Ida Larsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1964. She attended several art courses and seminars, i.e. at the Sawtooth Art School in Winston-Salem, NC, USA, the art classes of E. Plaka in Athens, courses at the Holbaek Kunsthoejskole in Denmark, and at the Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In 1988 she entered the textile design department of the Danish School of Design And graduated in 1991. The same year, she entered the Institute of Unique Design at the Danish School of Design, where she graduated in 1993 with a Master degree in textile art. In 1993, Ida moved to Greece. She lives and works in Athens.
In her work, Ida Larsen explores possibilities of usual everyday materials. she focuses on how one material changes when combined with another. To do this, she has chosen a concrete and simple, almost minimal expression. She transforms materials into three dimensional objects, installations, photography, and video.
She has worked at several theaters as an assistant scenographer. At the municipality of Haidari, Athens, she gives art classes to children. The last years Ida Larsen has worked on the street art project, “surface”. Ηer works can be found all over Athens.
Her works can be found in private and public collections, for example in Denmark, Greece, Japan, and Scotland and Russia.
Ida Larsen is a member of the Association of Athens School of Fine Arts Graduates (E.P.A.S.K.T.).
EXHIBITIONS
2014
Solo exhibition with the theme ” The Paper” at “Mercato” in Kythira island, Greece
2014
Group exhibition “Big crisis-small art” at “follow your art” gallery in the island of Kytera
2008-2018
Street art projects ” Surface”and”City Circles”
2008
Group project at Bartesera in Athens.
2007
Solo exhibition with the project “in the garden/ston kipo” at Bartesera in Athens.
2007
Participation at the group exhibitions “Schedio Polis” at “Choros….. Ypo Entaxin”.
2006
Solo exhibition exhibition with the title “Inside Out, Outside In” at the French Institute of Athens in collaboration with the Danish Institute of Athens.
2005
Participation at the group exhibition at the Association of Athens School of Fine Arts Graduates (E.P.A.S.K.T.) with the work “What the Waves Bring”
2004
Video at the 1o Athens video art festival.
2004
Group exhibition at the old village school of Potamos on the island of Kythera, Greece.
2003
Participation at the group exhibitions entitled “Kormos – Estia” which took place in Athens, Hydra, and Chania in Crete.
2002, 2004, 2007
Presentation of works at the Charlottenborg ( school of fine art) spring exhibition in Copenhagen.
2001
Solo exhibitionat the Association of Athens School of Fine Arts Graduates (E.P.A.S.K.T.).
2000
Group exhibition with theme on the island of Kythera, Greece.
2000
Group exhibition at the “Free Range Festival” at 8 Ditika in Athens.
2000
Group exhibition at the municipal culture centre of Korydallos, Athens.
1999, 2000
Group exhibition “Mediterranean 99” at the municipal culture centre of Korydallos, Athens.
1999
Group exhibition at Mercato on the island of Kythera, Greece.
1999
Group exhibition on the theme “four elements” at 8 Ditika in Athens.