Uffe Isolotto

Ciao @uffeisolotto ! Four years after representing Denmark at the 2022 @labiennale , Uffe Isolotto returns to Italy for a residency at @fertilefertilefertile . Save the date for his upcoming solo show at @palazzomonti on June 13th, followed by a show at @bunkervik . Uffe Isolotto (b. 1976) is a Danish sculptor, graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 2007. His artistic practice centers on animating the inanimate—activating objects, bodies, and spaces through material transformation and narrative. He works across sculpture and immersive installation, often in collaboration with film, theatre, design, and fashion. Combining materials such as silicone, human hair, and paint with found or historical objects, he creates new constellations that reflect contemporary technological, social, and cultural shifts. His works frequently feature hybrid bodies that blur boundaries between human and non-human, organic and synthetic. In recent years, he has created large-scale, sensorial installations, notably Milk Eye and We Walked the Earth. In 2022, he represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale with We Walked the Earth. The project will be reworked into a new series of works for an exhibition at Palazzo Monti in Brescia in June 2026.

Hvad sker der, når naturen overtager det offentlige rum? MAPS X THE ARTIST havde premiere i torsdags: Et live talkshow med Uffe Isolotto og Jacob Lillemose. Vi blev inviteret ind i en nær, spekulativ fremtid. Forestil dig, at vi er i 2075. Naturen har overtaget campus i Aalborg, hvor Isolottos værk Horizontal Cathedral blev opført. Materialerne har med tiden fået en ny, ret kontant værdi. Men værket har også haft uventede konsekvenser for det omkringliggende økosystem: gentrificering i fuglerederne og utrygge forhold for harerne på jorden. For det blev tydeligt i samtalerne: Det, vi kalder det offentlige rum, er også nogens hjem. Og når vi kun designer verden ud fra et menneskeligt perspektiv, hvor demokratisk er det så egentlig? Hvordan ville vi handle, hvis også dyrene og skoven havde en stemme? Hvilke beslutninger ville vi træffe, hvis flere end mennesket blev taget i betragtning? Tak til alle, der kom. Og stor tak til: @uffeisolotto @jacoblillemose Skuespillere: Fugl: Ellen Hovmand @ellenhovmand Hare: Lærke Erhard Huniche @laerke_flame Makeup: Nat Stallbaum @nightvisionz_makeup MAPS X The Artist – Redaktion og tilrettelæggelse Karina Lykkesborg @karinalykkesborg MAPS X THE ARTIST vender tilbage senere på året. Følg med. Foto: Frida Gregersen English version in comments🤍

Stort tillykke til Uffe Isolotto, modtager af Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legats hæderspris 2026! 👏 Uffe Isolotto er uddannet fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi i 2007. Siden har han deltaget i udstillinger på blandt andet ARKEN Museum for Samtidskunst, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Nikolaj Kunsthal og Malmö Konsthall, mens hans værker også er at finde i permanente samlinger på Statens Museum for Kunst og Holstebro Kunstmuseum. Isolottos kunstneriske virke rummer både fysiske og digitale skulpturer, installationer, performance – og intervention samt videoanimationer og fotografi. Tematisk beskæftiger han sig blandt andet med selvet, kroppen, seksualiteten og teknologien. #CNAMCNlegat #hæderspris2026 #UffeIsolotto 📸Foto: Søren Rønholt

DK// Hvordan taler man om kunst, der allerede føles som en fremtidig ruin? I morgen d. 9 april kommer Uffe Isolotto til MAPS. Isolotto repræsenterede Danmark på Venedig Biennalen 2022 og arbejder i spændet mellem det biologiske, teknologiske og sociale, et sted mellem fortid og fremtid. Sammen med Jacob Lillemose folder han værket; Horizontal Cathedral ud gennem objekter, fortællinger og forskydninger i tid. Kom på torsdag og oplev en samtale der ikke er lineær, men levende. MAPS 9. april kl. 19.00 MAPS x THE ARTIST - redaktør og tilrettelægger @karinalykkesborg Foto (#1): Søren Rønholt ENG// How do you talk about art that already feels like a future ruin? Tomorrow April 9th, Uffe Isolotto comes to MAPS. Isolotto represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale 2022 and works at the intersection of the biological, technological, and social — somewhere between past and future. Together with Jacob Lillemose, he unfolds Horizontal Cathedral through objects, narratives, and shifts in time. Join us this Thursday for a conversation that isn’t linear — but alive. MAPS April 9, 19:00 MAPS x THE ARTIST – editorial and organizer @karinalykkesborg Photo (#1): Søren Rønholt

