HANNE NIELSEN (1959) & BIRGIT JOHNSEN (1958).
Lives and works in Denmark.
MFA the Art Academy of Jutland
Artist duo since 1993.
www.videoraum.dk
Selected Solo Exhibitions / * Denotes publication, text:
2024 My House is Red- Hot, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, DK *
2024 KUNSTRUM FYN, DK
2023 PARTICLES, Ormston House, Cultural Resource Centre, Limerick. IR
2019 Lunch / Blowers, Høvsørevej, Meetings II - ET4U, Fjaltring, DK *
2019 Ved Hegnet, Viborg Kunsthal, DK *
2019 Displaced Element, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, DK
2018 REVISIT, Ovengaden – Institute of contemporary art, Copenhagen, DK *
2017 DRIFTING, SKMU Sørlandet Kunstmuseum, NO *
2017 Protect/Release,- Hanne Nielsen och Birgit JohnsenRöda Sten Konsthall, Gøteborg, SE *
2017 KIND OF NOISY SILENCE; Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK
2016 CARL NIELSEN & ANNE MARIE CARL-NIELSENS AWARD, Den Frie Contemporary Art, DK *
2015 DRIFTING, the Laźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL *
2014 Inclusion / Exclusion ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK *
2014 Drifting, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK *
2012 Facing the Dark, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK
2010 Terrain video – Video på kanten, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, DK
2007 Camaraderies, AROS, Århus Festuge, Århus, DK *
2007 Yvonnes Vindue, videopresentation in public space, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Esbjerg Libery, Esbjerg, DK
2006 Going blind – Dialough in the dark, Experimentarium, CPH, DK
2005 Listasavn Foeroya, Thorshavn, FO
2004 Double perception, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK *
2004 Life and Story, Århus Kunstbygning - Centre for Conpemporary Art, Århus, DK *
2004 Sliding Relations, SHOWROOM, Copenhagen, DK *
2004 AROS, Systematic Art Price, Aarhus, DK
2003 Territorielle Udsagn, Øst for Paradis og Cinemateket DFI, DK.
2003 The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
2003 Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK *
2003 Blindgang, Ringstedgalleriet, DK
2002 Territorielle Statements, Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, DK *
2000 Inflated Constructions I-III, DEMO RUMMET 3/ Århus Kunstmuseum, ARoS, DK *
2000 Børges Bilværksted – Four men and one car, Danish Film Institute, DK
1999 Carwash, Rhizom, Århus, DK
1999 RELUX Brænderigården, Viborg, DK *
1994 Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Selected Group Exhibitions / * Denotes publication
