[1][2][3] Dahlgaard's work is known for exploring the absurdity and playfulness of everyday life, transforming mundane objects and activities into action sculptures, and environmental and socially engaged art.
He holds a BA (Hons) degree from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College London, 2002, where he studied under Professor Phyllida Barlow in the Sculpture department.
Presented as a conceptual artwork, the agricultural initiative explored the symbiotic relationship between humans and their environment, emphasizing the importance of sustainability, self-sufficiency, and community resilience.
Exhibited at the National Gallery of the Maldives, the Hibalhidhoo vegetable farm was eventually able to produce chili, bell pepper, cucumber, watermelon, and pumpkin.
[15] First exhibited at The National Gallery of Denmark, Dahlgaard invited museum guests to participate which resulted in a photographic series of portraiture that obscured the recognizable features of the subjects.
[16] Invited by art galleries, museums, biennales, and institutions globally, including Canada, the United States, Denmark, Brazil, the Maldives, Finland, Kosovo, China, South Korea and Australia.
[31][32] The museum wrote "Of historical and aesthetic significance for Søren Dahlgaard's action paintings are particularly the Japanese art group Gutai from the 1950s, Yves Klein and Piero Manzoni in Europe in the 1960s, as well as the American Paul McCarthy and the Swiss Roman Signer in the 1990s.