CV – Kasper Hesselbjerg
Education
2007-2013 MFA The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Visual Arts
Solo exhibitions
2023 Idiot-Monster Lunch, Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK)
2020 Coffee Garden, Bonamatic (DK)
2018 Lunacy, Peryton (DK)
2017 Forgabt, Years and KW3 (DK)
Instability Issues, Black Sesame (CN)
A Signature Dish, Wu Jin (CN)
2016 Protagonists and Peninsulas, Shanaynay (FR)
2015 Øer i min kalender, Holstebro Art Museum (DK)
Menu (Consistency and Assimilation), Vaerelset (DK)
2013 Pleasure and Insight, Years Gallery (DK)
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Reopening, Vejle Art Museum (DK)
Essen, Galerie Gruppe Motto (DE)
Velkomstdessert, Heartland (DK)
Cooking Your Spirit Animal, Bloom, festival about science and nature (DK)
Cooking Your Spirit Animal, Madens folkemøde (DK)
HAUT scenekunst (DK)
2023 First There Is a Mountain, Wadden Tide Sculpture Bienale (DK)
NADA, New York (USA)
2022 The Walls, Cneai (FR
Fiction Beyond Nonfiction, Li Tang Gallery (USA)
Terskelstimuli, Kraft (NO)
Minimalism-Maximalism-Mechanissmmm, Art Sonje Center (KR)
P' for Perspective, Simian, København
2021 On the New – Young scenes in Vienna, Belvedere 21 (AT)
Lounge, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art (DK)
Sora Kim (S Korea) + Kasper Hesselbjerg, Stereo Exchange (DK)
Gravmonument, Aarhus Kunsthal, Aarhus og Art Sonje Center (DK and KR)
2020 Fuckers, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz (AT)
Den frie morgen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
Homework, Art Sonje Center (KR)
Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
Himmelskibet, Christian Andersen Gallery (DK)
2019 NADA, Miami (USA)
Mellemting, mellem ting, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
Partners, Vejle Art Museum (DK)
Ratskeller, Coyote (SE)
Quarks Vägen, Coyote (SE)
2018 15 Windows, Delfi (SE)
Alfabet, Vandrehallen Kunsthal (DK)
So You, Too, Like Fruitcake, Bonamatic (DK)
Smudge Cleanse, Gallery Kvit (DK)
How to Start an Apartment in your Gallery, Les Gens Heureux (DK)
2017 Dépasser - Cobra Revisited, Museum Jorn (DK)
Engros, Sculpture exhibition at Grønttorvet, Copenhagen
2016 Okto, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK)
Decembristerne, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
Jeg gav dem østers og lod dem vrøvle, Gl. Strand Art Museum (DK)
Forårsudstillingen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
Sublime Bastards, Avlskarl Gallery (DK)
2015 Notes on Location, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
The Degree of Freedom at -273 Degrees Celsius, Atelier 35 (RO)
Out of use: Interior, Galleri Susanne Ottesen (DK)
Stilleben, Ringsted Galleriet (DK)
2014 Imago Mundi, Palazzo Querini Stampalia (IT)
Sommerskulptursøby Biennale, Søby (DK)
Squash Club Cinema, Huset i Magstræde (DK)
2013 Betroet tvivl, Vejen Art Museum (DK)
Fictional Functions, Etage Projects (DK)
Afgang 2013, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK)
2012 RAD, European Art Center (CN)
Art and Books, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
2011 Art and Mathematics, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (DK)
Performance Festival, Skulpturi, Copenhagen
2010 Mud show #2, Oslo (NO)
Paraphrases – In Search of a City, Roennebaeksholm Kunsthal (DK)
Introduction Lecture, Skulpturi (DK)
2009 Radiant Copenhagen, Overgaden (DK)
Various Futures (not all), BKS Garage (DK)
Verbale pupiller, Aarhus Kunstbygning (DK)
2008 Academic Light, Xian Academy of Fine Arts (CN)
2007 Oh Lobster, there is still anagrams to be made, Jens Nielsen & Olivia Holm-Møller
Museum (DK)
