He does courses on, among other things, ceramics and clay firing. He mainly works with figurative hand building, stoneware, raku and pit firing.

Brian Poulsen is the artist behind World Goal 9 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Rikke Stiig

Rikke Stiig is a trained ceramicist from Denmark’s Design School and has subsequently furthered her education as an art therapist. Her sculptures are based on an interest in people and animals in all guises. The figures are modelled after living models, each with its own story. The models are often naked, but wear clothes inspired by people Rikke has seen on the street, in films or in comics. She enjoys playing with the dynamics and humor of the interaction between humans and animals.

The animals will be, among other things, modelled after live animals in Copenhagen’s South Harbor. where there are llamas, horses, chickens and sheep. In addition, she uses pictures and toy animals as inspiration. Most of the sculptures are modelled in coarse clay. It gives the figures a texture like cracked, raw clay that has just been dug up from the ground. The structure is emphasized with the help of oxides, which lie as dark shadows in the depressions.

Rikke Stiig is the artist behind World Goal 10 at Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Nina Friis

Nina is a multi-talented gallery owner based in Løkken. Nina has a penchant for clear pastels and is inspired by the light and the marine environment with all its landmarks which appear in her ceramics and oil paintings etc. Nina has designed an earthenware frieze/tile dedicated to Anders Norre’s path as well as small flatfish and also her expertise for the project.

Nina Friis is the artist behind World Goal 11 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Lisa Stevens (LisaSeaurchin)

After a long and successful career as a sculptor at Aardman Animations, Lisa chose to focus on raising her family, using clay as a way to relax and stay creative. During these years she has developed her own style through continuous experimentation with clays, glazes and textures.

Lisa works from her small home studio near Bristol Airport in the UK and takes inspiration from coral reefs, flowers, geology, moss and lichen. Most of the work is made from high-fired porcelain clay, which can be translucent when held up to the light. Wall sculptures and bowls are small scale, delicate and decorative, often the creamy white of pure unglazed porcelain, or brightly colored using stoneware glazes, underglaze or fused glass.

Lisa Stevens is the artist behind World Goal 13 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Max Højer Jacobsen

Max Højer Jacobsen, is a self-taught artist, and works primarily with bronze. Exhibitor at galleries both at home and abroad. The works are often very humorous or have something to do with love or the big issues in life. In his very own whimsical way, Max Højer Jacobsen has created a universe of which we can nod in recognition, warm ourselves by, console ourselves with and smile at.

Max Højer Jacobsen is the artist behind World Goal 14 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Søren Wullum

Søren Wullum makes sculptures in ceramics and suggests in more ways than one that his sculptures belong to the new ism within Danish visual art, namely HUMORISM. Humorism is characterized as art where the human being is at the center and where the works intuitively evoke positive feelings in the viewer. Humor is a fantastic tool both in art and between people. Often the titles of the works are used as co-players. The sculptures are immediately easy to understand and typically appear very colorful and the title is often part of the work.

Søren Wullum is the artist behind World Goal 15 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Bodil Dam

Sculptor, Bodil Dam is the owner of Gallery Pond Cottage Art near Vrensted. She has learned sculpturing from Valdemar Foersom Hegndal, Aarhus University and bronze casting from Peter Jensen, Bagsværd/Roskilde. She has majored in art history and English, and has previously taught visual arts and design in high school.

Since 1999, Bodil Dam has worked exclusively as a professional artist.

Bodil Dam’s artworks in Løkken: “Solhvervsøjlen” (The solstice column) by the water tower, Angry Seagull at “Lilletorv” and the two blackbirds on a plinth in connection with the Løkken Art Trail. The blackbirds are made of stoneware clay and are two males who have found a place to sit and keep an eye on the life of the city.

Bodil Dam is also the artist behind World Goal 16 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail and a numreros of other art works.

Lisbeth Holst Gundersen (Madameholst)

Painter and sculptor from Funen, Lisbeth Holst Gundersen, expresses herself in paintings with oil colors and sculptures in bronze.

