Legacy Art Gallery and Visual Arts Visiting Speaker series presents

Julie Edel Hardenberg

Recorded Oct 9, 2024

Julie Edel Hardenberg (b. 1971) was born and raised in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland. She studied art in Finland, Norway, and England before gaining her MA in Art theory and Communication at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Copenhagen where she has acquired the Novo Nordisk Foundation – Mads Øvlisen PhD scholarship in her practice-based artistic research: “Between power and powerlessness – the de/colonized mind “. She is affiliated to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and University of Copenhagen, beside her Associate Professor II position at Bergen Art Academy.

For the past 30 years, she has worked with identity and (post-) colonial perspectives as an overall theme. With roots in Inuit and Nordic cultures, also being bilingual in Kalaallisut and Danish she has an insight into different Inuit-Kalaallit identities and self-understanding. At the same time, her work explores the economic and social interdependencies between Denmark and Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland and their impact on Inuit – Kalaallit, caught in a shared identity between power and powerlessness.

Hardenberg has produced five books besides international exhibitions, recognition and public tasks. Her work has been honorary appointed or nominated by: Nordic Council Literature Prize; Danish Association of Book Craft; Vest Nordic Childrens Literature Prize; White Raven Book – International Youth Library; Liviafond Prize; Carnegie Art Award; Anna Norlander Priset, Henry Heerup honorary scholarship; In 2022 her contribution to the project Voices in the Shadows of Monuments was awarded a prize by the Danish Arts Council. Her work have been acquired by: Carlsberg Fonden, Danmark; World Museum, Nederland; Statens Kunstfond, Danmark; Christiansborg, Danmark; Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark; Dansk-Grønlandsk Kulturfond, Danmark; Greenland National Museum og, Greenland; Nordic Investment Bank, Finland; Musée de l’Élysée, Schweitz.