CV

MIE OLISE KJÆRGAARD

2008  Master Fine Art, Central St. Martins, London, UK (distinction).
2009  Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, Maine, US
2010  ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Programme, New York, US
2018  ART OMI, International Artist Residency, Ghent, New York, US


SOLO SHOWS:

2024

The Foundry, Seoul Korea, march-may.

2023
Holding Space, Karpidas Collection, Dallas (US)
Towards Infinity and Beyond, VSF, Various Small Fires (US)
Project Space, HAG (DK)
Sauna, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin(D)
Rookie Rioters, Journal Gallery, NYC (US)

2022
Disobedient Muses, The Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, New York City (US)
Muses Having Fun, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
2020
Hysteria, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen(DK) *c

2019
Ambiguous Aggregations, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX (US)
Absolute Beginners, Hans Alf Gallery, projectspace, Copenhagen (DK)

2018
News from Nowhere, Hans Alf Gallery (DK) *c

2017
Bastard Monuments, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
Through The Portal of The Pineapple, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas (US)
Exotic Maximum Croma, Y Gallery, New York (US)  *c

2016
Discontinued Monuments, MAAA, Museo de Arte Acarigua (VZLA)
Stratum – on top of eachother, Politikens Hus, Copenhagen (DK)
Dishonest Constructions, Himmerlands Kunstmuseum (DK)

2015
Allusions on Place, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston Texas (US)

2014
NOPLACIA, Samuel Freeman, Los Angeles (US)
MUPO, Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, Oaxaca, Mexico
BETWEEN STRATUM AND THE UNSTABLE, DuveBerlin (D)

2013
Dilapidated Constructions, Kunsthalle Philara, Dusseldorf (D)
Crystal Bites of Dust, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston (US)

2012
The Silent Station, Kunsthallen Nikolaj/Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center (DK) *c

2011
Shipsearching, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
Afflicted Fallout, DUVEBerlin, Berlin (D)

2010
A Fugitive Crosses his Tracks – DEPARTURE, Barbara Davis Gallery (US)

2009
The Exquisite Capabilities of The flying Carpet, Skive Ny Kunstmuseum(SNYK) / *c
Skive New Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark (DK)
The Dreadful Sound when the Fish went Fishing, Duve Berlin (D)

2008
Penetrating Pores of Construction, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston,TX (US)


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2023
Rose Eken + Mie Olise Kjærgaard, Gammelgaard Kunsthal (DK)

2022
Hope is the thing with Feathers at Anna Zorina Gallery, Los Angeles w. Deborah Brown, Monique de Roux, Nadine Faraj and Sophie Ullrich (US).Sisters of Cassandra, Roundtower, Cph (DK)

2020
Trapholt Museum (DK) Senior Notater.
Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Efterbilleder (DK)

2016
Witches and Dudes, Katherine Bradford, Todd Bienvenu, Jason Stopa and Mie Olise at KANT Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)

2014
Bikuben, UMOCA – Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Utah (US)
Selections from the collection, Museum of Fine Art Houston, Texas (US)

2013
ICWDD, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles (US)
2011
Plentitude, Barbara Davis Gallery, w. Julie Mehretu a.o (US)

2010
Whistable Biennale, curated by Brian Dillon (UK)
Painterly Delight, Silkeborg Bad (DK)
I Know what you did last summer, Skowhegan Groupshow, Brooklyn, NYC (US)
Picture Parlor ‘OUT OF THE BLUE’, ISCP; NYC, curated by Helga Christoffersen + Natasha Llorens (US)

2009
Ovengaden, Institute for Contemporary Art, RYK IND (DK)
Barbara Davis, Houston Texas (US)
Art Brussels, DUVE Berlin (D)

2008
Liverpool Biennale, John Moores 25th, Liverpool Museums (UK)
Winter Salon, Temple Bar and Gallery + Studios, Dublin (I)
The Ruins of the Future, Standpoint Gallery, London. curated by Fiona MacDonald, w.
Mary Mattingly (UK)
ARTfutures, Bloomberg Space, London (UK)
Alexia Goethe Gallery, w. Bernd Behr, curated by Anabelle de Gersigny, London (UK)

