
Ole Aakjær, "Masquerade" AP 5/6
Linocut, mixed media
20" x 15"
Ole Aakjær, "Try Not To Think" AP Ed. 12/15
Linocut, mixed media
20" x 15"
Ole Aakjær, "The Blind Passenger" Ed. 16/24
Linocut, mixed media
20" x 15"
Ole Aakjær, "Unlocked" Ed. 22/24
Linocut, mixed media
20" x 15"
Ole Aakjær, "This Stranger Is Only A Shadow" Ed. 10/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Musique de Chambre" Ed. 9/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Mono EA" Ed. 15/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "The Deadly Cannibal Dance EA" Ed. 5/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "This Stranger Is Only A Shadow EA"
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Mono" Ed. 8/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "This Stranger Is Only A Shadow EA" Ed. 4/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Mono" Ed. 3/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "The Devil's Mistress" Ed. 4/15
Linocut
78.75" x 39.5"
Ole Aakjær, "Musique de Chambre" Ed. 12/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "The Deadly Cannibal Dance EA" Ed. 13/15
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Greyscale Sensitivity"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "One Million Cats Revealing Themselves in the Night"
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 62"
Ole Aakjær, "Symbiotic Women"
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 33.5"
Ole Aakjær, "Life as we Knew it on This Black Planet"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "The Age of the Monocle"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "Growing in the Shade"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Twin Angels - One Distracted"
Watercolour & ink on paper
25" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "Pork Belly"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "More Wine Now"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "La Grande Danse Macabre"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "It´s just a Game"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Musique de Chambre" Ed. 4/15 SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Chasing Shadows in the Dark - The Night is Female" Ed. 15/19 SOLD
Archival pigment print on Arches paper
42" x 31"
Ole Aakjær, "The Disturbing Beauty Under My Skin" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Cats & Shadows" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
60" x 40"
Ole Aakjær, "Tall Woman Infected" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
83" x 28"
Ole Aakjær, "The Devil's Mistress EA" Ed. 2/15 SOLD
Linocut
39.5" x 78.75"
Ole Aakjær, "The Deadly Cannibal Dance EA" Ed. 9/15 SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Mono EA" Ed. 8/15 SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Musique de Chambre EA" Ed. 7/15 SOLD
Linocut
68" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Island of Determination" Ed 5/19 SOLD
Archival pigment print on Arches paper
42" x 31"
Ole Aakjær, "The Untouchable Miss Juliette" Ed 12/19 SOLD
Archival pigment print on Arches paper
42" x 31"
Ole Aakjær, "Brain Versus Passion - A Technocrat in Love" Ed. 7/19 SOLD
Silkscreen
42" x 31"
Ole Aakjær, "Once We Danced Like Crazy" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 68"
Ole Aakjær, "The Similarity Between Mission and Identity" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Listen To The Girl" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Keep On Searching" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 25"
Ole Aakjær, "Blue Night Intermezzo" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68"x 25"
Ole Aakjær, "Erase History" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Don't Ever Go Away" SOLD
Acrylic, watercolor & ink on paper
85" x 55"
Ole Aakjær, "My Incomprehensible Nature" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 97.50"
Ole Aakjær, "Monologue About Love" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 97.5"
Ole Aakjær, "To Understand the Mechanisms" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Survival Strategy" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær, "Sing the Siren" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjær, "Game On" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær, "The Saddest Thing About Betrayal" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjær, "2nd Time Seducer" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjær, "Another Strange Party" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær, "Whatever Forever" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjaer, "Temporary Masks" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
44" x 64"
Ole Aakjær, "Sing Baby in the Bleeding Hour" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær, "This is Not Bambi" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær (b. 1962) is a Copenhagen-based, internationally-renowned watercolor and ink artist best known for large-format, highly symbolic works that celebrate the power of women. His distinct figurative paintings rely on bold colors and symbols to convey deep psychological empathy, while exploring the complexity and strength of their subjects. Aakjær portrays women as vulnerable yet empowered, sensual, fearless, seductive, and independent. Ornate ink work comes into play with tattoos often sprawled across the face, neck, shoulders, and upper body. Text and characters, inspired by music, literature, poetry, film, religion, psychology, and cartoons are painstakingly applied with ink and allude to the woman’s mysterious thoughts and feelings.
Aakjær struggled as a sensitive, passionate child and youth in search of stability and calm. He turned to drawing and painting as a source of comfort and escape. Influenced by comic book writers and artists Milo Manara, Enki Bilal, and Jean Giraud (pseudonym Moebius), Aakjær in the mid-1980s published an album at Carlsen, Denmark’s main comic book publisher at the time, fulfilling his childhood dream. He operated an illustration studio since 1992. After 25 years as CEO of his own advertising and design agency, Aakjær was burnt out creatively. Reclaiming his childhood fascination and playfulness, he turned to watercolor painting in 2014. With a brazen nod to his previous career in his use of oversized keywords, Aakjaer’s large scale watercolors and techniques are unparalleled. The combination of ink and watercolor require great mastery as there is no room for error or corrections. The desired result must be achieved on the first application. This is in many ways the poetry of the watercolour – and of Ole Aakjær’s work.
International success came quickly, when Aakjær’s first paintings sold and his first solo exhibition sold out. Many subsequent shows in Montreal, Oslo, Paris, and London, sold out, leading to an international breakthrough and permanent gallery representation in Coppenhagen, New York, Paris, and Montreal. Upcoming solo museum exhibitions include the Chinese Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, China, in June and July, and Vejle Kunstmuseum, Jutland, Denmark between July 16 and September 19 2021. Aakjær has participated in more than 70 solo and group exhibitions since 2014. The artist lives and works in Denmark.