Kaspar Oppen Samuelsen
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1977
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Education

2000-2003
BFA. (Hons.) Fine art. Contemporary critical theory. Goldsmiths College. University of London. England. UK.

2008 - 2011
MFA. Fine art. Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Represented by LARM, Copenhagen

 

Solo exhibitions

2011
Village Paradise, LARM, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Volta 7, LARM, Basel, Switzerland.

2010
I begyndelsen var der noget og i slutningen var der noget andet, men kyllingen har en flot mave, så vi går en god tid i møde.
(In the beginning there were something and in the end there were something else, but the chicken has a generous stomach, so we will proceed towards a time of prosperity.)
BKS Garage, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2009
Rytterknas, Galleri Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2008
The [weit], NLH space, with Marie-Louise Vittrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2006
Body-Double, Koh-I-Noor and Lokale 20, EDB Erindring, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Selected group exhibitions

2011
Baroque, LARM, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Snowblind, Galerie weissraum, Kyoto, Japan.

2010
Anstrøg, Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Snowblind, BKS Garage, Copenhagen, Denmark.
He who bends has lost, Backyard Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2009
IKK Festival 09, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Palles børnebørn, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2008
Evergreens – Grethes børnebørn, Rumkammerat, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Urge to Plunge, Galerie Chateau de Bouglinster, Luxembourg.
Irma moving arts, Jury´s selection, Karrierebar, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Urban pedestals and Suburban pedestal, Helsinki, Finland.

2007
(t)here, Q, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sange fra kælderen, with Huskegruppen- Peter Brandt and Tomas Lagermand Lundme,
Galleri Projekt, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Supermarket, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden.

2006
The Gift, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Politikens forhal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Greengrass display, Bingohallen, Vestergågades Passage, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2004
Fedex Young Contemporaries, House Gallery, Camberwell, London, England.
Nth Art Exhibit 001. OLS&CO, Arsenal, London, England.

2003
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. House Gallery, Camberwell, London, England.
Squat, Sales des Fetes, Avenue Charlotte, Oberkorn, Luxemburg.
Goldsmiths Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, England.

2002
Restoration, The Crypt, Deptford, London, England.
Art Below Zero, Notting Hills Arts Club, Notting Hill, London, England.

2001
Blinkered, Goldsmiths College, London, New Cross, England.

2000
Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1999
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1998
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Killing Fields, Spray Exhibition, The Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Galleri 12, Danmarks Radio, Aarhus, Denmark.

 

Awards

2011
Nordic Art Talents. Part Two.

2010
Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse rejselegat.

2009
Tegneinspektør Søren Chr. Jensen og Hustrus Hæderslegat.

 

Residencies

2010
The Danish Institute at Athens, Greece.

 

Selected press/bibliography

2011
Scavenius, Bente. ´Anmelderne anbefaler´. In Børsen - kultur, 24. Nov. 2011

2011
Ross, Trine. Interview, ´De unge malere går ombord i fortiden´. In Politiken, sektion ibyen, 14. Jan. 2011

2009
´Kaspar Oppen Samuelsen´. In Dagbladet Information, nr. 278, sektion 2, 28. Nov. 2009.

2008
Eisen, Marianne. ´Sprung ins Unbekannte´. In Luxemburger Wort, 24. Sept. 2008.

2007
Bo, Morten. ´Fata, Tiden og Ånden´. In Fatamorganakunstens Historie 1999-2007. Forlaget Fatamorgana.

2006
Lange, Katrine. ´Det tredje rum´. (The third space). In Manus. Tidskrift for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab. ´Krak 148, Kunst i Byen og Byen i Kunsten´.

2003
Royse, Julia. ´Hot art´. In ELLE Magazine. Jul. p. 42-43.
Cat-A-Logue 03. ´Kaspar Oppen Samuelsen´, Goldsmiths College.

2001
Floorless ed. ´In the Red´.

1999
Hornung, Peter Michael. ´Storvask på Den Frie´. In Politiken. Oct.
Pohl, Eva. ´Parat til udrykning´. In Berlingske Tidende. Oct.

1998
KE 98. ´Den skjulte nægtelse´. Den Frie Udstillingsbygning.

1997
Grønnebæk, Mikkel. ´Artifacts´ In Metropolis Magazine, vol. 2. p. 14-15.

 

Public decoration

2010
Wallpainting, Nordvangskolen, Glostrup, Denmark.

2009
Wallpainting, University of Copenhagen, Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab, (The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies), Denmark.

2005
Wallpainting, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, børnerummet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Wallpainting, J. Lindeberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Public collections

Statens Kunstfond
Nykredit



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