A KASSEN
Christian Bretton-Meyer
Morten Steen Hebsgaard
Søren Petersen
Tommy Petersen
Live and work in Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany
Collaborating since 2004
Education
| The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| AbdK Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany | |
| Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main |
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
| 2025
2024 |
JORD (Ornament), Ved skoven, Horbelev, Denmark Composition / Hostile, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Bronze Pours, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2023
2022 |
Bronzes & Views From Below, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden Farola, Gallery Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain Bronze Pour, Galerie Mitterand, Paris, France Lost & Found, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DenmarkInstant Sculpture, Domaine Du Muy, Le Muy, France 30.10 – 21.11 2021, Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu, Norway A Kassen, Stereo Exchange, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2021 | Vanishing Point, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2020 | Intervention, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2019 | Mother & Child, Kling & Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland Pinturas de bronce, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain |
| 2018 | Nexus Building, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | O, Maisterravalbuena Gallery, Madrid, Spain Instant Sculpture, KØS – Museum for Kunst i Det Offentlige Rum, Køge, Denmark |
| 2016 | Aluminium Pours, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel, Switzerland Esposizione personale, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy EXTERIOR, Sorø Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark Heartland Festival, Egeskov Slot, Egeskov, Denmark (with Brian Eno) |
| 2015 | A Kassen – Carnegie Art Award, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Exposition personnelle, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France | |
| Naked Photographer, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain | |
| OT’JO, alexanderlevy, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2014 | A KASSEN, Den Frie Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Paper Works, Officin, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2013 | ABC Berlin, Berlin Germany |
| Another Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Bananas, Skaftfell, Seythisfjorthur, Iceland | |
| Komplex, Siggen, Germany | |
| Mirror, New Galerie, New York, USA | |
| New Works, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland | |
| 2012 | 17A Riding House Street, Nettie Horn, London, UK |
| Encirclement, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain | |
| The Color of Things, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Kling & Bang Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| 2011 | Auto Nivelant, New Galerie, Paris, France |
| Opus incertum, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway | |
| THE TITLE IS A PILE OF LETTERS, IMO, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2010 | Gefion High School, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2010 | Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2009 | Heavens Above, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain |
| Window to the World, MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain | |
| 2008 | Fredensborg School, Fredensborg, Denmark |
| 2008 | 40 grader +, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| A Kassen, Gammelgaard, Herlev, Denmark | |
| Kirkhoff – Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2007 | KBH Kunsthal, Krabbesholm, Skive, Denmark |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 2022 2021 2020 |
MARMOR, Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark Public Art Project, TODAY’S WEATHER, Seoul, South Korea Perpetual Dawn, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Om å bøye virkeligheten, Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu, Norway |
| 2019 | I Would Love Just One Flower, I Don’t Need the Whole Bouquet, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Memento Mons, Cabinet de Curiosités, Mons, France Summer Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2018 | BIG ART, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Forvandlinger i gips, KØS – Museum for Kunst i Det Offentlige Rum, Køge, Denmark Real Estate, Huset for Kunst og designs, Holstebro, Denmark |
| 2017 | Ex Situ. Samples of Lifeforms, The City of Basel, the Swiss ambassador in Denmark, CHART and Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Cool, calm and collected, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark | |
