PETER LAND
Born 1966 in Aarhus, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
1988 – 1994 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
1994 – 1995 | Goldsmith College, London, UK |
Solo exhibitions
2020 | Die dummen Dänen, Keteleer, Antwerp, Belgium M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium |
2019 | Dagens Helt, Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark |
2017 | Double Act – Peter Land & Hans Petri, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany |
2015 | Showbizz, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark PSYKOSOMATISK – gør det ondt, når du ler?, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Land, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark |
2013 | Absolute Perfection, Städtische Galerie Remscheid, Remsheid, Germany |
Naked, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland | |
An Attempt at Reconstructing my Elementary School Class, Based on my Memory, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Absolute Perfection, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany | |
2012 | Poisonous Pedagogics, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden |
Springtime, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
2011 | Peter Land, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark |
Odd Size, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2010 | The Road Home, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2009 | Peter Land, Dark Rococco, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Torino, Italy |
Peter Land, The Lake, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland | |
2008 | Darlings, fondazione march, Padova, Italy |
Darlings, Landesgalerie Linz, Linz, Austria | |
2007 | Darlings, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) |
2006 | The First Day at School, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2005 | Hasty Departure, Espai 13, Fundación Miró, Barcelona, Spain |
2004 | Benevolent Monsters and Other Pictures, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin, Italy |
Nemo on the Borderline, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2003 | The Ride, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria |
2002 | MAMCO, Musee d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneve, Switzerland |
The Ride, X-rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France | |
2001 | Villa Markel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany (catalogue) |
Herzliya Museum of Art, Herliya, Israel | |
2000 | Peter Land, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland (catalogue) |
An Introduction to my Videoworks, The Lux, Centre for Film, Video & Digital Arts, London, UK | |
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany (catalogue) | |
The Lake, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
The Lake, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany | |
1999 | Tanja Grunert & Klemens Gasser, New York, USA |
Bahnwärterhaus, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany | |
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus Schweitz Centre D’art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland | |
1998 | The Video Gallery, Museum of Modern Art Chicago, IL, USA |
Project space, Cultural Centre of Fundació La Caixa, Lieda, Spain | |
The Cellist, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Sonia Rosso Galeria, Pordenone, Italy (catalogue) | |
C/O Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway | |
Ynglingagatan, Stockholm, Sweden | |
1997 | WHO?… ME?, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) | |
1996 | Step Ladder Blues, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) |
1995 | Pink Space, LXX, Aarhus, Denmark |
Pink Space, NZET Projekt, Gent, Belgium | |
1993 | Another State of Mind, Globe Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Group exhibitions (selected)
2023
2022 |
Beach, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, US Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n Roll + a new video work by Peter Land, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Le Royaume des Clowns, Le Bicolore, Maison Du Danemark, Paris, France |
2020 | Supernatural. Sculptural Vision of the Body, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany |
2019 | Art & Porn, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Cirkus, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark Reshaped Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei City, Taiwan, La Boverie, Liège, Belgium Art & Porn, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark 50 Years of Realism. From Photo-Realism to Virtual Reality, CCBB Cultural Center of the Brazilian Bank, Brasilia, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Si tout est sculpture, pourquoi faire de la sculpture?, NICC, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium |
2018 | 50 Years of Realism. From Photo-Realism to Virtual Reality, CCBB Cultural Center of the Brazilian Bank, São Paulo, Brazil Reshaped Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2017 | JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark GYS! Er den levende?, ARKEN, Ishøj, Denmark Hyper Real, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Cool, calm and collected, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark Carte Blanche, Den Franske Ambassade, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2016 | 2nd SEA + Triennale, National Art Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia |
