ToreHallas
b. 1984, Aarhus, DK — based in Denmark
Video, photography,
text, installation.
Working within themes of
fatness and queerness,
and fatness as queerness;
religious ontologies
and intention; photographic
and cinematographic
reflection as both theme
and method.
Economic structural and
interpersonal oppression,
personal narratives, and
the intersectionalities of
violences and positionalities
are undercurrents in his works,
along with travelling as both
physical displacement and
symbolic quest, and the
interaction between the world
and the othered body and mind.
Current and Upcoming
2026 ISCP — International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
5 month residency
2026 ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark
group
2026 Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmark
trio
2027 Salto, Lisbon, Portugal
solo
2027 Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, Denmark
solo
Institutional Collections
ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, DK
The Danish Arts Foundation
Sorø Art Museum, DK
Malmö Art Museum, SE
Vejle Art Museum, DK
Selected Works
in prioritised order
'You Are Closer
To God When
You Do Not
Indulge'
Video, 22 min — 2024
'…Closer to God…' is both an explicit and intimate visual study of the discourses that determine which bodies are deemed desirable and worthy of admiration in a sexualised economy. In a stylised tableau, lit like renaissance paintings, the camera examines bodies frozen in embrace and desire.
Poetically disseminating knowledge about the discrimination of fat people as it relates to career and financial opportunities. The interweaving of explicit intimate imagery and scientific research reveals discourses judging which bodies are deemed worthy of sexualization and the financial consequences that follow.
No More
Home
(Postcards)
Lenticular prints, 2025, 187 x 80 cm (artist's proportions)
(Untitled)
3D print
156 cm height — 2024
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2013–19
BFA + MFA (Cand.Art.Perit) in Visual ArtsThe Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Denmark
Exhibitions & Screenings — selected
2027Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, Denmarkupcoming solo
2026Salto, Lisbon, Portugalupcoming solo
2026Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmarkupcoming trio
2025ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark — 55,6° Northgroup
2025Co-Prosperity, Chicago, Illinois, USA — Stuffedgroup
2025SOL, Nexø, Denmark — Closest to Godsolo
2025Thoravej 29, Copenhagen, Denmark — 'En ting en ting en ting en ting en ting en ting en ting...'group, performance programme
2025Fuglsang Museum of Art, Toreby, Denmark — 'Anden Krop'group, also co-curating
2024Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, Denmark — 'Ecce Homo'solo
2024KINDL, Berlin, Germany — 'The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 4'group
2024AGA, Copenhagen, Denmark — 'Alumni Hora'trio
2024Galleri Maria Friis, Copenhagen, Denmark — 'Dreams and Desires II - Heavy Breathing'group
2024Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland — 'The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 3'group
2024CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmarkscreenings
2023Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, South Korea — 'Double:Binding:World:Tree'group
2023GRASP Knowledge and Art Festival w/ the Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmarksolo, screening
2023Roskilde Festival, Denmark — Art and Activism programmegroup
2023Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden — 'The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 1'group
2023Sorø Museum of Art, Denmark — 'Open Studios'group, pop-up exhibition event
2022Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden — 'Shape/Build/Form'duo
2022Lemvig Church, Lemvig, Denmarksolo screening
2021Til Vægs Public Exhibition Platform, Copenhagen — 'No.'solo
2021Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen — 'Young Danish Photography '21'group
2021OK Corral Experimental Space, Frederiksberg — 'An Empty Container Of'solo
2021Malmö Museum of Art — '(in)visible: abstractions and fragments of queerness'group
2020Vejle Museum of Art — 'KROP (BODY)'group, permanent collection exhibition
2020Lys.Mur, public screening programme, Svendborg, Denmarksolo, screening
2020Enter Art Fair, Curated Art Programme, Copenhagen — 'Thinking Feelings'group
2019621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, USA — '>7'group