The inspiration for the works comes from everywhere. For example it can be, on a walk in the market square in Kiel, a drive in the countryside, or in the theatre. The flow of thoughts is set in motion, the lines and colors are put on the canvas, and the sculptures begin to take shape. The artworks are the result of several work processes. It usually starts with me spotting something that sparks creativity, and then she gets her first idea. Next, a form of expression is chosen, for example naturalistic or expressionistic, and then the idea is expressed in the form of brushstrokes, colors on a canvas or forms in bronze.

It is important for Lisbeth to feel joy and positivity in the ideas and artworks and that art can spread joy and positivity to others.

Lisbeth Holst Gundersen is the artist behind World Goal 17 on the Løkken Sculpture Trail.

Lise Vestergaard

Lise is a street artist who works fiercely for climate causes and uses art as a sustainable medium. Lise created the works “Blown Away” in Løkken in 2019 and “Natures Way” in 2020 – both in collaboration with Kulturhus Løkken. Especially for Løkken Art Trail Lise has created 17 new works in 2022, each dedicated to a world goal.

Lise Vestergaard works internationally and likes to support green NGO initiatives. Fascinated by strong colours and effects such as light and shadow – it is these that have inspired her process when working on these artworks.

Jane Mikolajewicz

A multi material artist and fond of shapes, Jane likes to be open whether working in paint or ceramics.
For Jane with the signature MIKO, her thoughts were to pay tribute to the culture in Løkken – and her words of inspiration for the big wall on Erik Larsen’s path were heat, sun, wind, seagulls, fish bathers, ball games and children. Also as a sign of the times, corona virus has had a little mention on the wall too. Signs and decorative stones in Jane’s characteristic style can also be found along the trail.

Britta Kornum

Exuberant and detailed in her art, Britta is creative, imaginative and hardworking. Happy using all colours both in soft and tone on tone, whether it’s in a sea of flowers, figures or animal faces.

She loves to be creative and free to paint on all sorts of platforms and materials. You will find a lot of larger works by Britta on the school grounds; and her ability to paint seas of flowers is shown on the large adventure wall on Erik Larsen’s path. She is also the woman behind lots of decorated stones in the same style.

Jørgen Ussing

Jørgen is a drawing and watercolour master as well as an architect on the side. His long held creative life has resulted in a clear eye for details in naturalistic colours. This, mixed with a love for local history and good food, has resulted in countless artistic initiatives and products for the town.

In the project, Jørgen has been the producer of a painted school of fish on the wall behind Nørretorv, and so he can now also officially add the title of ‘street artist’ to his repertoire.

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John Kristensen

A painter and gallery owner based in Løkken, John appreciates the little details in his re-production of nature, and the Løkken scenery that unfolds right before his eyes. John is the artist behind a couple of older murals in the area (window and sea), and paints with oil; preferably in real time, painting on location right where nature plays out its wonders. He won’t finish a piece until it looks just as he can see it with his own eyes. For this project John has painted two more murals along the secret paths.

Zita Svendsen

Zita is an enterprising lady – full of humour and with an excitement for life. She also loves colours and is passionate about figurative design with simplicity, using expressive and surreal tones. Zita added her creative touch to the manhole cover at Tjærepladsen, as well as wall art inspired by Erik Larsen’s style (on Erik Larsen’s path), and much more in a variety of materials such as fibercement and ceramics. She is also behind countless other decorated stones, signs and cement creations. Inspired by nature, the sky, sea and coast, Zita almost dreams of colours and shapes.

Storm og Øjvind

Twelve year old Storm and his father Øjvind with their urban style and consistent expressions in marker and acrylic, have put fantastic shapes on a window section at the school – incorporating motifs from the sea and life in the forest, as well as drawing a fable about pollution. In addition they have transformed a boring, rusty old chimney into a beautiful fisherman, who stands by the Strand Pavilion and looks out over the sea. All subjects can potentially form part of their collective creativity.