Body and Soul, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
Double Act: Art & Comedy, Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK | |
Escultura hiperrealista 1973 – 2016, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain | |
2015 | Drawings from the Ringier Collection Chapter I, Villa Flora Winterthur – Sammlung Hahnloser,Winterthur, Switzerland |
Water Art. From the Museum Collection, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden | |
2014 | Slapstick! The Art of Comedy, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria |
Weltenbummler – abenteuer kunst, Essl Museum – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
1984-1999. La Decennie, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France | |
Existenzielle Bildwelten – Sammlung Reinking, Weserburg | Museum fur moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany | |
Must Go On, Rua Red – South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland | |
Coming From, Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Drommeland, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark | |
Bodytime, Ronnebaeksholm, Naestved, Denmark | |
2013 | Copenhagen 93, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Love me Gender, ARKEN, Ishoej, Denmark | |
Kiasam Hits, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasama, Helsinki, Finland | |
The weak sex, how are pictures the new male, Kunst Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland | |
Bodytime, The Skovgaard Museum, Viborg, Demark | |
The Naked Man, Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary | |
2012 | The Naked Man, Lentos Art Linz, Linz, Austria |
Struggle(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium | |
Look at me, Arhus Kunstbygning – Centre for Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark | |
2011 | Zwei Sammler, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany |
Incongruous. When art makes you laugh, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
Odd Size, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2010 | Handlinger, Performance- og lydkunst, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark |
Fotografier / Photographs, Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Everyday Ideologies – Zeitläufe Lebenswege, Kunstmuseum Kloster, Magdeburg, Germany | |
2009 | Kunstfehler – Fehlerkunst, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany |
Gestern oder im 2. Stock – Karl Valentin, Komik und Kunst seit 1948, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany | |
While we are waiting (for the new space), Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
VRAOUM! Bande desinnee et Art contemporain, La maison rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France | |
2008 | Sound of Art. Music in the Visual Arts. Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria |
Socle du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark | |
Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, UK (catalogue) | |
15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Contemplating modern art, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
176 Gallery, London, UK | |
SuperNatural, Centra Cultural Andtrax, Mallorca, Spain | |
Blased Allegories: Works from the Ringier Collection, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland | |
2007 | Idylle. Traum und Trugschluss, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remsheid, Germany |
Passion for Art, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) | |
(H)EROS, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de la Ville de Liège, Liège, Belgium | |
Comix, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark (catalogue) | |
IMAGES OF MAN today, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark | |
Idilio I, DA2- Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain | |
All about Laughter, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
her(his)tory, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece | |
Scheitern, Landesgalerie Linz, Linz, Austria | |
2006 | Art, Life & Confusion, 47th October Art Salon, Belgrade, Serbia |
Idylle. Traum und Trugschluss, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany | |
Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fredericianum, Kassel, Germany | |
Flowers in Contemporary Art, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece | |
5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst, Kunsthalle Fredericianum, Kassel, Germany | |
Goethe abwarts. Deutsche Jungs etc. – The Falckenberg Collection, Monchehaus-Museum Goslar, Goslar, Germany | |
Nothing But Pleasure, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria | |
FAST video, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark | |
Bjerge i dansk kunst, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark | |
Hit the North, Nordic Film and Videoart, Filmform, Stockholm, Sweden | |
Sip My Ocean, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Mission: Reality, Museet for samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark | |
