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Jan Christensen

Born 1977 in Copenhagen. Lives and works in Berlin

 

Education

1997-2000 The National College of Art and Design (NCAD/SHKS), Oslo

 

Solo exhibitions and projects

2010 Project Space, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (upcoming)
2010 Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn (upcoming)

2009 c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin (upcoming)
2009 Volt, Bergen (upcoming)

2008 Galleri MGM, Oslo (upcoming)
2008 "All Those Moments Will Be Lost", Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (with Rolf-Yngve Uggen and Johnny Skalleberg)

2007 Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations, Berlin (with Hackenbroich Architekten)
2007 Initialraum, Münster
2007 Milieu, Bern
2007 "Relative Value", c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2007 Galleri MGM, Oslo

2006 "Good Times Make You Think that You are the Lucky One", Buia Gallery, New York
2006 BAR-Code Program, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
2006 "Forward Momentum", Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz (publication)
2006 c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2005 Process Room, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin [Work-In-Progress]
2005 Hordaland Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche and Lars Morell), Bergen [Installation View]
2005 "Unfinished Painting", Yvon Lambert Project Room, New York [Installation View 1] [Installation View 2] [Installation View 3]

2004 "Painting Myself into a Corner", Galleri MGM, Oslo [Installation View 1] [Installation View 2] [Installation View 3]
2004 "Some Titles for Which I Don't Know What to Make", c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin [Installation View]

2003 Galleri MGM, Oslo [Installation View] [Detail]
2003 "You Are Always Alone in the Cinema (J. Monk)", Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm [Installation View]
2003 Quarantine Series, Amsterdam [Installation View]

2002 "Mind [the] Space" (with Gardar Eide Einarsson), Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo [Installation View]
2002 c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin [Installation View]

 

Group exhibitions and projects

2008 "40/40", Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (upcoming)
2008 "Hove Festival", Tromøya, Arendal
2008 "Alone in the Dark", Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (catalog)
2008 "High Come Down", Smia, Kristiansand
2008 "Art is Not Mute", Hit, Gothenburg
2008 "Lights On - norsk samtidskunst", The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (catalog)

2007 "Røtter i Porsgrunn", Porsgrunn Fengsel/Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
2007 "Pawnshop", e-flux, New York
2007 "Tomorrow", Kumho Museum of Art and Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalog)
2007 "Art is Not Mute", ICA-Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2007 "Where Euclid Walked", Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (catalog)
2007 "The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project: A Hundred Ideas and Ten Thousand Combinations", Yeonhee-Dong 195, Seoul (catalog)
2007 "Tempo", Skien (catalog)
2007 "Stuff", Detroit MOCA, Detroit
2007 "Art is Not Mute", Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm
2007 "Vorstellen, formulieren – Sprache als Modell der Wirklichkeit", K3 – Project Space, Zürich (catalog)
2007 "Believers & Illusionists", R. T. Hansen, Berlin
2007 "I Will Never Make It!", Kunstraum D21, Leipzig
2007 "Invisible Jet", Buia Gallery, New York
2007 "Poster Project", Participant Inc./Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin, New York

2006 "Poster Project", Kantor Feuer Window Space/Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin, New York
2006 "Rio", Artnews Projects, Berlin
2006 c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
2006 "Cosa Nostra", Glassbox, Paris
2006 "JRP|Ringier – We Make Books With Art", Daviet-Thery, Paris
2006 "Nordiske spor", Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway (catalog)
2006 "Please Love Me", Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006 "Breezer", Buia Gallery, New York
2006 Installation, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art|37|Basel, Basel
2006 "Oslo Art Festival", Members Club/Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2006 "Bound_less", Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger; Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri, Namsos (touring exhibition/the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design; catalog)
2006 "Super", FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou [Download Press Release/PDF in French] (catalog)

