Cathrine Raben Davidsen

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Cathrine Raben Davidsen (born 1972), is a Danish artist, who works in textiles, ceramics, printmaking, drawing, and painting. She is best known for her paintings depicting grief, in particular her portraits, which have been described as "eerie". [1] [2] She has cited Mamma Andersson and Kai Althoff as influences in her work, as well as her former teachers in Italy, Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky. [3]

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Rabe Davidsen studied art in Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands before establishing herself in Copenhagen where her work has most extensively been exhibited. She has been the recipient of a number of awards and grants. In 2015, she was made a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.

Biography

Cathrine Rabe Davidsen was born in Copenhagen in 1972. [4] Her father died when she was 13; he was one of the first Danes to die of causes related to HIV/AIDS. Her grief led her to pursue painting as a means of connecting with his memory despite the stigma that surrounded his death. [1] Her father had been a fashion designer, and initially, she made fashion illustrations in his memory. [5] These early works were executed in oil, charcoal, and pencil and are considered to be emotional and wild in character. [1]

From 1991 to 1992, she studied at the Lorenzo de' Medici School. She returned to Denmark and attended the University of Copenhagen from 1994 to 1995. Raben Davidsen then studied at the Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten from 1995 to 1996. After leaving the Netherlands, she began attending The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1996 and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in 2003. [4] [6]

Raben Davidsen has collaborated with the Royal Danish Ballet, where she created a scenography for the ballet Virtuosi Steps by August Bournonville. [6] She began working with ceramics around 2010, and was invited to collaborate with Royal Copenhagen. The multimedia exhibition their collaboration produced, "Totem", was on display in 2019. [3] [5]

Awards and fellowships

In 2004 she received funding from the Danish Arts Foundation, a grant which she would receive more than five times. She was awarded Den Danske Bogdesignpris in 2008. In 2009, she received the Grant of Honour from the Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation and the silver Creative Circle Award for her project White Ink. She has also received grants from the Beckett Foundation, L. F. Foghts Foundation, the Toyota Foundation, and Oda og Hans Svenningsens Fond. [4]

In 2015, Raben Davidsen was appointed a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II. In 2022, she was awarded the inaugural Beckett Prize in recognition of her original compositions as a painter. [7]

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Selected monographs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Borrelli-Persson, Laird (25 January 2024). "In a Thrilling New Show Artist Cathrine Raben Davidsen Explores the Beauty and Terror of Life". Vogue . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Skovgaard Nielsen, Bodil (7 February 2024). "Cathrine Raben Davidsen er god, når hun udforsker egen sorg – og grænseoverskridende, når hun skildrer andres" . Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 Rosendahl, Michala (2 May 2019). "Cathrine Raben Davidsen: 'Min mor siger altid: "Cathrine, kan du ikke lave noget, der er lidt mere muntert?"'". Alt (in Danish). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cathrine Raben Davidsen: Artworks and Biography". Artnet. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 Borrelli-Persson, Laird (8 February 2019). "Artist Cathrine Raben Davidsen Collaborated With Royal Copenhagen to Make Ceramics With Spirit". Vogue . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Reflections on life and death". Carlsberg Foundation . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Major new art prize, established by the Beckett Foundation with Copenhagen Contemporary, goes to Cathrine Raben Davidsen". Copenhagen Contemporary. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "House of the ax". martinasbaek.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Aktuelle" (in Danish). Kunstforeningen Gl Strand. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Horsens Kunstmuseum – 2008". horsenskunstmuseum.dk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Vance Trimble : Collective 2 Design Fair New York – May 8 – 11, 2014". collectivedesignfair.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Karin Sander". nikolajkunsthal.dk. Retrieved 26 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "Andratx on Paper". ccandratx.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "Deco Mannequin". Lubok (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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