Curriculum Vitae
Jóhan Martin Christiansen
Born 1987 in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Artistic education
2012-14 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
2009-12 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
2008-09 Foundation course, Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Denmark
2007-08 Foundation course, Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk, Denmark
Upcoming exhibitons and projects
2024 Duo show with Kaare Golles, Kongegaarden, Korsør, Denmark
Jeppe Sleeping, Bonne Espérance, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2023 Don't tell 'cause it hurts, The Smoking Room, Hoydalar, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands (solo)
Scherzo, Víngarðurin, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Solo and duo exhibitions
2023 Leave Me Breathless, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Leave Me Breathless, Ole Vinter Room, Printer's Proof, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2022 FALL, Víngarðurin, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands (solo)
You are a flower, and in the winter, I miss You, Heerz Tooya, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria (solo)
Du er en blomst, og om vinteren savner jeg dig, Galleri 1,4m3, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
tell me more, tell me more, FLAG project, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 Tell It To My Heart, Steinprent, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
2020 Speaking in Tongues, Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark (duo with Hansina Iversen)
2018 Lonely Hearts, Listahøllin, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands (duo with Hansina Iversen)
Commissioned work for Glasir, gymnasium in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
2017 TRACES, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
DISH, Katuaq, Nuuk, Greenland (solo)
2016 TRACES, National Gallery of the Faroe Islands (solo)
2014 DRESS, Steinprent, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
LIGHTGREEN, DAYDREAM, EYESHADOW, KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden (MFA show)
2012 Crazy, Zig-Zag ~ About the Understanding of Space and on the Matters of My
Latest Lover, R, HENNINGSENgallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Walk, Walk, "Object This Picture"-project room, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Self-Portrait in Very Dark, FIFTH FLOOR, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Sarah Lucas Turned into a Large Scale Dildo and a Flamingo, sitespecific window installation on
Istedgade 107, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Koloni Box, Müllers Pakkhús, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Group exhibitions
2023 Faith and Image, The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
St. Olaf's Exhibition, The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
2022 Down Иorth - North Atlantic Triennal, Portland Museum of Art, Maine, US,
Reykjavík Museum of Art, Iceland and Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
Faroese Contemporary, The National Gallery of theFaroe Islands
SKITSER TIL EN DRØM, MUUSMANNs, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 Nature in Transition - Shifting Identities, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 Conversations About Fog, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 Always Coming Home, G! festival, Syðrugøta, the Faroe Islands
VideoVideo, Tårnrummet, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Half angel. Do you see, FLAG, a collaboration between Gudrun Hasle and Nuuk Art Museum
2018 Materiality and Nature II, G! festival, Syðrugøta, the Faroe Islands
Resonans, Pop-Up Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cast Away, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Face of Another, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Objektivitet, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmark
Vibrant Matter, SAK kunstbygning, Svendborg, Denmark
2017 Materiality and Nature I, G! festival, Syðrugøta, the Faroe Islands
2016 Sjá tú blánar, Steinprent, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Rainfall, Goya Curtain, Tokyo, Japan
2015 The Hot Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
[UDEN TITEL 15], Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg, Denmark
Group show, Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Sweden
Les Soirées, Maison MACA, Athens, Greece
2014 UNDERSTRØM [UNDERCURRENT], ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark
FAREWELL, 427, Riga, Latvia
A Retrospective About Jan Bäcklund, Toves, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 PoemObject, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm, Sweden
/ti’tano/, Teatro Titano, San Marino, Republique of San Marino
BEERS 4, Byens Kro, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Dear Gertrud, Pleasant, Copenhagen, Denmark
BFA Graduation Show, KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2011 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 SommerSkulpturSøby, Søby, Ærø, Denmark
2009 Authentic Forgeries, KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005-2021 St. Olaf's Exhibition, National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Artist books
