Rooms We Made Safe

Next autumn, Huis Marseille is hosting Rooms We Made Safe, the first museum exhibition by emerging artist Michella Bredahl (b 1988, Greve, Denmark). She is known for her probing, intimate portraits of friends and acquaintances, which she captures at home in uninhibited moments. But a home does not necessarily mean safety. The exhibition follows a very personal history, going back to photographs taken by Bredahl's mother before her daughter's birth and photographs taken by mother and daughter together in Bredahl's childhood. The exhibition comprises about 60 works and will be on display from 18 October 2025 to 8 February 2026.

Bredahl grew up in a social housing estate on the outskirts of Copenhagen, with her single mother and her younger sister. Their flat was very colourful, a contrast to the minimalist Scandinavian aesthetic. Thus, each room had its own hue: deep blue, bright red, and floral patterns. When Bredahl was seven, her mother gave her a camera. Together, they recorded their daily lives. At a young age, the two sisters were confronted with their mother's substance addiction, which made a deep impression on them. In Rooms We Made Safe, Bredahl returns to the terrain of her childhood, once a dangerous place, and transforms it into powerful artistic expression. As an echo of her years of documenting domestic spaces, the rooms at Huis Marseille are each dedicated to a specific period in her life and its photographic precipitation.

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