Ida Kvetny, Copenhagen. Denmark
She holds a BA(hons) in Drawing and Painting (Edinburgh College of Art, 2006) and an MA Fine Art (Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, 2007). She attended the Norfolk Summer School of Art at Yale University in 2005 (Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship Grant).
Since her graduation, Ida Kvetny has participated in several national and international exhibitions, e.g. the Art Hall at Brandt’s (DK), ARKEN Museum of Modern Art (DK), Holstebro Museum of Art (DK), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), Trapholt museum (DK), Sophienholm (DK), Kastrupgaard (DK), Ystad Museum of Art (SE), Thorvaldsens Museum (DK), Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK), CLAY museum (DK), Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK) The Museum of Art at Seoul National University in Korea, The Torrance Art Museum (US), The Sovereign European Art Prize Exhibition, Sommerset House (UK). The Leroy Niemann Center (US), Abrons Arts Center (NYC). She has also participated in several group shows in Chicago, New York, London, Berlin, Los Angeles and has been represented at the VOLTA SHOW in Basel and New York.
Ida Kvetny has received several grants and awards, including The Royal Scottish Academy Painters Prize and The Maclaine Medal (young promising painter), Aage and Yelva Nimb Honoray Scholarship and Niels Wessel Baggers Foundation grant. Several of her projects have been supported by the Danish Art Council. In early 2012 Ida Kvetny was included in “Kraks Blå Bog” (Danish Who is Who).
Kvetny has been an artist in residence at RAID projects in Los Angeles, at the San Cataldo Institution in Italy, 18 Street Art Center in Santa Monica, NARS Foundation of Art, NYC and Paris at Statens Legatbolig in Paris.
In 2018 Kvetny showed new digital art works at the Leroy Neiman Center, Chicago Art Institute, US. She was nominated to take part in FOKUS Video Festival at Nikolaj Kunsthal and exhibited at Thorvaldsens Museum. She took part in CopenX were she did an artist talk about ‘Pioneering artforms through immersive experiences´. In collaboration with artist Diana Velasco she has founded Radar Contemporary an artist driven virtuel platform that focuses on artists working with new technology and classical art forms.
In 2019 she had a solo show at Rundetaarn “GAZE- surrealism in a digital age”, where she showed her first Virtual Reality installation alongside new paintings, sculptures, textiles, films. In spring 2019 she showed her new films at Den Frie, DK and The Psychedelic & Transpersonal Film and Music Festival on Manhattan and “Light and Furture International Film Festival”, in Houston, US. Her VR work had international premiere at “The Peoples Film Festival” in NYC and “VRHAM!”, DE. She participated in “Ceramic Synopsis and digital media” at Overgaden, DK and did a workshop with artist Uffe Isolotto about VR in contemporary art at ArtHub Copehagen DK in August.
In May, 2020 Kvetny was part of Extensions Vol I a group exhibition focusing on Danish contemporary artists working in the extended field of classical art forms and new technologies. The exhibition was curated by Radar Contemporary and the exhibition text was written by art historian Ida Schyum. In June Kvetny’s VR work Lithodendrum was selected to be part of VRHAM! Lithodendrum was also nominated for the Lumen Prize, UK. In August she took part in FED LER a group exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, DK. In October she did a collaboration with musician Jeanett Albeck and Noah Rosanes who performed live to her new XR film project EOS at Kunsthal Charlottenborg Art Cinema as part of Extensions vol II exhibition. In 2021 Kvetny had a site specifik XR installation of ceramic, textile and film projection at Nikolaj Kunsthal and was part in a group show at ARoS Public, Extensions vol III with Radar Contemporary. They publish a book about digitalt art in the 20’s.
2022 Kvetny took part in the public tv show Kunstnerkolonien at DR2, She was listed for Lumen Prize, UK and exhibited at SMK Fridays (The Danish National Gallery) were she showed new AR sculptures and a film in the auditorium. Kvetny exhibited and curated in coloration with Radar contemporary a large group show and interactive art installation, CryptoPong in Nikolaj Kunsthal in the upper gallery. In Spring 2023 she will be part of the international residency program IMMENZIVA in Barcelona about art and advanced technology AI, VR, AR ect. Kvetny Had her 11th Soloshow “Handmade”.
2024 has been a landmark year in my career. I published a new book retrospective on the last 14 years of the digital art part of my artistic-practice. I have been selected for the Space Program in Paris this summer, allowing me to focus on the intersection of AI and immersive technologies. Additionally, my inclusion in the “Future Fossils: Exploring Virtual Realms” exhibition at Centre Pompidou Málaga has provided a significant platform to showcase my latest works. The exhibition has been extended due to succes 2024. Additionally, the Ny Carlsberg Foundation has acquired one of my works, and I am currently working on a site specific art installation for a school in Funen.
Conclusion
My work continues to push the boundaries of art through a multidisciplinary approach, blending traditional techniques with modern technologies. My practice engages with themes of identity, perception, and the subconscious, creating immersive and interactive experiences. I am committed to exploring new dimensions of artistic expression and inviting audiences to engage with art in innovative ways.