| 2016 | Inhabited by Objects, CAB ART CENTER, Brussels, Belgium |
| INSIDE OUT, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2015 | 132,54 m2, Schleicher/Lange Gallery Space, Berlin, Germany |
| Art Zone – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark | |
| Bring Naturen Ind, Faaborg Museum, Faaborg, Denmark | |
| Forårsudstillingen, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Percussive Hunter, Akbank Sanat Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| THE MONOCHROME SYMPHONY, ARTIPELAG, Gustavsberg, Sweden | |
| Timisoara Art Encounters, Timisoara, Romania | |
| TRUST, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Urban Lights Festival, Hagen, Germany | |
| White Energy, Kant Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2014 | Backward/ forward, New Galerie, Paris, France |
| Bikuben, Umoca, Salt Lake City, USA | |
| Contemporary Art from Denmark, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Drawing Biennale, Oslo, Norway | |
| La reference d’objet n’est pas definie a une instance d’objet, Ecole Municipale des Beaux Arts – Galerie Edouard Manet Grennevilliers, Grennevilliers, France | |
| Object matter, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Pencil / Line / Eraser – Carroll / Fletcher, London, UK | |
| Secret garden III, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark | |
| Skulptur Odense 14: Still Waters Run Deep, Brandts, Odense, Denmark | |
| 2013 | Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium |
| Backa in i framtiden, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden | |
| Carnegie Art Award Exhibition, touring Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo | |
| Central heating furniture / Ventilation slide projection, Another Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Display, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France | |
| Hiper Realismo y sus Consecuencias – Galeria Impakto, Lima, Peru | |
| Komplex, Siggen, Germany | |
| Le peril vert, Zoo Galerie, Paris, France | |
| Secret garden II, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark | |
| Shapes in the making, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden | |
| The democracy of objects. Nettie Horn, London, UK | |
| 2012 | Centrefold, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK |
| Facetime, On Stellar Rays, New York, USA | |
| Raw Material Company, New Galerie, Paris, France | |
| Secret garden, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark | |
| Verbo, Vermelho Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| Vexed Endings, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireleand | |
| Vores Kunst, KØS, Køge, Denmark | |
| 2011 | Facetime, IMO, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Fetiches criticos, Museum of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| I feel like I’m disappearing, getting smaller every day / but when I look in the mirror, I’m bigger in every way, West, Den Haag, The Netherlands | |
| La Vie Mode d’Emploi, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Make Yourself at Home: Contemporary hospitality in a changed world, Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal | |
| On the thresholds of privacy, Bruck, Germany | |
| Opus incertum, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway | |
| Pist Protta, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| Pist Protta, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark | |
| 2010 | Best of Wonderland, WAS, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Facon; Plads & Kulor, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Fetiches criticos. Resduos de la economia general I, Centre de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain | |
| Fra Hebsgaards skattekiste, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark | |
| Make Yourself at Home, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Mowgli’s Waterfall, Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Pastiche – When a tree falls in the Forest…, Solyst Castle Park, Jyderup, Denmark | |
| Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010, Rauma Art Museum, Finland | |
| Tumult, Lolland/Falster, Denmark | |
| 2009 | Minus roof, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK |
| Momentum, Moss, Norway | |
| Perspektiv – konst i stadsrummet, Malmo, Sweden | |
| Presque Rien III, Gallery Laure Genillard, London, UK | |
| Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| The Lake, Soro, Denmark | |
| Update, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 2008 | Blacklight, Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Enter, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark | |
| Meget kunne vaere anderledes… en hilsen til Storm P., Brondsalen, Frederiksberg, Denmark | |
