jeppe hein
 
JEPPE HEIN

BIOGRAPHY

lives and works in Copenhagen / Berlin

1974 born in Copenhagen
1997 Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Copenhagen
1999 Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt / Main

Upcoming shows
2011
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA (solo)
Mito Tower Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (solo)
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
303 Gallery, New York (solo)

2010
Johann König, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Museum Nürnberg, Germany (solo)

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2010 backyardoutdoorsculptureseries#5: Modified Social Benches, Johann König, Berlin
Distance, IMA -Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
Perth International Arts Festival and
PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia
Mobile Mobile, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
Artist in Residence Atelier Calder, Saché, France
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Hello? Shall I call you back?, Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium
Sense City, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
Invisible Labyrinth + Frac Île-de-France, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris, France
Please, Please Please … Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Kuru Kuru, SCAI -THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

2008
Illusion, Frieze Art Project, London, Great Britain
From Seriousness to Silliness, Dan Graham + Jeppe Hein, Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
From Seriousness to Silliness, Dan Graham + Jeppe Hein,
Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
PLEASE…,303 Gallery, New York

2007
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, Carré d’Art,
Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes
Illusion, Sculpture Center, New York
Johann König, Berlin
Distance, The Curve, Barbican Art Centre, London
Inbetween, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo

2006
Fontane, ZERO Gallery, Milano
Diagonal Space, Base Room, Florence
Reflection, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Hayward Gallery, London
Delme Synagogue, Delme, France
Usynlig Labyrint, X-Rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf

2005
Simplified, Yvon Lambert, Paris
Distance, The Moore Space, Miami
Private Rain, Sculptureparc Bodø, Norway
Neonwall, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Invisible Labyrinth, Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
Roller Coaster, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
Minimal Overload, Galerie Johann König, Berlin
New Minimal, La Salle de bains, Lyon

2004
Anziehung/Abstoßung, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Appearing Rooms, Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy
Intervention Impact, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Distance, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Flying Cube, P.S.1. MOMA, New York

2003
Bear the Consequences, Gallery Brändström & Stene, Stockholm
Continuity Reflecting Space, Foundation La Caixa, Barcelona
Presenting/Representing, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Take a Walk in the Forest at Sunlight, Kunstverein Heilbronn

2002
Take a Walk in the Forest at Moonlight, CAPC Musee d`art Contemporain, Bordeaux
360° Presence, Galerie Johann König, Berlin
Space in Action / Action in Space, Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau München

2001
Sving, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt / M.

1998
Summer, OTTO, Copenhagen

Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2010
Lichtparcours Braunschweig, Germany
100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, IMA, Indianapolis, USA
SNAPSHOTS OF TOURISM, Gallery Augusta - HIAP Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
EMSCHERKUNST.2010 - European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, Essen, Germany
Circus Hein at Open Space, Art Cologne

2009
Circus Hein, FRAC Orléans, Orléans, France
Silent, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
KURS: SØEN, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum Sorø, Denmark
Appearing Rooms, Cordoba, Spain
DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate Liverpool, UK
The Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection,
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2008
Take Me There – Show Me The Way, Haunch of Venison Gallery, New York, USA
Platform Seoul 2008, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Fabricateurs d’espaces, Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Lyon, France
Wonder, Singapore Biennial, Singapore
Reality Check, SMK – Statens Museum for Konst, Copenhagen, Denmark
LUSTWARANDE, Tilburg, Netherlands
Museum as Medium, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
Reconstruction #3, Sudeley Castle, Great Britain
FLUID STREET: Alone, Together, KIASMA, Helsinki
The World as a Stage, ICA Boston

2007
The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London
Just Use it!, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg
The Freak Show, Musée art contemporain, Lyon
Made in Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, touring exhibition by iCI
Half Square, Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nizza, France
Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

2006
This is not for you, T-B A 21, Vienna
Exportable Goods, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
No. 14 Light Play, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
Momentum 2006, Moss, Norway
Sid Ned, Copenhagen
Nichts, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Preston, UK
Testigos, Fundación NMAC, Cádiz, Spain
Johann König, Berlin
Kit-o-Parts, CAN Neuchâtel
Le mouvement des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris
play station, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Backdrop, Bloomberg Space, London

2005
Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 1, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
The Pantagruel Syndrome, T1 Torino Triennial of Contemporary Art
Black Market Worlds, 9th Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC Vilnius & ICA Vilnius
Ecstasy. In and about altered states, MOCA. Los Angeles
Flux, Illuminate Productions, London
Kunst findet Stadt, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Wall to be destroyed, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Extra Ordinary, Kulturhuset Stockholm
Tanz im August, Berlin, Siemens Arts Program
Esprits du Lieu, Château du roi René, FRAC, Tarascon, FR
Sous les ponts, le long de la vallée, Casino Luxembourg
Light Lab. In the name of the light, Museion, Bolzano, IT
L’oeil moteur, Les musées de Strasbourg
A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Kunst aus den nordischen Ländern, Kunstverein Kehdingen
Moving parts, Museum Tinguely, Basel
universal experience. art, life, the tourist eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Parklandschaften, Lüdenscheid