2023 Bevæg dig bevæg mig, ARKEN Museum for Modern Kunst, DK
2023 First there was a Mountain, WADDEN TIDE 2023, Blåvandshuk, Wadden Sea National Park, DK,
2023 Vrå; DK
2022 LYS.MUR, Svenborg, DK
2022 "60 x 60 - FOOD = POLITICS + PLEASURE " Museum Brot und Kunst, Germany
2021 DIAGNOSIS OF TIME: Unlearn What You Have Learned, The Savannah Centre for Contemporary
Art / SCCA Tamale, Ghana
2021 ECLECTIC CAMPANGE(S), La chambre d’eau, Le Favril, F
2021 AROUND VIDEO ART FAIR, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Lille, F
2021 Beyond – Opening exhibition, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, DK
2021 RENCONTRES INTENATIONALES, Paris, FR
2021 FROM THE MONDANE WORLD, Guangdong He Art Museum (HEM), China
Curated by chief curator Feng Boyi
2021 HOW CAN YOU THINK OF ART AT A TIME LIKE THIS?’
A Platform for Free Exchange of Ideas and Art, https://artatatimelikethis.com/
2020 THE MUSEUM FOR ALL, THE MUSEUM FOR DOGS, The National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea*
2020 YOU ARE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, Rønnebæksholm, DK
2020 REMINDER, the Laźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL
2020 OMSLAG, Kh7artspace, DK
2020 Burnt out Umbrella and other Stories, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, DK
2020 Trouble Diaries: Failure is a mother of success, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador
2020 Decembristerne, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2020 Trouble Diaries: Failure is a mother of success, Museum of Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, EC
(post poned COVID19)
2019 NEMAF, 19. Seoul International New Media Festival, South Korea
2019 Art & Porn, ARoS, DK *
2019 RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS, new cinema and contemporary art, Paris, F *
2019 RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
2019 Vinter i Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2018 Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Den FRIE, Copenhagen, DK
2018 JYLLAND I Heltborg,Heltborg Museum *
2017 Gwangju Media Art Festival, Gwangju, South Korea *
2017 Skulpturlandsby Selde – en platform for skulpturforsøg i det offentlige
rum, Selde, DK*
2017 SY - M A Y S P A C E, Waterloo, Sidney, AUS
2017 Homeland - Çanakkale Art Walk, Kunsthalle Osnabrück / Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabrück, DE
2017 EAT ME, Trapholt, Kolding, DK *
2017 OK. Video- Indonesia Media Arts Festival, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta, RI *
2017 PYONGCHANG BIENNALE, Gangneung, South Korea *
2017 No Man is an Island - The Satanic Verses, ARoS, Aarhus, DK *
2017 BILLLEDSTORM // IMAGE STORM, Kvindemuseet in Denmark, DK *
2016 WATCHED! SURVEILLANCE, ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK *
2016 5th ÇANAKKALE BIENNALE (cancelled) Çanakkale, TR
2016 Fra Billedkunst til videokunst / Nivaagaards Malerisamling, DK
2016 MUSEUM PIST PROTTA 35 years of alternative art history, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK
2016 WHY DO THINGS GET IN A MUDDLE, FOTOGALLERIET, Oslo, N
2016 Happiness & Misery - Selected works from ARoS Collection, ARoS, DK *
2016 EVERYDAY IMAGES - Video Art in various dimensions, Randers Kunstmuseum, DK *
2013 Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, DK *
2013 Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm, SE
2013 Nikolaj Kunsthal, FOKUS Videokunstfestival 2013, Copenhagen, DK *
2013 Belgrade Cultural Center & Dom Kulture Studentski Grad, Beograd, SRB
2012 Photovisa, IV International Festival of Photography, Krasnodar, RU
2012 23 rd. Nordisk Panorama, 5 Cities Film Festival, Oulu, SF *
2012 Humor alvorlig talt, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK *
2011 FOKUS Videokunstfestival, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, DK *
2011 GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE, Reykjavik, IS
2011 Vråudstillingen, Kunst bygningen Vrå, DK
2011 Dog is my CoPILOT, Machine-RAUM–a Biennale for Video Art and Digital Culture, Vejle, DK
2011 Hanne Nielsen og Birgit Johnsen i Bryggen, Vejle, DK
2010 Gallery Tom Christoffersen, the CUBE, Copenhagen, DK
2010 TERRAIN VIDEO - VIDEO PÅ KANTEN, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, DK
2010 Ikke en juleudstilling, Galleri Rohde, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Decembristerne 80 år/ gæst, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, DK *
2010 Love alley 2, Viby, DK *
2009 ID-entify Yourself, Notch09, Beijing, CN *
2009 Happy Birthday, ARoS - Århus Kunstmuseum 150 år, Århus, DK *
2009 Glowing Climate, - video presentations in public space, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyau, CN *
2009 Moving Space, Digitale Bevægelser i Rum, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Meget kunne være anderledes - en hilsen til Storm P, Brøndsalen, CPH, DK *
