Pia Andersen

Nature is the starting point for my painting. Rather than depicting a particular landscape, I translate remembered impressions into colour, light and texture. What draws me back to an experience may be a shifting reflection, the density of vegetation or the way light transforms a surface. I paint what remains in my memory, allowing these impressions to take on an abstract form.

The landscape becomes an archive of sensations. Some return clearly; others emerge through the act of painting. My work develops between conscious decisions and intuitive responses. I need to guide the image while remaining open to what happens on the canvas. This balance between control and surrender is central to my practice: a painting can take an unexpected direction, asking me to reconsider what I thought it would become.

In the studio, I explore how colours change through their relationships. A yellow may grow luminous against blue, while a dark passage can give depth to a lighter surface. I build my oil paintings from the underlying layers forward, often applying thick paint with a spatula. Earlier colours remain partly visible, creating light and tension beneath the surface. Each new layer changes the whole.

This gradual accumulation gives the pai...

My formal education is the Academy of fine Arts, Crakow, Poland and the School of Arts and Crafts, Kolding, Denmark. -
But I consider my many long stays in several countries as at least as important. Here I have made my own researches into materials and landscapes.

2022
"La siesta del Gato" Brøndsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
The Journey of The Blue Salmon, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
The Journey of the Blue salmon, Museum Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Sonnenduft, White Square Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018
Avannaannguarpoq, Brøndsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
New works, Galerie Provence, Vadum, Denmark
2017
Al sur de Gredos, color by color, Oslo, Norway
Nye oliemalerier og stentøjskrukker, Galerie Provence, Vadum, Denmark
2016
Bispegården, Kalundborg, Denmark
2015
El Aroma de la Luz, Brøndsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
„Des Lebens Pulse...“ White Square Gallery in cooperation with Berliner Sparkasse
2013
Sol y sombra, White Square Gallery, Berlin
Las Cuatro Estaciones, Brøndsalen, Copenhagen
2012
Metamorphosen, White Square Gallery in cooperation with Berliner Sparkasse
Galleri Heer, Oslo, Norway
2011
Galerie Provence, Vadum, Denmark
White Square Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010
Lys i Lanskab, Brøndsalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pia Andersen, Galleri Heer, Oslo, Norway
2009
Mirage, Biblioteca Alexandrina, Egypt
Dialog (with Osman Dinc), Galerie Provence, Vadum, Denmark
Kunstetagerne, Hobro, Denmark
2008
Pia Andersen, Galería Vértice, Guadalajara, Mexico
Striber i Lands...