Fotograf: Helle Arensbak Hansen
Birgit Johnsen & Hanne Nielsen
The Art Academy of Jutland from 1991 and 1990
Worked together with video, documentary and installations since 1993.
Selected group exhibition, screenings and solo exhibitions (*)
2017
Gwangju Media Art Festival, Gwangju, SY
M A Y S P A C E, Waterloo, Sidney, AUS
BILLEDSTORM, Kvindemuseet i Danmark, DK
EAT ME, Trapholt, Kolding, DK
Skulpturlandsby Selde 2017, Selde, DK
Homeland - Çanakkale Art Walk 2017, Kunsthalle Osnabrück / Felix-Nussbaum-Haus,Osnabrück, DE
Kunsthal Aarhus 100 år, DK
OK. Video- Indonesia Media Arts Festival, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta, RI
KIND OF NOISY SILENCE; Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK*
Art Rotterdam 2017, with Charlotte Fogh, Rotterdam, NL
DRIFTING,SKMU Sørlandet Kunstmuseum, NO *
Hanne Nielsen och Birgit Johnsen : Protect/Release & Julian Rosefeldt: Asylum: Røda Sten Kunsthall, SE*
PYONGCHANG BIENNALE,Gangneung, South Korea
No Man is an Island - The Satanic Verses, ARoS, Aarhus, DK
Black / Whiteìsh, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, DK
The New University Hospital, Permanent Decoration opened February 2017, DK*
Hospice Djursland, Reflections,Permanent Decoration, Rønde opened October 2017, DK *
2016
CARL NIELSEN AND ANNE MARIE CARL-NIELSENS AWARD 2016, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, DK *
WATCHED! SURVEILLANCE, ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
5th ÇANAKKALE BIENNALE (cancelled) Çanakkale, TR
Fra Billedkunst til videokunst / Nivaagaards Malerisamling, DK
MUSEUM PIST PROTTA 35 years of alternative art history, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK
WHY DO THINGS GET IN A MUDDLE, FOTOGALLERIET, Oslo, N
Happiness & Misery- Selected works from ARoS Collection, ARoS, DK
Verein Berliner Künstler (VBK), Berlin, DE
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Decembristerne, København, DK
EVERYDAY IMAGES - Video Art in various dimensions, Randers Kunstmuseum, DK
Court of Frederiksberg, permanent public decoration, Copenhagen, DK
2015
The Laźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL *
Permanent decoration of Court of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, DK
2014
Inclusion / Exclusion ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum / DK*
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen / DK*
2013
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, DK
Randers Kunstmuseum, I am so fucking Happy, Randers, DK
Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm, SE
Nikolaj Kunsthal, FOKUS Videokunstfestival, 2013, Copenhagen, DK
Den Frie, presentation included in Love Alley, curated by Marianne Jørgensen, Copenhagen, DK
Belgrade Cultural Center & Dom Kulture Studentski Grad, Beograd, SRB
2012
Facing the Dark, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK*
Photovisa, IV International Festival of Photography, Krasnodar, RU
23 rd. Nordisk Panorama, 5 Cities Film Festival, Oulu, SF
Humor alvorlig talt, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK
2011
FOKUS Videokunstfestival, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, DK
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Reykjavik, IS
Vrå Udstillingen, Vrå, DK
Decembristerne, Den Frie, Centre of Contemporary ART, Copenhagen, DK
2010
Gallery Tom Christoffersen, the CUBE, Copenhagen, DK
TERRAIN VIDEO - VIDEO PÅ KANTEN, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, DK
Dog is my Co-pilot, Spinderihallerne, Vejle, DK
Love Alley, Viby Mark, DK
VideoKunst på Bryggen, Vejle, DK
Spinderihallerne, Vejle, DK
Ikke en juleudstilling, Galleri Rohde, Copenhagen, DK
2009
ID-entify Yourself, Notch09, Beijing, CN
Happy Birthday, ARoS - Århus Kunstmuseum 150 år, Århus, DK
Glowing Climate, ,- video presentations in public space, Copenhagen, DK
Love Alley, Viby Mark, DK
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyau, CN
Moving Space, Digitale Bevægelser i Rum, Copenhagen, DK
Long Way Home, Cluster, Berlin, DE
Video, soup and pixi caps,- video presentations in public space Århus & Copenhagen, DK
2008
Meget kunne være anderledes - en hilsen til Storm P, Brøndsalen, Copenhagen, DK
Decembristene, Den Frie, Centre of Contemporary ART, Copenhagen, DK
Video, Suppe, tæpper og tophuer,- video presentations in public space, Århus, DK *
2007
Camaraderies, AROS, Århus Festuge, Århus, DK*
Machine-RAUM – en Biennale for video kunst og digital kultur, Vejle Kunstmuseum,
Århus Kunstbygning, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Brandt, Skive Kunstmuseum, Herning Kunst-
Museum, Liberies, Vejle, DK
Yvonnes Vindue, videopresentation in public space, Copenhagen, DK *
BANDITS MAGES 9e festival des arte multi-me`die, Bourges, FR
Esbjerg Libery, Esbjerg, DK*
2006
Århus-Malmö Exchange 2006, Rosseum, Malmø, SE