2005 "Yellow Pages" (with John Armleder & Team 404), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva; Kunsthalle Palazzo, Basel/Liestal; Turm Gallery, Helmstedt (publication)
2005 "Pro 2005", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (catalog) [Installation View]
2005 "The Failure", Korridor, Berlin [Installation View]
2005 "Gallery Artists", c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin [Installation View]
2005 "Present Perfect!", T293, Naples [Installation View]
2005 Installation, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art|36|Basel, Basel[Installation View]
2005 "ChangdonGo!", The National Art Studio, Seoul (catalog)
2005 "Prague Biennale 2", Karlin Hall, Prague (catalog) [Installation View]
2005 "Post Notes", Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2005 Installation, Galleri MGM, ARCO, Madrid (catalog) [Installation View]
2005 "Bound_less", Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum - Eikaasgalleriet, Jølster; Trondarnes Distriktsmuseum, Harstad; Kulturkontoret, Eidsberg kommune; Grenselandmuseet, Kirkenes (touring exhibition/Riksutstillinger; catalog) [Link]

2004 "Salong 100", Oslo
2004 "None of the Above", The Swiss Institute, New York [Press Release] [Detail]
2004 Installation, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin (catalog) [Installation View]
2004 Installation, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art|35|Basel, Basel (catalog) [Installation View]
2004 "Desidolize Now", Exposition internationale d'art contemporain Jeune Creation, Paris
2004 "MixMax", Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalog + booklet) [Installation View]

2003 "Høstutstillingen" (with Øystein Aasan), Kunstnernes Hus/Oslo Sentralstasjon, Oslo (catalog) [Installation View 1] [Installation View 2]
2003 "...it's Alive", Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo [Installation View]
2003 Installation, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Art|34|Basel, Basel [Installation View]
2003 "Ideologia 2", Röda Sten, Gothenburg (catalog) [Installation View]
2003 "Southbound - Case Study of an Imaginary Community in Berlin", Spittelmarkt, Berlin (catalog) [Installation View]

2002 "40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Fluxus Festival 2002, Wiesbaden [Installation View 1] [Installation View 2]
2002 "Sliding Down the Surface of Things II", Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm [Installation View]
2002 "o VER Station no.2/Passenger" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo [Installation View]

2001 "o VER Magazine" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Oslo Kunsthall/The Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo [Installation View]
2001 "Sliding Down the Surface of Things", The Life Foundation, Stockholm [Installation View]
2001 "Other Places", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen [Installation View]

2000 "XS", Temp, Bergen
2000 "Form 2000" (touring exhibition), Norsk Form/Momentum Ekstra, Moss; Norsk Form, Rådhusplassen, Oslo; Tromsø Museum, Tromsø; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim (catalog)

 

Curated exhibitions

2009-2010 Upcoming projects, Kunstnerbanken, Skien

2008 Group exhibition: "Ten Raised to the Eighty-first Power" (featuring Tor Børresen, Dag Erik Elgin, Kristofer Henriksson, Torgeir Husevaag, Camilla Kloster, Stian Kluge, Jonathan Monk, Kristian Skylstad and Vibeke Tandberg), Galleri MGM, Oslo (upcoming)

