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John Kenn Mortensen - Ligfærd
Ligfærd is a new exhibition of works by Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen, whose exquisitely detailed drawings transform childhood storybook imagery into scenes of gothic unease.
Opening reception: Jul 25th, 5 - 8pm. This is a free event. As Beinart Gallery is a licensed venue, any minors attending the opening reception will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
This exhibition will run from Jul 26th - Aug 16th 2026, and will coincide with Adam Elliot's Melancholy and Marmalade , Jessica Ng's I am Home and Jale Soysal's Soft Mutations.
Best known for his detailed drawings on Post-it notes in his “Sticky...
Ligfærd is a new exhibition of works by Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen, whose exquisitely detailed drawings transform childhood storybook imagery into scenes of gothic unease.
Opening reception: Jul 25th, 5 - 8pm. This is a free event. As Beinart Gallery is a licensed venue, any minors attending the opening reception will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
This exhibition will run from Jul 26th - Aug 16th 2026, and will coincide with Adam Elliot's Melancholy and Marmalade , Jessica Ng's I am Home and Jale Soysal's Soft Mutations.
Best known for his detailed drawings on Post-it notes in his “Sticky Monsters” series, Mortensen body of work is a classic nightmare realm: haunted houses, lonely children, darkened windows, forests, bats, clowns, candles, and impossible creatures that crowd the edges of the world. His drawings feel at once nostalgic and deeply uncanny, recalling the atmosphere of old fairy tales, folklore, Victorian illustration, and children’s books turned slightly rotten at the seams.
Part of the dread Mortensen’s work evokes is in this return to childhood, when threats of monsters loomed large, and imaginations ran wild in the dark of a childhood bedroom. The universal experience of being a tiny child in a vast, unknowable world, when threats took on much more fantastical forms, looking a lot less like run-of-the-mill adult anxieties. His linework, the frantic, obsessive detail, only reinforces this feeling of panicked spiralling.
Some of the works feel like climactic storybook pages, revealing a single beast, whilst others are overwhelmed with monsters - ghosts and ghouls occupying every available space on the page. These creatures, whilst menacing, are also funny, grotesque, and oddly tender, suggesting they’re occasionally misunderstood at first glance, less devils and more curious inhabitants of a parallel childhood realm where fear and wonder combine.
Born in 1978, John Kenn Mortensen is a Danish artist, animator, writer, and director based in Copenhagen. By day, he creates and directs children’s television; by night, he conjures intricate worlds of monsters, ghosts, ghouls, haunted houses, and uneasy childhood nightmares. Working with pen-and-paper, Mortensen balances horror, humour, folklore, and fairytale wonder, captured in delicious, meticulous detail.
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Original Art
- JB Burke - 'Caro et Flos I (Flesh and Flower)' - coloured pencil on Arches watercolour paper, mounted on birch panel
- Erika Sanada - 'Bond' - ceramic and cold finish
- Isobelle Ouzman - 'Curiosities of the Soul' - ink and coloured pencil on book
- Michael Campbell - 'Our Mother of Mystery' - urethane resin, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
- Shannon Taylor - 'The Lilac Tree' - watercolour collage in antique bubble glass frame
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Oubliette" - oils on custom wood panel arch
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Omertà" - oil on wood panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - 'La Belle' - oil on aluminium composite panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Every Silence" - oil on aluminium composite material
- Calvin Ma - 'Growth' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Sunny Days' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Wired' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Catriona Secker - "A Figure In The Forest" - graphite on 300gsm cotton paper
- Catriona Secker - "Forest Dwellers" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Kim Slate - 'Collectors' - clay, wire, gouache, acrylic, glass, epoxy & wood
- Kim Slate - 'Just Between Us' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Bit of Luck' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Peace Offering' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Safe and Sound' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Fragrant Burdens' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) and acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Sanguine' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Epistrophe' - acrylic on canvas
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Somewhere in Time' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Tearache' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) acrylic and graphite on clay
- Stella Im Hultberg - "Unremembered Stories" - jagae (mother of pearl) & acrylic on clay and wood
- Rovina Cai - 'Stars' - acrylic & coloured pencil on board
- Vincent Ultramarine - 'Who Left The Window Open' - gouache on watercolour paper
