Martine Poppe Explained

Birth Date:1988
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Alma Mater:Slade School of Fine Art
Style:Contemporary

Martine Poppe (born 1988), is a contemporary artist known for her pale oil paintings on sailcloth with climate and feminism as central themes in her work.[1] Poppe’s paintings are based on digital photographs of nature and carry the effects of diffracted light, overexposed photography, and the pixelation of blown-up digital images, resulting in a unique blend of abstraction and representation.[2] [3] [4]

Poppe has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including New Order II - British Art Today at the Saatchi Gallery in London in 2014 [5] [6] [7] and Girl meets girl at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in Norway in 2022.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Poppe’s works can be found in collections including the UK Government Art Collection, KODE Museums, the Saatchi Collection, Kistefos Museum and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[14] [15] [16]

Biography

Martine Poppe is a London-based Norwegian artist born in Oslo in 1988.[17] She is the daughter of the photographer Tine Poppe and the niece of filmmaker and director Erik Poppe.[18] Poppe graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art BA and MFA in 2011[19] and 2013[20] respectively. Her first exhibition was New Order II - British Art Today at the Saatchi Gallery in London in 2014.[21]

Career

Martine Poppe is most frequently exhibited in United Kingdom, and has also exhibited extensively in other countries such as the United States, Germany and Norway. Poppe has had several solo shows and numerous group shows, most frequently with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London, Berlin) and County Gallery (Palm Beach, Florida).[22] Poppe has also taken part in several international group exhibitions and art fairs, exhibiting alongside artists such as Jeremy Everett, Petra Cortright, Carolyn Salas, Sarah Mayohas and Eva LeWitt.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Recent notable exhibitions include Girl meets girl at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in Vestfossen, Norway in 2022, which included several internationally recognised artists, such as Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Rose Wylie, Caroline Walker, Annie Morris and Wanda Koop.

Solo exhibitions include Peering at the edge of daydreams, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2023); Pause, County Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (2021), A piece of me, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021);[28] Zima Blue, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2020),[29] Waiting for Y at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2019)[30] and Portraits of trees at Trafo Kunsthall, Norway (2018/19),[31] [32] Crinkled escape routes and other somewhat flat things, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2016),[33] [34] [35] [36] 50% Grå, Trafo Kunsthall, Norway (2015) and Anatidaephobia, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London (2014).[37] [38] [39] [40]

Group exhibitions include Untitled Miami Beach, County Gallery, Miami (2022), Girl meets girl, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway (2022), (De)construct, Paris (2022–23); BAD+, Bordeaux (2022), Galerie 208,[41] Regeneration, Informality, Oxfordshire (2022),[42] [43] Art Paris, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Paris (2022), Dallas Art Fair, County Gallery, Dallas (2021), Facing the sun, Schloss Görne, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2021), artmonte-carlo, VI, VII, Monaco (2019),[44] ALAC, VI,VII, Los Angeles,[45] Liste Art Fair, VI, VII, Basel (2018), Between the lines, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and the Women's Museum, Norway, 2018.[46] [47]

Poppe’s works can be found in collections including the UK Government Art Collection, KODE Museums, the Saatchi Collection, Kistefos Museum and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Works

Martine Poppe is a painter and sculptor who has gained recognition for her work that blends abstraction and representation with a focus on climate and digital photography. Poppe's creative process involves taking photographs of nature, such as clouds, and processing them digitally until they become almost illegible. These photographs are then printed out on a large scale and placed behind translucent fabrics on stretchers, creating a screen for the artist to work on with paint. The resulting paintings exhibit the effects of diffracted light, overexposed photography, and pixelation.

Poppe's sculptures recycles surplus materials from her creative process, such as textiles and photographs, to create standing barriers or scrunched-up shapes in the exhibition space. These sculptures and paintings provide an immersive experience for viewers and evoke the ever-changing and fragile nature of the environment.

In a 2021 Artsy article by Tomas Weber, Poppe's paintings are described as "at once meditative and grandiose" and "depict[ing] the fragile, fleeting qualities of light as it works its way across a drama of clouds and open sky,” concluding that “Poppe’s delicate, pixelated clouds contemplate our embeddedness within interconnected systems—the climate and the internet. Through Poppe’s highly physical markmaking, the paintings seem to ask us to inhabit those systems with greater care and attention to the earth-spanning consequences of our actions.”

