About and Values
About Olivia Kamradt
Olivia Valbak Kamradt is a danish emerging multidisciplinary artist. She works within performance, lino print, paintings, other mediums, art mediation and education through caregiving projects, creative workshops, grief work and creative guidance in intuition and vulnerability. Her practice is often interdisciplinary involving collaborations with artists and musicians, arts and cultural practitioners, institutions and organisations with a variety of projects. She has also curated and worked with exhibition projects within the emerging arts scene of Denmark in Northern Jutland.
About OK mak|værk
The artist finds the word “makværk” (pronounced “mak-værk”) beautiful, fun, and powerful, and feels it describes her creative process perfectly.
“Makværk” is a Danish word with roots in the German Machwerk. It is a combination of “mak” and “værk.” “Mak” refers to something that is difficult to work with or something that has been poorly or hastily made, while “værk” means a work or craft - in this context, a piece of artwork.
In Danish, the term is often used in craft traditions to describe something that is challenging to make or that appears messy or imperfect. In everyday language, it is frequently used in a humorous way to describe something that was intended to be perfect but went wrong along the way - like a “cake fail” or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, built on an unstable foundation (although the tower is, of course, beautiful in its imperfection).
“Makværk” carries a humorous and quirky quality, which the artist feels is a fitting description of her unique creations and often imperfect creative process. This is also reflected in her name, OK (Olivia Kamradt), which she chose as a playful pun, embracing the idea that her “makværk” may not be perfect, but that imperfection is okay. And that being okay is, in itself, okay.
This is the story behind the name OK mak|værk.
The artist hopes to bring joy and curiosity through each unique expression in her artworks. Enjoy the makværk by Olivia Kamradt.
Values in the Artistic Practice
OK mak|værk values sustainable methods and strives to work towards greater sustainability in its artistic practice. This is approached through:
- creating unique, non-mass-produced artworks
- working from a zero-waste approach
- using recycled materials
- producing limited editions or small yearly print runs, and/or working with a print-on-demand approach to avoid overproduction and material waste
- using sustainable packaging when shipping works
Sustainability and materials
In relation to sustainability and groundwater protection, the artist aims to clean brushes in the most environmentally gentle way possible when working with acrylic and other types of paint that can be harmful to nature.
This is done by reusing cloths to wipe off paint and by reusing and filtering water several times, allowing residual paint to settle and solidify before disposal. This helps prevent acrylic paint from entering the drainage system and, in the worst case, groundwater.
OK mak|værk continuously seeks more sustainable methods and better solutions, which are integrated into the artistic practice wherever possible.
Other information
CVR: 43028650
E-mail: ok.makvaerk@gmail.com