Henrik Olesen

born in 1967, lives and works in Berlin
Villa Romana Fellow 2011


Biography

1995 – 1997
Städelschule, Frankfurt/M

1989 – 1996
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kopenhagen

I will not go to work today. I don’t think I’ll go tomorrow / machine
assemblage I (2010), 17’’ powerbook G4, plexiglas, chipboard

Imitation / Enigma (2008), cardboard, adhesive tape, rope, padding
material, blanket, Apple (Ghost / 2008), computer, plastic foil

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Project 94: MOMA, New York

2010
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

2008
How do I make myself a body?, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin
Studio Voltaire presents Mr. Knife & Mrs. Fork, Studio Voltaire, London
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (with Sergej Jensen)
Kunstverein München at Ludlow 38, New York

2007
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Türen, Portikus, Frankfurt/M (with Judith Hopf)

2005
Le corps sous la peau est une usine surchauffée, Dépendance, Brussels
Cubitt Gallery and Studios, London (with Kirsten Pieroth)

2004
Secession, Vienna


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2011
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples (with Danh Vo)

2010
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
6. Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Dépendance, Brussels (with Kirsten Pieroth)

2009
Modernologies, MACBA, Barcelona
Moby Dick, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Silberkuppe in Kur, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, DE
The Collectors, Danish & Nordic Pavilions, Biennale di Venezia, Venice

2008
Dispersion, Institue of Contemporary Arts, London
Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, New Museum, New York
Konzepte der Liebe, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Ein Semiotisches Haus, Das Nie Gebaut Wurde, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen

2007
Oh Girl, Itʼs a Boy, Kunstverein München, Munich
After the butcher, Berlin
Bodypoliticx, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Normal love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Door Slamming Festival, kuratiert von Dominik Eichler, Berlin
Neolithic Porn, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin

2006
Das Achte Feld, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Art After Concenptual Art, Generali Foundation, Wien, Vienna

2005
Verdunkelung/Darkening, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Projekt Migration, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne