John Korner is an artist based in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

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Korner was born in Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. His paintings feature a mixture of figurative and abstract imagery rendered in watered-down acrylic

Acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry...

. Some common motifs are people, animals, boats and trees. In addition to works on canvas, Korner also paints on ceramics

Ceramic art

In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...

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Korner attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen between 1992 and 1998.

Selected exhibitions

2006

Painting as Presence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin & Taidehalli, Helsinki

2005

Statements, Art Basel

Saatchi Gallery, London

2004

Momentum 04, Moss 2004, Norway

Painting 2004, Gallery Victoria Miro, London

SUPERDANISH, Toronto, Canada

The design of Productions, Gallery Maze, Torino, Italy

2003

Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden

The Greenland Problem, Herning Artmuseum, Denmark

2002

Be On Show, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen

POST, Galleri Franz Pedersen Horsens, Denmark

2001

Theater,Arhus Artmuseum – Project-room-installation

2000

Dig Og John’s Engagement, Galleri Søren Houmann, Copenhagen

External links

• Interview at NIFCA.org
• Magnus af Petersen on John Korner, ModernaMuseet.se
• Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery
• Article from The First Post