Neo-Sincerity: The Difference between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter, Apexart in Tribeca, New York, USA | |
What makes you and I different, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland | |
2005 | Fairy Tales Forever: Homage to H.C. Andersen, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark |
When Humour Becomes Painful, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland | |
Spielräume, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Centre of International Sculpture, Duisburg, Germany | |
Idependent Curator’s International, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, Chronos, Cesac, Caraglio, Italy | |
You only live twice, Man in the Holocene, London, UK | |
Venice Biennale (The Danish Pavillion), Venice, Italy | |
Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Europe Exists, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece | |
Open the Curtain- Kunst und Tanz im Wechselspiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany | |
Moderna Museet c/o, Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden | |
Body Matters, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway | |
2004 | Gegenwärtig: Staging the Self, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany |
Planet B, Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria (catalogue) | |
MALMI, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden | |
Posters, Videos and other stuff, Centre d’art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain | |
Body Works, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, associated with Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus | |
2003 | Losing It, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland (catalogue) |
Happiness- A Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
The Sound of Video, LAB, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Autumn Exhibition, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark | |
Ten Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2002 | Fallen Heroes, Espai d’art Contemporani De Castello, Castello, Spain |
Jokes, Mamco- musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland | |
A History of Happiness, ACCA-Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |
Beyond Paradise- Nordic Artists Travel East, National Art Gallery Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
Beyond Paradise- Nordic Artists Travel East, The Art Center- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand | |
Beyond Paradise- Nordic Artists Travel East, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
Beyond Paradise- Nordic Artists Travel East, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
Attachment, Brugge 2002, Brugge, Belgium | |
Tapies Foundation, Barcelona, Spain | |
2001 | True Fictions, touring Museumsverein, Bad Arolsen, Germany,Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Kunstverein, Lingen (Ems), Kunst-Haus, Dresden, Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Stadtmuseum, Hofheim, Germany |
Sex-Facts and Fantasies, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dredsen, Germany (catalogue) | |
The Beauty of Intimacy- Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Germany | |
SI Swiss Institute, New York City, New York, USA | |
Museum 2- Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway | |
Make Me Feel, Exhibition Centre Helexpo, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue) | |
Scandinavia, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy | |
Moments which I intend to remember, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands | |
Group Show, Galeri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Night Of a Hundred Eyes (videoscreening), Transit Space, London, UK | |
Reclaming Place, Cleveland center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA | |
Looking af you, Kunsthalle Fridercianum, Kassel, Germany (catalogue) | |
Works on paper, Sommer contemporary art, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
Bleibe, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) | |
2000 | Transfert Kunst in Urbane Raum, Bienne, Switzerland |
Let’s entertain, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA touring Portland Art Museum, Portland, YSA.,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, St. Louis Art Museum, St Louis, USA (catalogue) | |
Au-delà du spectacle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris , France | |
M2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art- Can you hear me?, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany | |
John, I’m only dancing, The Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK | |
The split personality madman. Idiocy as a contemporary strategy, Touring Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia. (December 1999), Contemporary Art Centre, Nizhni Novgorod, (Jan/feb 2000), Museum for Contemporary Art, Samara (March/April 2000), Castle, Oiron (June/Sep. 2000) | |
Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue) | |
Man and Space: The 3rd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea | |
Norden, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria | |
1999 | Videoprogram 14, Festival du film court de Brest, Brest, France |
Day of the Donkey Day, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland | |
Le Grand Praemiere Opening Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Musée D’art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada | |
Scandinavian Art Show, Tokyo, Japan | |
Can you Hear me ?, Ars Baltica Triannial of Photography, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany | |
Blondes on Bikes, Newsantandrea, Savona, Italy | |
International Neurotic Realisme, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland | |
1998 | Young Danish Artists, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Bruxelles, Belgium |
80/90- Mirror of our times- Works from the collection of the Oslo National Museum, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Nordic Light, Nordic Scenes in the 1990’s, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Fast Forward Body Check, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany | |
Peter Land, Johan Grimonprez, Sharon Lockhart, Art and Entertainment, Milan, Italy | |
Something’s Rotten, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (catalogue) | |
A century of artistic freedom, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) | |
Manifesta II, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg, Luxembourg(catalogue) | |
C.I.A. of 98, Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden | |
Statens Kunstfond, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Bicycle Thieves, (curated by L.Bang Larsen & J. Fabricius), Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, USA (catalogue) | |
The New Museum, New York, USA | |
Reservate der Sehnsucht, HMKV, Dortmund, Germany | |
Don’t look now, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland | |
Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsamlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein (catalogue) | |
Come Closer, Nikolaj Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Come Closer, Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary (catalogue) | |
Nuit Blanche, videoprogram, Musée d’art moderne ville de Paris, Paris, France (catalogue) | |
Självporträtt, Göteborgs Museum of Art, Göteborg, Sweden (catalogue) | |
Public private landscapes, Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany (catalogue) | |
Undergrund, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Out of the North, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue) | |
Art Space, Sydney, Australia | |
Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway (catalogue) | |
Realismus Studio, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany | |
Killing your Darlings, Ziegler Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (catalogue) | |
Le printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France (catalogue) | |
1997 | Ny kunst fra Danmark og Skåne, Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark (catalogue) |
art calls, curated Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Video screening, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angloueme, France | |
Funny versus Bizarre, Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Dialogue, Power Plant, Toronto, Canada | |
(Desnudo) A Comparison of the Nude Body of the Artist in Video of the 1970’s and 1990’s, Peter Land/Paul McCarthy, Art & Idea, Del. Cuautémoc, Mexico | |
1996 | Scream, Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) |
Brect Bein, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (catalogue) | |
Project for social office in Hanover, with Franz West, and Carsten Höller, Hanover, Germany | |
Electronic Undercurrents, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Bonn Videobiennale, Bonn, Germany | |
When the shit hits the fan, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Video screening, Centre d’art de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland | |
(Nude) A Comparison of the Nude Body of the Artist in Video of the 1970’s and 1990’s, Peter Land/Paul McCarthy, touring Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, and Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA | |
Monstrosities,Videokino curated by Raphäele Jeune, Berlin, Germany | |
Now Here, Lousiana, Humlebæk, Denmark (catalogue) | |
I beg to differ, (curated by Rosemary Heather) Milch Gallery, London, UK | |
Update, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Traffic, CAPC, Musee d’art Modern Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (catalogue) | |
The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing (Existentialism Now), Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands | |
A Small Shifting Sphere of Serious Culture, touring, UK (videoprogram curated by Gregor Muir) | |
Loosy, Galerie Rizzo, Paris, France | |
W159, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
Kunst & Video i Europa, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
1995 | Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France |
Disneyland after Dark, Upsala, Sweden (catalogue) | |
Centre D’art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland | |
I Confess, Nikolaj Kirke, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
RAM, Portalen, Kunsthal for samtidskunst, Greve, Denmark (catalogue) | |
Embraceable You, Anthony Reynolds, London, UK | |
Nobby Stiles, 14 Vandy Street, London, UK | |