2018 Lonely Hearts, with text by Kinna Poulsen and letters by Hansina Iversen and
Jóhan Martin Christiansen, layout by Svanna Højgaard Joensen, photos by
Torben Eskerod
2014 DRESS, with texts by Kinna Poulsen and Maria Bordorff, correspondance by
Rannva Kunoy and Jóhan Martin Christiansen, layout and publishing John Dalsgaard
Selected articles, interviews and mentions (click on text for links)
2023 Dupult, ivasamt, øvugt og fleirtýtt, article/review by Kinna Poulsen, Listaportal.com, June 19th
Kultureliten vill inte låtsas om Norrland, review by Gunilla Brordrej, Expressen, June 18th
2022 Down Иorth - Environment: Glacier and Land text by Markús Þór Andrésson, exhibiton catalogue
Stál - Blómur - Gips - Poesi, interview with Kinna Poulsen, Dimmalætting
BROT / Leyst um list, review by Kinna Poulsen, Dimmalætting
2021 Conversations About Fog, text by Kinna Poulsen, exhibition catalouge
Ídnaðarkend og kensluborin list í Steinprenti, review by Solveig Hanusardóttir Olsen, Dimmalætting
2020 If we speak in tonguees, will anyone understand, interview with Hansina Iversen,
Jóhan Martin Christiansen and Theodor Eli Dam Olsen, I DO ART, December 20th
Der sker noget mod nord, Mai Misfeldt, Kristeligt Dagblad, November 18th
A Decade, Viewed from the Outside, article by Anders Kreuger, Kunstkritikk
2018 Resonance, article by Anna Holm, exhibition catalouge, Pop-Up Contemporary, Copenhagen
Når livet gir deg sitroner, Mariann Enge, Kunstkritikk, March 6th
Vibrant Matter, text by Nanna Stjernholm Jepsen & Stine Kähler, exhibition catalouge
On the wints of art again, article by Ingrid Bjarnastein, Atlantic Review
2017 Flygtige bevægelser, Torben Weirup, Berlingske, June 8th
Om vi alle er nordiske, er noen da mer nordiske enn andre?, article by Mariann Enge, Kunstkritikk
Dish! om udstilling et sted**, Stine Lundberg Hansen, Kunst.gl
2016 SPOR, articles by Nils Ohrt, Kim Simonsen and Maria Kappel Blegvad, exhibition catalouge,
National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Værkstedsbesøg - Skønheden i en beskidt papkasse, Tina Kristensen, Magasinet
Kunst, Copenhagen
Ti spørgsmål: Jóhan Martin Christiansen, Maria Bordorff, Kunstkritikk, September 9th
Grindin: Blæur eru vorðin list, interview by Ivan Niclasen and Sissal Kampmann on KVF (Television
of the Faroe Islands)
Julekalender 4. december: Maria Bordorff, Kunstkritikk
2015 Vad konst ska vara, Christine Antaya, Helsingborgs Dagblad, May 9th
[UDEN TITEL 15], text by Henrik Borch-Lips, exhibition catalouge
2014 Ny kunst langsomt på trapperne, review by Ole Bak Jakobsen, kunsten.nu
Nya Konstnärer i Malmö, article by Frans Josef Petersson, Kunstkritikk
Ethereal Thoughts on the Shadow and Such Matters, MFA essay by Jóhan Martin Christiansen,
Malmö Art Academy
2013 Norden og Europa, text by Jørgen Bukdal, edited by Carsten Juhl, Billedkunstskolernes forlag,
Denmark
2012 Sinnislig upplating í sikk og sakk, article by Kinna Poulsen, Listinblog
2011 Tag en tur med i pløret, Michael Jeppesen, Information, Septeembeer 20th
Honorary grants, stipends and residencies
2023 Grant, the Danish Art Foundation
Work residency at Danish Art Workshops
Grant, Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
Grant, Poul Johansen Fonden
2022 Grant, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencronske Stiftelse
Residency at ARV.Iinternational, Bulgaria
2021 Honorary grant, Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award
Grant, the Danish Art Foundation
Work scholarship, the Faroese Culture Foundation
2020 Honorary grant, Winkel & Magnussens Memory Foundation, Denmark
Grant, Akademiraadet
Grant, Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
2019 Work residency at Danish Art Workshops
Faroese Film Foundation
2018 Work scholarship, the Faroese Culture Foundation
2017 Grant, the Danish Art Foundation
Listaflog, Atlantic Airways Art Grant (with Hansina Iversen, Lonely Hearts)
2016 Grant, the Danish Art Foundation
Work scholarship, the Faroese Culture Foundation
2014 Honorary grant, Eva och Hugo Bergmans Memory Foundation, Sweden
Public Collections
Danish Art Foundation
Faroe Islands Art Association
National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Nuuk Art Museum
Nykredit
Other activities
2023 DISH - A Place of Family History and Ruin, talk at the Confrontin Coloniality seminar at The Nordic
House, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Member of the advisory committee for the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
2022 - Jury member, Listaflog, Atlantic Airways Art Grant
2021 - Board member, BKF - Billedkunstnernes Forbund (Danish Visual Artists)
Teaching / Sculpture workshop at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Jury member, Norddok, The Danish Film Institute
2018 Lecture on materiality and nature with Kim Simonsen, University of the Faroe Islands
2017 Artist talk, Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden
2016 Board member, art steering group for new hospital (H-building) in Tórshavn,
the Faroe Islands
2016 - Board member, the Council of Faroese Artists (Listafólkasamband Føroya)
2015 Jury member, Future Legends: Nordic, Palladium, Malmö, Sweden
Member of Kunstnersamfundet, BKF (Billedkunstnernes Forbund), UKK - Organization for Artists, Curators, and Art Mediators, MYND - Føroysk Myndlistafólk.
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