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
Selected exhibitions
2019 Always Coming Home, G! festival, Gøta, the Faroe Islands
VideoVideo, Tårnrummet, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 Lonely Hearts, Listahøllin, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands (with Hansina Iversen)
Resonans, Pop-Up Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cast Away, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Face of Another, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 TRACES, North Atlantic House, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2016 Sjá tú blánar, Steinprent, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
TRACES, National Gallery of the Faroe Islands (solo)
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
2014 UNDERSTRØM [UNDERCURRENT], ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark
LIGHTGREEN, DAYDREAM, EYESHADOW, KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
(MFA exhibition, solo)
FAREWELL, 427, Riga, Latvia
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 (solo)
2011 Self-Portrait in Very Dark, FIFTH FLOOR, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Authentic Forgeries, KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Public work and collections
2018 Commissioned work for Glasir, gymnasium in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
2017 Works acquired by the Danish Art Foundation (Statens Kunstfond)
Residencies
2019 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016/2018 Listamannahúsið á Dalatrøð, Faroese Art Association, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Selected stipends
2018 Work grant, the Faroese Culture Foundation (Mentanargrunnur Landsins)
2017 Work grant, the Danish Art Foundation (Statens Kunstfond)
Listaflog, Atlantic Airways Art Grant (with Hansina Iversen, Lonely Hearts)
2016 Work grant, the Danish Art Foundation (Statens Kunstfond)
Work grant, the Faroese Culture Foundation (Mentanargrunnur Landsins)
2014 Eva och Hugo Bergmans Memory Foundation, Sweden
Other selected activities
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.
Born 1987 in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark and Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
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