Peter Linde Busk

Peter Linde Busk (b. 1973, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a feral Academy artist, a painter whose skills and appetite for materials have led him to a style of painting that often closes in on sculpture and operates at an almost geological level, stratified and in contact with deep history. Busk has been the subject of three solo exhibitions and multiple group exhibitions — including the 2009 inaugural show — at Josh Lilley, as well as institutional solo exhibitions at the Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden; GL STRAND, Copenhagen; and the Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark.

Peter Linde Busk lives and works in Copenhagen.

Education

2009, MA Fine Art, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008, Gasthoererschaft zum Studium fur Freie Kunst, w. professor Peter Doig, Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
2006, BA in Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, London
2004, BA in Fine Art (exchange stay), Hunter College of Art, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2023
single-origin, Galleri Ekely, Copenhagen
Solo Exhibition, Holstebro Museum, Holstebro

2022
Various Positions, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Solo Exhibition, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
Poikilia/Rebetiko, Josh Lilley, London
Wanås Konst Skulpturpark, Wanås, Sverige

2020
Rhinocerous, Gallerei Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Hold Your Own, Josh Lilley, London

2019
The Generous Gambler, Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2017
And in That Place He Did Succumb to What Was Offered, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Danse Macabre, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås

2016
To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All About My Ears, Josh Lilley, London
Any Port in a Storm, Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2015
Fear the Goat from the Front, the Horse from the Rear and Man from all Sides, GL Strand, Copenhagen
Gentlemen, Monitor, Rome

2013
Piont D’appui, Josh Lilley, London
The Carollers of Kolbijk, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
The Staging Area, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro

2012
ABC Berlin (solo presentation with Rob Tuffnell and MONITOR), Berlin
No Pasaran, MONITOR, Rome

2011
LISTE16, Basel (solo presentation with Rob Tuffnell) Currahee, Rob Tuffnell, London

2010
Bold as a lunatic troupe of demons in drunken parade, Gallery Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Full Catastrophe Living, Ancient and Modern, London

2009
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye, (Postgraduate Diploma Degree show), The Royal Academy Schools Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Full Catastrophe Living, Ancient and Modern, London

2008
And all I ever wanted was everything, Art Copenhagen (solo presentation with Galleri Christina Wilson), Forum, Copenhagen

2007
Ancient and Modern, London

2006
Come at the King, You Best Not Miss, Galleri Christina Wilson,Copenhagen
Hail to the Failed, (BA Degree show), Slade Summer Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

Group Exhibitions

2021
Traces, Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin

2019
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
Kaleidoscope, Saatchi Gallery, London

2017
Greed, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro

2016
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley, London

2014
Un’Idea di Pittura I, Monitor, Rome
New Hells, curated by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2013
Le ragioni della pittura. Esiti e prospettive di un medium, Palazzo de Sanctis, Castelbasso
Post Post Anxiety, International Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
The Scandalized Mask, Josh Lilley, London
The Reasons of Painting, Palazzo de Sanctis, Castelbasso, Teramo
Chicken or Beef?, The Hole, New York
La Figurazione Inevitabile (The Inevitable Figuration), Museum Pecci, Florence

2012
Murder Ink, Der Grieche, Berlin
Unknown Paintings, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin

2011
Group Show, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin
Voyage to the beautiful self, Danske Grafikers Hus, Copenhagen
Stories being told, BolteLang, Zurich

2010
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
Etwas viele, bißchen langweilige, ganz kleine Radierungen, Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin
The Long Dark, curated by Michelle Cotton, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
International 3, Manchester
A Formal Figure, The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin

2009
Studio Voltaire Presents, Boltelang Gallery, Zurich
Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley, London

2008
Premiums Show, Royal Academy of Art, London

2007
Aquarium, C4RD (Centre for Recent Drawing), London
5 years anniversary show, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Strange Weight, Martos Gallery, New York