MAPS x UFFE ISOLOTTO Hvem opfører vi offentlig kunst for? Fortiden? Nutiden? Fremtiden? Mennesker – eller det ikke-menneskelige liv, vi deler Jorden med? Velkommen til MAPS x THE ARTIST Et nyt kunstnerstyret format, hvor samtidskunstnere bringer kunst i det offentlige rum ind i samtidsdebatten. Formatet ér materialet, og alt kan ske. Billedkunstner Uffe Isolotto omdanner, i samarbejde med kurator og forfatter Jacob Lillemose, MAPS’ foyer og café til et pop-up talkshow med uendeligt højt til loftet. Jacob Lillemose indtager rollen som vært, og Uffe Isolotto er gæsten. Med udgangspunkt i Uffe Isolottos værk Horizontal Cathedral undersøger de værkets dybe tid, dets fjerne fortid og fremtid, gennem en række fundne genstande. Vi glæder os til at se dig: Praktisk info: Dato og tid: 09.04.26 kl. 19.-20.30 Adresse: MAPS, Nørregade 29, Køge Billet: 110 kr. (Link i bio) MAPS x THE ARTIST - redaktør og tilrettelægger @karinalykkesborg —————— MAPS x UFFE ISOLOTTO Who do we create public art for? The past? The present? The future? Humans – or the non-human life we share the Earth with? Welcome to MAPS x THE ARTIST A new artist-driven format where contemporary artists bring public art into current debate. The format is the material, and anything can happen. Visual artist Uffe Isolotto transforms MAPS’ foyer and café into a pop-up talk show with an infinitely high ceiling, in collaboration with curator and writer Jacob Lillemose. Jacob Lillemose is the host, and Uffe Isolotto is the guest. Through Uffe Isolotto’s work Horizontal Cathedral, they explore its deep time, its distant past and future, using a series of found objects. MAPS x THE ARTIST – editor and organizer @KarinaLykkesborg Please note: the event will be held in Danish. We look forward to seeing you: Practical info: Time and date: 09.04.26, 19.-20.30 Address: Nørregade 29, Køge Ticket: 110 kr. (Link in bio)

Arterritory Archive: Conversations on the Future “We may be building a future our bodies and minds are not ready for.” In this conversation with Danish artist Uffe Isolotto (@uffeisolotto ), we explore his installation “We Walked the Earth”, - a speculative portrait of a hybrid future where technology, agriculture and evolution intertwine. At a time of rapid technological change, ecological pressure and global instability, the questions raised by the work feel even more urgent today. - From the Arterritory archive. Originally published in 2023. To read the full interview, visit us here: arterritory.com

Uffe Isolotto on staying curious: instead of perfecting one medium, he takes chances across multiple practices and surrounds himself with people who can execute at the highest level. The energy of risk + great collaborators = something special. Full episode available now! Link in bio. Images by: @david_stjernholm

Uffe Isolotto learned from martial arts that energy can be redirected. When you hit a snag in your creative practice, sometimes the solution isn’t pushing back harder. It’s moving with the problem. Swipe and save for the next time you’re stuck → Full conversation with Uffe is live now. Link in bio.

When you’re preparing Denmark’s pavilion for Venice Biennale and nobody has seen the full vision yet... In our latest episode, Uffe Isolotto @uffeisolotto talks about making people believe in a project when everything only exists in sketches and why “people skills” are just as important as artistic vision. Full episode out now! Link in bio. Images by @david_stjernholm #InstallationArt #VeniceBiennale #ContemporaryArt #ArtistInterview #ArtPodcast #SiteSpecificArt #TheInstallationArtPodcast

It may not be a manual on how to join the cult—which would have been helpful as an introduction, or even an initiation, to my exhibition Mælkeøje [Milk Eye] at Holstebro Kunstmuseum (June 7–November 30, 2025)—but rather a considered reflection on the project. The publication features an insightful essay on the exhibition’s themes, as well as a series of richly saturated short fictional texts by curator Stephanie Cristello @scristello , which were made as a separate print for the opening of the exhibition and incorporated into the design of this publication. Thank you so much, Stephanie! Its design is the result of many rewarding conversations with graphic designer Claus Due @studioclausdue , with great attention paid to detail throughout. Thanks for making this fun! The publication is filled with excellent documentary photographs by David Stjernholm @david_stjernholm , and Narayana Press expertly oversaw the printing process. My thanks to Holstebro Kunstmuseum @holstebrokunstmuseum for inviting me to create the exhibition and for giving it an afterlife through this publication. A book launch will take place on December 17, generously hosted by Den Frie @denfrie.cph , in Café Pegasus, from 4–6 pm. The publication is available through the museum’s webshop.

The artist who thinks about EVERYTHING. When Uffe Isolotto @uffeisolotto builds a world, he considers every single detail, down to the sound, the texture and smell. His installations are so immersive, so meticulously crafted, they change you. People can’t stop talking about his work after experiencing it. In this episode, he opens up about: → Representing Denmark at the Venice Biennale (and what happened after) → Using people skills to bring impossible visions to life → Evolving from poetry to creating epic hyperrealistic installations and then on to filmmaking This is Season 3, Episode 1 and it’s the perfect kickoff to what’s shaping up to be our best season yet. 🎧 Out now wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio.

Uffe Isolotto at Holstebro Kunstmuseum “Mælkeøje (Milk Eye)” Curated by Stephanie Cristello June 7 – November 30, 2025 Photos: ©David Stjernholm, courtesy of the artist and Holstebro Kunstmuseum @uffeisolotto @scristello @holstebrokunstmuseum Hyperrealistic sculpture: Thomas Foldberg Studio / thomas_foldberg_studio Clothing design: Anne Sofie Madsen / @annesofiemadsenstudio Graphic design: Claus Due Studio / @studioclausdue