HESSELHOLDT & MEJLVANG Sofie Hesselholdt born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974 Vibeke Mejlvang born in Hjørring, Denmark, 1976 Hesselholdt&Mejlvang live and work in Copenhagen, Denmark www.hesselholdt-mejlvang.dk EDUCATION SOFIE HESSELHOLDT 2000-2006 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark 2005-2005 Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway 1999-2000 The Funen Academy of Fine Arts. Denmark 1995-1998 University of Copenhagen, BA Art History. Copenhagen, Denmark VIBEKE MEJLVANG 2000-2006 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark 2005-2005 Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway 1999-2000 The Funen Academy of Fine Arts. Denmark SELECTED SEPARATE EXHIBITIONS 2018 Points of Unity, Public space of Kyiv, Lviv and Kryvya Rih, Ukraine
2017 Native, Exotic, Normal, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden 2016 Native, Exotic, Normal, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK 2015 The Situation Room, FB69 Galerie Kolja Steinrötter, Mu nster, Germany Flesh Tint Project, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art + Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg, DK Homeland Security, Platform Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2014 Little Blonde Girl, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK Pomp and Ceremony - Shades of Skin, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland Hunger for Aggression, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway Armed Response, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden 2013 New Waves in the Hood, Das Kunstbu ro, Aarhus, DK Hunger for Aggression, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK 2012 The Dark Passenger, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway 2011 Mörkersyn, Växjö Konsthall, Växjö, Sweden. (With Svend-Allan Sørensen) 2009 Daily Life in the Eye of the Hurricane, FB69 Galerie Kolja Steinrötter, Mu nster, Germany The Perfect Storm, V1 Gallery, Cph. DK Tornado Nearby, Charlotte Fogh Gallery at Preview Berlin, Germany Større Horisonter i Nabolaget, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK Udflugt i Bælgravende mørke, Galleri 21, Malmo, Sweden
2007 Krydstogt på Syndfloden, Fung Sway, Copenhagen, DK 2006 When the Wind Blows, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK 2001 Det er 27 grader i skyggen og Trust me, I wasn t expecting our kiss, the Apistemple in Frederiksberg Garden, Copenhagen. DK (With Nanna Debois Buhl). 2000 Indblik: Lykken kan læres, bunker in The Ørsteds Park, Copenhagen, DK SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 The Invisible Territory, Manifesta 12, collateral event by Arts & Globalization, Palermo, Italy 2017 Cool, Calm and Collected, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, DK Revisit: Erotik, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, DK Grand Designs - Clever Hands, CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, DK Socle du Monde Biennial, HEART Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, DK Carte Blanche, The French Embassy, Copenhagen, DK The Emperor is Naked, The Waiting Room, Minneapolis, MN, US 2016 The Emperor Has No Clothes, The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI, USA En Blank og Vårfrisk Dag, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen, DK Mastering the Art of Contemporary Art, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK NORMEN, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Nordic Contemporary Art Part 4, Galleri 21, Malmoe, Sweden World Script Symposia, public space, Seoul, Korea The Bus Project III, Vejle, DK NOT AT HOME, Viborg Kunsthal, DK Art Eco: Art-ivism, Museumcultuur Strombeek, Belgium 2014 Other Forms of Relations, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea Silent Review, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea Skulptur i museumsbygningen, Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen, DK Drømmeland, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK Krähen folgen uns, FB69 Galerie Kolja Steinrötter, Mu nster, Germany 2013 ZEIGEN - an audiotour through Copenhagen, NIKOLAJ Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK The Oracle Show, The Wand, Berlin, Germany Common Tales, Skånes Konstförening, Malmo, Sweden 1986-2013 / An artist collects art, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Øvre Eiker, Norway Kill two Birds With one Stone, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK 2012 V1-X- Tonight We Won t Be Bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK The End of the World, FB69 Galerie Kolja Steinrötter, Mu nster, Germany Unfinished Journeys, Copenhagen Art Festival, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, DK Forskel på folk, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, DK Not in my backyard, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK I m like a bird, Johannes Larsen Museum, Kerteminde, DK Huset i Skoven, Skovhuset ved Søndersø, Værløse, DK 2011
