BEGINNING AGAIN

(Genstart).

05.09 - 03.10.2025

This was Nadia Ørneborg’s first fine art exhibition as well as her first step back into the world after being hit by a taxi in 2020. It also marks the 5th year anniversary of the accident that changed her life.

Held at Gallery Ørn, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

WORKS EXHIBITED

"Hope Exploding!" 240x190 cm. Acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Hope Exploding!" 240x190 cm. Acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Resilience" 240x190 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oils sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Resilience" 240x190 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oils sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Courage" 240x190 cm. Tinted charcoal, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Courage" 240x190 cm. Tinted charcoal, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Unbreakable Wonder 02" 110x90 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Unbreakable Wonder 02" 110x90 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Unbreakable Wonder" 110x90 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"Unbreakable Wonder" 110x90 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"From One Moment To The Next" 125x80 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

"From One Moment To The Next" 125x80 cm. Tinted charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint & oil sticks on canvas. SOLD.

GALLERY OPENING NIGHT

An abstract geometric painting on display in a gallery window, with colorful shapes and lines. The reflection of the street and an adjacent building can also be seen on the glass.
A group of people gathered inside an art gallery, some holding drinks, while Nadia Ørneborg is presenting her first excibition "Beginning Again", next to a large window showing the city streets outside.
Two people stand close together in front of a colorful abstract painting. The woman, with curly hair, gestures with her hand as she talks, and the man with glasses and a beard listens attentively.
A group of people at an art gallery exhibition, mid-conversation, holding wine glasses, with a colourful abstract painting in the background.
People socializing and chatting in an art gallery with a colorful abstract painting on the wall.
A woman with tattoos, wearing a dark brown outfit, smiling and posing in front of an abstract colorful artwork at an art gallery.
People attending an art exhibition, with a colorful abstract painting on the wall behind them. A woman in the foreground is smiling and holding a glass, wearing a beige blazer and dark jeans. A man with a beard, wearing a geometric patterned shirt, i
A group of people standing in front of Gallery Ørn. They are engaging in conversation and some are looking at their phones. The building is yellow with large windows.
A group of people socializing at an art gallery, some holding drinks, with colorful abstract artwork on the wall behind them.
Group of people socializing at an art gallery with a colorful abstract painting in the background.
Colorful abstract geometric painting displayed on a wall in an art gallery.
Abstract colorful geometric painting with intersecting lines and shapes in shades of pink, purple, green, and blue.
A man in a striped shirt standing and talking in an art gallery with abstract paintings on the wall.
Close-up of an abstract geometric painting with overlapping colorful shapes and lines, mounted on a white gallery wall.

ARTIST STATEMENT

When life changes abruptly, how do you keep yourself going in the face of immense loss and unimaginable suffering?

How do you hold on to the hope that something new – and possibly even better can emerge from the broken pieces of what once was?

Welcome to Beginning Again (Genstart).

An exhibition that celebrates coming back to life and the resilience and courage – in all its many forms – needed to overcome crisis and begin again.

Cycling home from a work event 5 years ago, my world was shattered by a taxi driver who ran a red light. My career in animation, my relationship, my brain and my body; everything was lost to the whiplash and severe concussion I sustained that night. 4 years would pass before I received the care I needed to start recovering.

Unable to work digitally, I returned to traditional media. Unable to express my inner world figuratively, I turned to the abstract. I chose large scale – not for spectacle, but out of a deep inner need to use my whole body when creating.

Focusing on my love for colour, texture and movement, the paintings are a dance between surrender and control. Bold shapes and soft lines dominate the images, depicting a determination to create change in a seemingly unchangeable situation.

Through these rich, large-scale compositions I try to process some of the all consuming and chaotic emotions that became my daily reality as I fought to find a way back to myself. They are, each of them, pieced together by the hope, resilience and stubborn insistence I needed to survive.

I want them to stand as a reminder of our innate capacity to overcome even the darkest moments with gratitude and fierce determination.

And perhaps invite the viewer to wonder:

What unexpected beauty might bloom from the pain you’ve suffered?

Work & Exhibitions

Illustration of a bombed and sunken WW2 warship at the port in the French city Brest, Brittany. Bomb craters, destruction, sea water and debris, with ships and birds in the scene.
Silhouette of a small propeller airplane flying against a dark background with shadows and building structures below.
Stylised painting of a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and forests in autumn colours. The sun is setting and we are minutes from dusk. A fog is creeping in, about to engulf the unsuspecting campers and their tents.