2019Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen — 'AFGANG19'MFA Degree Show
2018Pass7, Lisbon, Portugal — 'Build It_Here'group
2017Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen — 'Cross-Aesthetic'group, screening
2016Dansehallerne, Copenhagen — 'Spring Collection'group, performance programme
2015Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen — 'KE15'group
Institutional Collections
2024ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
The Danish Arts Foundation
2021Sorø Art Museum, Denmark
2021Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
2020Vejle Art Museum, Denmark
Grants & Awards — selected
2025Vilhelm Pacht's Honorary Artist Grant
2021–25Danish Arts Foundation work grants (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) and production grants (2021, 2022, 2023)
2020Danish Arts Foundation's Career Programme — 'The Young Artistic Elite' grant
201915. Juni Foundation Honorary Art Prize
2019Poul Erik Bech Foundation Art Prize
Teaching & Organising — selected
2026Jutland Art Academy, Denmarkguest teacher, BFA + MFA
2024–25Krabbesholm Højskole, Denmarkart teacher and employee representative on the board
2024Funen Art Academy, Denmarkexternal censor, rundgang, with assoc. prof. Sofie Thorsen, BFA
2023The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVAsemester guest teacher, BFA
2022The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Artsexternal censor, admissions committee, BFA
2022Kunsthal 6100 summer school, School of Visual Com., DK / Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, DEworkshop, BFA + MFA
2021Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal summer school, Næstved, Denmarkworkshop teacher
2020The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVAsubstitute for assoc. prof. Hannah Heilmann, BFA
2020The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVAmentor, post-grad mentorship programme, MFA
2019–21Subterranean Wednesday Evening Video Art Clubco-founder and organiser
2018The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVAteaching assistant for assoc. prof. Luca Frei, BFA
2015–17FORUM, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVAorganiser, student-run educational programme
Residencies & Programmes — selected
2026ISCP — International Studio & Curatorial Programme, New York, USA5 month residency
2023Accademia di Danimarca — The Danish Institute for Science and Art of Rome, Italy1.5 month residency
2022The Danish Institute of Athens, Greece1 month residency
2022Art Hub Copenhagen Residency To Go (fka. Bikuben Studio Programme), Denmark6 month residency
2021Statens Værksteder for Kunst (Danish Arts Workshop), Denmark6 week residency
2021Institute Funder Bakke, Denmark2 week residency
2021Ashkal Alwan, Home Workspace Programme, Beirut, Lebanon10 month open online study programme
Talks, Publications & Other — selected
2024Art Hub Copenhagen Free Lunch artist talk, Copenhagenartist talk
2024"Det er vigtigt, at der sidder kunstnere i juryerne..." — Art Matterinterview
2023Konsthall C, Stockholm, Swedenartist talk and reading
2023The Danish Institute of Athens, Greece — 'Fatness as a Queerness'artist talk
2022'ORD' — Politikens Forlagcontribution
2022Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal, Næstved — 'Conversations across generosity - privilege, class and location'talk
2021'An Impromptu Conversation about Works in Progress, in Body, in Refusal, in Hiding' — idoart.dkinterview
2021'Bøssernes Danmarkshistorie' (The Gay Men's History of Denmark) — Forlaget 28bmention
2021'Jir Sandel, Art Viewer Ads' — 2nd Cannons Publicationscontribution
2020–22Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen — 'FotoForum'talk
2020–22Copenhagen Pride — 'Fat and queer - solidarity against fatphobia?' and 'Expectations of the gay body'talks
2020'Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 120 år' — I Do Art Bookscontribution
2020DR Kultur, Danish Broadcasting Corp., Culture sectioninterview
2019'Fatness in culture, art and language' — Konfront & Gordo Zineprofile, Spanish translation
2019'Bergen/Copenhagen Papers', no. 2 — Really Simple Syndication Presscontribution
2019The Curatorial Thing — SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagensubject of reading workshop
Committee Work — selected
2025–2815. Juni Foundation Honorary Art Prizeawards jury
2025KP25 — Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling, Kunsthal Aarhusselection and awards committee
2024Bodil Koch Award — Danish Ministry of Culture Equality Awardawards jury