ENTER, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK I m like a bird, Skovgaard Museum, Viborg, DK WHAT S HE BUILDING IN THERE?, FUSE Gallery, NYC, USA Status - Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK 2010 Socle du Monde, HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, DK Party and Lost, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art,Copenhagen, DK Nordic Art Triennial, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna, Sweden 2009 Brede Værk - Museum for Industrial culture, Danish National Museum, Brede, DK (permanent exhibition) 2008 The Destruction of Atlantis, Union Gallery, London, UK Socle du Monde, HEART - Herning Museum of Modern Art, DK Pastiche, Sølyst Castle, Jyderup, DK Botanisk forvandling, Vejle Artmuseum, DK Kritisk form, Skulpturi.dk, Copenhagen, DK EYESORE, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK 2007 Match Race, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK WHEN HUMOUR BECOMES CRITICAL, Big Family Business, Istanbul, Turkey SPEAK UP, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK Homecoming, Vendsyssel Museum of Art, Hjørring, DK 2006 How about her side of the story?, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK There Is A U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK 700 % PLUS, Copenhagen Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK Parade, art parade in the streets of Copenhagen, DK EXIT06, Graduate Show, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, DK
Arbejde Arbejde Arbejde, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK Add X to (n), Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK 2005 Experiment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK 2003 Bagværk med glasur keramik i Vejen, Vejen Art Museum, DK Overblik historier om kunsten og den nye by, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde / public space of Trekroner, DK THE PROJECT, Tallinn Arthall, Estonia / The Academy of Latvia s Exhibition Hall, Latvia Det Hvide Guld, Royal Copenhagen / Marienlyst Castle, Elsinore, DK 2002 Running in the Family, i-n-k Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK 2001 Nye Nyheder, the Neon Light Newspaper, Copenhagen Town Hall Square, DK GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES 2017 IZOLYATSIA Residency, Kiev, Ukraine The Danish Arts Foundation stipend New Carlsberg Foundation, DK The Obel Family Foundation, DK Beckett Foundation grant 2016 The Danish Arts Foundation stipend 2015
Honorary scholarship, Else and Henning Jensens Grant Award for Flesh Tint Project, The Danish Arts Foundation 2014 Blix Foundation grant Beckett Foundation grant Recidency. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea The Danish-Finnish Cultural Foundation Inger and Aage Nielsens grant 2011 The Danish Arts Foundation stipend 2010 Ole Haslund s Artist Foundation 2009 Danish Tennis Foundation and Residency Program, Bornholm, Denmark 2008 Award for Barrikade, The Danish Arts Foundation 2004 Inger Goldmanns Foundation PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 2017 The Tattooed Urn, Skovsnogen Artspace, Herning, DK Common Images, Kvindehjemmet, Copenhagen, DK 2014
Totem, Herning Main Library, Herning, DK Flying Carpet, Ventemøllegården, Soroe, DK 2007 Hav, Hansted Monastery, Horsens, DK 2006 Annie, Ballerup, DK 2005 Højager School, Ballerup, DK ART FAIRS CHART 17 CHART15, Art Copenhagen 15, Art Herning 15 Art Herning 13 The Armory Show 12, Art Herning 12 Art Copenhagen 11, Art Herning 11 Art Copenhagen 10, SWAB Barcelona 10 Preview Berlin 09, Art Copenhagen 09, Volta Basel 09, Art Brussels 09 Volta NY 08, Art Copenhagen 08, Art Herning 08 Volta Basel 07, Art Copenhagen 07 COLLECTIONS Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden National Gallery of Denmark, DK KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK
The Worker s Museum Copenhagen, DK Aalborg Municipality, DK Norrtälje Municipality, Sweden Copenhagen Municipality, DK Aarhus Municipality, DK SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, DK New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, DK The Danish Arts Foundation, DK DBC, Ballerup, DK Saxo Collection, Copenhagen, DK