7 June – 22 November 2009
The 53rd International Art Exhibition Biennale di Venezia
Designated artists to be announced by Director of the 53rd International Art Exhibition , Biennale di Venezia, Daniel Birnbaum, in April 2009. Curator: Daniel Birnbaum, Director of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia; Italy.
7 June – 22 November 2009
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Danish Pavilion and The Nordic Pavilion 53rd International Biennale di Venezia
Designated participant artists to be announced by curators Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset in March 2009. Curator: Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, curators of The Danish Pavilion and The Nordic Pavilion, the 53rd International Art Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
27 March – 30 April 2009
Victor Mutelekesha
Rubén del Valle Lantarón
Jorge A. Fernández Torres
Margarita Gonz´lez
Nelson Herrera Ysla
José Manuel Noceda
Ibis Hernández Abascal
Margarita Sánchez Prieto
Pepe Fernández Portal
Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda
Participation of Victor Mutelekesha within the 10th Havana Biennial, Havena, Cuba, with the installation Pangea. EntitledIntegration and Resistance in the Global Age and Directed by Rubén del Valle Lantarón, the biennial will focus 'on the complexity of a real and active integration to a global order, on one side, and on the capacity of resistance in the face of the homogenizing farce that it presupposes, on the other'. Curators: Rubén del Valle Lantarón, Jorge A. Fernández Torres, Margarita Gonz´lez, Nelson Herrera Ysla, José Manuel Noceda, Ibis Hernández Abascal, Margarita Sánchez Prieto, Pepe Fernández Portal and Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda.
8 October 2008 – 1 February 2010
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Matias Faldbakken
Chus Martínez, Chief Curator, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain has invited Matias Faldbakken (b.1973 in Hobro, Denmark, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) to participate in the project The Malady of Writing. A Project on Text and Speculative Imagination. The project consists of an exhibition, and an active space for reading, discussion and production of writing in seminars, and will include, among others, Seth Price, Falke Pisano and Will Holder. Curator: Chus Martínez, Chief Curator, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
27 – 30 November 2008
Bjørn Hegardt
Palais de Tokyo
'Salon Light'
Launch of issue number 7 of FUKT Magazine at the bookstore at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France as part of their weekly programme of events. Bjørn Hegardt has also been invited to take part on 'Salon Light', a platform for independent artists publications or artists working with printed meter taking place at Point Epheéère, Paris, France. Curators: Arnaud Fremaux (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France) and Sébastien Ruiz ('Salon Light')
29 November 2008 – 1 March 2009
aipotu
France Fiction Collective
Paul Butler
Participation of aiPotu within three solo projects in three institutions - France Fiction, Paris, France, The Overlooked Space, Winnipeg, Canada and Volt, Bergen, Norway. Integrating this three exhibitions, the duo will work with the idea of the Bermuda Triangle - the triangular connection of the places and the void this connection creates. Curators: France Fiction Collective and Paul Butler
11 December 2008 – 20 January 2009
Rachell Dagnall
Whitechapel Gallery
Rachel Dagnall, as part of the artists group Henry VIII's Wives, has been invited to participate in Whitechapel Art Gallery's 'The Street Project' - a year-long series of artists' commissions in and around Wentworth Street, London, UK. As part of their ongoing project Tatlin's Tower Henry VIII's Wives will be occupying a shop on Toynbee Street, London, UK and trasforming it on a foyer of the unbuilt tower, complete with uniformed staff and a specially designed reception. Curator:Anthony Spiro, curator, Whitchapel Gallery, London. UK
12 January 2009
Hanne Mugaas
At invitation of Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, founders and managers of Light Industry, New York City, USA, Hanne Muggas is curating a one-night screening event entitled 'Computer Landscapes'. The project looks at the history of computer arts. Curator: Hanne Mugaas, independent curator
21 January – 22 May 2009
Elisabeth Schlatter
28 January – 22 March 2009
Rachell Dagnall
The Pumphouse Gallery
Participation of Rachel Dagnall in a solo exhibition at The Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK. At the gallery, Dagnall will exhibit the works The Returning Officer, originally commissioned by Spike Island in 2007. The gallery will also exhibit a two-screen work titled Mr. Hysteria. Curator: Sandra Ross, Curator, The Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK
28 January – 1 May 2009
Karl Ingar Røys
Minna Henriksson
University of Göteborg
Participation of Karl Ingar Røys within 'Happy Together' at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. The exhibition proposes an investigation on the concepts of collective identity and contemporary nationalism. Within 'Happy Together' the artist will exhibit the video installation Radio Yerevan, which challenges and juxtaposes different perspectives on of a political demonstration in Armenia. Curators: Mika Hannula, Professor at Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Göteborg and Minna Henriksson
14 February – 4 April 2009
Kjell Bjørgeengen
Netwerk vzw
