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)
| 2023 2022
2021 2020 |
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 Vanishing Point, 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) | |
| PUDDLES & POURS, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 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
| 2022 2021 2018 2017 |
Imorgon & Nu, Karlstad, Sweden UCV – Police Academy, Vejle, Denmark Shaped by Nature, Seoul, South Korea Bronze Pour, Danish embassy India, New Delhi, India Nexus Building, Banestyrelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark Poseidon, Urban Media Space, Aarhus, Denmark Swap, Gymnasieskolan Spykens, Lund, Sweden Gefion Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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 |
