GITTE VILLESEN

born in Ansager, Denmark, 1965
lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin

gittevillesen.com

EXHIBITIONS

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

1992 – 1999

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

1991 – 1992

The Academi of Fyn, Odense, Denmark

1987 – 1990

Literature at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

It changed radically: grew fur again, lost it, developed scales, lost them, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe

2017

I stick my hands into the earth, and I think for a while, Archive Kabinett, Berlin

2012

I had no other choice than to jump from one pile to the other, as there was nothing in between, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Even now to explain everything would be difficult, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen

2009

I Will Arrange Everything. It Will be the Best Film Ever, Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht, Netherlands

2008

Juju White Magic, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006

Presentation of Gitte Villesen, Little Warsaw, Budapest, Hungary

2003

Video works, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona

1999

Kathrine makes them and Bent collects them, Secession, Wien

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

“Traces of Interest”, ifa Gallery, Stuttgart
“Come Closer”, MEJIA, Melbourne, Australia

2022

“Spheres of Interest (After Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt)”og "Chains of Interest", ifa Gallerie, Berlin

2020

“Am Ende dies Arbeit”, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig

2019

“Licht Luft Scheiße. Perspectives on Ecology and Modernity”, NgBk and Botanische Museum Berlin

2016

›fühle meinen körper sich von meinem körper entfernen‹ og symposium ›stumble bumble fail fall hurt‹, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg

2012

“Shaped by Time”, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen

2011

“Les marques aveugles”, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva

2010

“Squatting”, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin

2009

"Reality Check", Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

2008

“The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art”, Hessel Museum of Art, NY
“ART SHEFFIELD 08: Yes, No & Other Options”, Sheffield Biennial, Sheffield

2007

“How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later”, CCA, San Francisco
“Shrinking Cities”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit og Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio, Cleveland

2006

"The Eighth Square: Gender, Life, and Desire in the visual Arts since 1960", Ludwig Museum, Köln

2005

The Danish Pavilion, 51. Venedig Biennale, Venedig
“Emotion Pictures”, MuHKA, Antwerpen

2004

“The Auschwitz Trial 4 Ks 2/63 Frankfurt am Main”, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
“Emotions Eins”, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt

2002

Gwangju Biennial 2002, Gwangju

2000

"Organising Freedom", Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1999

Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne

1998

"Manifesta 2", Luxembourg
"Come Closer”, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Centre George Pompidou, Paris
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki
Samtidsmuseet, Oslo
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Den Kgl. Kobberstiksamling, Copenhagen
Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj