Mads Rafte Hein

Biography

Mads Rafte Hein (born 1977) lives and works in Roskilde, Denmark.

He holds a degree in graphic design from the Copenhagen University of Technology, Department of Graphic Design. He has also been taught by renowned artists such as: Grethe Bagge, Bjørn Poulsen, Peter Carlsen and Peter Nansen Scherfig. He has exhibited in Germany, Taiwan, Austria and Sweden and has participated in numerous exhibitions in Denmark, including the spring exhibition in Charlottenborg three times and the artists’ fall exhibition in Den Frie, Copenhagen. His works can be found in numerous private collections and art associations.

EXHIBITIONS / PROJEKTS (Selection)

2001-2003 The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition

2015 Blaa Galleri “Transitions” Group Exhibition, København

2015 KE15 Den fri udstilling

2016 1st Price winner – Award Exhibition – Gallery Oxholm

2016 Blaa Galleri – Group Exhibition, København

2016 Art Copenhagen/Galleri Oxholm, Bella centeret – København

2017 Væg Galleri – Solo Exhibition “Humans and all the others” Aalborg

2017 North Kunstmesse Væg Gallery, WONDERLAND Spritten, Aalborg

2017 VESS ‘Gestus’ Group Exhibition, København

2018 VÆG Gallery ‘Summer selections’, Aalborg

2019 VÆG Gallery Solo Exhibition ‘Absurd’ Aalborg

2019 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 19’ Group Exhibition

2019 Galleri Sandberg ‘Mandehørm’ Group Exhibition

2019 Art hall Brantebjerg – Group Exhibition

2019 Galleri Golsa – GIFC Velvet Ropes

2019 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘XMAS19’ Group Exhibition

2020 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 20’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2020 Kirsten Kjærs Museum ‘sigNATUR’ Group Exhibition – Visuel lab

2020 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘XMAS120’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2021 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 21’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2021 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘XMAS21’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2021 Galerie Rompone ’ Gelée Royale’ Group Exhibition, Cologne

2022 Galleri Christoffer Egelund – Solo Exhibition ‘Inside outside’

2022 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 22’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2022 Galleri Sandberg ’ Domestic’ Group Exhibition, Odense

2022 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘XMAS22’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2023 Art Herning Galleri Sandberg

2023 Galleri Christoffer Egelund – Artist of the year 2023 –

2023 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 23’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2023 Colabs Marie Louise SandBerg & Galerie Wolfsen – Solo exhibition 

2023 TINGTING Artspace – Art TAIPEI 2023 

2023 Art Herning Colabs Marie Louise SandBerg & Galerie Wolfsen

2024 Atelier Clot – Lithography 2 prints

2024 Galleri Christoffer Egelund – Solo Exhibition ‘Ganz Allein’

2024 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 24’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2024 Enter Artfair – Atelier Clot 

2024 Cake book “Bag kunsten” by Terese Sau

2024 WUHAN ART BIANALE 2024 “Intersection of Borders” Wuhan art museum

2024 Museum Irpino Italy “Caleidoscopio Danimarca”

2024 By Invitation art fair – Galeria OLA, Barcelona 

2024 Galeria OLA “Paseo” Group Exhibition, Barcelona

2024 Sobering Galerie Group exhibtion “Private room”, Paris

2024 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘XMAS24’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2025 Galleri Christoffer Egelund ‘Summertime 25’ Group Exhibition, Copenhagen

2025 Galerie Filser & Gräf – Solo Exhibition ‘Small dramas’ Munich


Description

The Danish artist Mads Rafte Hein (*1977) devotes his painterly work to the depiction of magnificent interiors, which he creates in his characteristic, opulent and colorful style. In these pictorial worlds, which are interspersed with lavish decorations and still lifes, the viewer encounters mythological figures staged as decorative sculptures and bric-a-brac. Whether in the depictions of ancient gods on amphorae or in the porcelain figurines of classical mythology, Hein addresses the omnipresence of mythological narratives in Western culture. He often plays with the banalization of these narratives and invites the viewer to reflect humorously on their trivial reception.

This exhibition is the artist’s first solo show in Germany and is curated by art historian Tinatin Ghughunishvili-Brück

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