CV

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Exiles by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
You Can Not Lose if You Do Not Play by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Manges 2 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Manges 1 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enters Here by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Oh England, My Lionheart by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Rebetes 3 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Rebetes 10 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Rebetes 8 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Humors 3 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Pilgrim Astrayed by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Rebetes 2 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Rebetes 4 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Humors 2 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
Humors 5 by Peter Linde Busk, 2022
More is lost by indecision than wrong decision by Peter Linde Busk, 2021
Though this be madness by Peter Linde Busk, 2021
Mand falder III (Hommage til Per Kirkeby)  by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Another Such Victory and I Will Come Back to Epirus Alone by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Study for Xanadu II by Peter Linde Busk, 2020
Acrobat by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Violent Heart by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Installation View: Hold Your Own by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Installation View: Hold Your Own by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Installation View: To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Installation View: To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Installation View: To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Installation View: To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Defrocked by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Win the Battle, Lose the War by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Im Kampf Zwischen Dir und der Welt, Sekundiere der Welt by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Clipped Wings by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Imagine Sisyphus Happy by Peter Linde Busk, 2018
See – Here He Comes, out of His Rocky Dwelling, Drunk Singing an Ugly Noise, Howling All over the Place and out of Tune by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
When the Fall Is All that There Is, It Matters a Great Deal by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
The Next Time I Kill You, Scharlach Replied, I Promise You the Labyrinth that Consists of a Single Straight Line that Is Invisible and Endless by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Everything. Everyone. Everywhere. Ends by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Relax, Release, Return by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Every Day, in Every Way, I’m Getting Better and Better by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
At Least I’m not Racing to a Red Light by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Saw It Written and I Saw It Say, Pink Moon Is on Its Way by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
It’s Never Too Late to Start All Over Again by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Mand Falder IV by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
She Fills the Bag 'neath Her Eyes with Moonbeams and Cries ‘Cause the World’s Passed Her by by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
He Who with a Tragic Song Competed for a Mere Goat by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Mount Edna by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
She Who Is Milk-White by Peter Linde Busk, 2019
Rank by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
We, the Drowned by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
And Then I See a Darkness by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Oh, There I Stand B’neath the Marquee Moon, Just Waiting by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
Flip a Coin, When It’s in the Air You Know Which Side You Are Hoping For by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
You Must Lead the Dance With Me, the Letter of Indulgence Does Not Help You. You Must Dance to My Pipes by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
I May Well Have Reached a Kind of Impasse by Peter Linde Busk, 2016
If you’re gambling and you’ve got the edge, don’t you wanna keep the gambling goin? Unless you don’t like gambling, raising the question why you’re at the table. As I sometimes ask myself (Ariadne) by Peter Linde Busk, 2015
Tannhäuser by Peter Linde Busk, 2014
Only a Certain Set of 'Nobly' Expressive Positions and Gestures are Appropriate in the Representation of the Human Figure by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
My Flag Boy Told Your Flag Boy, I'm Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Installation view: Point D’appui by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Installation view: The Scandalized Mask by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Installation view: Point D’appui by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Installation view: Point D’appui by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Answer a Question with a Question by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
He Chooses His Words Carefully and is Good at Violence by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
I Could Have Been Your Pillow, Could Have Been Your Door, I Could Have Stayed Beside You, Could Have Stayed For More. Could Have Been Your Statue, Could Have Been Your Friend, A Whole Long Lifetime Could Have Been The End by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Dance Macabre by Peter Linde Busk, 2013
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
Dead Man's Hand - Detail view by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
Charakterkopf 4 by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
Orpheus at the Shore by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
They Don't Give you any Hope, but they Leave you Plenty of Rope by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
Point D'appui by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
Dead Man's Hand by Peter Linde Busk, 2012
She Fills The Bags N'eath Her Eyes With The Moonbeams and Cries 'Cause the World's Passed Her By by Peter Linde Busk, 2009
The Killer in me is the Killer in You by Peter Linde Busk, 2009

Exhibitions

Altar States at Josh Lilley,presenting Raúl de Nieves, Heather Guertin, Constanza Schaffner, Robert Zehnder, Nickola Pottinger, Sula Bermudez-Silverman, Fin Simonetti, Rebecca Bellantoni, Vicky Wright & Peter Linde Busk

Altar States

Group Show

Poikilia/Rebetiko at Josh Lilley,presenting Peter Linde Busk

Poikilia/Rebetiko

Solo Show

Hold Your Own at Josh Lilley,presenting Peter Linde Busk

Hold Your Own

Solo Show

Stains on a Decade at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt, Brian Bress, Peter Linde Busk, Gareth Cadwallader, Sarah Dwyer, Derek Fordjour, Nick Goss, Nicholas Hatfull, Christof Mascher, Rebecca Nassauer, Sarah Pichlkostner, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Belén Rodríguez , Kathleen Ryan, Analia Saban, Vicky Wright, Ryan Mosley, Celeste Rapone, Hurvin Anderson, Jack Burton, Ian Davis, Svenja Deininger, Holly Hendry, John Houck, Aliza Nisenbaum, Conrad Shawcross, Leon Kossoff, Tal R, Paula Rego, Euan Uglow & Kaari Upson

Stains on a Decade

Group Show

To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears at Josh Lilley,presenting Peter Linde Busk

To Carthage Then I Came Where a Cauldron of Unholy Loves Sang All about My Ears

Solo Show

Water Biscuit at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez , Carla Busuttil, Kathleen Ryan, Matt Lipps, Nicholas Hatfull, Nick Goss, Peter Linde Busk, Rebecca Nassauer, Sarah Dwyer, Sarah Pichlkostner, Vicky Wright & Yana Naidenov

Water Biscuit

Group Show

Point D’appui at Josh Lilley,presenting Peter Linde Busk

Point D’appui

Solo Show

The Scandalized Mask at Josh Lilley,presenting Peter Linde Busk, Brian Bress, Anthony Lepore & Nick Devereux

The Scandalized Mask

Group Show

Daily Miracles at Josh Lilley,presenting Vicky Wright, Sarah Dwyer, Peter Linde Busk, Carla Busuttil, Nick Goss, Ryan Mosley, Matthew Musgrave, Matthew Burrows, Ian Whitfield & Valerie May

Daily Miracles

Group Show