Henrik Godsk

Danish artist Henrik Godsk is known for his geometric portraits of androgynous human figures that seem both familiar and enicmatic. According to the artist himself, “they come from the future, but also lived in the past”. Some have described them as robots, he looks upon them as “very human”.

Henrik Godsk is a seventh generation traveller. He began painting when he was only seven years old as an apprentice under his grandfather and father, renovating fairground facades. As a teen, he discovered the works of modernists like Modigliani and Picasso and began painting on canvas. The influence of art history has been present in his work ever since. Besides nods to early Modernism, particularly Cubism, there are also references to the church murals of the Middle Ages as well as Renaissance and Baroque portraiture. The aesthetics of the fair are also very present. Sometimes he references the geometrical patterns and color schemes of the fairground facades directly. This fusion of high and folkloric art creates a pictorial universe that is very unique and personal.

Henrik Godsk lives and works in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He holds an MA in art and literature from Aalborg University. He is a member of the Danish Association of Visual Artists and has received support from the Danish Arts Foundation. His work is represented in several prominent public and private collections.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2025 “Traveller’s Cathedral”, Ruttkowski;68, New York, USA

2024 “Grace”, Aishonanzuka, Tokyo, Japan

2024 “New Horizons”, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

2024 “Traveller’s Journal”, Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2023 “Archetypes”, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France

2023 “Humans and Creatures”, Wellington Arch, Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2022 “Fade to Red”, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

2022 “No Piano”, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden

2021 “Traveller”, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, Germany

2020 “Portraits and Passages”, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

ART FAIRS (SELECTED)

2025 Art Dubai, Vigo Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2025 Dallas Art Fair, Piermarq, Dallas, USA

2024 Untitled Art, Vigo Gallery, Miami, USA

2024 Art Cologne, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, Germany

2024 The Armory Show, Vigo Gallery, New York, USA

2024 Eye of the Collector, Vigo Gallery, London, UK

2024 Market Art Fair, HAGD Contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden

2024 Art Brussels, Ruttkowski;68, Brussel, Belgium

2023 Expo Chicago, Piermarq, Chicago, USA

2023 Art Antwerp, Ruttkowski;68, Antwerp, Belgium

2023 Untitled Art, Vigo Gallery, Miami, USA

2023 Art Cologne, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, Germany

2023 Frieze Seoul, Aishonanzuka/Nanzuka, Seoul, South Korea

2023 The Armory Show, Vigo Gallery, New York, USA

2023 Sydney Contemporary, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

2023 Art Brussels, Ruttkowski;68, Brussel, Belgium

2023 Art SG, Vigo Gallery, Singapore

2022 Untitled Art, Vigo Gallery, Miami, USA

2022 ART021 – Shanghai, Aishonanzuka Gallery, Shanghai, China

2022 Enter Art Fair, Ruttkowski;68, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022 KIAF SEOUL, Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2021 Art Düsseldorf, Ruttkowski;68, Düsseldorf, Germany

2021 Sydney Contemporary, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

2020 Sydney Contemporary, Piermarq, Sydney, Australia

2017 Art Athina, GIFC, Athens, Greece

INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2023 “Humans and Creatures”, Wellington Arch, UK

2022 ”Portraits”, Kunstbygningen I Vraa, Engelundsamlingen – Museum of Modern Art, Vraa, Denmark

2021 “Mixed Pickles 10”, Ruttkowski;68 at Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne, Germany

2021 “This Must Be the Place”, Villa Schönningen, curated by Sonia González, Berlin, Potsdam, Germany

2021 “Figurative Samplers”, Det Ny Kastet – Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Thisted, Denmark

2020 “Abstraction and Figuration”, Kunstbygningen I Vraa, Engelundsamlingen – Museum of Modern Art, Vraa, Denmark

2019 “Contemporary Portraits”, Frederikshavn Museum of Modern Art, Frederikshavn, Denmark

2019 ”Horisont”, Ålesund Kunsthal, Ålesund, Norway

2018 ”ANGRY BOYS”, Det Ny Kastet – Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, curated by Claudia Cosmo, Thisted, Denmark

2017 “Trans-figuration”, Himmerland Art Museum (The Per Kirkeby Space), Aars, Denmark

2017 “Trans-figuration”, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

2011 “Spatial Relations”, Kunsthal Nord – Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Aalborg, Denmark

2011 “Dialogue”, Utzon Center/Kunsten – Museeum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2023 “Henrik Godsk + Kazuma Koike // Stille”, HAGD Contemporary, Aalborg, Denmark

2023 “Mixed Pickles 12”, Ruttkowski;68, New York, USA

2023 “Grand Opening”, HAGD Contemporary, Aalborg, Denmark

2022 “The Breakfast Club”, Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2021 “Mixed Pickles 10”, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, Germany

2021 “Mixed Pickles 9”, Ruttkowski;68 at Goldberg Studios, Munich, Germany

2019 “Hybrids”, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden

2019 “Earth”, SADE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2019 ”Paperwork’s”, NNB Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2019 “The Art Salon”, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 “Disturbed Reflections”, CGK Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 “From Europe with Love – Godsk, Kerwick, Vrancken”, Piermarq Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2018 “The Art Salon”, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018 “Henrik Godsk & Jordy Kerwick”, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark

GRANTS/SUPPORT

The Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond), Denmark

The Obel Family Foundation (Det Obelske Familifond), Denmark

Region North Art Grant (Region Nordjyllands Kulturpulje), Denmark

PUBLIC and private COLLECTIONS

Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

The Bunker Artspace, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, USA

DLA Piper Collection, Sweden

Mark Rothko Art Centre – Museum of Modern Art, Latvia

Vesta’s Art Collection, Denmark

Det Ny Kastet – Collection of Modern Art, Denmark

The City of Aalborg – Collection, Denmark

The City of Aarhus – Collection, Denmark

The Collection of Odense Hospital, Denmark

Danske Bank Collection, Denmark

Timothy Tan Collection, The Philippines

Ryan Stokes Collection, Australia

Fabien Fryns Collection, Belgium

Simon Parra Collection, Ecuador

Kerwick Collection, France

Leif Djurhuus Collection, Denmark

Beck Risvig Collection, Denmark

Martin Nielsen Collection, Denmark