New works available at Limited Works
A new selection of Strata watercolour works and ballpoint ink drawings is available at Limited Works – check out the works. Worldwide shipping available.
Underworlds by Stephen Ellcock
I am thrilled and honoured to have two of my works featured in Underworlds by Stephen Ellcock. The book – with the aluring subtitle A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms, Real and Imagined – is a “darkly evocative compendium of images exploring natural, constructed, imaginary, and subconscious underworlds.” Strata-29B is featured on the cover and endpapers while Strata-34B is included in the chapter “Beneath the surface”. Underworlds is published by Thames & Hudson. Also: Check out Stephen’s online archive of images on history, politics, art, culture and existence in general – it is simply mind blowing.
Artwork for ‘Going Inside – new album by Rumpistol
I am happy to have a series of my ballpoint drawings serve as cover art for the vinyl edition of ‘Going Inside’, the new album by Rumpistol . The music is mesmerizingly beautiful. The album is released on Raske Plader.
Feature in The Nordic Watercolour Society’s magazine akvarellen
“There is an element of time that runs through Mikael Hallstrøm’s works whether they are watercolours, drawings, sculptures or other kinds of work. The watercolour paintings in the series Strata incorporates a double element of time: Strata is what geologists call the layers of earth that are differentiated by various sediments. These layers are used to research and establish climate changes and other natural events through time – and the actual painting takes time because he needs to wait for the underlying layer to dry completely before applying the next layer. Even though he determines the size of the work and the choice of which colours to use, Mikael Hallstrøm Eriksen does not plan how the actual layers of the finished work will end up – the painting is completed in a zen-like flow, almost as if it has a life of its own and the shifting layers grow organically in the process. His works are mainly abstract, but they are all inspired by actual phenomena: the sun, the earth, and the universe.” (text by Marianne Gross, akvarellen no. 3, 2023, published by The Nordic Watercolour Society)
Feature in Harper’s Magazine
I am very happy to have three Strata watercolour works featured in the August edition of Harper’s Magazine, one of the oldest cultural magazines in the US. The three works, Strata-25E, Strata-26B, and Strata-25, were originally shown at as part of Deep Time at Limited Works, Copenhagen, in April 2023.
Fujiyoshida Gradients at Fabcafé Fuji, May 24-28, 2023
Exhibition of works produced at Saruya Artist Residency, Fujiyoshida, Japan. The works – watercolor and ink on washi paper – are inspired by the multiple color gradients that can be found in the landscape and cityscape of Fujiyoshida – the lava flows and snowfields of Mount Fuji, the buildlings and infrasstructure of the city, the morning sky, etc. Presented at the exhibiton space of Fabcafé Fuji.
Deep Time at Limited Works, April 5-22, 2023
The exhibition Deep Time is a visual meditation on processes of accumulation and change. The works in the exhibition are inspired by processes of geological and cosmological becoming and draw on the imagery and visual representations of natural sciences such as geology and astronomy. The concept of ‘deep time’ denotes the vast cosmic time in which our ephemeral human time is embedded. The exhibition presents three bodies of work on paper – watercolour works, pencil drawings and burned drawings – all of which are the result of slow processes of extensive and accumulative mark-making.
Mention by the São Paulo Art Biennial
“The abstract, sedimentary landscapes in Mikael Hallstrøm’s series are inspired by imaginaries of geology, accumulation and distance […] These watercolors can recall sandstorms, mountains, cliffs with their sedimented particles, and even sunlight falling over the skyline. [… The Danish artist] creates with fire, ballpoint pens, and inks, sometimes letting gravity itself act on the flow of pigments.” (read more)
Artwork for ISOLA – new album by Rumpistol
Rumpistol’s new album ISOLA is available at record shops and for online order at Raske Plader. I am happy to contribute with cover art for this neo-classical master piece. Available for online listening April 1 2022.
Cover artwork
New collaboration with Rumpistol on artwork for upcoming releases. The single tracks, Løvfald, Vindheks, Gniben and New Beginning are released for streaming on Raske Plader .
Artwork for REFRAKTO by Den Sorte Skole
Ink and watercolour artwork for REFRAKTO, a new audiovisual performance by the sample-based producer and composer duo, Den Sorte Skole and visual artist collective, Vertigo.
Mikael Hallstrøm 