Drawings, Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Vajre gång jag ser dig/Every time I see you, Malmö, Sweden (curated by Nicolai Wallner) | |
Vajre gång jag ser dig/Every time I see you, Index gallery, Stockholm, Sweden | |
Mexico or Bust, 26 Abercorn Place, London, UK | |
1994 | The Private Eye, The Danish Film Workshop Annual Video & Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Das Boot, Performance Festival, Malmö, Sweden | |
SAGA-Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Video Festival 1994, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
VIDEOS, (with Søren Martinsen & Edward Lipski) Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) | |
MIXBILD, Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Germany | |
White European Male, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo, Norway | |
New Reality Mix video & Performancefestival, Stockholm, Sweden | |
Herslebsgatan 10, Oslo, Norway (videotechque curated by Nicolai Wallner) | |
Groupshow, Galleri TRE, Stockholm, Sweden | |
1993 | Black Box, GLOBE, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Opening show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Overdrive, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Are you Ready – On the Count of Zero, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
1992 | Overgaden, Exhibition space of Ministery of Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Performance
1998 | Forgive me, Performance Festival, Odense, Denmark |
Organgrinder, Performance Festival, Malmö, Sweden | |
1996 | Homage a Souza, Update, Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark |
1995 | Whipped Cream Works Like Acid on Your Self Esteem, New Reality Mix, Stockholm, Sweden |
Related activities
Arranged “Hjemme hos Peter Land” (“At Peter Land’s Flat”): Exhibitions by other artists in Peter Land’s apartment, Grønningen 7, Copenhagen. The exhibiting artists 1992-1994: Søren Martinsen, April 1992 / Jan Johansen, April 1993 / Thorbjørn Bechmann, October 1993 / Gitte Villesen, April 1994 |
Articles/reviews (selected)
2015 | “Videokunst nu!”, Merete Moendrup, Magasinet Kunst #2, March |
“Gør det ondt når du ler?”, Sarah Fredhold, Magasinet KUNST, June 24 | |
“Ja, det gør ondt, når jeg griner”, Mai Misfeldt, kunsten.nu, June 26 | |
2013 | “The price for the ideal is death”, Johanna Meyr, re>flex magazine, January 18, Erlangen, Germany |
“Die Funf Ausstellungstipps Der Woche”, Art Das Kunstmagazin, January 17, Hamburg, Germany | |
“Peter Land: Absolute Perfection”, KQ-Daily Hatje Cantz, January Issue, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany | |
“Peter Land: Absolute Perfection”, kultur-online.net, January 16, Bergenz, Austria | |
“(Alb)Traume der Kindheit”, Brigit Ruf, Nurnberger Nachrichten, January 17, Nurnberg, Germany | |
“Wohin am Wochenende?”, Monopol: Magazin Fur Kunst und Leben, Berlin, Germany | |
“Kunstpalais Erlangen zeigt Peter-Land-Retrospektiv”, Die Welt, Berlin, Germany | |
“Tragischer Spalstick. Peter Land im Kunstpalais Erlangen”, Matias Fritzsche, kunst:art, Jan/Feb Issue, no. 29, Cologne, Germany, pp.1-2 | |
“Peter Land: Unendlicher Treppensturz im Universum”, Herbert Heinzelmann, Nurnberger Zeitung, January 17, Nurnberg, Germany, p.18 | |
“Det lille element af selvblottelse er vigtigt”, Jóhan Martin Christiansen, Kopenhagen Magazine, March 15 | |
2012 | “Kunstleg: Sjov, at se pa, men svaer at lege pa”, Mona Samir Sorensen, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark |
“Guide: Her kan du lege paa kusten”, IBYEN Redaktion, IBYEN, February 22, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Peter Land”, Russ Crest, beautifuldecay.com, March 29 | |
2011 | “Hypet Kundsterduo: Her skabes vores identitet”, Kjeld Hybel, IBYEN, February 9, Copenhagen, Denmark |
“Ironie in der Performance-und Videokunst. Uber dei formalen Bezuge. Zum Absurden Theater”, edited by Oliver Zybok and Raimar Stange, Kunstforum, Ironie, vol. 213, Jan/Feb Issue, Cologne, Germany, pp. 86-99 | |
“Peter Land paa Musikteatret Holstebros storskaerm”, MS, kunsten.nu, July 19 | |
“Kunstlegeplads i Utterslev Mose”, MGJ, kunsten.nu, March 28 | |
2009 | “Men in Bed by Danish Artist Peter Land”, Leeji Choi, designboom.com, February 2 |
2008 | “Samarbejde mellem erhversliv og kunstnere udstilles i Herning”, Torben Sangild, IBYEN, May 28, Copenhagen, Denmark |
“Peter Land Halshugget” AMP, kunsten.nu, September 11 | |
“Jeg ved faktisk ikke, hvad kunsten skal i det offentlige rum”, Matthias Hvass Borello, kunsten.nu, October 30 | |
2007 | “Her(his)tory”, Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, Nov/Dec Issue, no. 111, London, UK, p. 175 |
2006 | “Hemma hos den mänskliga existensen”, Lena Karlsson, Konstperspektiv, no.1, March Issue, Stockholm, Sweden, pp.26-30 |
“Har kunsten en mission I forhold til virkeligheden?”, Matthias Hvass Borello, Information.dk, April 5 | |
2005 | “Ein Komiker des Unglucks”, Von Clemens Bomsdorf, Art, das Kunstmagazin, June Issue, Hamburg, Germany |
“At sige ét og mene noget andet.” Vibeke Vibolt Kudsen, SMK Art Journal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Interview with the artist”, Lisbeth Bonde, Weekendavisen, January 21, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Luigi Fassi, Flash Art, March Issue, Milan, Italy | |