Kønsspetakler, Århus Festuge, Århus, DK
Jubilæumsudstilling, Kunsternes Påskeudstilling 60, Århus Kunstbygning - Centre for Conpemporary Art, DK
Going blind – Dialough in the dark, Experimentarium, Copenhagen, DK *
Den Gyldne, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2005
Listasavn Foeroya, Thorshavn, FO*
Sliding Relations, SHOWROOM, Copenhagen, DK *
Next Festival, Independt, Vilnius, EU
Pixeldance Festival, GR
2004
Double perception, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK*
AROS, ved Systematic Art Price, Aarhus, DK*
Life and Story, Århus Kunstbygning - Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK*
Territorielle Statements, Filmversionen, DR 2, DK*
Dwelling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Det personlige... er politisk, videoprogram, Cinemateket,The Danish Filminstitute, Copenhagen, DK
2003
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS*
Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK *
Blindgang, Ringstedgalleriet, DK*
Territorielle Udsagn, Øst for Paradis og Cinemateket DFI, DK.*
Kunsthistoriens lange næse 3, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Bizon Caravan, Århus Kunstmuseum, Århus, DK
Chroma Festival de arte Audiovisual, Guadalajara, MEX
PTO3, Janus Bygningen, Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tistup, DK
2002
The New York International Independent Film And Video Festival, LA & NY, USA
On a clear day, Sophienholm, Copenhagen, DK
Territorielle Statements, Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK *
Personal vision 2001, Tokio, JPN
Book Fair – Forum, Copenhagen, DK
Media Forum, International Filmfestival, Moskva, SU
Mobbypet, Australien and Danish Exchange, AU
2001
Værk, Knapstrup Teglværk, DK
MikrokinoFest 2001, Beograd, SRB
Festival International D`art vidio di Casablanca, MA
2000
Inflated Constructions I-III, DEMO RUMMET 3/2000 Århus Kunstmuseum, DK*
Centre d´art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, 14. rencontres video art plastique, FR
Nonstop videovindue international, Baldersgade 70, Danish Film Institute Copenhagen Dk *
Refleks, Århus Kunstbygning - Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK
Festivals of Festivals, Århus, DK
Børges Bilværksted – Four men and one car, Danish Film Institute Copenhagen Dk *
1999
Carwash, Rhizom, Århus, DK*
Switch 1, Arte, French Television, FR
RELUX Brænderigården, Viborg, DK*
1998
Boomerang, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, DK
Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE
Retina`98, French/Baltic/Nordic Video New Media Festival 1998, Tallinn, EST
MuuMediaFestival, Helsinki, FI
Transmediale, Berlin, DE
Leerräume - Nothing but Space, DASA, hARTwareprojecte, Dortmund, DE
1997
Reihe VIDEO Kunst, Landesmuseum Francisci-Carolinum, Linz, AUT
Konstbrus, Södertälje Konsthall, SE
ON iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
Troisieme Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique, Champ Libre, CA
World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
SUM, Århus Kunstbygning- Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK
Jylland, Århus Kunstbygning- Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK
1996
Body as a membrane, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK
Den Haags Gemeentemuseum, World Wide Video Festival, Haag, NL
Le Nouveau Festival, International Cinema Video, Montreal, CA
Elektroniske understrømme, Kunst and Video in Europe, National Gallery of Denmark, KBH, DK
Proms 3, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK
Stichting Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Maastricht, NL
Video Art Plastique, 10´emes Centre d´Art Contemporrain de Basse-Normandie, FR
Den Frie, Centre of Contemporary ART, Copenhagen, DK
Jacta Alea Est, Århus Kunstbygning- Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK
Festival Video d´Estavar-Llivia, Mairie, FR
1995
Charlottenborgs FALLexhibition, Copenhagen,DK
1994
Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen,DK
Collections:
ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, DK
Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
Bonn’s Art Museum, DE
DFI / The Danish Filminstitute, DK
Ny Carlsberfondet DK
Permanent Decorations:
Permanent decoration of The New University Hospital in Aarhus, DK 2013-2017
Permanent decoration of Court of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, DK 2016
Permanent decoration at Hospice Djursland DK 2015-17
Selected grants and prizes:
Awarded of Academy and Danish painter Society Jury 1996
The Danish Film Institute travel grant 1996
Award for Akademirådet og Dansk Billedkunstnersamfunds Jury 1996
Jens Ejnar & Johanne Larsens Fond travel grant 1997
Gerhard Henning Grant 2001
AKADEMIRÅDET travel grant 2001
Systematics Art Prize 2004.
