Through furniture-like objects, Anna Aagaard Jensen critically examines how everyday design shapes behavior, identity, and gender roles. Her Dames Stoelen (Ladies Chairs) series functions as a sculptural manifesto on gender politics, reinforced by her self-imposed rule that men are not allowed to sit on them. The flesh-colored, oversized, and intentionally rough chairs celebrate bodies that are often excluded from idealized design imagery: thick legs, wide hips, cellulite, and knobby knees.
Aagaard Jensen graduated from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen and the Design Academy Eindhoven. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Centraal Museum Utrecht, Friedman Benda in New York, and during Salone del Mobile in Milan. She is a member of the collective Morph and teaches at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Jensen is known for her sculptural furniture pieces, often finished with materials such as polyurethane resin and colored with cosmetics (make-up). By using these materials, she deliberately provokes expectations surrounding femininity and aesthetics, encouraging a critical reflection on how bodies and gender are represented within design.
Aagaard Jensen graduated from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen and the Design Academy Eindhoven. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Centraal Museum Utrecht, Friedman Benda in New York, and during Salone del Mobile in Milan. She is a member of the collective Morph and teaches at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Jensen is known for her sculptural furniture pieces, often finished with materials such as polyurethane resin and colored with cosmetics (make-up). By using these materials, she deliberately provokes expectations surrounding femininity and aesthetics, encouraging a critical reflection on how bodies and gender are represented within design.
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2016 – 2019: Master in Fine Arts & Design (Contextual Design), Design Academy Eindhoven (Cum Laude afgestudeerd).
2012 – 2015: Bachelor in Meubelontwerp, Koninklijke Deense Academie voor Schone Kunsten (KADK).
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Belangrijke Tentoonstellingen & Projecten
Solo-expositie "Welkom thuis, lieverd" (2024-2025): Een grootschalige solotentoonstelling in het Centraal Museum Utrecht, waarin zij kritisch kijkt naar de invloed van design op vrouwelijk gedrag.
A Basic Instinct (2018): Haar bekende "womenspreading"-stoel, die vrouwen aanmoedigt een zelfverzekerde, brede zithouding aan te nemen.
Internationale presentaties: Zij heeft geëxposeerd bij gerenommeerde instellingen en galerieën zoals Friedman Benda (New York), Functional Art Gallery (Berlijn), en tijdens de Salone del Mobile in Milaan.
Residentie: In 2019 was zij gastonderzoeker aan de Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
2016 – 2019: Master in Fine Arts & Design (Contextual Design), Design Academy Eindhoven (Cum Laude afgestudeerd).
2012 – 2015: Bachelor in Meubelontwerp, Koninklijke Deense Academie voor Schone Kunsten (KADK).
www.etageprojects.com
www.etageprojects.com
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Belangrijke Tentoonstellingen & Projecten
Solo-expositie "Welkom thuis, lieverd" (2024-2025): Een grootschalige solotentoonstelling in het Centraal Museum Utrecht, waarin zij kritisch kijkt naar de invloed van design op vrouwelijk gedrag.
A Basic Instinct (2018): Haar bekende "womenspreading"-stoel, die vrouwen aanmoedigt een zelfverzekerde, brede zithouding aan te nemen.
Internationale presentaties: Zij heeft geëxposeerd bij gerenommeerde instellingen en galerieën zoals Friedman Benda (New York), Functional Art Gallery (Berlijn), en tijdens de Salone del Mobile in Milaan.
Residentie: In 2019 was zij gastonderzoeker aan de Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
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