HENRIK OLESEN
B. 1967, Esbjerg, Denmark. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1989-96
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995-1997
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
1996
DAAD Scholarship, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2018
6 or 7 new works, Chantal Crousel, Paris
Henrik Olesen, Cabinet, London, UK
Hey Panopticon! Hey Asymmetry!, Schinkel Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
2017
The Euphoria of Turin, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, IT
2016
Henrik Olesen:The Walk, The Wattis Institute, California, USA
Henrik Olesen, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, USA
Henrik Olesen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, New York, USA
2014
Henrik Olesen - Companion Species, Galerie Deborah Schamoni, Munich, Germany
Henrik Olesen, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Hysterical MaN, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2012
Wolgang Hahn Prize, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2011
Solo Show at Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy
Projects 94: Henrik Olesen, cur. by Doryun Chong, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Museum für Gegenwartskunst, cur. by Nikola Dietrich, Basel, Switzerland
Master-Slave Dialectic (with Danh Vo), Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany 2010
How Do I Make Myself a Body?, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2009
Studio Voltaire Presents: Mr. Knife & Mrs. Fork, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2008
How do I make myself a body?, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (mit/with Sergej Jensen)
Kunstverein München at Ludlow 38, New York, NY 2007
Some Gay-Lesbian Artist and/or Artists relevant to Homo-Social Culture Born between 1300-1870, cur. by Heike Munder, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich Switzerland
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany
2006
L’État C’est Moi, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Information is Content. Content is Fiction. Content is Messy., Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anthologie de l’amour sublimé, Günther-Peil-Stipendiaten, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
2005
Abschied von den Eltern, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Le corps sous la peau est une usine surchauffée, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Cubitt Gallery and Studios, London, UK (mit/with Kirsten Pieroth)
There are no rules in pointing, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK (mit/with Kate Davis)
2004
Secession, Wien, Austria
2003
Interventionen 33: 1935 1922, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Hosni Mubarak, Aaron McKinney, Richmond, Belgrad, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
6 oder 7 neue Arbeiten, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Series of exhibitions in the Cabinet, Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria
2002
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany
Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy (in collaboration with Kirsten Pieroth)
2001
Studio Galerie, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
2000
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY (with Marcel Odenbach)
Martin Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg, Germany
1999
Berlin, Berlin!, cur. by Goethe Institut, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy
Otto-mobile exhibition formu, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
1997
Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen
1996
Meike Behm zeigt Henrik Olesen, Frankfurt, Germany
1993
Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, Germany
Lageret, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Overgaden, Exhibition space of the Minestry of Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
'Hölle', Galerie Buchholz, New York, USA
Partecipating at the 33ª Bienal de São Paulo, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavillon, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brasil
‘In The Reading Room of Hell’, galleria AplusA, Venice, IT
‘Stories of Almost Everyone’, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2017
‘Cosmic Communities: Coming out Into Outer Space- Homofuturism, Applied Psychedelia &Magic Connectivity’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, New York, USA
2016
32. Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
‘The Keeper’, New Museum, New York, USA ‘
Accrochage’, Punta della Dogana – Pinault Foundation, Venice, Italy
‘L’image volée’, curated by Thomas Demand, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
2015
‘Slip of the Tongue’, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
2014
The Great Acceleration’, Taipei Biennial 2014, Taipei, Taiwan
‘Manifesta 10’, Saint Petersburg, Russia
‘The November Issue’, Mathew, Berlin, Germany
‘One Million Years, System and Symptom’, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Dépendance at Cralos/Ishikawa, The Hawker, London, UK
‘Skeptical Thoughts on Love’, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
‘Future Perfect. Contemporary Art From Germany’, Centre For Contemporary Art Ujazdwski Castel , Warsaw, Poland
2013
Gerry Bibby, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
‘Formas Biogràficas – Construcciòn y Mitologìa Individual’, MNCARS, Madrid, Spain
‘In The Cut – ACCA’, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
2012
‘D’Après Giorgio’, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa De Chirico, Roma, Italy
‘Art of life, aesthetics and bipolitics’, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Georg Kargl Fine Arts & Georg Kargl Box, Vienna, Austria
‘Counter-Production’, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
‘Ghosts in the Machine’, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
‘You are right, it flows much better this way’, Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna, Austria
Etna Carrara - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Collaborations & Interventions - CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Collaborations & Interventions - Nymphius Projekte Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Supplica Per Un’appendice,Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
Relocated, MD 72, Berlin, Germany
‘Im Raum des Betrachters, Skulptur der gegenwart, Werke aus der Sammlung Moderne Kunst’, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
´Never odd or even, a text spaced exhibition‘, Museet for Samtidskunst / Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
2011
‘Lake of fire’, curated by Mikken Carl,Den Frie Centre of Contemporary art, Copenaghen, Denmark
12th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
‘Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments’, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
‘Henrik Olesen / Danh Vo’, Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli, Italy
‘Please go around the construction area by the lights and over the traffic island (and other stories)’, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Germany
‘Kalte Gesellschaft’, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
‘Elaine’, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
‘Museum der Wünsche’, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria
2010
8th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
‘Von Realer Gegenwart’, Kunstverein Düsseldorf / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
‘Modernologies’, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
‘Mr. Knife & Mrs. Fork’ Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2009
‘Quodlibet II’, Köln, Germany
‘Exit-Ausstieg aus dem bild’, ZKM | Museum für Beue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
