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Karl Monies is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer from Copenhagen, Denmark. Magic in its earliest form is often referred to as ‘the art’. Monies believes that art, like magic, is the science of manipulating symbols, words, sounds or images, to achieve changes in consciousness, that art is the essential link between the inner landscapes of one’s psyche and the outside material world. After studying painting in Amsterdam, London and Guangzhou, he felt an urge to activate the medium; to apply function to conceptual objects, a working method where idea and material are inseparable. He works in various dissonant series, where the common thread of material composition corresponds to historical and conceptual ideas. Where craftsmanship and methodology go hand in hand in a sincere vernacular that prioritizes the playful and the naive while possessing a critical awareness.

This pursuit of the uncharted runs through everything Karl makes. He is drawn to objects that resist easy classification, things that carry material memory and reveal rather than conceal the evidence of their making. His work aligns with a broader craft tradition that prizes honesty of material and directness of form, while remaining resolutely contemporary in ambition.