Johanne Lykke is a Danish visual artist specialised in art that transforms
windows into floral wonders.
Learn more below..
The power of flowers
Since being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease at the age of five, Lykke picked up a paint brush and never let go. Painting flowers in watercolor, the same way her grandmother had done it, rooted such a deep connection to flowers in her.
From watercolor to windows
Lykke has a degree in Fine Arts from The Jutland Art Academy and Residency Unlimited in New York. Inspired by the tradition of stained glass, she has developed a secret painting method that reflects colourful light once exposed to sunlight. Just like real flowers are never static, her windows are in constant change.
Floral feelings
To Lykke, a window is the perfect canvas, because once painted it transforms its surroundings and make you see the world in a new light. The unique combination of flowers and light cultivate a strong sense of joy and belonging to nature - what she calls “floral feelings”. In a time where we lack touch with the natural world, building a stronger bond with nature is more important than ever. Through the interactive floral window art, Lykke spreads floral feelings and help you reconnect with nature.
Where can you see the work?
From the design hotels to flower festivals, train stations, universities and Copenhagen’s largest public square, Kgs Nytorv, Lykke’s window art blooms at various locations. She has transformed more than 450m2 across Denmark and is currently expanding her floral empire internationally.
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Johanne Lykke
Born in 1989, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen
Upcoming
2024 Temp de Flor, Girona Flower Festival, Spain
Education
2010-2015 The Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus
2014 BHQFU, New York, USA
Window murals
2024 The Flower Cube, KUBEN, Maerk Byen, Horsens, DK
2024 SAKURA SAKURA, Zoku CPH, DK
2024 Spring24, Ringsted Outlet, DK
2024 Red Love, Steel House Copenhagen, DK
2024 Daisies For Daisy, The European Environment Agency, Kgs Nytorv
2023 Home For The Butterfly You Are, Tivoli Friheden Flower Festival
2022 A Flower Tale, Tivoli Flower Festival
2022 Flowers in the City, DSB
2022 Flowers For Everyone, Demokrati Garagen, Copenhagen
2022 In Bloom, Pilipzcuk Gallery
2021 New Bloom, Copenhagen Business School
2020 Orangery Delights, Villa Kultur
Solo shows
2020 The Flower Factory, Cobrarummet, Sophienholm Kunstmuseum
2019 Harvesting The Sun, Godsbanen
2017 Process the Flower in Your Hand, OBRAS
2016 Tide Room, Rendezvous Curators, Aarhus
Selected group shows
2021 Preternatural Impacts, Arden Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2018 GIFC, Gallery Golsa, Oslo
2018 Velvet Ropes, Gallery Golsa, Oslo
2018 GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, NYC
2018 IS THINKING DECORATION?, Carlsberg ByenDK
2016 Dead Ripe II, Obst & Gemüse, Berlin,
2014 Rituals of the Reflective Self, Residency Unlimited, New York, USA
Artist Residencies
2019 Rimbun Dahan Residency, Malaysia
2017 OBRAS-Portugal
2016 Taekker Air Berlin
2016 Danish Institute in Athens
2014 Residency Unlimited, New York
2013 Ox-Bow, Michigan, US
2013 KUNO Program, Tallin, EST
2012 W.A.G.E.S., Naivasha, KE
Selected grants and support
2022 Frederiksberg Municipality
2022 Frederiksberg Municipality
2018 Danish Art Council, Residency Grant
2017 Danish Art Council, Exhibition grant
2017 Danish Art Council, Residency grant
2016 Stipend, Danish Institute in Athens
2014 Travel grant, Knud Højgaards Fond