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BIOGRAPHY

Born 1966 in Lyngby, Denmark


EDUCATION

2004 - 06    Artistic Director of Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
1993 - 94    MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London
1989 - 95    The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013       
Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (20.09.13 - 19.10.13 )
Danskeren, La Maison du Danemark, Paris, France
Danskeren, Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark

2012       
Danskeren, Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, Denmark (06.10.12 - 16.12.12)

2010       
Field Studies, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Children of the New Age, Overgaden Instutut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007        
Country Song, X-Rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

2006       
Broken Mirror, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark
NEW PAINTINGS, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark

2004        
The Roads, Mellemdækket - Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003        
P.O.V., Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002        
Hogweed & Shit Creek, Institut for Nutidskunst, i-n-k, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001        
BUZZ, The Finnish Museum of Photography (Project Room), Helsingfors, Finland
Dream Operator: Søren Martinsen, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
Shadows and Magic. Art-life in Copenhagen, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000       
Shadows and Magic. Art-life in Copenhagen, Project Room, DCA Gallery, New York
Shadows and Magic. Art-life in Copenhagen, Project Room, NIFCA, Helsinki, Finland
The Burn, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden

1999       
The Burn, Roebling Hall, New York, U.S.A

1998       
Photographs and Videos, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996       
Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
Traneudstillingen, Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark

1993       
GLOBE (solo exhibition), Copenhagen, Denmark

1992       
At Peter Land's Place (solo exhibition), Land, Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1991       
Retrospective (Solo exhibition), Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen, Denmark
        

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012       
Den Kaleidoskopiske virkelighed, v./Jakob Sevel Vengberg, Ny Holstebro Museum ( January 2012 )
Sådan Set - Nyromantikken i Dansk Kunst, v./Anne Lie Stokbro, Janus Bygningen, Tistrup, Denmark (11.08.12 - 16.09.12)
Sådan Set - Nyromantikken i Dansk Kunst, v./Anne Lie Stokbro, Kunstforeningen Det Ny Kastet, Thisted, Denmark (29.06.12 - 05.08.12)
Sådan Set - Nyromantikken i Dansk Kunst, v./Anne Lie Stokbro, Kunstbygningen i Vrå, Engelundsamlingen, Denmark (24.03.12 - 28.05.12)
Sådan Set - Nyromantikken i Dansk Kunst, v./Anne Lie Stokbro, Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, Denmark (07.01.12 - 11.03.12)
Galleri Mø'ller-Witt, Århus, Denmark, May 2012

2011       
Shibboleth, Claus Carstensen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Golden Days, video: Children of the New Age, Ordrupgaard Museum, Ordrup, Denmark
3rd Party, Beaver Projects, Summer show, Copenhagen, Denmark
Landskaber 2, Galerie Møller-Witt, Århus.
Haven”, B-Huset, København.
Sådan Set – Ny romantik i Dansk Kunst, vandreudstilling: Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, Kunstbygningen Vrå, Janus Bygningen, Tistrup, kunstforeningen Det Ny Kastet, Thisted.

2010
Beskrivelse uden sted, Galleri Møller-Witt, Århus.
Dear…. , David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen.
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Galleri

2009       
Kunstnere går bananas, Olivia Holm-Møller Museet, Holstebro, Denmark
Flygtig Phantasie, screening, Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen
Moving Space, performance festival, Copenhagen
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen

2008       
Supernatural, CCA, Mallorca
Instant Urbanism, DAC, Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen DOX Filmfestival, Copenhagen

2007        
Match Race, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg

2006        
BIG CITY LAB, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin

2005
Männer die Zeichnen, Croy/Nielsen showroom, Berlin.

2004        
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark        
PROMISE, CCGA, Fukushima, Japan        
SKIF, Skt. Petersburg, Russia        
Countryside, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark
VOIDS, PADS & PLACES, Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium

2003        
Fra objektiv til objekt, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
Night of the Hunter, Galerie Brigitte March, Stuttgart, Germany
Nordic Live Art, Gothenburg, Sweden

2002        
MANIFESTA, Research Room, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Blind Date, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
What About Hegel and You?, Galerie Brigitte March/Hegel Haus, Stuttgart, Germany
CopKop, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen

2001       
Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Shoot on tour, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Dansk Kunst, Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
In My Mind’s Eye. My thoughts light fires in your cities (curated by Søren Martinsen),
Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
TAKE OFF 20:01 en ny generation i dansk kunst, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Dansk Video Manifesta 2001, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000       
Wonderful Copenhagen. Aktuelle Kunst aus Dänemark, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
Norden, Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria
The Nordic Miracle, Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
Shoot, Malmö, Sweden

1999       
Flash 99, Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany; Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz; Patrick Fröhlich, Zürich

1998       
Frø, Berlin, Germany
Utopia, Roebling Hall, New York, U.S.A.
Nuits Blanches, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Wriston Arts Center, Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Apex Art S.P., New York, U.S.A.