‘Modernologies’, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
‘Moby Dick’, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
‘Scorpio’s Garden’, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
‘Re-figurative Ordering’, dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
‘Everywhere’, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
‘Silberkuppe in Kur’, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
‘The Collectors’, Danish & Nordic Pavilions, la Biennale di Venezia, Italy
‘22 Major Works From the Malmö Art Collection’, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
2008
‘Home is the place you left’, Kunstmuseum Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway
Reality Chec’, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
‘Sex brennt’, Magnus Hirschfelds Institut für Sexualwissenschaft und die Bücherverbrennung, Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
‘Dispersion’, Institue of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
‘Collage: The Unmonumental Picture’, New Museum, New York, NY
‘How do I make myself a body?’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany
‘Italia Italie Italien Italy Wlochy’, cur. by Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Alessandro Rabottini, Elena Lydia Scipioni, Andrea Villiani, ARCOS, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento, Italy
History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnaowicz’, P.P.O.W., New York, NY
‘Editionen und Multiples’, Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
‘Ein Semiotisches Haus, Das Nie Gebaut Wurde’, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen’, Germany
Supportico Lopez 32, Milan, Italy
2007
‘Oh Girl, It’s a Boy’, Kunstverein München, Munich ‘After the butcher’, Ausstellungsraum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
‘Bodypoliticx’, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Nederlands
‘Devotee’, Cabinet, London, UK
‘A queer tour guide’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
‘A-Z Advanced Technologies’, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
‘Door Slamming Festival’, Curated by Dominik Eichler, Berlin, Germany
‘Judith Hopf and Henrik Olesen, Doors’, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
‘Made in Germany’, Sprengelmuseum Hannover, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
‘Neolithic Porn’, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany
2006
‘Das Achte Feld’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
‘Art After Concenptual Art’, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
‘Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers. Reflexionen zeitgenössischer Kunst zur Aktualität des Erinnerns’, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
‘presented by’, Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna, Austria
2005
Verdunkelung/Darkening’, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
‘Projekt Migration’, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
‘Possession’, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 33, Berlin, Germany
‘I really should...’, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Andersen_S Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
‘Xenopolis’, Rathausgalerie München, Munich, Germany
2004
Quodlibet’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
‘World Watchers’, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
‘Werke aus der Sammlung Boros’, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Lorenzstraße, Karlsruhe, Germany
‘Communauté’, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Frac Rhone-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
‘Black Friday. Exercises in Hermetics’, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
2003
‘World Watchers’, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
‘id’, Platform, Vasa, Finland
‘Global positioning system’, Palais de Tokio, Paris, France
‘Utopia Station’ (Collaboration with Kirsten Pieroth), 50th Venice Biennial, Italy
‘Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward an Understanding of Trans-generational Dialogue as a Gift Economy)’, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2002
Roma Roma Roma, Rome, Italy
‘Hossa’, Centro Cultural Andracx Mallorca, Spain
‘Rent-a-bench’, Street Project, Los Angeles, CA
‘Strike’, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
‘Zusammenhänge herstellen’, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
‘Ökonomien der Zeit’, Museum Ludwig, Köln/Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
D/Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Werkleitz-Biennale, Werkleitz, Germany
‘The collective unconsciousness’, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
‘Centre of Attraction, 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art’, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Litauen
2001
‘Sex –Vom Wissen und Wünschen’, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden
‘Pedigree Pal – Neudefinition von Familie’, Shedhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
‘Arbeit, Essen, Angst’, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
‘Trans Sexual Express Barcelona’, 1st Barcelona Triennial, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
‘Frankfurter Kreutz’, Schirnhalle, Frankfurt/M., Germany
´Neue Welt’, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M., Germany
‘New Settlements’, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
‘inside space / experiments in redefinding rooms’, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2000
‘All you can eat’, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
‘Turning into a loop’, Galleria Giò Marconi, Milano, Italy
‘No swimming - schwimmen verboten, Kunstverein München, Germany
‘Berlin - Binnendifferenz. Phase 2’, Bregenz und Salzburg, Austria
‘Momentum’, Moss, Norway
‘[re:songlines]’, halle_für_Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany
‘German Art in Moskau’, Moskau, Russia
‘Park’ curated by Jonas Ekeberg, Momentum 2000, Moss, Norway
1999
‘Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are’, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
‘The work in this space is a response to the existing condition and/or work previously shown within the space’, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
‘Dispensing with Formalities’, Recent works / Jacob Fabricius, Denmark
‘Kraftwerk Berlin’, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark * ‘S.’ Recent Works / Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
‘Underground’, Galleri Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stalke GALLERY, Copenhagen, DENMARK
1997
‘Ex-centrics’, Waves, Vordingborg, Denmar
‘Speisen, der umbaumraum’..., Künstlerhaus, Stoccarda, Germany
1996
‘Au revoir, les enfants’, Kunstraum Mitte, Berlin, Germany
‘Aktion: Azizoglu, Yann Siebrecht’, 7 Orte und ein Tisch, Frankfurt, Germany
‘Filme’, Klubhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
‘Kunst & Zeil’, Projekt:Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
‘Exiles, Overgaden’, Exhibitionspace of the Ministry of Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark
‘three rooms’, Ausstellungsraum Hübner, Francoforte, Germany
‘Aktion: Lars Erik Frank, Henrik Olesen’, Update Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
‘Art against AIDS’, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
‘Wir begengen uns nicht zufälling’, Klasse Christa Näher, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
‘2 dimensional theory’, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
‘I Confess’, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
‘KM2’, Malmö Kunstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
‘Something’s wrong’, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993
‘KON (SEX)’, Galleri Nicolaj Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark