Bente Ørum

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Bente Ørum is educated as a psychologist. She has worked as a scientific researcher in educational sociology, as a union leader (psychologists) and as head of department in The Danish Ministry of Education.

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Bente Ørum's paintings are figurative, often with a hint of surrealism. The paintings deal with people and the challenges and problems they meet.

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In most of her paintings feelings are central. Unconscious imaginations are sharpened and put into concrete forms. They stem from her own life but are transformed into a general form. Accordingly, the people, buildings and landscapes in the pictures are not portraying specific persons, buildings or landscapes, but - with a few exceptions - are made up.

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It is important for Bente Ørum that the painting inspires and encourages the viewer to wonder what is really going on? The paintings tell a story, but are not unambiguous. Different viewers will read different stories into the paintings and there is no one story that is correct.

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Bente Ørum has painted since 2005 and exhibited in Denmark, Italy and Spain. In 2018 she has exhibited at Porsebakken and Art-Nordic in Copenhagen.