Participation of Kjell Bjørgeengen within 'Fuzzy Electronics' at Netwerk vzw, Aalst, Belgium. The exhibition focuses on the importance of accidental change within the filed of 'new media'. For 'Fuzzy Electronics' the artist will produce a new series of video/audio works that incorporate a method of instability. Curator: Paul Lagring, Artistic Director, Netwerk vzw, Aalst, Belgium
14 March – 4 June 2009
Heidi Kennedy Skjerve
Audax Textile Museum Tilburg
Participation of Heidi Kennedy Skjerve within 'Knitted Worlds', an exhibition that presents artworks where knitting is used to express social, political and formal artistic questions. Within 'Knitted Worlds', the artist will exhibit Grunn/ground andSommer/Summer II. Curator: Suzan Rosseler, Conservator of Exhibitions, Audax Textile Museum Tiburg, The Netherlans
15 April – 14 May 2009
Karolina Pahlén
Wip:konsthall
Eva Drangsholt
Participation of Eva Drangsholt (b.in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) in a solo project entitled 'The Public and Private Lives of Swans' at Wip:konsthall, Stockolm, Sweden. The exhibition will present four integrated video works that deals with different forms of private and public lives. Curator: Karolina Pahlén, Art Coordinator Wip:konsthall, Stockolm, Sweden
9 May – 23 July 2009
Vibeke Tandberg
Varinia Brodsky
Participation of Vibeke Tandberg with the exhibition 'Seleccíon de la 28a Bienal de São Paulo' at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Chile, Chile. The exhibition will present a selection of artworks and artists that participated in the 28th São Paulo Biennial. Vibeke Tandberg will exhibit the project Albert Camus, L'étranger, Roman, Gallimard 2003, Prémier dépôt légal:juin 1942. ISBN 2-07-021-200-3. Curator: Varinia Brodsky, Asistente Curatorial y Producción
16 May – 30 August 2009
Per Kristian Nygård
Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad
Pro Artist Group
Are Blytt
Participation of Per Kristian Nygård and Are Blytt (b.1981 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) within 'Exile' at Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark. The exhibition investigates the concept of exile - to be or feel homeless. The artist duo will exhibit Narnita, a work consisting of video, paintings, drawings and photograph that deal with transsexuals. Curators: Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad and Pro Artist Group
27 May – 27 September 2009
Inger Lise Hansen
Paolo Bianchi
Participation of Inger Lise Hansen within the exhibition 'Hoehenrausch - Art on the Roofttops of Linz' taking place at OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria as part of Capital of Culture Year Linz09. For 'Hoehenrausch - Art on the Roofttops of Linz' Hansen will develop a new film work in which the artist investigates the roof surface to present the viewer with a different experience of the site. Curator: Paolo Bianchi, independent curator
1 December 2008 – 1 February 2009
Jesper Alvær
Antonia Majaca
Ivana Bago
Funding of a research trip to Central Asia in conection to the upcoming exhibition 'From Zagros to Zageb', at g-mk | Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, in Zagreb, Croatia. The exhbition follows a residency at the institution and investigates possible cultural/social/historical connections between Croatia and Iran. Curators: Antonia Majaca and Ivana Bago
19 December 2008 – 23 February 2009
Ståle Stenslie
'Touch Me – Feel Better' Festival
Suncica Ostoic has invited Ståle Stenslie to exhibit the works Artgasm and World Ripple within the festival 'Touch Me - Feel Better', at Old Factory Badel, Zagreb, Croatia. The festival presents contemporary art production at the intersection of science and technology, and its thematic framework refers to the imperative of happiness, pleasure and hedonism in contemporary society. Curator: Suncica Ostoic, Director and Curator of 'Touch Me – Feel Better' Festival
1 January – 1 December 2009
Olga Robayo
Olga Robayo applies on behalf of the artist group El Pache. The group intend to initiate a Pilot Project for Artist Residency in Bogotá, Colombia. The residency aims to offer to invited artists and curators logging, integration with the local artist community and assistance to logistical aspects of their projects/and/or research.
26 March – 3 May 2009
Dag Alveng
Centro Cultural da Caixa
Centro Cutural da Caixa, in São Paulo, Brazil will present a retrospective of Dag Alveng's works, including the projectsThe Farm, Summer Light, This is MOST Important and I love This Time of Year. Curator: Centro Cultural da Caixa, São Paulo, Brazil
6 – 31 May 2009
Brit Haldis Fuglevaag
Murmansk Art and Craft Centre
Sopina Irina, Director Murmansk Art and Craft Center, in Murmansk, Russia has invited Brit Haldis Fuglevaag to hold solo exhibition and present a workshop at Murmansk Art and Craft Center. The exhibition focuses on Norwegian tapestry. Curator: Brit Haldis Fuglevaa and Sopina Irina, Director of Murmansk Art and Craft Centre, Murmansk, Russia
8 January – 4 April 2010
Lise Bjørne Linnert
Art Works for Change
Grant towards the participation of Lise Bjørne Linnert within 'Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art', an exhibition organised by Art Works for Change in Oakland, CA, USA and taking place at CECUT, EL CUBO in Tijuana, Mexico. The exhibition presents the works of 33 international artists dealing with violence against women. Within 'Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art', Lise Bjørne Linnert will present the embroidery work Desconocida Unknown Ukjent (2006-ongoing). The artist has also being invited to present the performance Presence and to organise an embroidery workshop. Other exhibiting artists are Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Patricia Evans, Icelandic Love Corp and Yoko Ono. Curator: Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Executive Director, Art Works for Change, Oakland, CA, USA
