GRADUATION 2026
Opening: Thursday 21 May 2026, 16:00-19:00
Exhibition Period: 21 May — 29 June 2026
Place: Skulptursalen, Jernbanegade 13, 5000 Odense C
Reception, release of the exhibition catalogue: Thursday 25 June 2026, 16:30
GRADUATION 2026 marks the end of five years of artistic education and the beginning of a new, professional chapter in the lives of 13 artists: Cathlin Madeleine Beeck, Emma Bojsen, Kajsa Cello, Marie Hartmann Christensen, Jonathan Nørgaard Dahl, Thora Eliza, Caroline Sofie Have, Magnus Gitt Henderson, Amanda Brix Kolstrup, Zuzanna Kozłowska, Mari Skousen, Viljam Smed and Augusta Wolffbrandt.
The number 13 is often associated with the unpredictable — that which breaks with the system’s order. In GRADUATION 2026 it becomes a metaphor for a generation that steps into the world in a time marked by change, crises and new technological and social conditions.
The exhibition circles around what it means to be a human being today: vulnerable, relational and inextricably linked with other people, materials and contexts.
The works range widely in materials and forms of expression. Several of the graduands take the body and sensuous experience as a starting point, while others work with sound, digital processes and technological systems as ways to understand the world. Others again explore everyday materials, found objects and architectonic structures, and how these contribute to shaping our lives, relations and understanding of value.
At the same time, several of the works move between seriousness and play, where childhood idioms, fiction and participation lead to new ways of seeing and being in the world.
A recurring feature of GRADUATION 2026 is an attention to presence and co-existence — an exploration of how we are present with and for one another in a time when connections are both intensified and fragmented.
The exhibition has been curated by Rebekka Anker-Møller.
Come and see GRADUATION 2026 and celebrate the freshly hatched artists at the exhibition opening, Thursday 21 May, 16:00-19:00 at Funen Art Academy. There will be speeches, performance, bubbly, and refreshments can be bought at food trucks.
Opening speeches by art historian Frida Sandström, curator Rebekka Anker-Møller, and the rector of Funen Art Academy Kristine Kern.
GRADUATION 2026 has received support from Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen’s Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation, The 15 June Foundation, Mølleren’s Foundation, The Birgit Vibeke Toft Memorial Foundation, and The Faber Foundation.
Exhibition Period: 21 May — 29 June 2026
Opening Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10:00-15:00; Friday, 10:00-17:00; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00-17:00.
Closed: Whit Monday, 25 May.
Reception, release of the exhibition catalogue: Thursday 25 June, 16:30-17:00.
Artists talks with the graduates, moderated by Rebekka Anker-Møller: Thursday 25 June 2026, 17:00-17:45.
Graduates from Funen Art Academy offer guided tours of AFGANG 2026 for people with special needs: one tour on Fridays from 1–2 PM and one on Sundays from 11 AM–12 PM during the exhibition period from May 21 to June 28. To book a time, please send an email to info@detfynskekunstakademi.dk no later than 4 days in advance. Find more information about the offer here
For further information about the exhibition please contact Funen Art Academy at: info@detfynskekunstakademi.dk / +45 66 11 12 88, or curator Rebekka Anker-Møller at: rebekkaeli@gmail.com
Documentation of the exhibition can be downloaded via the link below
Photo: Viljam Smed
