Vandal was born in 1988 in Denmark, currently based in Brescia, Italy. Vandal is a multidisciplinary artist working across mediums, such as painting, sculpture, installation and writing.
Nostalgia and melancholy permeate the experience of his work. The artist transforms his experiences of personal trauma in his early life into a highly personal, visual, poetic and enigmatic language through the use of every medium he finds relevant within his reach. There is an antithesis between presence and absence, being free and being confined, a wandering dialogue between reality and illusion. This invites the viewer to meander in the land of the unwanted and unseen. The title work, Solitary Wanderer explores the notion and curiousness of reality with the large Pocket Paintings, which he calls them.
“Vandal’s work is purely based on the inner. The work is a form of catharsis for Vandal, the process in making the work proves therapeutic and the viewer is presented with something deep and serene.”
His autumnal coloured paintings, the Adagio paintings or otherwise known as his Landscapes is likely what Vandal is most known for, are made in such a way that he is able to explore the painting in the same way as the viewer.
Vandal’s ideology is based on the poet Keats’ term, ‘negative capability’ and is drawn to various and often unusual mediums for their symbolic potency. To the study of the mind based on Jung’s psychoanalysis. Investigating trauma and the life in between the conscious and the unconscious parts of ourselves.
Vandal defines his work as a ‘medley of silence’ and ‘the embroidery to the time he is given’.
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Pocket Painting, 2024Hand dyed antique bed linens mounted on wooden stretcher200cm x 200cm (79" x 79")
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Vecchia zimarra, (pocket coat), 2023antique bed linen installed on wooden pedestal160cm x 62cm x 42cm (63" x 24" x 17")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, blocksInk on Belgium linen canvas140cm x 200cm (55.1" x 78.7")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, blocksInk on Belgium linen canvas200cm x 160cm (78.7" x 63")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, blocks (dyptique)Ink on Belgium linen canvas140cm x 225cm (55.1" x 88.6")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, forestInk on Belgium linen canvas140cm x 200cm (55.1" x 78.7")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, water liliesInk on Belgium linen canvas140cm x 200cm (55.1" x 78.7")
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The Shyness of the Peaks, water liliesInk on Belgium linen canvas140cm x 200cm (55.1" x 78.7")
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Das Wandern, Wandering, 2023tea, mordente and acrylic spray on cotton canvas, iron framed160cm x 240cm (63" x 94")
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Pillars of the damned, 2023tea, mordente, charcoal and acrylic spray on Belgian linen canvas200cm x 350cm (138" x 79")
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Der Wanderer (D489) The Wanderer, 2023tea, mordente and acrylic spray on Belgian linen canvas, iron framed240cm x 160cm (94" x 63")
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I want to carve it deep in every tree, 2020 - 2023tea, mordente and acrylic spray on Belgian linen canvas, iron framed160cm x 140cm (63" x 55")
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miart 2024
11 - 14 Apr 2024 Art Fairs -
Through The Walls
Group Exhibition 17 Jan - 4 Mar 2023 London -
Leonardo Anker Vandal and Lorenzo Brinati
Under a Dome 1 - 18 Sep 2021 LondonCadogan Contemporary are delighted to announce a joint exhibition of works by artists Leonardo Anker Vandal and Leonardo Brinati. Both artists express a desire to bring an internal world into...Read more
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 |
'The Stolen Child,' C.A.R.M.E chiesa dei Santi Giacomo e Filippo. Brescia, Italy |
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2023 |
'In A Landscape', Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy |
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2021 |
‘Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen’. Numeroventi, Firenze, Italy |
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2019 |
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‘The Wind Amongst The Reeds’, With Tableau. Copenhagen, Denmark |
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‘De Profundis - Variation I’, With Sage Culture Gallery. Los Angeles, US |
2017 |
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‘Performance, Coyote - Lo Stato Dell'arte’, 57th Biennale Di Venezia. Palazzo Zenobio. Venice, Italy |
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‘Negative Capability’, At Palazzo Monti. Brescia, Italy |
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2014 |
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‘The Narcissist’, With Gallery Etage Project. Copenhagen, Denmark |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 |
'Through The Walls', Cadogan Gallery, London, UK |
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2022 |
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Orizzonti Del Corpo, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani In Collaboration With Aterballetto. Curated By Marina Dacci. Palazzo Da Mosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy |
2021 |
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‘Under A Dome’, Two Person Show At Cadogan Gallery. Curated By Martino Di Napoli Rampolla. London, UK |
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Gallery Bubble ‘n’ Squek (Gallery Anna Marra & Gallery Nosco & Gallery Montoro12. Hétérotopie Curated By Edoardo Monti. Bruxelles, Belgium |
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2020 |
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Palazzo Monti Show At Mana Contemporary. New York, US |
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Art Drive In Generali, At Assicurazion I Genrali, Curated By Massimo Minini And Edoardo Monti. Brescia, Italy |
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Banners At Palazzo Monti. Brescia, Italy |
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2019 |
Ark Jornal / Dansk Industri At Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Copenhagen, Denmark |
ART FAIRS
2024 |
'miart' Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy |
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2021 |
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Enter art fair, presented by Bubble’n’Squek Gallery. Copenhagen, Denmark. |
2020 |
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Art Palm Spring, presented by Sage Culture Gallery, Palm Springs, USA |
2019 |
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Art Aspen, presented by Sage Culture Gallery, Aspen, USA |
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Sofa chicago, presented by Sage Culture Gallery, Chicago, USA |
Residencies
2021 |
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Numeroventi, Firenze, Italy |
2017/18 |
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Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy |
Collections
Fondazione Palazzo Magnani
Palazzo Monti
Prizes
2021 Ducato prize nominee
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LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | HARPER'S BAZAAR ITALY | MENTION
Agnese Torres, Harper's Bazaar Italy, August 28, 2023 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | ELLE SWEDEN | MENTION
Linnéa Ruiz Mutikainen, Elle Sweden, June 15, 2023 -
UNDER A DOME | OPENHOUSE MAGAZINE
Sheila Lam, Openhouse Magazine , August 23, 2021 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | ARTODAY ITALY
Artoday Italy , December 19, 2020 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
Wall Street International Magazine , April 19, 2019 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE
Anniversary Magazine , February 26, 2019 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE
Eve Laliberté, Anniversary Magazine , June 29, 2018 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | ANOTHER MAGAZINE | MENTION
Thea Hawlin , AnOther Magazine , October 24, 2017 -
LEONARDO ANKER VANDAL | WALLPAPER
Ellen Himelfarb, Wallpaper Magazine, July 14, 2017