Born in 1961 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Vienna
EDUCATION
1981 – 83 The Royal Danish Art Academy, School of Architecture, Copenhagen
1988 – 94 The Royal Danish Art Academy, School of Visual Arts, Copenhagen
1993 – 95 Städelschule, Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt am Main
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Digital Waterlillies, Nu Galleri, Næstved, Denmark
2020
Data Cattle, Krognoshuset, Lund, Sverige
2019
Paying with Your Face, Kunstbygningen Filosoffen, Odense, Denmark
2018
95% Sure Facial Recognition and other works, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Facial Recognition, Botschaft, Berlin, Germany
A la Carte, Salon, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
Tin Foil Helmet, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Secrets of the Magnetic Stripe, Experimentarium, Hellerup, Denmark
2010
Paris, Adolf, Britney og Cho, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
Attention!, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Ystad Kunstmuseum, Sweden
2008
We Love People, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen Denmark
2007
Unknown Unknowns, Dogenhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany
2006
Bad Days, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Souvenir, Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
2003
The Opening, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
“hell(o) (t)here”, Galerie Voges und Partner, Frankfurt, Germany
2002
The Map, Galerie Für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany
2001
Theft of the Scream, Trapholt, Denmark
2000
[N + S], Galerie Voges + Deisen, Berlin, Germany
Bubba the Lovesponge, DCA Gallery, New York City, United States
1999
Closet, Leo Koenig Inc., New York City, United States
Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Through a Lens Darkly, Rare Gallery, New York City, United States
100 tegninger, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Scanner, Galleri Søren Houmann, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany
Hemmelige Historier, Malmö Kunstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Secret Stories, Galerie Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1996
No One’s Innocent, Gentofte Kunstbibliotek, Gentofte, Denmark
1995
I Never Had Any Hair on My Body or Head, Galerie Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt, Germany
1994
Market Economy for Beginners, Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Recovered Files, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Ecce Homo, Vargåkra, Hammenhøg, Sweden
2020
External Colloquium, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2019
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Wunderkammer 1, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, Denmark (Artnode)
Furniture by Artists, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Star Show, D7, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
404. File not found (Artnode), Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Multitasking Death Spiral (With Mads Lindberg), D7 project space, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer in the city, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Berliner Bahnhof, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Ultracontemporary, MOAD, Johannesburg, South Afrika
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Perceived Realities, Galleri Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Truman Show Delusion, Elisabeth Fagerstedt Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2015
Summer in the City no. 10, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Security in Society: What Remains Of Our Personal Freedoms, Art Souterrain, Montreal, Canada
Wow!-architecture, Kampnagel Internatuinal Summer Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2014
Tin Foil Helmet, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Artnode Office, Alt_Cph – Copenhagen’s Independent Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
Zeigen, an audiotour through Copenhagen, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Krig, Kunst og Danmark, Holstebro Museum, Holstebro, Denmark
VIDEO, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
The Passions, Deutsche Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Fettsalon, Salon Neucologne, Berlin, Germany
Monument Valley (Jaegerspris Revisited), UFO Presents, Berlin, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
False Recognition, Painting Trinnial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Source/Resource, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Denmark
Factories, Plants, E. K. Artbureau, Moscow, Russia
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
…und jetzt …, Deutsche Künstlerbund, Projektraum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Emergency Room, The Academy of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Sample #1, Deutsche Künstlerbund, Projektraum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
Invisicible Invincible, Curators Without Borders, Berlin, Germany
Emergency Room, PS1 MOMA, New York City, United States
GalleriBOX, Akureyri, Iceland
The Perfect Real, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
X, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany
2006
Bandits Mages, Bourges, France
Artist Migration, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
40jahrevideokunst.de – was fehlt?, Deutsche Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
Socle du Monde Revisited, Herning K Denmark
2005
Heroes a Jamais, Centre Pasquart Faubourg, Switzerland
Baltic Raw, Hamburg, Germany
Munch Revisited, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
Nágrannar, Ystad Konstmuseum, Sweden
2004
Transmitter, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Shutters, UBAG Buffalo, New York, United States
Made in Berlin, Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
Lost in Tomorrow 2, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003
Lost in Tomorrow, Centro Cultural Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Hotelit, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nostalgic Real, Galerie Muller de Chiara, Berlin, Germany
From Objective to Object, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Video Festival, MAC, Santiago, Chile
2002
Socle du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark
2001
Eyegoblack, Fortalesa, Brazil
Come on feel the noise, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Take-off 20:01”, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
Ctrl-space, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2000
Sublime, hArtware Projekte Duende, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A good Cast is worth repeating, Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Grønningen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
Quiet, Leo Koenig Inc., New York City, United States
From the Collection of Malmø Kunstmuseum, Wanås, Sweden
1998
The Soft Machine, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Some futures are forbidden little one, Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany
Revue, Galerie Hilger, Wien, Austria
1997
The Art of Detection: Surveillance in Society, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, United States
1996
Science Fiction/ Social Fiction, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz Palais, Enzenberg, Austria
Nemo, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Geben und Nehmen, Schloß Plüschow, Wismar, Germany
9th Dimensional Theory, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunst-Chaos-Medien, Galerie der Stadt, Sindelfingen, Germany
1995
One Night Stand, UKS, Oslo, Norway
Flow of Reaction, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Efterårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Re-evolution, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
A New Europe. Supranational Art, Venice Biennale, Venice Italy
GRANTS
1995 – Siemens Kulturförderung
1998 International Studio And Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York
1998 Fulbright Foundation Denmark-America stipend
1999 Vekselerer Villiam H. Michaelsen legat for unge tegnere
2004 International Studio And Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York
2005 Danish Art Foundation 3 year work grant
COLLECTIONS
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark; National Museet, Denmark; Arken, Denmark; Malmø Art Museum, Sweden; Nobel Foundation; Danish Art Foundation; Trapholt Art Museum, Denmark; Horsens Art Museum, Denmark; Kirkbi (LEGO); Novo Nordic
