15. Juni Fondens honorary award : Sebastian Møller Jørgensen
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Sebastian Møller Jørgensen is one of three recipients of the 15. Juni Fonden honorary award, which now includes an 11-month development program at Art Hub Copenhagen as part of a new partnership between the foundation and AHC.
Through lifelike sculptural figures, Sebastian Møller Jørgensen explores the everyday social dynamics and emotional exchanges that unfold within institutional spaces such as kindergartens. His work The Yellow Room consists of life-sized child and adult figures in wood and foam, each captured in small gestures of play, care, or longing. With a precise observational eye, he transforms ordinary moments into subtle reflections on community, vulnerability, and human connection.
About Sebastian Møller Jørgensen’s work, The Yellow Room, the jury states:
“There is, quite literally, a softness, a curious openness, and an attentiveness to detail in Sebastian Møller Jørgensen’s extensive work that makes it a promising beginning to an artistic career.”
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ABOUT THE AHC AND 15. JUNI FONDEN PARTNERSHIP
With a shared vision to promote and support the practice of younger visual artists, Art Hub Copenhagen and 15. Juni Fonden enter a three-year partnership from 2026. For the next three years, three newly graduated visual artists will receive an 11-month development program each year at Art Hub Copenhagen at Thoravej 29, in addition to 15. Juni Fonden’s honorary prize of DKK 50,000.
The artists who receive the foundation’s grant are selected by the foundation’s art jury, which consists of professor Mikkel Bogh from the University of Copenhagen, visual artist Tore Hallas and art critic and mediator Mai Misfeldt.
ABOUT THE 15. JUNI FONDEN
The 15. Juni Fonden is a commercial foundation that works philanthropically in three areas: nature and hunting, art and culture, and social and humanitarian efforts. With the 15JF Emerging Artists Programme, the foundation works to strengthen career paths for talented, young artists; strengthen the artistic ecosystem through capacity building and contribute to new knowledge in the art industry.
