Jan
Christensen
works
biography
bibliography
Previous shows:
Jan Christensen – Funky Mental Rabbit
Hole (2009)
Jan Christensen – Relative Value (2007)
Jan Christensen (2006)
Jan Christensen
– Some Titles for Which I Don’t Know What to Make (2004)
Jan Christensen
(2002)
Biography
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
2012
Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
2010
Raum für Raum, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Jan Christensen: Camera Studies, Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad
Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
2009
Kubus Lenbachhaus, curated by Sven Beckstette, Städtische Galerie im
Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Munich
Plan B is to Make Plan A Work, Volt, Bergen
Funky Mental Rabbit Hole, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
2008
Galleri MGM, Oslo
All Those Moments Will Be Lost, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
2007
Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations, Berlin (with Hackenbroich
Architekten)
Initialraum, Münster
Milieu, Bern
"Relative Value", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Galleri MGM, Oslo
2006
"Good Times Make You Think that You're the Lucky One", Buia Gallery,
New York
Bar Code Program, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
"Forward Momentum", Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2005
Process Room, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Hordaland Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche and Lars Morell), Bergen
"Unfinished Painting", Yvon Lambert Project Room, New York
2004
"Painting Myself into a Corner", Galleri MGM, Oslo
"Some Titles for Which I Don't Know What to Make", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2003
Galleri MGM, Oslo
"You Are Always Alone in the Cinema (J. Monk)", Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Quarantine Series, Amsterdam
2002
"Mind [the] Space" (with Gardar Eide Einarsson), Oslo Kunsthall,
Oslo
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (including installations for art fairs and other
projects)
2010
Open Light in Private Spaces, Biennale for International Light Art, Ruhr
2009
Jahresgaben-Ausstellung, curated by Vlado Velkov, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg
Blytt and Rooney Curate Something Nice, curated by Declan Rooney and Are Blytt,
Kunstprojects, Berlin
CAM, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen
Bunnies, it must be bunnies, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo
How to work better. Das Büro im Atelier, curated by Christiane Rekade,
The University of Jena/Kunstverein Jena, Intershop Tower (Leutragraben 1,
11. Etage), Jena
2008
De:Place, Re:Place, Seoul Design Olympiad, Seoul
40/40, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (upcoming)
Hove Festival, Tromøya, Arendal(upcoming)
Portrom i et byrom, Norsk Form/public project, Oslo (upcoming)
Alone in the Dark, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (upcoming)
High Come Down, Smia, Kristiansand
Art is Not Mute, Hit, Gothenburg
Lights On – norsk samtidskunst, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern
Art, Oslo (cat.)
2007
"Røtter i Porsgrunn", Porsgrunn Fengsel/Porsgrunn Kunstforening,
Porsgrunn
"Pawnshop", e-flux, New York
"Tomorrow", Kumho Museum of Art and Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalogue)
"Art is Not Mute", ICA-Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros,
Hungary
"Where Euclid Walked", Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
"The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project: A Hundred Ideas and Ten Thousand
Combinations", Yeonhee-Dong 195, Seoul (catalogue)
"Tempo", Skien (catalogue)
"Stuff", Detroit MOCA, Detroit
"Art is Not Mute", Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm
"Vorstellen, formulieren – Sprache als Modell der Wirklichkeit",
K3 – Project Space, Zürich (catalogue)
"Believers & Illusionists", R. T. Hansen, Berlin
"I Will Never Make It!", Kunstraum D21, Leipzig
"Invisible Jet", Buia Gallery, New York
"Poster Project", Participant Inc./Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin,
New York
2006
"Poster Project", Kantor Feuer Window Space/Devon Costello &
Ilya Lipkin, New York
"Rio", Artnews Projects, Berlin
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
"Cosa Nostra", Glassbox, Paris
"JRP|Ringier – We Make Books With Art", Daviet-Thery, Paris
"Nordiske spor", Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway (catalogue)
"Please Love Me", Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
"Breezer", Buia Gallery, New York
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|37|Basel, Basel
"Oslo Art Festival", Members Club/Prosjektskolen, Oslo
"Bound_less", Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger; Nord-Trøndelag
fylkesgalleri, Namsos (touring exhibition/the National Museum of Art, Architecture
and Design; catalogue)
"Super", FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (catalogue)
2005
"Yellow Pages" (with John Armleder & Team 404), Museum of Modern
and Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva; Kunsthalle Palazzo, Basel/Liestal; Turm
Gallery, Helmstedt
"Pro 2005", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (catalogue)
"The Failure", Korridor, Berlin
"Gallery Artists", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
"Present Perfect!", T293, Naples
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|36|Basel, Basel
"ChangdonGo!", The National Art Studio, Seoul (catalogue)
"Prague Biennale 2", Karlin Hall, Prague (catalogue)
"Post Notes", Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ICA,
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Installation, Galleri MGM, ARCO, Madrid (catalogue)
"Bound_less", Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Bodø Kunstforening,
Bodø; Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum – Eikaasgalleriet, Jølster;
Trondarnes Distriktsmuseum, Harstad; Kulturkontoret, Eidsberg kommune; Grenselandmuseet,
Kirkenes (touring exhibition/Riksutstillinger; catalogue)
2004
"Salong 100", Oslo
"None of the Above", The Swiss Institute, New York
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin (catalogue)
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|35|Basel, Basel (catalogue)
"Desidolize Now", Exposition internationale d'art contemporain Jeune Creation, Paris
"MixMax", Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalogue + booklet)
2003
"Høstutstillingen" (with Øystein Aasan), Kunstnernes Hus/Oslo Sentralstasjon, Oslo (catalogue)
"...it's Alive", Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|34|Basel, Basel
"Ideologia 2", Röda Sten, Gothenburg (catalogue)
"Southbound – Case Study of an Imaginary Community in Berlin", Spittelmarkt, Berlin (catalogue)
2002
"40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Fluxus Festival 2002, Wiesbaden
"Sliding Down the Surface of Things II", Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm
