Malene Kastalje

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Published: 25.02.2026

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3 new pieces have been added to the artist's profile.

Malene Kastalje

: Vennemindevej 70, 3.tv
2100 - Copenhagen
DENMARK

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Necklace: I Become Ocean by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.25 x 36 x 32 cmUnique piece.Made for the Scandinavian/Japanese exhibition Body of Water in Tokyo and now on show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistachios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026..

Brooch: Low Tide by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2025.17 x 13 x 7 cm.Photo by: Malene KastaljeUnique piece.On show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistahios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026..

Earrings: Tiny Tide by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, 925 silver. 2025.5 x 3 x 2 cm.Photo by: Malene KastaljeUnique piece.On show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistachios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026..

Brooch: Fallen Clouds 1/3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.24 x 14 x 8 cm.Photo by: Jeanette PhilipsenUnique piece.Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair..

Brooch: Fallen Clouds 1/3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.24 x 14 x 8 cm.Photo by: Jeanette PhilipsenUnique piece.On body view.Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair..

Brooch: Fallen Clouds 2/3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.13 x 11 x 6 cm.Photo by: Jeanette PhilipsenUnique piece.Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair..

Brooch: Fallen Clouds 2/3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.13 x 11 x 6 cm.Photo by: Jeanette PhilipsenUnique piece.On-body view.Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair..

Brooch: Fallen Clouds 3/3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.13 x 11 x 6 cm.Photo by: Jeanette PhilipsenUnique piece.

Brooch: After The Current It Appeared by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2024.17 x 12 x 7 cm.Photo by: Malene KastaljeUnique piece.Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair.

Neckpiece: It Grew Until There Was Nothing Left by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnets. 2023.16 x 40 x 28 cmUnique piece.

Neckpiece: It Grew Until There Was Nothing Left by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnets. 2023.16 x 40 x 28 cmUnique piece.On body view
. Photo by Dorte Krogh.

Brooch: It Took Us Across and Left Us There by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet, silver cobber, enamel.
. Enamel element by Kaori Juzu. 2022.12 x 14 x 9 cm.Photo by: Dorte KroghUnique piece.

Neckpiece: We Could Still Hear It in the Distance by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet. 2022.28 x 19 x 7 cm.Photo by: Malene KastaljeUnique piece.

Brooch: When It Got Closer, No One Stopped by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, Neodymium Magnets, pigment; Titanium White, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Yellow Deep (substitute), Quinacridone Violet and Phthalocyanine Blue.. 2020.17 x 20 x 5.5 cm.Photo by: Malene Kastalje.
. Maybe it had come with the wind, but it was on the way back that the first signs showed up. The surface got covered with a thin indeterminate layer; the cracks opened and allowed the heat to rise. A dry sensation was spreading, and the sweet smell that was creeping in was numbing. It recalled everything that had gone before..

Neckpiece: It was closer than the year before but no one noticed by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet.. 2018.18 x 7 x 27 cm.Photo by: Malene Kastalje.

Brooch: Untitled by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, neodymium magnets.. 2018.6 x 11 x 7 cm.From series: The Swollen Part.

Brooch: Untitled by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, niobium magnets.. 2018.6.5 x 9.4 x 7.3 cm.From series: The Swollen Part.

Brooch: The Swollen Part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, Pigments, Magnets. 2017.6.8 x 8.5 x 6.2 cm.From series: The Swollen Part.

Brooch: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.5 x 8 x 7 cm.From series: The swollen part.

Brooch: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.5.7 x 8.2 x 6.5 cm.Part of: The swollen part.

Necklace: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.6 x 14 x 23 cm.From series: The swollen part.

Brooch: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.5.7 x 7.8 x 6.8 cm.From series: The swollen part.

Necklace: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.5 x 14 x 27 cm.From series: The swollen part.

Brooch: The swollen part by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, magnets.. 2016.4.4 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm.From series: The swollen part.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #4 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone Pigments.. 2015.7 x 6 x 10.2 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #1 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2015.6 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2015.6.5 x 6.2 x 9.5 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #5 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2015.7.3 x 6.3 x 11.3 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #2 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2015.6.7 x 5.8 x 7.3 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #12 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2016.6.3 x 9.4 x8.7 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #13 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2016.9 x 6.6 x 10.4 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #9 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2015.8 x 6 x 8.4 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #6 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2015.7.8 x 6.2 x 8.5 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #10 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigment.. 2015.3 x 6.2 x 8.3 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #7 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2015.7 x 6.2 x 7.6 cm.

Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #8 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2015.7.4 x 5.8 x 9.4 cm.

Ring: They quietly moved in #1 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, 24kt gold leaf.. 2014.4.9 x 4.1 x 5.9 cm.

Ring: They quietly moved in #2 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2014.6.2 x 3.4 x 5.9 cm.

Ring: They quietly moved in #3 by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments.. 2014.5.1 x 4 x 6 cm.

Necklace: Once they broke through, it was left behind by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments. 2013.20 x 3 x 44 cm.

Ring: And there were only tiny sounds by Malene Kastalje.Silicone, pigments, 925 silver.. 2011.8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm each.