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'King Froggo Holding Court' - acryla gouache on wood panel
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'The Seer' - gouache on paper
- Haejin Yoo - 'Woman in the Bath XVI' - oil on linen, handmade pinewood frame
- Ruby Li - 'Tell Me Your Secrets, They’re Safe With Me' - oil on board
- Stefano Ronchi "Ronch" - 'The Golden Goose' - acrylic on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Liberation' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Spring Waltz' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'With You #2' - oil on canvas
- Pickled Circus - 'Spaghetti Yeti' - epoxy clay & resin
- Pickled Circus - 'Bugs Zombunny' - epoxy clay, ceramic & resin
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Moving Pictures (Chameleon)" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted videotape
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Squid’s Story' - mixed media sculpture on empty paint tube
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Snapshot" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted camera
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Sylvestre' - mixed media on tin can
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Pandora" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted jewellery dish
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Unicorn" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted Polly Pocket toy
- Stephanie Kilgast - "Rainbow Buddha (Toddlerpillar Customisation)" - mixed Media and vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Sr. Papá Chango - 'From Fruit To Life' - acrylic on canvas
- Sr. Papá Chango - 'Fresh Eucalyptus' - acrylic on canvas
- Jon Ching - 'Refresh' - oil on wood
- Jon Ching - 'Midas' - oil on wood
- Hannakin - 'Subterranean Isopod' - wool felt, thread, glass beads, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'The Collector' - wool felt, thread, glass beads, vintage lace trim, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Hermit Gastropod' - wool felt, thread, embroidery floss, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Radish Dicapitae' - wool felt, thread, magnet, glass beads and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Amphibious Clover' - wool felt, thread, wire, Sculpey and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Jana Brike - "The Wayward Traveler" - oil on canvas
- Jana Brike - 'Lady and Her Green Boy Lover' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'A Lady and a Dream' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Quiescence' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Bluebeard’s Bride and Her Moon of Honey' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Siren Song in a Storm' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - "The Wild Madonna and Her Daughter" - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Honeydew' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Triad' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Last Days of Summer' - oil on linen
- Emilio Garcia - 'Jumping Brain - Black, Beinart Gallery edition' - resin sculpture, edition of 2
- Jessica Dalva - "Biblically Accurate Cherubim" - mixed media, epoxy clay, gold leaf, acrylic paint, vintage wooden base and vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Jason Limon - "Cosmic Coffin" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Outlines" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Stargaze" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Infinite Glow" - acrylic on panel
- Marco Pennacchia - 'Where I Fade' - oil on canvas
- Adrianna Karwacka - 'The Hermit' - textile sculpture with wire, gouache and antique pot
- Adrianna Karwacka - 'The Family' - textile sculpture with wire, gouache and antique pot
- Ben Ryan - 'A Gut Feeling: After Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son' - oil on panel
- Georgie Seccull - 'Between Worlds' - treated stainless steel sculpture
- David Hourigan - 'Poon's Restaurant' - foam, metal, wood, plastic & plaster
- Katie Barron - 'Cherry Tree' - oil on panel
- Samara Owens - 'Mygistic Light' - felted wool and fibre, armature wire, glass beads, copper metal clay, resin, cotton thread & timber
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - 'Ambivalence' - graphite on paper
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - "Succumb" - acrylic on board
- Katie Barron - 'Sugar Mama' - oil on panel
- Alex Garant - "Gold Study 1" - oil on cradled canvas panel
- Alex Garant - "Is This a Dream Or a Mirage?" - oil on canvas
- Alex Garant - "Is this a Mirage Or a Dream?" - oil on canvas
- Kristen Egan - "Inia" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Boto" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Delphinus" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Calamity Cole - 'Feeding the Cave Cat' - Charcoal, oil and iridescent decoupage on watercolor paper mounted to wooden plaque
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Note Threads' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'By the Shallows' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Pottinger' - oil on wood
- Paola Ciarska - 'Glitch (2097)' - gouache on board