2008 A series of group exhibitions: "Rykk tilbake til start!" (#1 featuring Ane Graff, Anders Smebye, Anders Valde, Are Blytt, Are Hauffen, Are Mokkelbost, Arne Borgan, Arnell/Lello, Atle Hynne, Bård Ask, Leander Djønne, Steinar Kristensen and Åsil Bøthun; #2 featuring Christian Brandt, Christina Peel, Dag Erik Elgin, Daniel Theodor Jangmar Paulsen, Gard Frantzsen, Hjørdis Kuraas, Ignas Krunglevicius, Ingrid Lønningdal, Ingvild Kjær Tofte and Ingvild Langgård; #3 featuring Camilla Kloster, Christian Blandhoel, Christin E. Holthe Olsen, Josefine Lyche, Karolin Tampere, Kjell Varvin, Kristian Skylstad, Kristin Nordhøy, Lars Morell, Magnus Vatvedt, Maren Juell Kristensen, Maria Sundby, Steffen Håndlykken and Yngvild Rolland; #4 featuring AKFF!, Endre Aalrust, Erlend Hammer, Morten Kildevæld Larsen, Munan Øvrelid, Oda Broch/Sondre H. Bjørgum, Pablo Castro, Per Osker Leu, Randi Nygaard, Richard Nygård, Stian Eide Kluge, Richard Øiestad, Sex Tags and Sofie Berntsen; #5 featuring Anne Szefer Karlsen, Arentz/Heibø, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Eva Kun, Ivan Brodey, Karen Kviltu Lidal, Liv Tandrevold Eriksen, Marius Martinussen, Maya Økland, Odd Fredrik Heiberg, Permafrost, Stine Walderhaug, Susanne Kathlen Mader, Sverre Malling, Terje Nicolaisen, Thor Oreld/Leon Mathisen and Torgeir Husevaag; #6 featuring Jeannette Christensen, Johan Sæther, Kari Steihaug, Kim Andre Hagen/Diana Ailin, Lars Brekke, Marlie Mul, Marte Johnslien, Mikkel Wettre, Nils Olav Bøe, Per Hess, Sandra Vaka, Trond Hugo Haugen, Trond Kasper Mikkelsen, Ulf Verner Carlsson, Vibeke Tandberg, Yngve Holen and Øivind Kristiansen/Nils Wogsted), 0047 Oslo, Oslo

2006-2008 Various projects, solo- and group exhibitions (Including solo exhibitions by Steffen Håndlykken, Stian Eide Kluge, Gabriela Vainsencher, Matthew Antezzo & Lars Morell, Melinda Braathen, Maren Juell Kristensen, Yngvild K. Rolland, Ilya Lipkin, Ingvild Langgård, Leigh Bridges, Mark Neufeld and Christina Peel; group exhibition "Dødsstjerne" with Ane Graff, Kine Lillestrøm, Lars Morell, Pushwagner and Jordan Wolfson; book presentation Neobiota – Fragments of Misunderstanding by Christine de la Garenne and Via Lewandowsky), Leif Magne Tangens, Skien, Norway

2005 Group Exhibition: "Hook-up (3 Curators/30 Days): Flicker!" (including Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Gustav Hellberg, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Deborah Ligorio, Marius Martinussen, Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, Lars Morell, Mark Neufeld, Jesper Nordahl, Kristofer Paetau & Ondrej Brody, Hanne Rivrud, Morten Schelde, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Eve K. Tremblay and Johan Zetterquist), Projekt 0047, Berlin [Link]

2005 Group Exhibition: "Past/Present/Forever" (including Miriam Böhm, Michel de Broin, Andreas Dobler, Anders Eiebakke, Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Adad Hannah, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Jooyoung Lee, Gabriel Lester, Elizabeth Linden, Josefine Lyche, Lars Morell, Kristofer Paetau, Carissa Rodriguez, Kalle Runeson, Johan Thurfjell, Eve K. Tremblay and Jordan Wolfson), Buia Gallery, New York [Press Release] [Installation View]

2005 Group Exhibition: "There is No Such Such Thing as the Real World" (curated by Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen, concept by Jan Christensen; including Edgar Bryan, Christian Holstad, Raymond Pettibon, Jack Pierson, Mindy Shapero and Jordan Wolfson), Galleri MGM, Oslo [Press Release]

2003 Group Exhibition: "Look Into the Future - and Understand Why" (including Ann Böttcher, Giorgio/Björn Arvidsson & Johan Ekdahl, Björn Hegardt, Maria Heimer Åkerlund, Karl Holmqvist, Y. Knott, Gunilla Klingberg, Runo Lagomarsino, Ola Pehrson and Fiona Tan), IASPIS Galleriet, Stockholm [Installation View]