| Overdragelse, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| U-TURN Kvadriennale for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2007 | 21 dage – 21 aar, Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Black and White Show, Gallery Fung Sway, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Bling, Galleri Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| EXIT, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Jens Nielsen og Olivia Holm-Moller Museet, Holstebro, Denmark | |
| Rundgang, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| SALON #1 – Dansk Kunst NU!, Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| The Tent Show, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Wir sind woanders, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2006 | Cherry Feet, Q, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Forarsundstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Rundgang, Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| The Known and the Unknown, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2005 | Lulea Summer Biennale, Lulea, Sweden |
| 2004 | Køge Skitsesamling, Køge, Denmark |
Catalogue/Publications (selected)
| 2022 2017 2014 |
Dimensions Variable, Mousse Publishing Instant Sculpture, Køs – Museum of art in public spaces A Kassen Carnegie Art Award 2014, Space Poetry, Copenhagen 2014 |
| Secret Garden, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte 2014 | |
| 2012 | This title is an artwork of mine : a group exhibition in a book, Revolver, Space Poetry, Copenhagen 2012 |
| 2008 | Damaged by water, financed by insurance, A Kassen, Space Poetry, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2006 | Malbuch, A Kassen, Space Poetry, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Articles/Reviews (selected)
| 2016 | “Kunst i A K(l)assen”, Michael Solgaard, Børsen, WEEKEND, August 26, 2016 |
| “Med naturen som formgiver – interview med A Kassen”, Louise Steiwer, Kopenhagen Magasin, April 13, 2016 | |
| “Af havet skal kunsten komme”, Tina Bryld, Jyllands-Posten, April 8, 2016 | |
| 2015 | “Guide: Syv danske kunstnere du bør kende”, Mathias Kryger, Politiken, August 25, 2015 |
| “A Kassens ‘skjulte’ dagsorden”, Stine Nørgaard Lykkebo, kunsten.nu, May 30, 2015 | |
| “A Kassen: OT’JO @ alexander levy, Berlin”, Kopenhagen Magazine, May 25, 2015 | |
| “A KASSEN NAKED PHOTOGRAPHER”, Francisco Carpio, ABC CULTURAL, January 31, 2015 | |
| “A Kassen ‘Cuestionamos el principio de la genialidad’”, Guillermo Espinosa, Smoda, February 14, 2015 | |
| “A Kassen MAISTERRAVALBUENA GALERIA”, Javier Hontoria, Artforum, February 2015 | |
| ”La référence d’objet n’est pas définie á une instance d’un objet” (in English), Jo-ey Tang, Artforum, January 7, 2015 | |
| 2014 | “Aflyst kunstudstilling genopstaar I kinesisk kopi”, Peter Michael Hornung, politiken.dk, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| “Carnegies kunstkapital og global kinesisk oliemalingsindustri : I anledning af udstillingen A Kassen Carnegie Art Award 2014 paa Den Frie, 18. januar-23. februar 2014”, Joern Erslev Andersen, Passepartout, aarg. 19. nr. 35, s. 142-161 | |
| “Carnegie Copycat”, Ditte Vilstrup Holm, kunsten.nu, January 31, 2014 | |
| “Review: A Kassen”, Olga Stefan, Art in America, June 5, 2014 | |
| 2013 | “Display. Gallerie Hussenot, Paris”, Timothee Chaillou, Flash Art, October, Milan, Italy |
| “Titlen siger det bedst: Permanent refleksion”, Rikke Mulvad Mortensen, Kopenhagen Magazine, April 19, 2013 | |
| 2012 | “Ugens Kunstner: A Kassen”, kunsten.nu, May 23, 2012 |
| 2011 | “Den fuldendte banalitet”, Maria Kjær Themsen, Kunstkritikk, September 07 2011 |
| 2009 | ”Flying over Wysing”, Laura Allsop, ArtReview, August 20, 2009 |
Awards
| 2013 | The CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain Awarded Third Prize at the Carnegie Art Award |
Permanent Installations
| 2024 | Interference, Sundbyskolan, Stockholm, Sweden Nykredit HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark ECHO, Hudiksvall Hospital, Hudiksvall, Sweden Vannspeil, Nannestad, Norway |
| 2023 | Landskab, Fylkeshuset, Bergen 2023 Endless Lamppost, Herning, Danmark 2023 |
| 2022 | IMORGEN OG NU, Karlstad, Sweden 2022 |
| 2021 | UCV, Police Academy, Vejle 2021 Shaped by Nature, Seoul, South Korea 2021 |
| 2018 | Bronze Pour, Danish embassy India, New Delhi, India Nexus Building, Banestyrelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | Poseidon, Urban Media Space, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 2012 | Gefion Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark Swap, Gymnasieskolan Spykens, Lund, Sweden |
Collections
| Malmø Kunstmuseum, Malmø, Sweden
Kunsten Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark r/e Collection, Madrid, Spain The CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark |
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| Soro Kunstmuseum, Soro, Denmark |