- Scott Listfield - "Old Man Of The Mountain" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 71" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 30" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Pink flock" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Blue Moon" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The City Has Eyes" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 25" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Ultraviolet Spectrum" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Chemical Sky" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Crystal Oracle" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The Face With One Eye" - oil on canvas
- Brian M. Viveros - 'KO' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Dreamer' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Nine Lives' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Wild at Heart' - charcoal, pastel & graphite
- Dulk - 'Puffin' - pencil and acrylic paint on japanese paper
- Dulk - 'Otter' - pencil and acrylic paint on japanese paper
- Tina Yu - 'Wish Tree' - epoxy clay, acrylic paint & epoxy resin
- Jesús Aguado - "The Day of Bones" - acrylic on wood panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Eyelashes of Pain" - acrylic on panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Ear" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Smell" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Pig Supplies" - acrylic on birch panel
- Clémentine Bal - "Carte Postale" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Chien Rose " - aerosol, acrylic, coloured pencil, pastel on mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Meilleure Vie" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Gardienne" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Emma" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Golden Bird' - oil on panel
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Offering' - oil on panel
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Gift' - oil on panel
- Hine Mizushima - 'Anatomical Heart, Inhabited (Deep)' - felt, beads, sequins, yarn, wood, wire and glass dome
- Hine Mizushima - 'Anatomical Heart, Inhabited (Shallow)' - felt, beads, sequins, yarn, wood, wire and glass dome
- Agatha Black - 'Jinky Twins Artdoll' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Agatha Black - 'Chubby Bird' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Agatha Black - 'Pale Bat' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Josh Keyes - "Red Snow" - acrylic on birch panel
- Super A - "Warped" - acrylic on linen
- Josie Morway - "Dawn" - oil on canvas
- Josie Morway - "Dusk" - oil on canvas
- Dewi Plass - 'A World of Kindness' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'All That Is Dear' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'Habitat (Soul Nourishments)' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Stuck (through the motions)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Transform (the magic we create)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Adriana Artmeier - 'You're So Funny' - acrylic on wood
- Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters - "Alive: 3 Tots in 1" - oil, acrylic, epoxy resin on UV resin, vinyl, and wood
- Jolene Lai - 'Birdcage' - oil on wood panel
- Jolene Lai - 'Rainbow's End' - oil on wood panel
- Dolaana Davaa - 'Black & White Demon Mask' - wood pulp, tempera and synthetic hair
- Samuel Farnham - 'Cloak' - graphite on archival paper
- Samuel Farnham - 'First Glance' - graphite on archival paper
- Samuel Farnham - 'Inner Child' - oil on panel
- Samuel Farnham - 'Spoiled Thoughts' - graphite on archival paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'Invitation' - ink on paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'The Procession' - pen and ink on paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'Woman of the Mire' - clay, resin and wood
- Jeff Christensen - 'A Thousand Cuts' - oil on panel
- Jeff Christensen - "Calling Forth Darkly" - oil on panel
- Jeff Christensen - "Headspace" - oil on canvas
- Jeff Christensen - "Draugr" - oil on board
- Wiley Wallace - "End Together" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Canyon Search" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "All Over" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Bright Night" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Prism Sunrise" - acrylic on panel
- Ginklet - 'James' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - 'Big Jimmy' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - 'Casper' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - "Burt and Lionel" - ceramic clay and underglaze
- Ginklet - "Arnold" - ceramic clay and underglaze
- Ginklet - 'Tough Baby' - ceramic and underglaze
- Beau White - '2 Minutes to Midnight' - oil on board
- Beau White - "What's Inside A Tardigrade?" - epoxy clay, polymer clay, plastic toothpicks, oil paint & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Beau White - 'Algal Bloom' - oil on board
- Beau White - "One Toe In The Grave" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Once Upon A Time" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Missing In Action" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Chance Meeting" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Big Toe" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Not A Robot" - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Lest We Spaghett' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Time Does Pass' - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Clump' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Pop!' - oil on board