“Dig og mig og stripperkongen”, Anders Michelsen, Politiken, December 10, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Critica Peter Land”, Mariella Rossi, Lapiz, Feb/March Issue, no. 210/211, Madrid, Spain | |
“De fem i den danske pavillon”, Nikolai Thyssen, Information.dk, June 10 | |
2004 | “Review”, La Stampa, December 7, Milan, Italy |
“Review”, Olga Gambari, La Repubblica, December 30, Rome, Italy | |
“An der Grenzlinie zwischen Konstrollverlust und Kuntrolle”, Dieter Buchart, Kunstforum, Sept/Oct Issue, Cologne, Germany | |
“Sense of Humor”, Exit, no.13, London, UK | |
“Review”, Mette Sandbye, Weekendavisen, January 17, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Jan Madsen, Kunstavisen, January Issue, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Rune Gade, Information, January 12, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, January 16, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Interview with the Artist”, Trine Ross, Politiken, January 16, Copenhagen Denmark | |
Skole for Mediekunst, Lars Movin, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Selvportræt I søvne”, Rune Gade, Information, January 12, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2003 | “Peter Land: The Ride”, Ulrike Matzer, Magasin 8, Salzburg, Austria |
“Saying one thing and meaning another. An allegory by Peter Land: The Children’s I-II”, Vibeke Vibolt Knudsen, SMK Art Journal, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Videokunsten kortlagt”, Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, August 16, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
2002 | “Le monde absurde de Peter Land”. Claude-Hubert Tatot, 360*, no. 34, July-August Issue, Paris, France |
“Pince-Sans-Rire”, Vincent Pecoil, Beaux-Arts Magazine, August 1, Issy-les-Moulinteaux, France | |
“Dansk kunst I udlandet”, Jarl Borgen, Politiken, July 22, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Marguerat, Florence. “Les chats de Sechas au Mamco”, Florence Marguerat, La Liberté, June 1, Fribourg, Switzerland, p.23 | |
“Le Mamco s’amuse pendant l’ete”, Emmanuel Grandjean, Tribune de Geneve, May 28, Geneva, Switzerland, p.19 | |
“Werke mit Pointe”, Gerhard Mack, Art, das Kunstmagazin, September 1, Hamburg, Germany, p.23 | |
“Review”, Marie de Brugerolle, Art Press, September 1, Paris, France | |
“Das Lacherliche exorzieren”, Samuel Herzog, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, May 25, Zurich, Switzerland, p.64 | |
“L’ironie guerit-elle du Beau?”, Sandra Vinciguerra, Le Courrier, August 10, Geneva, Switzerland, p.22 | |
“Histoires Droles”, Maxime Pegatoquet, Dimanche.ch, August 4, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
“Vous voulez rire?”, Francoise Jaunin, 24 Heures, June 20, Lausanne, Switzerland, p.15 | |
“Hvor man ikke kan vende om”, Lars Movin, Information, October 17, p. 6 | |
2001 | “Video I kritik og kunst”, Politiken, Politiken, September 5, Copenhagen, Denmark |
“Swiss Institute Wants to Play”, Reena Jana, Artforum, January Issue, New York, USA | |
2000 | “Grusel unter dem Billy-Regal”, Ulrike Knofel, Der Spiegel, no. 23, June 5, Hamburg, Germany pp. 204-205 |
“Review”, Harald Fricke, Tageszeitung, June 14, Berlin, Germany | |
“Review”, Kattrin Wittneven, Der Tagesspiegel, June 10, Berlin, Germany | |
“Review”, Krystian Woziniki, Berliner Zeitung, June 22, Berlin, Germany | |
“ART IN REVIEW: Peter Land”, Ken Johnson, New York Times, October 15, New York, USA, p.21 | |
“Review”, Marc Olivier Wahler, Art Press, January Issue, Paris, France | |
“Review” Matthew Debord, Art & Text, no. 68, February/April Issue, Melbourne, Australia | |
“Peter Land”, Gregory Williams, Frieze, no.50, January/February Issue, London, UK, p.168 | |
“Can you hear me? 2. Ars Baltica Triennale der Fotografie im Kunst Haus”, Peter Herbstreuth, Kunst Bulletin, no.10, Zurich, Switzerland, p.54 | |
1999 | “Peter Land”, Kristine Kern, Politiken, October 23, Copenhagen, Denmark |
“Review”, Urs Gyax, Kunst Bulletin, December Issue, Zurich, Switzerland | |
“Review”, Jean-Damien Eleury, La Liberte, October 29, Fribourg, Switzerland | |
“Land star til sos”, Lars Movin, Information 99, October 19, p.21 | |
“Peter Land”, Sonia Rosso, Flash Art, May Issue, Milan, Italy | |
“Wir lachen, bis uns der Tod abholt”, Christoph von Saiths, Esslinger Zeitung, Feberuary 20-21 Issue, Esslingen, Germany, p.28 | |
“Le symptom du serial killer”, Marc Olivier Wahler, Kunst Bulletin, December Issue, no.12, Zurich, Switzerland, p.52 | |
1998 | “Manifesta”, Rosa Martinez, Flash Art, no. 203, Nov/Dec Issue, Milan, Italy pp. 102-103 |
“Review”, Karsten R.S. Ifversen, Blender, no. 3, November Issue, pp. 124-128 | |
“Tip of the week”, New City, July 9, New York, USA | |
“5 Shows to See Now,” New City, July 9, New York, USA | |
“Falling down”, Morten Friis, Scanorama, October Issue, Stockholm, Sweden | |
“Public Domain, Bicycle Thieves”, Karl Erickson, New Art Examiner, October Issue, Chicago, USA , pp. 39-40 | |
“Why is Failure so Funny ?, Buster Keaton and Peter Land”, Jan Estep, New Art Examiner, October Issue, Chicago, USA, pp. 20-25 | |
“Fortapt Nattevandrer”, Wenche Volle, Aftenposten, September 2, Oslo, Norway, p.12 | |
“Sisyphos schlagt Purzelbaum”, Georg Imdahl, Frankfurter Allgemeine, July 4, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, p.44 | |
