Nothing Exists in it Self. Paintings exhibited at ArtLab 21 Gallery in Nørrebro, Copenhagen

Birgitte Moos Chalcraft is a Copenhagen-based artist in Denmark. She obtained a Masters Degree in Spatial Art from The Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, studied at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) by Achim Freyer and at the Berlin-Weissensee Fine Art Academy. In 2020 she completed a second Masters in Positive Psychology from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Birgitte creates interdisciplinary works that blend scenography, installation art, digital art, painting, performance, and text to create immersive experiences. By merging creative techniques with systematic approaches, she unites visual art and psychology into a cross-disciplinary practice she terms "visual psychology." This fusion takes her to the threshold where art-making becomes a way of being. Her work delves into complex socio-political and metaphysical themes, including environmental justice, peace, equality, and consciousness. Drawing on disciplines such as quantum mechanics, transpersonal (spiritual) psychology, and non-duality, as well as the aesthetic of colours, Birgitte seeks to explore the interconnectedness between the microcosm of the human inner world and the macrocosmic dimensions of the universe. Through these multidimensional inquiries, she encourages viewers to reflect on humanity’s relationship with nature, the cosmos and one self, and the potential for healing. Although trained in classical naturalistic drawing, Birgitte prioritizes abstraction over figuration, proposing a universal language that aims to transcend the perceived separation between the self and the cosmos, fostering a sense of unity and resonance. By investigating how metaphysical and scientific perspectives can intersect, she asks how humanity can be interconnected as part of a larger whole. Her art thrives in diverse settings, often engaging with both urban and natural environments as platforms for site-specific reflections. Her work contemplates on the relationship between personal and collective experience, offering viewers a space to explore harmony between immateriality and matter, while considering humanity's place in the world.

Birgitte has played an active role in numerous projects, theatrical performances, and exhibitions, both within Denmark and on the international scene. She has exhibited at a number of places including the Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Arthall Charlottenborg), Copenhagen; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (Barnsdall Art Park); BG Gallery, Santa Monica; The Mike Kelley Gallery, Los Angeles; Museum Lolland-Falster, Denmark; Art Share Gallery and Pershing Square, Los Angeles; Arthall Nikolaj, Copenhagen; Czech National Gallery, Prague and Zirrat Bankasi Museum, Ankara, Turkey. She was Artist in Residence by Robert Wilson at The Watermill Center in NY and previously in digital art at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, where she also exhibited at USC Annenberg´s School of Journalism.

She facilitates flow collaborations in group settings and teams across various artistic disciplines. In addition, she lectures on interdisciplinary set design for experimental theatre and performance art. Birgitte was also a member of the policy institute “Social Art, Performative Architecture & Performance Studies - Interdisciplinarity and Community in Performing Arts” at the University of La Verne in Los Angeles.

Recently, she was awarded "Multidisciplinary Artist of the Year 2024 (Denmark)”. She is a nominee of "Best Theatre Scenography of the Year" by LA Weekly, and "Featured Artist of LA" by Downtown Art Walk. Birgitte is a member of the Danish Visual Artists Association (BKF), and has received grants and scholarships from foundations such as the Beckett Fund, Knud Højgård´s Fund, Nordic Film Fund, Denmarks Nationalbank's Jubilee Fund, and the Augustinus Fund. Further awards include Danish Set Designers Fund, Nordea Denmark Fund, Danish Employers' Jubilee Fund, a DAAD scholarship, and the Danish Design Foundation.

Others have said                                                                                                                                                           "As an internationally recognized innovator in the field of interdisciplinary performance design, Ms. Moos possess in-depth knowledge and a unique perspective that rises above and beyond the scope of many of her contemporary researchers and educators here in the United States. She is a polymath with strong competencies in project management, knowledge production, and process consulting, being both a theorist and a working artist ... She is without a doubt absolutely outstanding in her field because she defines trends internationally. Therefore, she contributes profoundly as a teacher/researcher to the expansion of traditional academic and practical methodologies of performance design pedagogy". 

- Alan Tollefson, Professor & Technical Director at the Theatre Arts & Bureau of Social Research Unit Chair, University of    La Verne CA

"Ms. Moos is a specialist image maker, an artist, thinker, and craftsperson who possesses an extraordinary esthetic sensibility. She is already a visionary in the field, pioneering exciting new areas at the cutting edge of technology and the arts, and creating striking and deeply interesting artworks in the process. She is a creative and gifted talent who not only excels but stands out ... Individuals with her combination of skills, knowledge, and talent are extremely rare and much sought after by industry. She will undoubtedly bring prestige to any project in which she is involved".   

- Vibeke Soerensen, Professor & Founding Chair, Division of Animation & Digital Arts at the University of Southern              California, L.A.

"Ms. Moos, herself, is an intuitive artist with analytical abilities and theoretical knowledge, as well as creative instinct. Her practice allows her the appropriate vocabulary and peers respect to obtain detailed information, that can be challenging for one from a purely theatre history training. She understands her roles, either as a designer or critical theorist, as well as the traverse between them. As part of her residency, she held a lecture and demonstrated highly accomplished international expertise and visionary–insight–into–this_subject. Moos' proactive investigation of experimental and avant-garde design in relation to the performance of the performers and audience, is vital to the genre".

- Sherry Dobbin, Director at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center in NY, Director at Times Square Arts in NYC, and Partner      (Managing & Cultural Director) at Future City, London