Anders SCRMN Meisner (b. 1981) is a Danish visual artist, who currently lives and works in Copenhagen after having lived abroad throughout his twenties - mainly in Spain and The Netherlands, where he toured with a punk band and earned the moniker "SCRMN" for his eclectic vocals.
SCRMN is interested in the language of shared symbolism and the emotional resonance of objects. His paintings blend references from art history with fleeting impressions and personal memories to create a complicated sense of recognition – the scenes feel familiar, but we can’t quite grasp the full picture. The flat, graphic style of the imagery speaks to this familiarity while the Pointillist-inspired detailing evokes the sense of something transient or flickering, drifting in and out of focus like a half-remembered dream.
Each painting emerges from a line jotted down in Meisner’s notebooks. These fragments later become the titles, painted up the sidebar of his completed canvases, so that we encounter each scene from two perspectives: first as a purely visual image and then through a written prompt that offers a clue into the story he is imagining. Often rooted in sensory experiences or moments of connection, these stories return repeatedly to the natural world – to gardens, light, seasons and cultivated landscapes – evoking beauty, nostalgia and wonder while also reflecting on ideas of privilege, order and control. At the same time, a subtle, tongue-in-cheek humour runs through his practice: an awareness of stereotype and sentimentality that prevents the work from slipping into romanticism.
This sensitivity to atmosphere and environment is shaped in part by the artist’s travels. Meisner spent his twenties living in Seville and Amsterdam, and the cities continue to inform his visual language. Its decorative ceramic tiles, palm trees and religious iconography, along with the distinct light and rhythms of southern Spain, resonate in his vivid palettes and sun-drenched compositions. He still returns regularly, exchanging Scandinavian winters for Andalusian warmth – a cyclical migration that echoes the seasonal shifts running through his work.
Meisner’s work has been exhibited at national and international art fairs and institutions, and galleries including The Pit, Los Angeles, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, New York, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London/Miami/Berlin, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen and Koldinghus Museum in Denmark, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Saatchi Gallery and various art fairs.