2003 Group Exhibition: "Perfect Timeless Repetition" (including Ceal Floyer, Peter Friedl, Peter Geschwind, Liam Gillick, Sol LeWitt, Michel Majerus, Jonathan Monk and Rirkrit Tiravanija), c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin [Installation View 1] [Installation View 2]

2001 Torgeir Husevaag: "Stiff Neck", Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo [Installation View]

2000 Richard D. James: "Aphex Twin", c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo [Installation View]

1999 Karl Fredrik Runeson: "Skulls and Bones", c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo

 

Grants, prizes and residencies

2008 BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Oslo

2007 Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
2007 The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project, The Art Council of Korea, Seoul
2007 The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
2007 BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Oslo
2007 International Support Grant: Group Exhibition, Zürich. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo

2006 Grant, The Legacy of Forsberg and Aulie/Forsbergs og Aulies Legat, Oslo
2006 Studio Residency, Skien Kommunes Kunstnerstipend, Skien (Norway)
2006 Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo

2005 International Support Grant: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2005 Studio Residency, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou/Nantes (France)
2005 2-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere - 2 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
2005 International Support Grant: Residency, Dublin. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2005 International Support Grant: Prague Biennial 2. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2005 Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York
2005 Studio Residency, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2005 International Support Grant: Group show, New York. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo

2004 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds Prosjektstøtte, NBK, Oslo
2004 International Support Grant: Residency, Seoul. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2004 Studio Residency, The International Studio Program of Changdong, The National Art Studio, Seoul
2004 Grant, The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo
2004 ASEF Cultural Grant, The Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
2004 Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
2004 Studio Residency, Villa Arson, Nice

2003 Studio Residency, IASPIS, Stockholm
2003 BKH's Art Prize/Høstutstillingsprisen (with Øystein Aasan), Høstutstillingen, Oslo
2003 The Norwegian Shipping Foundation's Art Prize (with Øystein Aasan), Høstustillingen, Oslo
2003 Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
2003 1-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere - 1 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
2003 Studio Residency, Nordic Air: IASPIS, Stockholm. NIFCA, Helsinki
2003 Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo

2002 Exhibition Grant/Debutantstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo

2001 Grant/Utstyrstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
2001 Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki

 

Collections and public installations

2008 NHO, Oslo
2008 Private collection, Oslo
2008 Sentralsykehuset i Akershus, Nye Ahus, Lillestrøm
2008 Quality Hotell 33 (canvas), Oslo
2008 Quality Hotell 33 (installation), Oslo
2008 Private collection, Berlin
2008 Private collection, Seoul

2007 Aker Solutions, Fornebu
2007 Private collection, Oslo
2007 Private collection, Berlin
2007 Private collection, Berlin
2007 Private collection, Oslo
2007 Private collection, Oslo
2007 The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway

2006 Private collection, New York
2006 Private collection, Oslo
2006 "Blind Walls", public installation, Ghent
2006 Private collection, New York
2006 Private collection, New York
2006 Private collection, Oslo
2006 Private collection, Berlin
2006 Sixty Hotel, Riccione
2006 Private collection, San Diego
2006 The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
2006 Private collection, Oslo
2006 Private collection, Berlin
2006 Public installation, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel

2005 Quality Hotel 11, Gothenburg
2005 Private collection, Oslo
2005 Private collection, Oslo
2005 Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Bogstad skole, Oslo
2005 Private collection, Berlin

2004 Private collection, New York
2004 Private collection, Oslo
2004 Private collection, Oslo
2004 Private collection, Oslo
2004 Private collection, Oslo
2004 Private collection, Lofoten/London

2003 Private collection, Berlin
2003 Montblanc, Hamburg

2002 Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Oslo Kemnerkontor, Oslo

2001 Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd; Møre og Romsdal Fylkesgalleri, Molde

 

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