Volkvard
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→ 2025 october: Article about my art published in: “Contemporary art curator magazine” https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/home-2/jorgen-folkersen-spotlight?rq=folkersen
→ 2025 jan; Interview in “Contemporary art curator magazine”
https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/home-2/jorgen-folkersen?rq=folkersen→ 2025 Master artist to collect, Vol 1. Fondazione Effetto Arte, book
→ 2025 Master artist to collect, Vol 2. Fondazione Effetto Arte, book
→ 2025 Master artist to collect, Vol 3. Fondazione Effetto Arte, book
→ 2025 Masterful Minds vol 9, Digital magazine, Circle foundation
https://wwab.us/masterful-minds-9/→ 2025 July. Art Celebrity magagine, Contemporary Art Colectors. Launch collection summer 2025, Issue Volkvard (Monograph with 19 paintings, curated comments and an interview), book sold by: Barnes and Noble, Blackwells and
Book topia.→ 2025 Appointed for inclusion in:” Investable Artist Directory”, by Art Market experts
→ 2025 Aug. Appointed for inclusion in the ICM Artista Index. Online index and hard cover book: “Artista 2025”. published august 2025
→ 2025 Sept. Included in the book: “ El Greco” Premio de las Bellas Artes, ICM Gestora Culturel, SL, Barcelona Spain.
→ 2025 Oct. Included in the book: Collectors Art Prize | Art Legends of our time - under the auspices of Contemporary Art Curators.The book is awailable at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith, Foyles and more.
→ 2025 Dec. Appears in the next issue of “The Spotlight magazine”. The Circle Foundation, Lyon France.
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→ 2022 October: Exhibition on Lokomotivværkstedet in Copenhagen
→ 2023 may-june. Exhibited in an international juried exhibition in Budapest entitled “Art-Bias 23”, Hungary
→ 2023 maj-june. Exhibited in international juried exhibition in Budapest
With the painting "Contemplation" -Under the auspices of The Golden Duck Gallery and Teravarna.→ 2023 November: Won participation in the European juried art-collection with the theme: “Folklore and Mythology”, in regi of the Balthasart platform, with the painting: “Woman in the clouds”.
→ 2023 December. Exhibited in the “ChrismasART”. 1st Dec—14 jan at Golden Duck Gallery in Budapest. With the following 2 paintings: “Boy in the blue room” and “Girl blowing flower seeds”.
→ 2024 April : Participation in digital international art exhibition: Artexpo New York, USA.
→ 2024 May: Participation in international art exhibition: “Unveiled truth”,Barcelona, Spain.
→ 2024 July : Participated in “ Hamptons Fine Art Fair” art exhibition:
Digital art exhibition booth 303, Southhamton, NY, USA→ 2025 April Exhibited digitally in ARTEXPO New York, Pier 36, 299 South Street.
→ 2025 july,Exhibited digitally in Art Santa Fe, USA. 11-13 july. Santa Fe Convention Center 201 W Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM 87501.
→ 2025 dec Exhibited digitally in: Red Dot Miami. Mana Wynwood Convention Center. Florida, USA.
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→ 2025 january . Awarded “International Prize Artist of the Year 2025” by the INTERNATIONAL art association: “FONDAZIONE EFFETTO ARTE” . Official award ceremony took place 25th january 2025 in Firenze, Italy.
→ 2025 April Awarded the international prize: “The new great masters in New York”, Ceremony in the “Sanctuary at church of the ascension”, 127 Kent street, New York. Curation by the INTERNATIONAL art association: “FONDAZIONE EFFETTO ARTE”.
→ 2025 juni, Awarded the International Prize Leonardo da Vinci - The UNIVERSAL ARTIST. Ceremony June 07th, 2025 at the National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci" – Milan
→ 2025 Sept Awarded the “El greco Fine Arts Award” including online presentation and a hard cover book entitled “ El Greco”, ICM Gestora Culturel, SL, Barcelona Spain.
→ 2025 Oct. Awarded the ”Collectors Art Price- Legends of our time". Contemporary Art Collectors
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Homepage:
→https://www.volkvard.com/ (Sale of prints)Singulart (online sale of original artworks):
→https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/jorgen-folkersen-60502?ref=tsFacebook:
→https://www.facebook.com/volkvard/Instagram:
→https://www.instagram.com/volkvard/Youtube:
→youtube.com/@Volkvard
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@Volkvard (Kaldenavn)
The early years
First of all, I painted because I could not stop doing it, However for many years my professional career as medical doctor and scientist limited the time I could spend on this. Since I still had an active professional life, I chose to have an artist name (volkvard) in addition to my civil name: Jorgen Folkersen. Volkvard is an earlier version of my surname that was used in my family about 150 years ago.
The first decades
I have now lived approximately 2/3rds of my life (statistically speaking). For 30 years, I painted semi-professionally until I decided to become a full-time artist in 2019. Specific events in my life formed my relation to visual arts. In my first 20 years, I had a moderate production which I exhibited and sold to private company-based art clubs in the Copenhagen area.
After having done some surveys, I learned that specific paintings that were adored and loved by some, were often deemed disgusting or awful by others. There were also specific paintings which were deemed boring by some and very interesting by others. The general picture was clear: Art is not a democratic process.
“The value of an art work is created in the viewer’s mind only”
I also examined what was the rationale for this difference. The big surprise and learning for me was: For most of my paintings, people were inspired to very different emotions.
It was obvious that the observers were more often inspired by their own life and psychological experiences as compared to the intentions I had when I made the paintings.
To exemplify this I have made a series of videos, showing the emotional reactions from three different persons to the very same painting. Three such videos can be viewed on my homepage.
The later years
For me it was really liberating to learn that any experience of art is strictly personal and cannot be democratised into common aesthetics or rules.
Since I could only vaguely guess what exactly my viewers experienced, I had to give myself full freedom to paint what I personally felt passionate about – sometimes not knowing the origin of my own passions.
The aim of my artwork
My artwork aims to inspire individuals to explore their own emotional landscapes. I believe that art has the power to evoke feelings and provoke thought, encouraging a deeper understanding of oneself. Through my creations, I encourage viewers to embark on a journey of self-discovery and reflection. Therefore, the value of an artwork is primarily created in the mind of the viewer.
I hope as an artist to be the catalyser of diverse personal experiences. In my view any intellectual interpretation of an artwork is less interesting, as it does not create a lot of value for the individual person. Bringing to the surface the emotions of the individual and accepting the rich diversity among us is the purpose of my art.