2004
Moving Parts, Kunsthalle Graz
Connected Presence, Union Gallery, with Johannes Wohnseifer, London
Intervention Impact, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Tra Monti 04, Rome
Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Gegen den Strich, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Rum I Rum, Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum, Hjørring, DK
A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool
Quicksand, De Appel, Amsterdam
Gallery Jan Mot, Brussel

2003
Jeppe Hein, ROR ProjectRoom. Helsinki
Western, Charlottenborg, Autumn Show, DK
2nd Biennial of Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Albisola
Ten years Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Skulpturenpark, Graz 2003 Kulturhauptstadt Europas
Auf eigene Gefahr, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M.
Interludes, 50th Biennale di Venezia
Das lebendige Museum, MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M.
aufgeschraubt & abgestaubt, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, London
Schnittprojekte, Schnittraum, Köln

2002
Ingrepp, Uppsala Kunstmuseum, Uppsala
I promise it is political, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Fuzzy, Galerie Minini, Brescia
Inside/ Outside, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Gangurinn The Corridor Gallery, Reikjavik
Hell, Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin
No Return. Positions from the Collection Haubrok,
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Art Statements, Art Basel, Galerie Michael Neff

2001
Meglepetes 2 / Surprise 2, Budapest
F20 P01. Frankfurter Positionen 2001, Städelschule Frankfurt / M.
Changes possible, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
Stage. Design of meeting point for interviews and discussions, In connection with the
IASPIS, Venice
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein
Arbeit, Essen, Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
Strategies against Architecture II, Pisa
Take off 20:01, Aarhus Kunstmuseum

2000
Festival Junger Talente, Frankfurt/M.
Dynamo Eintracht, Hauptzollamt, Städelschule Frankfurt / Hochschule für Bildende
Künste Dresden
Charlottenborg, Autumn Show
Mandelbaums Wunderöl, Köln – Berlin
onepercent artspace, Video Lounge design, Stockholm Art Fair

1999
On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
Anarchitecture, De Appel, Amsterdam. In collaboration with Frans Jacobi and Lars Bent
Petersen

1997
Cellar, OTTO, Copenhagen

Commission Work Projects
2010
EnBW Stuttgart, Germany
EMSCHERKUNST.2010, European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, Essen, Germany
Danish Pavilion, Expo 2010, Shanghai, China (with BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group)
4-Dimensional Circle, Hotel Miramar, Cannes, France

2009
Follow Me, Bristol University, Great Britain
Neuland 07, Camp Reinsehlen, Schneverdingen, Germany

2008
Kraus Residence, New York, USA
Lightline, Sydbank, Aabenraa, Denmark
Oppenheim Bank, Cologne, Germany
Water Flame, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Great Britain
Appearing Rooms, Expo 2008, Zaragoza, Spain
Monsieur Canal, Thoraise, Canal du Rhône au Rhin, France

2007
Water Flame, Geo Center, Møns Klint, Denmark
Chiswick Park, London, Great Britain

2006
Place de la Fleur, Lorient, France
Water Island, Leeuwenborgh College Maastricht

2005
3-Dimensional Mirror Labyrinth, Long Modified Social Bench,
Anyang Public Art Project, Corea
Private Rain, Sculptureparc Bodø, Norway
Illuminated Benches, Turin

2004
Blomsten, EPO Den Haag
Changing Invisibility, DomAquarée Berlin
Changing Invisibility, Hiroshima Park Kiel

Collections (Selection)
Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Arken, Denmark
MNAM -Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
FNAC Paris, France
FRAC, Marseille, France
Lehnbachhaus, Munich, Germany
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M., Germany
SMK, Statens Museum for Konst, Denmark

Lectures and professorships (Selection)
2009
Honorary Chair Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Emily Carr University Vancouver, Canada
Tokyo Art University, Japan

2008
Visiting professor for Art and Technology at Aalborg Universitet; Aalborg, Denmark
Artist Talk with Dan Graham, 303 Gallery, New York, USA
Konference – Køge, Søndre Havn i Køge, Denmark
Artist Talk with Dan Graham, Kunstverein Köln, Germany

2007
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Fundación Bilbao, Spain
Metropolzonen, Denmark

Other activities
Founder of Karriere, a café/ bar with site-specific artworks by international artists, situated in Copenhagen (DK)
See: www.karrierebar.com
Co-founder of OTTO, a non-commercial exhibition forum in Denmark . See: www.artnode.dk/otto