Living By Making

How I Ended Up Working with Murderers

I share fragments from my life: living on almost nothing, standing in a supermarket unable to choose, and working for years inside a prison with men convicted of severe crimes — where something unexpected began to unfold. This is an episode about vulnerability, dignity, and the invisible structures shaping an artist’s life. And maybe also a question: What is art worth — and to whom? — You are not alone. I see you. 🌿 Website: www.mianelle.dk [https://www.mianelle.dk] 🌿 Instagram: mianelle_studio [https://www.instagram.com/mianelle_studio/] 🌿 Support my PodCast and work: patreon/mianelle [https://www.patreon.com/MiaNelle]

Who Gets to Belong in the Art World?

This week, I received a working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation — after fifteen years of rejection. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to finally be “recognised” as an artist. On the idea of the elite — and the quiet feeling of still being outside of it. On the realities of working conditions in the art world, money, and the body under pressure. This is a personal essay about value, survival, and the moment something shifts — not in the system, but inside. Instagram : @mianelle_studio  Web: www.mianelle.dk

Will the Past Catch Up With Me Soon

This episode moves between past and present, between memory and the act of making. It is about drawing, painting, and trying to hold on to something that keeps slipping away. About childhood, repetition, and the body remembering before the mind does. A reflection on what it means to make something good— and what it costs to keep trying. Follow my instagram: @mianelle_studio [https://www.instagram.com/mianelle_studio/] or visit my website www.mianelle.dk [https://www.mianelle.dk]

What is the role of the artist today?

A poetic reflection on the role of the artist in a capitalist world. Between money, meaning, and a night walk in the forest, I explore what it means to create—and belong—today. Website: www.mianelle.dk [http://www.mianelle.dk]  Instgram: mianelle_studio

Working Class Artist

From preparing breakfast for Airbnb guests at my farmhouse in Denmark to thinking about class, grants, day jobs, art school debt, and what it means to make art while carrying a working-class history in the body, this is an episode about survival, shame, labour, and the strange intimacy of trying to build a life through creative work. Instagram: @mianelle_studio [https://www.instagram.com/mianelle_studio/] Web: www.mianelle.dk [http://www.mianelle.dk/] Email: studio@mianelle.com