ABOUT
JENS OLE ÁRNASON is a Copenhagen based designer and textile artist with an MA in Fashion Design, Design School Kolding.
By working with different objects such as sculptures, wall art, installations and fashion, Árnason investigates the space between art and design - always with the textile as the read thread.
EXPERIENCE
EXHIBITIONS:
2024 EPIK / Galleri Norup, Copenhagen - SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 SELECTED PROJECTS / Statens Værksteder for Kunst, 3daysofdesign
2024 FUTURE X TALENT EXHIBITION, Nikolaj Kunsthal
2023 SOFT TRANSFORMATIONS / Biennalen for Craft and Design, Copenhagen Contemporary
2023 STED R EKS / Udstillingssted for tekstil, Copenhagen
2023 EDITION 1 TAKE 2 / Inter.pblc, Copenhagen
2023 UKURANT, 3DaysOfDesign, Copenhagen
2023 DET STOF SOM OMGIVER NATTEN / Arne Aksel, Copenhagen - SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 OUT OF FASHION / Figur Gallery, Copenhagen - SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 TRÅD / Bemærk, Copenhagen
2018 GRADUATION EXHIBITION / Kolding Hus, Kolding
2016 + 2018 GRADUATION SHOW, Copenhagen Fashion Week
2017 Design Museum London
2016 Textile museum, Herning
GRANDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024 STATENS VÆRKSTEDER FOR KUNST, Art residency
2024 DET DANSKE INSTITUT I ATHEN, Art residency
2023 DANMARKS NATIONAL BANKS JUBILÆUMSFOND
2023 DET DANSKE INSTITUT I ROM, Art residency
2021 - 2024 STATENS KUNSTFOND, Workgrand
2023 BECKETT FONDEN
2022 STATENS VÆRKSTEDER FOR KUNST, Art residency
2020 STATENS KUNSTFOND, New talent
2018 DESIGNERS NEST, Finalist
2018 DESIGN TALENT, Finalist
2018 DESIGN SCHOOL KOLDING, Graduating Talent Award, 2018
2017 ALL WALKS, Finalist
PROJECTS AND EMPLOYMENT
2025 DESIGN TEACHER, Textilskolen, Holte
2024 DESIGN TEACHER, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive
2024 SCENOGRAPFY AND COSTUME DESIGN, Simili, Aveny-T, Copenhagen
2024 GUEST TEACHER, Johan Borups Højskole, Sketchbook and designprocess
2023 TEXTILE CONSULENT AND SETDESIGNER, Polestar, Sweden
2023 GUEST TEACHER, Krabbesholm Højskole, Sketchbook and designprocess
2022 - 2023 LECTURE / TALK, Design School Kolding
2021 - 2022 FASHION DESIGNER, Stem, Copenhagen
2022 SHADOW AND CURTAIN INSTALLATION, Lille Bakery, Copenhagen
2019 - 2020 FASHION DESIGNER, Henrik Vibskov, Copenhagen
2019 DESIGN INTERN, Tonsure, Copenhagen
2016 DESIGN INTERN, Jenevieve Lyons, Cape Town
2015 DESIGN INTERN, Jör By Gudmundur Jörundsson, Reykjavik
EDUCATION
2016 - 2018 DESIGN SCHOOL KOLDING, Master degree in Fashion Design
2017 KINGSTON UNIVERSITY, Exchange student in MA Fashion Design
2013 - 2016 DESIGN SCHOOL KOLDING, Bachelor degree in Fashion Design