Lone Ejstrup Jensen

With a block of clay in her hands together with her creative skills, Lone has certainly left her mark on the art path. Her finely detailed ceramic fish and paintings on flagpole plinths, along with her fish and sea creatures on stones, are featured along the entire route. She prefers soft colours and colour interaction, and although she makes all kinds of artistic creations, she mostly works with ceramics, drawing and paintings..

Vibeke Haagensen

Vibeke loves to make ladybirds and small fine fish. In terms of style, she likes to work with soft colours and simple shapes; and to make simple, happy things in fibercement, and decorating stones and signs. The wall in Erik Larsen’s path is filled with ladybirds in Vibeke’s style, just as she has sponsored many of the boards and fish.

Hanne Rubæk

Taking her inspiration primarily from nature, Hanne loves to both draw and paint. She’s happiest painting fish, beach huts, the Danish flag and traditional fishing boats. For the project she’s decorated stones, colourful fish and ceramic signs, which can all be found around Løkken.

Sanne Nørskov

Sanne is a multi-talented potter with a wealth of expert knowledge, advice and techniques. Her works on the route consist of glazed ceramic fish among other things, and she has also made signs for the project. Sanne mostly works with ceramics, but is also fond of colours, shapes, the details in acrylic on canvas, and working with all sorts of other materials.

Lone Skovbo Frederiksen

A creative, nature loving and sea-happy lady all year round, Lone makes the wildest shapes and figurative creations in happy colours. You will find her imaginative style in several places on the route, on among other things ceramic fish, manhole covers and decorative stones.

Carl Smith

American artist primarily in mixed media. Lives in Berlin. Represented at several galleries worldwide. Smith finds inspiration in the experiences of the big city. Through the language of Urban Art, Smith seeks to tell visual stories and anecdotes with humor. Preferred materials are acrylic and spray and mixed media

Jakob Krogh

As the creator of the sculpture ‘On The Way’, Jakob is a talented sculptor and creates a lot in fibercement. His numerous sculptures are made with reinforced iron in addition to the fibercement, and in his own art style, he primarily forms shapes of elongated people.

Siw Heier

An Oslo-based ceramicist, Siw depicts the finest detailed bubble fish in her cheerful designs. She makes ceramics for her shop Embla, in Oslo, such as bathing women, and animal modelled cups and jugs. Siw herself has been a summer tourist in Løkken and is therefore happy to support the environment and seaside resort with her design. Look out for example, for her puffer fish on the trail.

Trine Reinfjell

Trine is an imaginative and knowledgable artist from Oslo, with a fondness for fun and happy shapes in stoneware. A lover of the environment by the water, Trine has the climate on her agenda and therefore signed up to support the initiative. On a daily basis she is in her shop Embla, where she draws and makes cheerful statements on her designs. You’ll be sure to spot her humorous ceramics, especially around the water tower and signal mast.

Maria Ellermann

Creative designer, photographer and graphic artist, Maria primarily paints acrylic on canvas, but also makes decorations. Her particular expertise lays in colours, shapes and line creations for children, and she also has a few murals under her belt.

Maria has drawn our very own artistic route and treasure map. She loves colours, patterns and exciting expressions, and gives meaning in her art.

Astrid Helene Lundgren

Astrid Helene Lundgren has painted and drawn her whole life. She was raised in Tornby and has recently returned home from Germany, after having lived and worked there for the past many years. She has attended the Art School in Leipzig. Astrid is an experienced artist in many materials, but particularly enjoys drawing with markers and painting with watercolors. Loves to portray animals and people.

Jonna Liv Jensen

Jonna Liv Jensen is the mastermind behind the entire project, which started in 2018 with the Løkken art festival. She is a voluntary creative creator, project manager, screenwriter and finance and PR/IT manager. She now knows everything about materials, gluing and not least how impossible the whole task is. 

Since childhood, Jonna has been creative in many ways, mostly with drawing and painting with acrylic or oil paint. 

In the project, she has typically created whole fish/figures in stone, made things in fiber cement or ceramics, brickwork such as the poem by Knud Holst, and the Løkken scenarios, the Knud Holst post, the children’s house, the shelter and the shark as well as sign making and much more.