Frederik Nystrup-Larsen Denmark, b. 1992

Frederik Nystrup-Larsen (b. 1992, Denmark) navigates the intersections of ecological memory, material transformation and cultural reproduction through a multidisciplinary practice including sculpture, painting, and installation. His work explores themes of disappearance and impermanence—whether botanical, emotional, or symbolic—and considers how memory, loss, and regeneration intersect in both natural and cultural systems. Using layered, often tactile materials and immersive spatial interventions, Nystrup-Larsen creates speculative environments that invite reflection on our relationship to the environment, identity and history. His practice oscillates between abstraction and figuration, archival impulses and poetic fragmentations, fostering spaces for mourning, repair and resistance.

His ongoing series on plant blindness investigates human disconnection from the botanical world. By researching endangered and extinct species—often in collaboration with local institutions—he creates works that merge archival impulse with aesthetic memorial. For his upcoming participation with V1 Gallery at CHART 2025, Nystrup-Larsen will create a series of paintings relating to mass extinction, and the disappearing of plants at an unprecedented rate. This hyper-local series focuses specifically on at-risk and extinct species native to the exhibition area. Recognising the challenges botanical gardens face in conserving local plants, he plans to collaborate closely with the Copenhagen Botanical Garden to identify and preserve these hyper-local species.

In Stolen Motifs, Vol. 1 (V1 Gallery, 2024) he explored repetition, authorship and visual citation—drawing on an archive of found imagery to challenge originality in a digitally saturated culture. His collaborative project 6/Daily CASH ONLY (The Plug, Tokyo, 2024), created with artist Oliver Sundqvist, pushed the boundaries between object, gesture, and consumption, layering material excess with absurdist ritual. Early projects like Love is Not Enough BOY (Eighteen, Copenhagen, 2021) examined masculinity as a fragile construct, using ephemeral materials to stage vulnerability and collapse.

Nystrup-Larsen lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds an MA from The Royal College of Art, sculpture department, London, and a BA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design. Before his solo career, he made several exhibitions and collaborative projects with Danish fellow artist Oliver Sundqvist. Recent exhibitions include Stolen Motifs, Vol. 1 at V1 Gallery, Copenhagen (2024); 6/Daily CASH ONLY, with Oliver Sundqvist at The Plug, Tokyo, Japan (2024); and Love Is Not Enough BOY at Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2021).