2007
4 New Sensations” Saatchi Gallery competition for graduates in the UK.
Channel 4, 3 minute wonder. One of the 4 Finalist.
”Lost Boys”, Rod Barton, London (UK)
Istanbul Biennale, “The Triangle Project”, Turkey (TUR)
EXIT/MA Degree Show at Byam Shaw 2007 London (UK)
Celeste Art prize 2007, Truman Brewery, London, (UK) Finalist
Celeste art prize 2007, Turnmill, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) Finalist

2006
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 2006, yearly juried exhibition (DK)

2004
KunstRaum Kreutzberg. Urban Narratives, curated by Ane Løkken, Berlin (D)
Nikolaj Kirke, MutationsLABORATORIUM, curated by Rasmus Nordquist (DK)

2003
Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, yearly juried exhibition (DK)

 

ARRANGED EXHIBITIONS
2023

Your Gaze Hits The side of my Face – selections from The Karpidas Collection:
Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin, Marlene Dumas, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Cecily Brown, Tala Madani, Lisa Yuskavage, Rebecca Warren, Kara Walker, Rosemarie Trockel, Eva Juszkiewicz, Rachel Feinstein, Elisabeth Peyton, Nan Goldin, Elle Perez, Tschabalala Self


AWARDS AND FUNDING:
2023

Danish Art Foundation, residency at 18th Street Art Centre, Los Angeles.
Danish Art Foundation – Gammelgaard Kunsthal
Danish Art Foundation – Monograph published by Forlaget Aftryk
NY Carlsberg Foundation – Monograph published by Forlaget Aftryk

2021

Ny Carlsberg Foundation, grant – book: Disobedient Muses.

2017
Danish Art Council Working Grant.

2014
Danish Art Council

2013
Danish Art Council for solo show Discontinued Monuments, Museo de Arte Acarigua, VZLA.

2012
Danish Art Council

2011
Danish Art Council
Danish Art Workshop, 3 months workspace + apartment (DK)

2010
Danish Art Council for A fugitive Crosses his Tracks Project at Nikolaj Kunsthal
Ole Haslunds Travel Grant
ISCP, New York, 9 months residency

2009
Danish Art Council for Skive Museum of Art show “The Exquisite Capabilities of the Flying Carpet”
Danish Arts Council, 2009 working grant
NES Residency, ICELAND
Skowhegan Residency (US)

2008
Danish Art Council. Statens Kunstond. 2008 working grant
Niels Wessel Bagges Art Foundation, 2008 grant
Nominated for The Sovereign Art Prize by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Gallery

2007
South Square Trust Scholarship, University of the Arts, MA Degree Fee
Finalist, 4 New Sensations, by BBC London (UK)

2005
Danish Art Council

2004
Danish Arts Council, Travel grant to Berlin

2001
Danish Art Council, 2 year talent grant
Margot og Thorvald Dreyers Fond
Knud Højgaards Fond

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2021
16 p spread in Dossier Magazine.
10 p spread in Living with Art, Book.

2013 – 2017
Imageblogger for Huffington Post

2013
Art News, May
Huffington Post, February
The Brooklyn Paper, February
Houston Cronicle, January

2011
LA Weekly, November

2010
Flash Magazine, May – June
Houston Chronicle
Magazinet Kunst, cover + 6 pages, January

2008
Art Forum, critics picks, August, online
Art World, October, p.17
Art Review, September, p.160
Blueprint Magazine, oct, opening shot
Børsen newspaper, 11. dec, Front page of Pleasure + p.22-23
Living Design, dec, , p.21-22 and 82

INTERNSHIPS
Zaha Hadid Office, London 1999
FAT Fashion, Architecture, Taste, London, 1999

Mie Olise Kjærgaard additionally holds an Master in Architecture
from AAArch(DK) // The Bartlett School of Architecture (UK), 2001