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-02-14 . MARTINE POPPE - Peering At The Edge Of Daydream Coeur & Art . 2023-02-19 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Weber . Tomas . 2021-10-28 . Martine Poppe's Pixelated Skyscapes Are Reminders of Our World's Fragile Climate . 2023-02-19 . Artsy . en.
  3. Web site: Martine Poppe Pause . 2023-02-19 . Artsy . en.
  4. Web site: 2016-06-18 . Volta 12: Galleries to Watch . 2023-02-19 . ELEPHANT . en-US.
  5. Web site: The New Order II: British Art Today exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery . 2023-02-19 . www.telegraph.co.uk. 23 January 2014 .
  6. Web site: Jones . Oliver . 2014-01-28 . Don't let the name Saatchi put you off these 13 imaginative artists . 2023-02-19 . Metro . en.
  7. Web site: Martine Poppe - Artist - Saatchi Gallery . 2023-02-19 . www.saatchigallery.com. 3 February 2023 .
  8. Web site: Ansten . Nina . GIRL MEETS GIRL . 2023-02-19 . vestfossen.com . en-gb.
  9. Web site: historian . About the Author: Wenche Holmedal Kunsthistoriker og pedagog / Art . Samtidskunst.com" . educator Faglig ansvarlig for Samtidskunst com / Responsible for Samtidskunst com For mer informasjon; se under "Om Samtidskunst com" / For more information; see "About . Girl Meets Girl på Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium Samtidskunst.com . 2023-02-19 . nb-NO.
  10. Web site: Carey-kent . Paul . 2022-10-03 . Paul's Art World: GIRL MEETS GIRL NORWAY . 2023-02-19 . Paul's Art World.
  11. Web site: Sommersesongen på Vestfossen står i kvinnenes tegn . 2023-02-19 . Dagsavisen . 22 May 2022 . no.
  12. Web site: Bjerke . Øivind Storm . Kvinnekor på Vestfossen synger flerstemt . 2023-02-19 . kunstavisen.no . nb.
  13. Web site: Works - [VESTFOSSEN] GIRL MEETS GIRL ]. 2023-02-19 . JARILAGER Gallery . en.
  14. Web site: Outset / Government Art Collection Fund – Outset . 2023-02-19 . en-GB.
  15. Web site: Martine Poppe - Overview . 2023-02-19 . Kristin Hjellegjerde . en.
  16. Web site: Martine Poppe . 2023-02-19 . Government Art Collection . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Martine Poppe (Foto + Kunstwerke!) – ART COMPASS WORLD . 9 September 2020 . 2023-02-19 . de-DE.
  18. Web site: FAMILIEN POPPE TIL NORDIC LIGHT International festival of photography 2016 . 2023-02-19 . Nordic Light International Festival of Photography . 15 January 2016 . no-NO.
  19. Web site: Martine Poppe, 2011, Slade School of Fine Art . 2023-02-19 . www.ucl.ac.uk.
  20. Web site: The Slade School of Fine Art . 2023-02-19 . www.ucl.ac.uk.
  21. Web site: Aas . Espen . 2014-02-15 . Plukket nesler og stjal brød . 2023-02-19 . NRK . nb-NO.
  22. Web site: Martine Poppe - Artists - B R I N T Z . 2023-02-19 . www.brintzgallery.com . en.
  23. Web site: Fairs . 2023-02-19 . C O U N T Y . en-US.
  24. Web site: VI, VII: Exhibitions . 2023-02-19 . www.vivii.no.
  25. Web site: ArtFacts . Martine Poppe Artist . 2023-02-19 . ArtFacts . en.
  26. Web site: Martine Poppe - CV . 2023-02-19 . Artsy . en.
  27. Web site: Jeremy Everett Martine Poppe 13–15 January 2017 - Overview . 2023-02-19 . Kristin Hjellegjerde . en.
  28. Web site: Admin . Norwegian Arts . 2021-10-07 . NA Meets: Martine Poppe, artist . 2023-02-19 . Norwegian Arts . en-GB.
  29. Web site: ART@Berlin . 2020-09-04 . Exhibition Martine Poppe – Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin ART at Berlin . 2023-02-19 . ART at Berlin Contemporary Art Ausstellungen Galerien Museen Galerieführer Kunst Map . en-US.
  30. Web site: Martine Poppe 21 June - 20 July 2019 - Overview . 2023-02-19 . Kristin Hjellegjerde . en.
  31. Web site: FRIIS / FURUHOLMEN / POPPE . 2023-02-19 . TRAFO KUNSTHALL . en.
  32. Web site: Group Exhibition by Hanne Friis, Martine Poppe, Magne Furuholmen at Trafo Kunsthall - Artland . 2023-02-19 . www.artland.com . en.
  33. Web site: Fall in to a pastel dream . 2023-02-19 . Norwegian Arts . 6 May 2016 . en-GB.
  34. Web site: 2018-06-14 . Martine Poppe and William Bradley exhibitions at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery. . 2023-02-19 . London Art Reviews . en.
  35. Web site: Curated Choices: London Art Exhibitions May 2016 By Paul Carey -Kent . 2023-02-19 . Artlyst . en-GB.
  36. Web site: ArtFacts . Martine Poppe: Crinkled Escape Routes And Other Somewhat Flat Things Exhibition . 2023-02-19 . ArtFacts . en.
  37. Web site: Anatidaephobia, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery . 2023-02-19 . Culture Whisper . en.
  38. Web site: 2014-10-06 . Martine Poppe. Anatidaephobia . 2023-02-19 . Meer . en.
  39. Web site: Art Exhibitions Not To Miss In November 2014 By Paul Carey Kent . 2023-02-19 . Artlyst . en-GB.
  40. Web site: Admin . Norwegian Arts . 2014-10-28 . Poppe Power . 2023-02-19 . Norwegian Arts . en-GB.
  41. Web site: Martine Poppe was born in Oslo, Norway in 1988 . 2023-02-19 . Galerie208 . en-US.
  42. Web site: Martine Poppe - Artists . 2023-02-19 . Informality . en.
  43. Web site: Fractals & healing in 'Regeneration' at Informality Gallery . 28 April 2022 . 2023-02-19 . en-GB.
  44. Web site: 2019-05-21 . artmonte-carlo 2019 . 2023-02-19 . Flash Art . en-US.
  45. Web site: 2019 . Exhibitors 2019 . artlosangelesfair.com.
  46. Web site: Between the Lines - Kvinnemuseet . 2023-02-19 . kvinnemuseet.no . en.
  47. Web site: Arts . Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Oslo National Academy of the . Between the Lines – the artists' response to #MeToo - Oslo National Academy of the Arts . 2023-02-19 . khio.no . 10 February 2018 . en.