“Moss ball”, William Harris, Artforum, May Issue, New York, USA, p. 64 | |
“The Louisiana Exhibition 1997”, Alexandre Melo, Artforum, March Issue, New York, USA, pp. 111-112 | |
“Ligths on the Nordic”, Daniel Birnbaum, Artpress, February Issue, no. 232, Paris, France pp. 32-39 | |
“Luxemburger Pluralismus”, Christoph Blase, Kunst Bulletin, Issue 9, Zurich, Switzerland, p.60 | |
1997 | “Under the influence”, Kurt Hollander, Poliester, Fall Issue, no. 20, p. 6-16 |
“The Scream”, Karsten R.S. Ifversen, Siksi Xll, Spring Issue, no. 1, Helsinki, Finland, p. 82 | |
“Broken Home”, Owen Drolet. Flash Art, Nov/Dec Issue, no.75, Milan, Italy, p.15 | |
“Pa besoeg I Peter-land”, Bjoern Themsen, Politiken, October 5, 1997 | |
1996 | “Alles dreht sich um sich selbst”, Georg Schollhammer, Springer, no. 3 Oct/Nov Issue, pp. 48-50 |
“Review”, Metropolis M, December Issue, no. 6, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
“Review”, Weekend Avisen, week 46, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Peter Land”, Politiken, November 16, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Information, November 15 | |
“Part 2: Louisiana Techno-Rave”, Richard Vine, Art in America, December Issue, New York, USA, pp.39-44 | |
“Part l: Louisiana Techno-Rave”, Richard Vine, Art in America, October Issue, New York, USA, pp. 41-47 | |
“Dangerous Liaisons – Per Kirkeby & Peter Land”, Lars Bang Larsen, Siksi, vol. XI, no.3, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 62-65 | |
“The Muishkin Century or Idiocy in Art”, Jean-Yves Jouannais, Artpress, September Issue, no. 216, Paris, France, pp. 32-42 | |
“Review”, Index, October Issue, no.3-4, New York, USA | |
“NowHere – get lost”, Ina Blom, Frieze, Sept/Oct Issue, no. 30, New York, USA, pp. 52 | |
“Review”, Weekend Avisen, September, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Traffic”, Lars Bang Larsen, Flash art, Summer Issue, Milan, Italy, pp. 126-127 | |
“Traffic”, Line Rosenvinge Nissen, Siksi, vol. XI, no. 1, Spring Issue, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 60-61 | |
“Review”, Weekend Avisen, May 15-24, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Permanent Food, no. 2, March Issue, Milan, Italy | |
“Review”, Zapp Magazine, no. 7, April Issue, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
“Step Ladder Blues”, Fred Wegeman, Art in America, May Issue, New York, USA, p.49 | |
“Review”, Stafan Boye af Geniis, Material, February Issue | |
“Review”, Lars Bang Larsen, Kunstavisen, February Issue, no. 1, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 44-47 | |
“Review”, Andreas Brogger, Information, January Issue | |
“Review”, Torben Weirup, Berlingske Tidende, January, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Karsten R.S. Ivfersen, Politiken, January, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Malene la Cour Rasmussen, Jyllandsposten, January, Aarhus, Denmark | |
1995 | “Royal Copenhagen”, Kristine Kaern & Tone O.I. Nielsen, Siksi, no.4, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 8-11 |
“When the political becomes personal”, Sanne Kofod Olsen, Siksi, no.4, Helsinki. Finland, pp. 18-22 | |
“Discipline and punish”, Hans Christian Dany, Frieze, Nov/Dec Issue, New York, USA, no. 25, pp. 48-49 | |
“Every Time I See You Review”, Zapp Magazine, September Issue, no. 5, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
“Review”, Ojebliket, Summer Issue, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Politiken, July, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Review”, Information, July Issue | |
“Review”, Hyper Foto, Summer Issue | |
“Review”, Dagens Nyheter, June, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Embraceable You”, Gregory Muir, Frieze, Summer Issue, no. 23, New York, USA, pp. 75-76 | |
“Review”, Nummer, no. 3 | |
“Review”, The Guardian, May, London, UK | |
“Review”, Sarah Kent, Time Out, May, New York, USA | |
“Review”, IDAG, April | |
“Review”, Sydsvenskan, April, Malmo, Sweden | |
“Young at Art”, Jonas Ekeberg, Siksi, no.1, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 12-15 | |
“Every time I see you”, Daniel Birnbaum, Siksi, no.3, Helsinki, Finland, p. 60 | |
“Solofeature on TV”, Hans Christian Dany, The Open Channel, Hamburg, Germany | |
1994 | “Review”, Art Land, November Issue |
“Review”, Material, November Issue | |
“Review”, Politiken, August, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
“Interview”, Information, September Issue |
Catalogues and publications
2018 | 50 anos de realismo do fotorrealismo à realidade virtual, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brazil |
2013 | The Weak Sex – How Art Pictures the New Male, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germany Peter Land. Absolute Perfection, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany |
Peter Land: Absolute Perfection, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany | |
2012 | Peter Land. Springtime, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany |
Peter Land. Black Pedagogy, Nordiska Akvarellmusset, Skarhman, Sweden | |
Shaving the Mammoth, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA | |
2010 | Everyday Ideologies – Zeitlaufe Lebenswege, Kunstmuseum Kloster, Madeburg, Germany |