"o VER Station no.2/Passenger" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
2001
"o VER Magazine" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Oslo Kunsthall/The Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
"Sliding Down the Surface of Things", The Life Foundation, Stockholm
"Other Places", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
2000
"XS", Temp, Bergen
"Form 2000" (touring exhibition), Norsk Form/Momentum Ekstra, Moss;
Norsk Form, Rådhusplassen, Oslo; Tromsø Museum, Tromsø;
Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum,
Trondheim (catalogue)
Curated Exhibitions
2010 Solo exhibitions, video screening by Mathias Steinbru, Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien (upcoming, September)
2010 Solo-exhibitions by Sex Tags, Are Blytt, video screening by Pike &
Nug, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien (upcoming, April)
2010 Group exhibition (Josefine Lyche and friends), solo-exhibition by Camilla
Kloster and video screening by Kristian Skylstad, Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien (upcoming, February)
2009 Group exhibition: "Tempo som tanke – byrom som skisse" (featuring
Anna Daniell, Morten Kildevæld Larsen, Are Blytt, Petter Buhagen, Tor
Børresen, Snorre Ytterstad, Lars Morell, Sandra Norrbin, Gard Andreas
Frantzsen, Steffen Håndlykken, Kjell Varvin, Nicklas Gahnstrøm,
Tuva Gonsholt, Åsil Bøthun, Mathias Steinbru, Anne Guro Larsmon,
Siri Østvold, Frode Markhus, Marianne Zamecznik, aiPotu (Anders Kjellesvik
og Andreas Siqueland) and Stian Ådlandsvik), solo-exhibition by Anders
Valde and screenings of Grovt Skadeverk 1 & 2, Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien (upcoming, November)
2009 Solo-exhibitions by Johan Strandahl, Kristofer Henriksson, video screening
by Vårin Andersen and book release of "Norsk Graffiti 1984–2008"
published by Ocht Forlag, Oslo (ISBN 978-82-998137-0-9), Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien
2009 Solo-exhibitions by Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Brita Been and video
screening by Bengt Gabrielsen, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien
2009 Group exhibition: "Første tanke = beste tanke" (featuring
Yokoland, Sølvi Strand, Lars Morell, Sandra Norrbin, Kristin Nordhøy,
Siri Østvold and Samuel Olou), Tempo Skien, Skien
2009–2011
Curator Forum, Kunstnerbanken, Skien
Upcoming projects and exhibitions: Solo-exhibitions by Bjørn-Kowalski
Hansen (2010, Camilla Kloster (2009), Kristofer Henriksson (2009), Josefine
Lyche (2010) and Sex Tags (2010), Kunstnerbanken, Skien
2009
Tempo, "Først tanke = beste tanke", 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
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
Ten Raised to the Eighty-first Power, Galleri MGM, Oslo
2006–2007
Various projects, solo- and group exhibitions (Including solo exhibitions
by Yngvild K. Rolland, Ilya Lipkin, Ingvild Langgård, Leigh Bridges,
Mark Neufeld, 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
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
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
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
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
2001
Torgeir Husevaag: "Stiff Neck", Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
2000
Richard D. James: "Aphex Twin", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
1999
Karl Fredrik Runeson: "Skulls and Bones", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen,
Oslo
Grants, Prizes and Residencies
2010
Studio residency, Seljavegur, SIMRES, Reykjavik
Residency, Twice a Stranger, Istanbul
2009
Exhibition grant/utstillingsstipend, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd,
Oslo
BKV 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond,
Oslo
2008
Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres
Hjelpefond, Oslo
2007
Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, The Art Council of Korea, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture,
Seoul
BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres
Hjelpefond, Oslo
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
Studio Residency, Skien Kommunes Kunstnerstipend, Skien (Norway)
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
2005
International Support Grant: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou/Nantes (France)
2-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere
– 2 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Dublin. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
International Support Grant: Prague Biennial 2. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York
Studio Residency, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
International Support Grant: Group show, New York. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2004
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds Prosjektstøtte, NBK, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Seoul. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, The International Studio Program of Changdong, The National Art Studio, Seoul
Grant, The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo
ASEF Cultural Grant, The Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
Studio Residency, Villa Arson, Nice
2003
Studio Residency, IASPIS, Stockholm
BKH's Art Prize/Høstutstillingsprisen (with Øystein Aasan), Høstutstillingen, Oslo
The Norwegian Shipping Foundation's Art Prize (with Øystein Aasan), Høstustillingen, Oslo
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
1-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere
– 1 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
Studio Residency, Nordic Air: IASPIS, Stockholm. NIFCA, Helsinki
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
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
Collections and Public Installations
2008
Halden Kulturhus, Halden
Stridsklev Badehall, Porsgrunn
Advokatkontoret Selmer, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Seoul
NHO, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Quality Hotel 33, Oslo
Sentralsykehuset i Akershus, Nye A-Hus, Lillestrøm
2007
Aker Kværner, Fornebu
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
2006
Private collection, New York
"Blind Walls", public installation, Ghent
Private collection, New York
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Berlin
Sixty Hotel, Riccione
Private collection, San Diego
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
"Exit Basel", public installation. Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel
2005
Quality Hotel 11, Gothenburg
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Bogstad skole, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
2004
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Lofoten/London
2003
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Berlin
Montblanc, Hamburg
2002
Site-specific installation. Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Oslo Kemnerkontor, Oslo
2001
Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd; Møre og Romsdal Fylkesgalleri, Molde