- Briana Hertzog - "Little Green Man" - epoxy clay, primer & acrylic paint on vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Diogo Monteiro - "The Little Hugger" - resin with acrylic paint and varnish on a wooden base
- Bayard Baudoin - "The Golden Homunculus" - fiberglass Resin, acrylic and mixed media
- Hannah Chatham - "The Biter" - porcelain teeth, dental acrylic resins
- Helice Wen - "On The Nature of Daydreaming No. 4" - oil and acrylic on wood panel
- Briana Hertzog - "Pompon Dahlia No. 2" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "A Day of Rest" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Camouflage No.3" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Camouflage No.2" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Herbivore" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Carnivorous Plant" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Feral Garden No. 1" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Pompon Dahlia No. 1" - oil on canvas
- QimmyShimmy - "Taiyaki (tuna)" - Mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Strawberry Parfait" - mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Pumpkin" - polymer clay & mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Melon" - polymer clay & mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Apricots" - polymer clay & mixed media
- Adrian Cogiel - "Toddlerspore" - Epoxy putty, acrylic paint & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Lix North - "Gilt" - oil on aluminium
- Marco Mazzoni - "Happy" - colored pencils on paper
- Natalia Fabia - "Indulge Me" - oil on panel
- Nicole Evans - "Equilibrium" - oil on cradled birch panel
- Nicole Evans - 'The Lost and Found' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - 'Leda and the Slug' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - 'Roving Lemonati' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - '10,000 Leaves' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Ekhidna' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Arke' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Fauna' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Hu Li Jing' - oil on panel
- Justin Boehme - 'Dangerous Mother' - sterling silver and bronze
- Justin Boehme - 'Trench Spider Crab (Brachyus Justinius)' - sterling silver and found nut
- Brian Mashburn - 'African Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Asian Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Tamarin' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Green Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Blue Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Ficus with Cat' - oil on panel
- Brian Mashburn - 'Monkey Tree' - oil on canvas
- Brian Mashburn - "Somniferum" - oil on panel
- Zarina Situmorang - "Choice #2" - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - 'It Takes Two' - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Peony" - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Sharing" - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Support" - oil on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - "Reflection" - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Strawberry' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Imitation' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Rumor' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Artificial Life' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Whisper' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Mirror, Mirror' - acrylic on canvas
- Tokyo Jesus - 'The Cabinet' - epoxy putty, wood, brass and mixed media
- Tokyo Jesus - 'Survivor' - resin, acrylic, lacquer and enamel paint, vintage kimono, epoxy putty, glass eyes, synthetic hair, bells and paper
- Tokyo Jesus - 'Catacomb Box (four)' - resin, acrylic, lacquer and enamel paint, epoxy putty and extruded polystyrene in traditional Japanese Kiri wood box
- Julia A. Rich - 'The Puzzle' - acrylic on triangle canvas
- Julia A. Rich - 'The Harvest' - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - "Sisters Not Twins - THE ANG3L" - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - "Sisters Not Twins - THE D3VIL" - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - 'Idol I' - acrylic on canvas
- Adrian Borda - "The Silver Coil" - oil on board
- Adrian Borda - "Beyond The Pleasure Principle" - oil on canvas
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, New Haircut" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, Whiskers" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Sorcerer" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Vicar, Bad Hair-Day" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Prophecy Veil"- colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Werewolf Incognito, Formal Attire" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- John Walker - "Boney Bunny From the Heart" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Midnight Musicologists" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Odd Travelers - A Question of Balance" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Hearts Desires" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Gwendolyn and the Very Special Tea" - acrylic on panel