I 1998 blev Torben Gammelgaard (født 1972) optaget på både Kunsternes Forårsudstilling på Charlottenborg og Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling på Den Frie. Det er mere end 25 år siden – og i den tid er det blevet til en lang række udstillinger herhjemme og i udlandet, herunder på internationalt anerkendte gallerier som Galerie Lizette Alibert på Place des Vosges i Paris og på Gallery Mark Peet Visser i Holland.
Torben Gammelgaards naivistiske og humoristiske motivunivers – typisk med dyr – er efterhånden velkendt blandt mange. Den langsommelige fremstillingsproces med lag på lag af maling giver den karakteristiske stoflighed og dybde.
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Udvalgte udstillinger
2025
Galleri Bredgade 22, København - soloudstilling - fernisering 14. november 2025
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2024
Fredericia Kunstforening, Kongensgade 111 – soloudstilling, april-maj 2024
Galleri Bredgade 22, København – soloudstilling september 2024
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2023
Galleri Bredgade 22, København - 25 års jubilæumsudstilling
Galleri Juel Verland, Holbæk, - 25 års jubilæumsudstilling
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2020
Galleri Juel Verland Art, Holbæk, solo exhibition, ’Sport’
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2019
Galleri Juel Verland Art, Holbæk, solo exhibition, ’Slow Works’
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2018
Galleri Sct. Gertrud, Copenhagen, solo exhibtion ’Animalisme’
Galleri Clifford, Vejle, solo exhibition ’Nye Værker’
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2017
Galleri Clifford, Vejle, solo exhibition ’SLOW’
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2015
Galleri Clifford, Vejle, solo exhibition - (opening 31 January)
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2014
Gallery Juel Verland, Holbæk, Denmark (solo exhibitio)
ANIMALISTIC! Gallery Sonne, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
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2013
"Works on paper", group exhibition, Gallery Clifford, Vejle Denmark
Gallery Sonne, Christmas group exhibition, Copenhagen
Gallery Sonne, Tisvildeleje, Denmark – summer group exhibition
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
Galleri Clifford, Vejle Denmark
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris
Gallery Sonne, Copenhagen (solo exhibition - November)
Gallery Sonne, Tisvildeleje, Denmark – summer group exhibition
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
Galleri Clifford, Vejle Denmark
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris
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2012
'PROVENCE', Galleri Sonne, Copenhagen (solo exhibition - November)
'Retrospective & New Works', Galleri Clifford, Vejle Denmark (solo exhibition October)
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden – solo exhibition
Gallery Sonne, Tisvildeleje, Denmark – summer group exhibition
'COLOURS COLOURS COLOURS' Galleri Clifford, Vejle Denmark (group exhibition)
Galerie Mark Peet Visser, the Netherlands (group exhibition)
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris (group exhibition)
ArtHerning (artfair), Denmark
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2011
'11.11.11' Galleri Sonne, Copenhagen - (solo exhibition)
Galerie Mark Peet Visser, the Netherlands (group exhibition)
Amsterdam, Art Fair, the Netherlands
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris (group exhibition)
Galleri Sonne, Tisvildeleje - solo exhibition
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris (group exhibition)
ArtHerning (artfair), Denmark
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2010
Blue Dog Expo, Bargemon, Provence (litographies)
'WEIRD CREATURES' Galleri Sonne, Copenhagen - (solo exhibition)
Galleri Sonne, Tisvildeleje, Denmark (summer exhibition)
ArtCopenhagen (artfair)
Galerie du Châtel, Yèvre-le-Châtel, Frankrig (summer exhibition)
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2009
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris (group exhibition)
ArtHerning (artfair), Denmark
Blue Dog Litho, Bargemon, Provence (litographies)
'LIFE IN COLOURS' Galleri Sonne, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
Galleri Sonne, Tisvildeleje, Denmark (group show)
Galleri Nordenvind, Sæby Denmark (group show)
ArtCopenhagen (artfair, fall 2009)
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2008
ArtCopenhagen (artfair)
'COW & CO' - Galleri Clifford, Vejle, Denmark (solo exhibition)
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, France (group exhibition)
Galleri Sonne, Tisvildeleje (group exhibition)
Hillerød Kunstmesse (artfair), Denmark
"ANIMALISM" - Galleri Sonne, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo exhibition)
ArtHerning (artfair)
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2007
