ABOUT BIRGITTE STØVRING

Birgitte Støvring channels ancient goddesses of harvest and fertility in her large paintings, emphasizing the importance of reconnecting with the land. Støvring lives and works out of Egtved, Denmark and her work combines vibrant colors with geometric shapes and figures to explore ritual acts, the meeting of abstraction and figuration, and the human body's eternal interaction with its surroundings. Her shifting fields of color morph and transform against the boundaries of her forms and generate symbolic dual imagery, creating an electric presentation of color and concept.

Drawing from the time-old wellspring of feminine mythology, Støvring considers ancestry, womanhood, and collective ideas of birth and cyclicality to parse out her own personal connection to a higher power—to a greater divine. This reconnection to a higher power is strengthened by Støvring’s reconnection to nature. Hailing from a long line of horticulturalists, Støvring is exploring the power of nature, cultivation, harvest, and fertility as they relate to land and womanhood.

Birgitte Støvring received her MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. She has participated in a considerable number of solo and group shows across Denmark and Eastern Europe and has been commissioned to produce work for the Danish government.