CV
EDUCATION
2013-2019
MFA (Cand.Art.Perit)
BFA
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, DK
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
The Danish Arts Foundation
Sorø Art Museum, Denmark
Vejle Museum of Art, Denmark
Malmö Museum of Art, Sweden
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS (selected)
Upcoming:
2024
KINDL, Berlin, Germany - ‘The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 4’ (group)
Galleri Maria Friis, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Dreams and Desires II - Heavy Breathing’ (group)
Previous:
2024
Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland - The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 3 ́ (group)
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Denmark (screenings)
Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, South Korea - ‘Double:Binding:World:Tree’ (group)
2023
GRASP Knowledge and Art Festival w/ the Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark - (solo screening)
Roskilde Festival, Denmark - Art and Activism programme (group)
Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden - ‘The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, part 1’ (group)
Sorø Museum of Art, Denmark - ‘Open Studios’ (group, pop-up exhibition event)
2022
Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden - ‘Shape/Build/Form’ (duo)
Lemvig Church, Lemvig, Denmark (solo screening)
2021
Til Vægs Public Exhibition Platform, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘No.’ (solo)
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Young Danish Photography ‘21’ (group)
OK Corral Experimental Space, Frederiksberg, Denmark - ‘An Empty Container Of ’ (solo)
Malmö Museum of Art, Malmö, Sweden - ‘(in)visible: abstractions and fragments of queerness’ (group)
Vejle Museum of Art, Vejle, Denmark - ‘KROP (BODY)’ (permanent collection exhibition, group)
2020
Lys.Mur, public screening program, Svendborg, Denmark (solo screening)
Enter Art Fair, Curated Art Program, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Thinking Feelings’ (group)
2019
Jir Sandel, ArtViewer.org ad space selfie project
621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Flodrida, USA - ‘>7’ (group)
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘AFGANG19’ (MFA Degree Show)
2018 and before
Pass7, Lisbon, Portugal - ‘Build It_Here’ (group)
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Cross-Aesthetic’ (group screening)
Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Pollenish’ (duo)
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Spring Collection’ (group performative program)
Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘KE15’ (group)
Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Mezuzot’ (solo)
Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark - ‘Ca. 256’ (group)
Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom - ‘New A-Gender’ (group)
TEACHING AND ORGANISING (selected) - Incl. critique classes, workshops and studio visits.
2024
Funen Art Academy, Odense, DK, external censor, rundgang, BFA
2023
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, DK, external censor, admissions, BFA
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVS, DK, guest semester teacher, BFA
2022
Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal Summercamp, Denmark, workshop teacher
Kunsthal 6100 summer school, School of Visual Communiction, Kolding, DK / Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany, project mentor, BFA+MFA
Jutland Art Academy, Denmark, guest teacher
2020
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVS, DK, substitute for assoc. prof. Hannah Heilmann, BFA
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVA, DK, mentor, post-grad mentorship programme, MFA
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVA, DK, guest teacher, BFA
2019-2021
Subterranean Wednesday Evening Video Art Club, co-founder and organiser, an international independant collective for young video artists; running workshops, lectures, critique class & reading groups
2018
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVA, DK, teaching assistant, for assoc. prof. Luca Frei, BFA
2015-2017
FORUM, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, SoVA, DK, organiser, a student-run educational program
RESIDENCIES, PROGRAMS AND OTHER WORK (selected)
2024-2025
ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY, USA, 3 month residency
2023
Accademia di Danimarca - The Danish Institute for Science and Art of Rome, Italy, 1,5 month residency
The Danish Institute of Athens, Greece, 1 month residency
2022
Art Hub Copenhagen Residency To Go (fka. Bikuben Studio Program), DK, 6 month residency
2021
Statens Værksteder for Kunst (Danish Arts Workshop), DK, 6 week residency
Institute Funder Bakke, DK, 2 week residency
Ashkal Alwan, Home Workspace Program, Beirut, Libanon, 10 month online study programme
2009-2013
Freelance photographer, clients include XL Recordings, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Hummel International, EMI Music, Soundvenue, Smash!Bang!Pow! Management, Tambourhinoceros Records, i.a.
2011-2012
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, DK, Programme assistant
2007-2011
Pop Revo Festival, Aarhus, DK, Art director and photographer
TALKS (selected) - Artist talks, readings and panels.
2024
Art Hub Copenhagen Free Lunch Series, artist talk, Copenhagen, DK
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, DK, ‘Welcome to the fat body! A Reckoning with society’s fatphobia’
2023
Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
The Danish Institute of Athens, Greece, ‘Fatness as a Queerness’
2022
Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal, Næstved, DK, ‘Conversations across generosity - privilege, class and location’
Copenhagen Pride, DK, ‘Expectations of the gay body’
2021
Rønnebæksholm Kunsthal, Næstved, DK, ‘Flydende Fiktioner’
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK, ‘FotoForum’
2020
Copenhagen Pride, DK, ‘Fat and queer - solidarity against fatphobia?’
Fahads Forsamlingshus, Copenhagen, DK, ‘Body, Gender and Activism’
2019
MIX Copenhagen LGBTQ+ Film Festival, DK
The Curatorial Thing, SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen, DK
PUBLICATIONS (selected) - Incl. contributions as artist and writer, plus mentions and interviews.
2022
‘ORD’, Politikens Forlag
‘An Impromptu Conversation about Works in Progress, in Body, in Refusal, in Hiding’, idoart.dk
2021
‘Bøssernes Danmarkshistorie’ (The Gay History of Denmark), Forlaget 28b
‘Jir Sandel, Art Viewer Ads’, 2nd Cannons Publications
2020
‘Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 120 år’, I Do Art Books
Profiled by DR Kultur, Danish Broadcasting Corp., Culture section
2019
‘Fatness in culture, art and language’, Konfront & Gordo Zine (spanish translation)
‘Krop i System’ (Body in System), Activistcollective Bøvl
‘Bergen/Copenhagen Papers’, no. 2. Really Simple Syndication Press
2017
‘Hodiernal’, Issue 1
2015
‘Retfærd’, Issue 38-3
2010 - 2013
Previous photography work published by The Guardian, NME, Soundvenue, The Irish Times, MTV, Fact Magazine, i.a.
GRANTS & AWARDS (selected)
2024
Danish Arts Foundation work grant
2023
Danish Arts Foundation production grant
2022
Danish Arts Foundation work grant
Danish Arts Foundation production grant
2021
Danish Arts Foundation work grant
Danish Arts Foundation production grant
2020
Danish Arts Foundation ‘Career Program - The Young Artistic Elite’ grant
2019
15. Juni Foundation Honorary Art Prize
Poul Erik Bech Foundation Art Prize
2017-2018
Nordea Foundation study grant
Oticon Foundation study grant
Dansk Tennis Foundation study grant
Knud Højgaards Foundation study grant
Augustinus Foundation study grant