Marie Rud Rosenzweig (b. 1991, Denmark) graduated with an MFA from the Funen Academy of Fine Arts, Odense; Universität der Künste, Berlin, and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Her practice explores the world through what we, as humans, have placed within it, examining how objects carry narratives of systems, behavior, desire, and socioeconomic structures. She constructs small tableaus and stage-like settings as preliminary studies that form the basis of her motifs, while painting through a layered and craft-driven process. Her works evolve along the way, containing numerous physical and interpretive layers that open up possibilities for experimentation and play. She draws inspiration from literature, film, art history, and language - from the Renaissance pursuit of anatomical essence to minimalism's idea of pure form, which she translates into new motifs.
Rosenzweig has exhibited solo at Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen (2024, 2019); Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen (2023); M100, Odense (2023); Baggaarden, Copenhagen (2020) and FAA Room, Odense (2018). Her duo and group exhibitions include shows at Cassius & Co., London (2024); Golsa Gallery, Oslo (2023); Mamoth Gallery, London (2023); Rundetårn, Copenhagen (2022) and Kunst im Hafen, Düsseldorf (2021). In 2023, she received the largest Danish award for painting talents under the age of 50 years, Jens Søndergaard og Hustrus Mindelegat at SMK (the Danish National Gallery). Her works can be found in multiple public collections, including the Danish Parliament, the New Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.