ArtCopenhagen (Scandinavia's biggest artfair - Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
Blue Dog Litho - Bargemon, France
Hillerød Art Fair, Denmark (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
'The Animal inside' - Galleri Clifford, Vejle, Denmark (solo exhibition)
ArtHerning (art fair) (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
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2006
Kolding Art fair (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
Hillerød art fair, Denmark (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
ArtCopenhagen (Scandinavia's biggest artfair - Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
ArtHerning (art fair) (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
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2005
Kolding Art fair (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
Hillerød art fair, Denmark (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
ArtCopenhagen (Scandinavia's biggest artfair - Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
ArtHerning (artfair) (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
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2004
ArtCopenhagen (Scandinavia's biggest artfair - Galleri Marius)
ArtHerning (artfair) (Galleri Sct. Gertrud)
"Copenhagen Cow Show" - Galleri Sct. Gertrud, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
'The Fabulous Five' , TV3, paintings in two lifestyle shows
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2003
Galleri Epoke, Vejle, Denmark (group exhibition)
ArtHerning (artfair) (Galleri Marius)
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2002
"Muuhh!!" - Galleri Blidah, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
"Multhy - Mini" - The New Kastet, Thisted, Denmark (group exhibition)
Danish Art Fair, Copenhagen (Galleri Blidah)
Galleri Alba, Copenhagen (Group show)
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2001
"Stone Walls" - Galleri Alba, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
Vestjysk Kunstgalleri, Esbjerg, Denmark (group show)
"Copenhaykjavik", The Gallery of The Nordic Council, Copenhagen (Exhibition with Icelandic artist B. Sigurdsson)
"On a Winter's Day" - Galleri Alba, Copenhagen (group show)
Galleri Marius, København (gruppeudstilling)
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2000
Galleri Blidah, Copenhagen (solo exhibition)
The Culture House of Iceland. Copenhagen (Exhibition with Icelandic artist B. Sigurdsson)
Kulturspinderiet, Silkeborg, Denmark (group show)
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1999
"Picture of the City" on the square Nikolaj Plads in Copenhagen
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1998
Sammenslutningen af Danske Kunstcirkler, Grenaa, Denmark
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Especially selected by jury for following exhibitions
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2002 'THE SPRING EXHIBITION' (Kunstnernes Forårsudstilling), Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
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1999 'THE FALL EXHIBITION', (Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling) 'Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art', Copenhagen
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1999 'Galleri 12' by Denmarks Radio, DR2
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1998 'THE SPRING EXHIBITION' (Kunstnernes Forårsudstilling), Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
WORDS
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“When experiencing Torben Gammelgaard's unique interpretation of animals you discover that they contribute with more than first meets the eye. The weird creatures are both humorous and good-natured as well as holding a melancholy that makes them mirror the human world and existence.”
Tina Kristensen, art historian
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“Torben Gammelgaard has great success in France. Soon he will be having an exhibition at the internationally recognized gallery, Galerie Lisette Alibert in Paris. The combination of naïvism, abstraction, wonderful colour combinations and a subtle twinkle in the eye, results in the fact that Torben Gammelgaard’s artwork sticks to your mind long after you have left the room.”
Kunstavisen (Denmark's largest art magazine)
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“Great for the eyes”
Kunstavisen (Denmark's largest art magazine)
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“Gammelgaard has found his very own place on the Danish art scene. A place that deservedly has given him a big audience.
Tom Jørgensen, editor at Kunstavisen (Denmark's largest art magazine)
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“The joy of life literally welcomes me, when I enter Torben Gammelgaard’s studio…
Flemming Flyvholm, author – from the book ‘101 artists’
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