1997       
L’Heure Exquise, video program, Lille, France
Odense Video - og Performance Festival, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Spin-Off video anthology. Kobolt Katode/State Film Central, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996       
Electronic Undercurrents, the State Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Brekt Bein. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
YOUTH, Galleri Index, Stockholm. (w. Larry Clark, Collier Schorr), Sweden
Disneyland After Dark, Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
21 Days of Darkness, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
I Beg To Differ, Milch Gallery, London, UK
BANK TV. DOG, London, UK
Mission Impossible”, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
Escape Attempts, Christiania Freetown,  Copenhagen, Denmark
When The Shit Hits The Fan, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stockholm SMART Show ( Artsp@ce programme), Sweden
Art Land, SAGA Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark
UPDATE, Copenhagen, Denmark; Multiples, LXX, Århus, Denmark
Hvordan går det? Det går meget godt. Gallery Eat Me, Copenhagen

1995       
Stockholm SMART Show  (the agency gallery), Denmark
ATOMIC. (Curator: H. Plenge Jacobsen) in Oslo and Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
Timeslice, Museum of Modern art, Copenhagen, Denmark
 I Confess, Nikolaj Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Disneyland After Dark, (co-curator and artist) Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
Video programme,  Freiburg Art Museum, Germany
VideoTherapie, Videonale-Intermezzo, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Cocaine Orgasm, Bank, London, UK
One Night Stand performance festival, Oslo, Norway
Art Against AIDS, Galleri Mikael Andersen/Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
RAM, Portalen, Hundige, Denmark
Drawings,  Campbell’s Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Land, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Video programme, Malmö Konsthal, Sweden

1994       
The agency (w. Tom Sharpe), London, UK
Mixbild, gallery Esther Schipper & Michael Krome, Cologne, Germany
Videos, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Miniatures, the agency, London, UK
IAS (Independent Art Space), London, UK
New Reality Mix, Stockholm, Sweden
Europa '94, (video Section) München, Germany
ATOMIC. Room for Contemporary Art, Gøteborg, Sweden

1993       
BLACK BOX, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Campbell's Occasionally (catalogue), Copenhagen, Denmark
Autoportrait for Danish Television (DR)
Curator:  RULES OF PERCEPTION at GLOBE gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

1992       
OVERGADEN, Exhibition Space of the Ministry of Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark

1991       
Showroom Refill, Gallery Huset, Copenhagen, Denmark

1990       
Benefit Show,  Gallery Baghuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Trafiklyrik, public art project by BIZ-Art, Denmark

1989       
Audio-Visueel Experimenteel Festival, Arnhem, Holland
HEART. Aktion, Grand/Wooster St., New York, U.S.A.


COLLECTIONS

Statens Museum for Kunst
Arken-Museum of Modern Art
The National Collection of Graphic Art (Kobberstiksamlingen)
Århus Art Museum
The Kastrupgård Collection
Malmö Konstmuseum; Deadline Film& Media
Gyldendal
Uppsala Konstmuseum
Nykredit
Dansk Audio distribution.
Statens Kunstfond


GRANTS

DANIDAs rejsestipendiat.
Marie Månssons Legat.
Knud Højgaards Fond.
Irghens-Bergs Kunstnerlegat.
Statens Kunstfond, rejselegat.
Yngre Kunstneres Udstillingsvirksomhed.
APEX ART Studio Program (New York).
Statens Kunstfonds 2-årige igangsætterstipendie 1999 -2000.
Maleren Karl Mogensens Fond, rejselegat. 2006
Statens Kunstfond Arbejdslegat, 2006, 2007
Ruth og Finn Thorjussens Fond, hædersgave 2009.
Statens Kunstfonds 3- årige arbejdslegat (3-year stipend from the State Art Foundation of Denmark


Co-founder "Fast Video" workshop 1999 - 2001.
Projektredaktionen/minikonsulentordning Det Danske Filmværksted 1999, 2001.
Freelance undervisning v. Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi, Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Krabbesholm Højskole1999-2003, Holbæk Kunsthøjskole 2011.
Kunstnerisk leder af OVERGADEN Institut for Samtidskunst fra 2003 - 2006.
Skribent på kunsten.nu, 2009