2007 BANDITS MAGES 9e festival des arte multi-me`die, Bourges, FR
2007 Køns Spetakler/ Gender Furore, the Womens Museum, DK *
2007 Machine-RAUM – a Biennale for Video Art and Digital Culture, Vejle art Museum, DK *
2006 Århus-Malmö Exchange 2006, Rosseum, Malmø, SE *
2006 Den Gyldne/ invited, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK *
2006 Den Frie/ invited, Den Frie, Cpenhagen, DK
2006 Yvonnes Vindue, en udstillingsrække med videokunst i Yvonnes udstillingsvindue, Copenhagen, DK *
2005 Pixeldance Festival, GR
2004 Dwelling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK 2002 *
2002 The New York International Independent Film And Video Festival, LA & NY, USA
2002 On a clear day, Sophienholm, Copenhagen, DK *
2002 Personal vision 2001, Tokio, JPN *
2001 Værk, Knapstrup Teglværk, DK *
2001 MikrokinoFest 2001, Beograd, SRB
2001 Festival International D`art vidio di Casablanca, MA
2000 Centre d´art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, 14. rencontres video art plastiqe, FR
2000 REFLEX, Aarhus Kunstbygning, DK *
1999 Switch 1, Arte, French Television, FR
1998 Boomerang, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, DK *
1998 Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE
1998 Retina`98, French/Baltic/Nordic Video New Media Festival 1998, Tallinn, EST *
1998 MuuMediaFestival, Helsinki, FI
1998 Transmediale, Berlin, DE *
1998 Leerräume - Nothing but Space, DASA, hARTwareprojecte, Dortmund, DE *
1997 Reihe VIDEO Kunst, Landesmuseum Francisci-Carolinum, Linz, AUT
1997 Konstbrus, Södertälje Konsthall, SE *
1997 ON iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS *
1997 3 Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique, Champ Libre, CA
1997 World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL*
1997 PROMS III, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, DK *
1997 SUM Jubilæumsudstilling, Aarhus Kunstbygning, DK *
1997 Jylland, Aahus Kunstbygning, DK *
1996 Den Haags Gemeentemuseum, World Wide Video Festival, Haag, NL *
1996 Le Nouveau Festival, International Cinema Video, Montreal, CA
1996 Elektroniske understrømme, Kunst and Video in Europe, National Gallery of Denmark, KBH, DK *
1996 Stichting Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Maastricht, NL
1996 Video Art Plastique, 10´emes Centre d´Art Contemporrain de Basse-Normandie, FR
1996 Jacta est alea / Terningerne er kastet, Aahus Kunstbygning, DK *
1996 Festival Video d´Estavar-Llivia, Mairie, FR
1996 Den Frie Udstilling/invited, Den Frie, Copenhagen, DK *
1995 Charlottenborgs FALL exhibition, Copenhagen, DK
1995 CRAWL – 7 experimental videoes Aarhus Film Workshop, DK *
Permanent Decorations:
Permanent decoration atHospitalsenhed Midt, Diagnostisk Center - Regionshospitalet Silkeborg Røntgen og Skanning 2024-2025
Permanent decoration at VIA University, Aarhus 2022
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
Collections:
ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, DK
Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
Bonn’s Art Museum, DE
Ny Carlsberfondet, DK
Danish Arts Foundation, DK
Århus Kommune, DK
DFI / Danish Filminstitute, DK
Medals, Prizes and Awards:
The Danish Art Council, performance of Lifetime Honors 2021
The New Carlsberg Foundation´s Art Award, 2020
NY CARLSBERG FONDET Honorary award, 2020
Awarded with ECKERSBERG MEDAL, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 2017
CARL NIELSEN AND ANNE MARIE CARL-NIELSENS AWARD 2016
Awarded of Academy and Danish painter Society Jury 1996
Award for Akademirådet og Dansk Billedkunstnersamfunds Jury 1996
Award for exhibition INKLUSION/EXCLUSION by the Danish Art Foundation 2014
Systematics Art Prize 2004.
Ole Haslund Artist Fund 2004.
Artist Fund of the 1973rd 2005
Selected grants:
15 Juni Fonden 2020
S.C.Van Fonden 2020
Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond 2020
Danish Arts Foundation, latest projects grants 2019
Preben Siigers Fond, AKADEMIRÅDET 2015
NY CARLSBERG FONDET 2015
3-years Working Grant the Danish Arts Foundation 2008
AKADEMIRÅDET travel grant 2001
Gerhard Henning Grant 2001
Jens Ejnar & Johanne Larsens Fond travel grant 1997
The Danish Film Institute travel grant 1996
Other related activities:
Art consultants of The Danish Building and Property Agency 2015-2023
Committee member of Holstebro Kunstmuseum 2022-
Committee member of Kunsthal Aarhus 2012-2014
Committee member of Kulturudviklingspulje Århus 2008-2012
Committee member of The Danish Art Council 2007-2011
Committee member of Det billedkunstneriske udvalg, Århus Municipality 2004-2007
Committee member of Galleri IMAGE, Center for Fotografisk Kunst 2005-2007
Committee member of Ny Skive Kunst Museum 2007
Curating:
Curating Machine-RAUM – a Biennale for Video Art and Digital Culture, Vejle, DK 2007 & 2010 & 2011
Curating Video ART in Bryggen Vejle Dk, Video art in public, Bryggen Shopping Center 2008-2011