Malene Kastalje
Necklace: I Become Ocean, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
25 x 36 x 32 cm
Made for the Scandinavian/Japanese exhibition Body of Water in Tokyo and now on show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistachios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026.
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Low Tide, 2025
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
17 x 13 x 7 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje
On show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistahios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Earrings: Tiny Tide, 2025
Silicone, pigment, 925 silver
5 x 3 x 2 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje
On show at Things Unsaid with Precious Collective and Pistachios Gallery during Munich Jewellery Week 2026.
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Fallen Clouds 1/3, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
24 x 14 x 8 cm
Photo by: Jeanette Philipsen
Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair.
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Fallen Clouds 1/3, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
24 x 14 x 8 cm
Photo by: Jeanette Philipsen

On body view

Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Fallen Clouds 2/3, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
13 x 11 x 6 cm
Photo by: Jeanette Philipsen
Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair.
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Fallen Clouds 2/3, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
13 x 11 x 6 cm
Photo by: Jeanette Philipsen

On-body view

Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Fallen Clouds 3/3, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
13 x 11 x 6 cm
Photo by: Jeanette Philipsen
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: After The Current It Appeared, 2024
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
17 x 12 x 7 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje
Piece selected for SCHMUCK 2025, International Trade Fair
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Malene Kastalje
Neckpiece: It Grew Until There Was Nothing Left, 2023
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnets
16 x 40 x 28 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Neckpiece: It Grew Until There Was Nothing Left, 2023
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnets
16 x 40 x 28 cm

On body view
Photo by Dorte Krogh

Malene Kastalje
Brooch: It Took Us Across and Left Us There, 2022
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet, silver cobber, enamel.
Enamel element by Kaori Juzu
12 x 14 x 9 cm
Photo by: Dorte Krogh
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Malene Kastalje
Neckpiece: We Could Still Hear It in the Distance, 2022
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet
28 x 19 x 7 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: When It Got Closer, No One Stopped, 2020
Silicone, Neodymium Magnets, pigment; Titanium White, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Yellow Deep (substitute), Quinacridone Violet and Phthalocyanine Blue.
17 x 20 x 5.5 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje

Maybe it had come with the wind, but it was on the way back that the first signs showed up. The surface got covered with a thin indeterminate layer; the cracks opened and allowed the heat to rise. A dry sensation was spreading, and the sweet smell that was creeping in was numbing. It recalled everything that had gone before.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Neckpiece: It was closer than the year before but no one noticed, 2018
Silicone, pigment, neodymium magnet.
18 x 7 x 27 cm
Photo by: Malene Kastalje
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Estimated price: 3300 €

Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Silicone, pigments, neodymium magnets.
6 x 11 x 7 cm
From series: The Swollen Part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Silicone, pigments, niobium magnets.
6.5 x 9.4 x 7.3 cm
From series: The Swollen Part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: The Swollen Part, 2017
Silicone, Pigments, Magnets
6.8 x 8.5 x 6.2 cm
From series: The Swollen Part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
5 x 8 x 7 cm
From series: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
5.7 x 8.2 x 6.5 cm
Part of: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Necklace: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
6 x 14 x 23 cm
From series: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
5.7 x 7.8 x 6.8 cm
From series: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Necklace: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
5 x 14 x 27 cm
From series: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Brooch: The swollen part, 2016
Silicone, pigments, magnets.
4.4 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
From series: The swollen part
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #4, 2015
Silicone Pigments.
7 x 6 x 10.2 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #1, 2015
Silicone, pigments.
6 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #3, 2015
Silicone, pigments
6.5 x 6.2 x 9.5 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #5, 2015
Silicone, pigments.
7.3 x 6.3 x 11.3 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #2, 2015
Silicone, pigments
6.7 x 5.8 x 7.3 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #12, 2016
Silicone, pigments
6.3 x 9.4 x8.7 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #13, 2016
Silicone, pigments
9 x 6.6 x 10.4 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #9, 2015
Silicone, pigments.
8 x 6 x 8.4 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #6, 2015
Silicone, pigments
7.8 x 6.2 x 8.5 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #10, 2015
Silicone, pigment.
3 x 6.2 x 8.3 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #7, 2015
Silicone, pigments
7 x 6.2 x 7.6 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: No one knew, when it would happen #8, 2015
Silicone, pigments.
7.4 x 5.8 x 9.4 cm
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Malene Kastalje
Ring: They quietly moved in #1, 2014
Silicone, pigments, 24kt gold leaf.
4.9 x 4.1 x 5.9 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Ring: They quietly moved in #2, 2014
Silicone, pigments.
6.2 x 3.4 x 5.9 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Ring: They quietly moved in #3, 2014
Silicone, pigments.
5.1 x 4 x 6 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Necklace: Once they broke through, it was left behind, 2013
Silicone, pigments
20 x 3 x 44 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Malene Kastalje
Ring: And there were only tiny sounds, 2011
Silicone, pigments, 925 silver.
8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm each
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bio

Malene Kastalje is a jewellery artist, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - School of Design completing an MA in experimental furniture and sculpture. The artist is represented at The Danish State Arts Foundation, Trapholt Museum of Fine Art and has received several fundings. Malene is a sensible explorer investigating her surroundings, letting the materials absorb whatever she goes through.

Statement

Through transformative material experiments, I approach a seductive alienness. I move in a tactile tension between repulsive and attractive, where poisonous growths are reminders of unknown layers. I am intrigued by a sensuous rawness and a state of disintegration. Moments from my past and my present are collected to create pieces that contain different sensations and abstract stories.

My pieces aim to communicate emotionally while reminding of something uncomfortable and imperfect, as well as triggering a feeling of preciousness. They are built up slowly, intuitively, sculpting and controlling the material, while in other parts of the process, letting the material take over and leaving space for a refined and subtle surprise.

Making wearable objects are for me a way of communicating and making contact on a nonverbal and sensuous level and it is my hope that my pieces will make a tactile spark of emotions that reach behind the surface of the people they come in contact with.