Selected writings
2023 Af sig selv, Forlaget Antipyrine
2021 Recipe for Snails and Success, Forlaget Antipyrine and Art Sonje Center
2019 Af mig selv, Forlaget Antipyrine
2017 Østersdage, Forlaget Basilisk
2016 Salatfeber, Forlaget Basilisk
2014 Cornflakes og andre specifikke objekter, Forlaget Basilisk
2011 Pensée Soufflé etc., emancipa(t/ss)ionsfrugten
Pensée Lasagne etc., emancipa(t/ss)ionsfrugten
2009 Situationsbeskrivelse, * [asterisk]
Selected editorial work
2023 Signe Frederiksen and Anne Mette Schultz – Great Is the Power of the Name
A. E. Brandt – The Order of Release
Søren Andreasen – Demon Slayer
2021 Michel Foucault – Hvad er en forfatter?
Ji Kang – Afskedsbrev til Shan Tao
2020 Moa Alskog and Cecilie Skov – Wet with Dew
2018 Martin Glaz Serup – Læsesteder
Shen An the Elder – Eulogy of Tea Ware
2017 Søren Andreasen – Towards a Lightness of Mind and Matter
2016 Kristian Byskov – NY1
Anne Mette Schultz – Institut for anvendt tale
2013 Albert Mertz – Døren er åben (collection of 55 texts by the Danish artist Albert Mertz)
Kristian Byskov – Mitose
Robert Walser – A Deliberately, Dissolute, Daring, Ridiculous Supplement
2012 Amalie Smith – Læsningens anatomi
2010 Amalie Smith – Fabrikken falder
Founder and editor of the publishing house emancipa(t/ss)ionsfrugten since 2008
Grants of honour
2021 Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award
2019 Klara Karolines Fond Stiftet af Aase & Poul Gernes
2018 Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond
Sven Dalsgaards Grant
Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond
2016 Schadeprisen, Book Award
2015 Astrid Noacks Grant
2013 Fr. Gerda Jensens Artist Grant
Residencies
2021 Art Hub Copenhagen (Copenhagen, DK)
2018 Qingyun International Art Center (Beijing, CN)
2017 Institute for Provocation (Beijing, CN)
2016 Apexart (NYC, USA)
San Cataldo (Scala, IT)
2015 Cité international des Arts (Paris, FR)
Teaching experience
2024 Talentskolen, Billedkunstlinjen, Næstved (DK)
Vera School of Art and Design (DK)
2021 Dansk Talentakademi, Forfatterlinjen, Næstved (DK)
Jyderup Højskole (DK)
Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2020 BGK Esbjerg (DK)
Jyderup Højskole (DK)
2019 Københavns Kunstskole (DK)
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling (Censor), Kunsthal Aarhus (DK)
Funen Art Academy (DK)
2018 Funen Art Academy (DK)
Rytmisk Musikkonservatoriums skrivelinje (DK)
Testrup Højskole (DK)
2017 Qing Yun International Art Center (CN)
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Laboratory of ceramics (DK)
2016 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2015 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Laboratory of ceramics (DK)
Jutland Art Academy (DK)
Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
Dansk Talentakademi, Forfatterlinjen, Holstebro (DK)
BGK Holstebro (DK)
2014 Funen Art Academy (DK)
Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2013 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2012 BGK Arken (DK)
Næstved Ungdomsskole (DK)
2011 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
Næstved Ungdomsskole (DK)
2010 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
Næstved Ungdomsskole (DK)
2009 Næstved Ungdomsskole (DK)
2008 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
Næstved Ungdomsskole (DK)
2007 BGK Holstebro (DK)
For full CV or inquiries about artist talks, presentations, or teaching courses please contact khesselbjerg@yahoo.dk