Ole Haslund Artist Grant 2004.
Artist Fund of the 1973rd 2005
3-years Grant the Danish Arts Foundation 2008.
Award for exhibition INKLUSION/EXCLUSION by the Danish Art Foundation 2014
NY CARLSBERG FONDET 2015
Preben Siigers Fond, AKADEMIRÅDET 2015
Danish Arts Foundation 2016
CARL NIELSEN AND ANNE MARIE CARL-NIELSENS AWARD 2016
Awarded with Eckersberg Medaillen,The Royal Academy of Fine Arts 2017
Other related activities:
Committee member for Ny Skive Kunst Museum 2007
Committee member in Galleri IMAGE, Center for Fotografisk Kunst.2005- 2007
Committee member for Det billedkunstneriske udvalg Århus municipality 2004-2007
Committee member for The Danish Art Council 2007-2011
Committee member for Kulturudviklingspulje Århus 2008-2012
Artistic consultan for The Danish Building and Property Agency 2015-
Curating Machine-RAUM – a Biennale for Video Art and Digital Culture, Vejle Dk 2007 & 2010 & 2011
Curating VideoART in Bryggen Vejle Dk, Video art i public, Bryggen Shopping center 2008-2011
Filmography
Camp Kitchen, 21 min. 2014
Defence Against the Unpredictable, 2014
Drifting, 4 x 22:52 min. 2014
POSITION OF THE SPECTATOR III / ADONIS STAIRCASE, 16:02 min. 2013
The Missing Darkness, 16:29 min. 2011
Snowmen and Ladies, 7:39 min. 2010
Heater, loop 2009
Awareness of a temperature, loop 9:40 min. 2010
The bonfire, loop 1:05:00 min. 2009
Getting in sync with nature, loop 2:06 min. 2009
Position of the Spectator II / then there was silence, now only peace is remaining, loop 4:15 min. 2008
Keeping it simple / Freeing your soul / PoP art, loop 9:28 min. 2008
A matter of Strategy, loop 6:42 min. 2007
Camaraderies, 17:34 min. 2007
Interferens, loop 4:13 min.2007
Off, loop 2005
Ups and Downs, 5:19 min. 2005
Staggered tracks, 7:06 min. 2005
Construction of delay, 7:06 min. 2004
Chicken Con Carlo, loop 5 x 15:33 min. 2004
Replay # 1, 3 x 6:08 min. 2004
Replay # 2, 2 x 5:16 min. 2004
Replay # 4, 3 x 6:18 min. 2004
Replay # 5, 2 x 9:17 min. 2004
Replay # 9, 3 x 9:23 min. 2004
I am so fucking happy, loop in progress 9:20 min. 2002
Territorial Statements, 2 x 21:58:11 min. 2002
White Column, loop 9:20 min. 2002
Grooming the environs, loop 23:08 min. 2001
Inflated Constructions I, loop 15:12 min. 2000
Inflated Constructions II, loop 5:15 min. 2000
Blikværk, loop 7 x 14:04 min. 2000
Boerges Garage - Four men and one car, 21:58:11 min. 2000
A monkey wrench and other tools, 6:03 min. 1999
Carwash, loop 123 min. 1999
Consumer, 7:01 min. 1997
Wipematerial, loop 2:28 min. 1996
Construction in space, loop 2:37 min. 1996
Beyond reach, 9:27 min. 1996
Wake up, Charlie, 1:00 min. 1996
Rabbitsuit, 4:20 min. 1996
Attributes, 9:10 min. 1996
Okeanos, loop 3 min. 1995
Trepas, loop 3 x 2:31 1995
Grenåvej, loop 6:27 min. 1995
Grinding Onions, 6:27 min. 1995
Guillotine, 5:47 min. 1995
Gokker, 4:44 min. 1994