Mille Kalsmose (b.1972, Horsens, Denmark) is a visual artist who lives and works in Copenhagen and New York.
Kalsmose’s multifaceted practice spans sculpture, installation and two dimensional works, offering what can be described as ‘spiritual survival kits’—artworks that explore and reimagine human existence and interconnectedness. Central to her work are themes of family constellations and the intricate relationships between individuals and the world around them.
Kalsmose’s work materialises what is invisible to the eye – a constant driving force and an indispensable desire throughout her practice. Combining autobiography with neuroscience, personal experiences with social enquiry, Mille Kalsmose creates artworks that resonate on a multitude of levels. She has worked with a wide range of materials and explores the architecture of memory, identity, psychological mechanisms, and spiritual life conceptions, creating a union of the unconfined in highly tactile manifestations.
Kalsmose holds an MA from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has studied at the Bio Art Lab at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, MAVI (Museum of Visual Arts) in Santiago, Chile, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, CCA (Center for Contemporary Art) in Andratx, Spain, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge in Barcelona, ITAMI Museum in Hyōgo, Japan, Fundacion Valentín de Madariaga in Andalusia, Spain, Horsens Art Museum, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Kastrupgaard Collection, and Gether Contemporary. Her works are included in numerous private and public collections worldwide.
THK Gallery will present for the first time in Cape Town Kalsmose’s celebrated ‘Collected Memory’ project, which debuted at the UN Headquarters in New York in 2020, and has been since traveled to museums and cultural destinations worldwide. At each location, the installation gathers new contributions, continually expanding its archive of human experiences. ‘Collected Memory’ has garnered many accolades, and in 2025 was named a finalist for The Heitland Foundation Prize.