Artist Statement

I have since childhood enjoyed stories, and never given up on them. This is how my work has quite a sense of narration, with a narrative similar to what one might find in the stories of the fairy tales and myths. 

It is the mysterious layers and symbolic meaning in the details that I am attracted to. In my practice as an artist, my attempt is to capture “that other world”, a parallel world that I find myself often looking for in our busy-logic lives.

Visually, it is somewhat of a fairy tale world visited. Rabbits, red-haired girls with long braids, toads, wolves and foxes, tears produced in molds, tail-biting snakes, and 3-dimensional white lies, are who you might meet on your way.

It is the forces of life in a world of tragedy and farce, not unlike that of our modern society.

The narrative is open-ended, for the viewer to ponder over and to find his or hers own narrative in their own universe.

Biography

Danish-born painter Trine Wejp-Olsen received her Bachelor of Fine Art at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and studied at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris.

The mysterious subjects of her paintings have layers of meaning. She works in several media, all of which share her enjoyment of the narrative.

Her art has been exhibited in a number of galleries in Denmark, California, and New York, including Nancy Margolis Gallery, the Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Gallery C, and Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Her work is in corporate and private collections in the United States, France, Denmark and Japan.