Magnus Frederik Clausen is an artist whose practice has been questioning the medium of painting for several years. His work, sometimes hidden or covered, reconsiders the place of the commodity and its related display. More recently, he started delegating the making of his paintings.

Magnus Frederik Clausen (b. 1981 in Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Education

He graduated with a MA from The European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, in 2021.

Exhibitions

Selected solo and duo exhibitions include Super Super Markt (2025 upcoming); CASTLE, Los Angeles (2024 with Yu Nishimura); Gauli Zitter, CFA, Milan; The Tail, Brussels (both 2024); CANTINA, Aarhus (2023 with Kaare Ruud); Billytown (2023 with Jason Hirata); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2022); Claas Reiss, London (2022); Spazio Orr, Brescia (2021 with David Ostrowski); The Uffizi, New York (2020 with Mads Lindberg); and JIR SANDEL, Copenhagen (2018).

Clausen’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger; 2nd Cannons, Los Angeles; Super Super Markt, Berlin (all 2024); MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai (2023); Catherine Zeta, Cologne (2022); Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (2021); and Heine Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden (2018).

Collections

Magnus Frederik Clausen’s work is part of public collections worldwide. These include the Braunsfelder Family Collection, Cologne; Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen; and the Djurhuus Collection, Copenhagen.

2024

Magnus Frederik Clausen, painting as time goes by
Conceptual Fine Arts, Giulia Pollicita, 2024

In the studio: Magnus Frederik Clausen
Super Super Markt, 2024

2023

In conversation: Magnus Frederik Clausen and Daniel Graham Loxton
Turps Painting Magazine, Issue 27, London, 2023

2022

Flowers and horses
Weinspach, interview by Tom Lingnau, 2022

Magnus Frederik Clausen: Interview
émergent magazine, interview by Jordan Derrien, 2022