2009 | Gestern oder im 2. Stock – Karl Valentin, Komik und Kunst seit 1948, Munchner Stadtmuseum, Munchen, Germany, p.178 |
VRAOUM! Bande desinnee et Art contemporain, La maison rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France, pp. 7-19 | |
Northwave. A Survey of Video art in Nordic Countries, Lorella Scacco, Biblioteca d’arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy, p.226 | |
2008 | Blased Allegories: Works from the Ringier Collection, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland |
“The Burlesque, Plate 36, The Clown”, Atlas of Contemporary Art for Use by Everyone, Denis Gielen, preface by Laurent Busine, Exhibitions International, Leuven, Brussels, pp. 142, 358 | |
Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, UK, pp. 9-16, 92-95 | |
2007 | Idylle. Traum und Trugschluss, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remsheid, Germany |
Comix, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark, pp.12-15, 66-67 | |
Peter Land, Darlings, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Scheitern, Landesgalerie Linz, Linz, Austria, pp. 12-19, 132-137 | |
Passion for Art, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria | |
2006 | Nothing But Pleasure, Christine Kintisch and Wolfgang Astelbauer (Eds.), BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria, pp.1-50 |
“Ungkarlen klædt af til skindet”, Anders Kold, Sip My Ocean (exhibition catalogue), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, pp. 34-38 | |
Goethe abwarts: deutsche Jungs etc., The Falckenberg Collection, Monchehaus, Museum Goslar, Goslar, Germany, pp.9-16 | |
When Humour Becomes Painful, Vito Acconci, John Bock & Olaf Breuning, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, JRP|Ringier, Zurich, Switzerland, p.39-43 | |
Overblik: 63 Danske Samtidskunstnere, Politikens forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark, p. 188 | |
Nybrud – Dansk kunst I 1990erne, Rune Gade & Camilla Jalving, Aschehoug, Oslo, Norway, pp. 52, 78, 80, 81, 106, 109, 245, 248, 251 | |
Manual til dansk samtidskunst, Lisbeth Bonde and Mette Sandbye, Gyldendal, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.123-125 | |
2005 | Peter Land – Playground, 51st Venice Biennale, The Danish Pavillion. Visual Art Centre at the Danish Arts Agency, Copenhagen |
Chronos, CeSAC, Caraglio, Italy, pp. 204-205 | |
Fairy Tales Forever: Homage to H.C. Andersen, Mona Jensen, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark, pp.42-48, 82-27 | |
“Horror Vacui – om Peter Land og fornedrelsens figur” in Kønnet i kroppen i kunsten, Rune Gade, Informations Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.51-103 | |
“Hors-Propos”, Philippe Cuenat, Fonds d’Art Contemporain de la Ville de Geneve. Collection 1991-2003, Isabelle Naef Galuba (Ed.), Chene-Bourg, Switzerland, pp. XXXV-XLIII, p.231 | |
2004 | “Le Jour ou le clown pleura”, Jean-Yves Jouannais, L’horreur Comique, Esthétique de slapstick, Philippe-Alain Michaud (Ed.), Editions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, pp.83-99 |
2002 | Peter Land. The Ride, X-rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2000 | Peter Land, Beatrix Ruf, Renate Wiehager & Knut Nievers (Eds.), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany |
“Peter Land: The Staircase”, Man and Space: The 3rd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea, pp.130-131 | |
1999 | “Peter Land” in Art at the turn of the millennium, Burkhard Riemschneider & Uta Grosenick (Eds.), Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany, pp.294-297 |
Peter Land, published by Sonia Rosso, Pordenone, Italy | |
1997 | “Introduktion”, Lars Grambye, Aasa Nacking, Tone O. Nielsen, Ny kunst fra Danmark og Skaane, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, pp. 17, 82 |
Peter Land, Lars Bang Larsen, Wiener Secession, Wien, Austria | |
1996 | Peter Land : reasons for selfreflectivity in art : my video works in selection (as seen by myself): avoiding ‘George’: a short story, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
NowHere, Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, pp. 64-69, 70-74, 76-80, 81-85, 113 | |
Step Ladder Blues, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Kunst & Video i Europa, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.32-42 |
Public collections
Apexart, New York City, USA | |
ARKEN, Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark | |
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway | |
Essl Museum – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
Fondazione Sandretto ReReBaudengo, Torino, Italy | |
Fonds National d’art contemporain, Paris, France | |
HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark | |
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel | |
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland | |
Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Humlebæk, Denmark | |
Mamco – musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland | |
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France | |
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | |
Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy | |
Sorø Kunstmuseum, Soro, Denmark | |
Statens Museum for Kunst/National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway | |
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria |