News about upcoming and ongoing exhibitions and projects
11.04.2026
Inside Voices, Outside Light: Perspectives on West Nordic Art
Upcoming group show at Scandinavia House, New York City.
Opening reception April 18th 1-4pm. On view through June 20th.
Participating artists: Morten Andenæs (NO), The Arctic Creatures (IC), Per Barclay (NO), Ask Bjørlo (NO), Jóhan Martin Christiansen (FO), Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson (IC), Inuk Silis Høegh (GL), Hansina Iversen (FO), Rannva Kunoy (FO), Nils Erichsen Martin (NO), Trine Lise Nedreaas (NO), Camille Norment (NO), Lisbeth Karline Poulsen (GL), Ragna Róbertsdóttir (IC), Agnieszka Sosnowska (IC), Inuuteq Storch (GL), Silja Strøm (FO), Steina and Woody Vasulka (IC), and Jens Dam Ziska (FO).
For more information follow the link below:
https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/inside-voices-outside-light/
11.02.2026
Join us for the opening of the solo exhibition Traitors on March 7th at 2 pm at Grafik Galleriet, Næstved, DK.
The exhibition presents a new series of copper prints titled Traitors, first produced and exhibited at Trykkeriet, Bergen, in the autumn of 2025. Traitors will be on view until April 4th, 2026.
For more information, see HERE.
04.01.2026
55,6° NORHT - ARKENS COLLECTION
Arken - Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj
February 5th - August 30th
As part of the exhibition, the frieze Leave Me Breathless is presented, a series of red-pigmented plaster casts of cardboard boxes produced between 2021 and 2024.
https://www.arken.dk/en/exhibitions/55-6deg-north
Leave Me Breathless
Presented at
Alice Folker Gallery, CPH 2025
08.12.2025
I am pleased to announce that the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) has acquired five of my works from the Traitors-series for its permanent collection. The copper prints were produced and exhibited earlier this year at Trykkeriet, Bergen.
The works mentioned, Traitors IV, V, VII, VIII & XII, can be seen HERE.
Traitors (VIII)
2025
30 x 40 cm (motif) / 50 x 63 cm
Copper etching, printed on Somerset White Satin, 300g
Edition of 10
20.11.2025
Join us for an artist talk on November 29th at 3pm, where I, along with the artist duo benandsebastian and professor in art history Mathias Danbolt, will discuss the exhibition Recast at Copenhagen University Library Fiolstræde. This also marks the last day of exhibition.
Follow the link below for more information and tickets for the artist talk:
Meanwhile, take a look at the new video from I DO ART Agency which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition. The film features interviews with the exhibition’s three curators — Ida Højgaard Thjøme, Amalie Skovmøller, and Mathias Danbolt— who share insights into the themes and process behind the project.
https://www.idoart.dk/blog/recast-udfordrer-bustetraditionen?brid=9qmp3Hkq_EJzUu4Y6U9csA
09.11.2025
On November 19, the book Imellem mænd will be published by the publishing house Frydenlund. The richly illustrated book explores how Danish gay artists have portrayed male bodies, desire, and identity in visual art since the 1970s. My contribution, titled Andre hensyn, offers a Faroese perspective on the subject. The anthology is edited by Johan Zimsen Kristiansen.
The book release will be held from 4–6 pm at the LGBT+ Community Center, Vestergade 18E, 2nd floor, 1456 Copenhagen K.
Follow the links for more information:
https://medborgerhus.lgbt.dk/stec_event/bogreception-imellem-maend/
https://www.frydenlund.dk/imellem-maend-21658
07.10.2025
I’m pleased to share that Rådet for Visuel Kunst [City of Copenhagen Council of Visual Arts] acquired the work FALL for their permanent collection in May 2025. The piece will be installed in one of the municipality’s public buildings.
See the list of acquired works HERE
FALL
2024
Blue pigmented plaster cast with
traces of cardboard and ink
35 × 25 × 5,5 cm
Image credit: Malle Madsen
11.09.2025
Upcoming solo exhibition
Traitors
at Trykkeriet, Bergen, NO
October 4th - November 2nd
The exhibition is complemented by an essay authored by Louise Steiwer
A concurrent exhibition at Trykkeriet features the works of Kristen Keegan
https://www.trykkerietbergen.no/johan-martin-christiansen-nordic-artist-in-residence/
11.09.2025
Mention in review of the group exhibition Recast in Kunstkritikk.dk by Nanna Friis:
Jóhan Martin Christiansen has scattered a small cascade of plaster, pigment, and hair across the floor — something like a fractured bust or its prelude, a cracked-together composition of sculptural elements that neatly unsettles the shelves’ strict order and the solemnity of a fully cast head.
https://kunstkritikk.dk/artige-omstyrtninger/
17.06.2025
Upcoming group exhibition:
RECAST
Group show at Copenhagen University Library, Fiolstræde
Opening August 29, runs until November 29
With Jeannette Ehlers, Lea Guldditte Hestelund, Ben and Sebastian, Jóhan Martin Christiansen,
Noah Umur Kanber, Ida Kvetny, Henriette Heise, Anne-Mette Schultz, Maria Nørholm Ramouk,
Nanna Debois Buhl, Elisabeth Toubro, Lea Porsager og Julie Edel Hardenberg
16.06.2025
I am proud to be featured on the cover and in the text of Kinna Poulsens new book Í EYGNAHÆDD [IN EYE LEVEL] about Faroese contemporary art after the turn of the millennium.
The book is published by the Faroese publishing house SPROTIN, first in Faroese and later this year an English version will follow.
04.06.2025
For Den Danske Radeerforening, an association funded in 1853 publishing and spreading the knowledge about print making and visual art in general, I have made a special edition of 10 unique plaster casts of cut-outs of a LG-television cardboard box.
In connection with the publication, Philip Pihl has written an essay about the works.
Read the full essay HERE
https://dendanskeradeerforening.dk/images/2025/juni-2025.pdf
Visions of The Hereafter II
2025
Ten unique plaster reliefs
31 × 23 × 5.5 cm (each)
Signed, dated and numbered.
Image credit: Malle Madsen
29.05.2025
The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands has with generous support from the New Carlsberg Foundation acquired six pieces from the Jeppe Sleeping series. From autumn 2025 they will be on display in the permanent collection which will be reinstalled from the autumn and onwards.
17.03.2025
GRACE
Solo exhibition at Alice Folker Gallery
Opening April 4, 5-7pm
Exhibition period April 4 - June 12, 2025
Esplanaden 14, 1263 Copenhagen K, Denmark
https://www.alicefolker.dk/grace
15.02.2025
I Am With U
Solo exhibition at Spanien19C
Opening March 8, 2-6pm
Exhibition period March 8 - 29, 2025
Kalkværksvej 11 A, 8000 Aarhus C, DK
Exhibition essay by Johan Zimsen
18.11.2024
Protest, maske, yngling, strejke - lidt om mit udvalg af Janus Kambans værker
Short essay on the Faroese sculptor Janus Kamban published in the journal Periskop – Forum for kunsthistorisk debat [Periskip – Forum for art historical debate], Department of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Link to the essay in Danish HERE.
21.08.2024
Træðrir [Threads]
The intaglio series titled Jeppe Sleeping are currently part of the group show Træðrir [Threads] at the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands. The show also includes works by Alda Mohr Eyðunardóttir, Maibrit Marjunardóttir, Ragnhild Hjalmarsdóttir Højgaard and Randi Samsonsen.
The show curated by Kirstin Helgadóttir and is open until March 9th, 2025.
Read more about the show by following the link below:
https://art.fo/framsyningar/framsyning/398
13.05.2024
Happy to announce that I have received a three-year work scholarship from the Faroese Culture Foundation.
https://mentanargrunnur.fo/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/list24_tidindaskriv.pdf
16.02.2024
Upcoming exhitions and projects:
DOUBLE
Duo show with Kaare Golles at Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, Denmark
Opening March 2, 2024
https://kongegaarden.dk/udstilling/johan-martin-christiansen-og-kaare-golles
RELIEF
Solo show at Kohta, Helsinki, Finland
Opening April 10, 2024
Fog Swept Cargo
Group show at Scandinavia House, New York City, USA, curated by Kinna Poulsen
Opening April 13, 2024
Body
Group show at The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands, curated by Dagmar Winther
Opening April 19, 2024
https://art.fo/framsyningar/framsyning/379
SAMMENBRUD
Group show at Ved Skoven, Falster, Denmark, curated by Charlotte Thrane
Opening June 2, 2024
Jeppe Sleeping
Solo show at Bonne Espérance, Copenhagen, Denmark
Opening June 21, 2024
https://bonneesperance.org/exhibitions/upcoming
29.10.2023
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Exhibition opening Thursday, November 30, 2023, 4-7pm
The Smoking Room
Hoydalar, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
The exhibition will include new plaster casts and two new steel sculptures.
For the exhibition art critic and curator Kinna Poulsen will write an essay.
30.08.2023
Join us for reading of the poem
CONVERSATIONS WITH MAMMA
by Beinir Bergsson
Saturday September 2, 2pm
Danske Grafikeres Hus
Sølvgade 14, CPH K
The reading will be in Faroese and English (translated by Marita Thomsen)
Free for everyone, refreshments will be served
The poem was written on the occasion of the exhibition Leave Me Breathless which runs until September 10th.
Photo by Búi Rouch
Beinir Bergsson, image by Búi Rouch
26.07.2023
Leave Me Breathless
Upcoming solo exhibition at Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen
Opening on August 18th, 2023, 5-8p
On view from August 19 - September 10, 2023
In connection with the exhibition art critic and curator Kinna Poulsen has written an essay and poet Beinir Bergsson a poem.
The exhibition will include new plaster reliefs and copper etchings. The new copper etchings are made in collaboration with Printer's Proof and at Danish Art Workshops.
The projec is generously supported by Almanna- og Mentamálaráðið, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Fjølrit, Grosserer LF Foghts Fond, Københavns Kommune, Lizzi og Mogens Staal Fonden, Mentanargrunnur Landsins,Poul Johansen Fonden, Statens Kunstfond and Statens Værksteder for Kunst
Link: https://danskegrafikere.org/
26.07.2023
Gerandisopinberingar
Four plaster casts presented at the annual St. Olaf's Exhibtion at the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands. This year's exhibition is curated by Kirstin Helgadóttir.
On view from July 28 - August 13, 2023
Link: https://art.fo/framsyningar/framsyning/366
25.06.2023
Leave Me Breathless - Ole Vinter Room, Valby, Denmark
A new series of plaster casts are currently presented as a frieze at the project space Ole Vinter Room runned in connection with Printer's Proof. On view until December 15, 2023
Link: https://printersproof.dk/
30.05.2023
Down North - Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
The sculpture Flip Flop (pictured below, picture curtesy: Bildmusset) is currently on view at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden. The exhibition Down North - Contemporary Art in the Artic is on view until January 14th, 2024.
Read a review of the exhibition in Expressen by Gunilla Brordrej:
https://www.expressen.se/kultur/konst/kultureliten-vill-inte--latsas-om-norrland/
Image: Ole Vitner Room
25.04.2023
Video interview by Printer' Proof in connection with the exhibition Leave Me Breathless at Ole Vinter Room
Filming: Giacomo Lenzi
30.03.2023
Two textile pieces currently on view in the groupexhibition Faith and Image at the National Gallery of Art
Read more about the exhibition HERE.
Cloth
2017
Cotton textile, acrylic paint, ink, food oil, tea, salt
Approx. 270 x 280 cm
From the Spring Exhibtion at the National Gallery of Art, 2018
13.03.2023
Very excited to announce this.
I'm opening a project space called Bonne Espérance in my studio in Valby.
First show in June by Kaare Golles.
Stay tuned at: www.bonneesperance.org
24.02.2023
Confronting Coloniality: Trans-Cultural Connections in the Faroe Islands and Beyond
Seminar on March 3rd, 2023 at the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
I will do a presentation titled DISH - A place of family history and ruin
Seek more info here:
https://www.nlh.fo/en?event=9497/kolonialitetur-og-list-i-einum-tvoermentanarligum-samanhangi
30.09.2022
FALL
New plaster reliefes presentet at Víngarðurin, Tórshavn
Opening October 15
12.09.2022
New departures: Faroese contemporary art in large formats
Group exhibiton at the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
August 26th, 2022 - January 15th, 2023
For more info click HERE
Interview by Kinna Poulsen in Faroes about the works:
https://www.listaportal.com/tidindi/2022/9/6/stl-blmur-gips-poesi
10.08.2022
You are a flower and in the winter I miss U
Solo exhibition at Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Opening August 27th, 2022
For more info click HERE
31.03.2022
The North Atlantic Triennial - Down Иorth is now available online.
Explore the exhibition online here:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=EspqRZJBYLc&referrer=https://www.portlandmuseum.org
https://www.portlandmuseum.org/triennial
24.01.2022
tell me more, tell me more
Flag project at North Atlantic House, Copenhagen
On view from January 28 - February 3, 2022
https://www.nordatlantens.dk/en/exhibitions/2022/flag-erfalasoq-13-changing-artists-on-the-quay/
06.12.2021
The sculpture Flip Flop (pictured below) will be part of the North Atlantic Triennal
co-organized by Portland Museum of Art, Maine, USA; Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
and Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
See more here:
https://www.portlandmuseum.org/triennial
20.09.2021
Tell It To My Heart
Exhibition at Steinprent, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
October 1 - November 6, 2021
Link to images HERE
24.06.2021
Talent award from Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
http://nielsen-legat.dk/en/awards-in-2021/
13.04.2021
Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities
Group show at The Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
April 17th - August 1st, 2021
https://nordichouse.is/en/event/i-sikvikri-motun-vitund-og-nattura/
12.03.2021
Twelve months working scholarship from the Faroese Art Foundation
Article in Faroese on Listaportal
http://www.listaportal.com/tidindi/2021/3/9/mentanarstarvslnir-latnar
05.02.2021
Summer Night City
Víngarðurin, Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands
February 6th - March 6th, 2021
http://www.listaportal.com/tidindi/2021/2/1/jhan-martin-christiansen-summer-night-city-vngarinum
20.12.2020
If we speak in tongues, will anyone understand
Interview in Danish on I Do Art with Theodor Eli Dam Olsen, Hansina Iversen and Jóhan Martin Christiansen
https://www.idoart.dk/blog/if-we-speak-in-tongues-will-anyone-understand
14.12.2020
Honoary grant from Winkel & Magnussens Memory Foundation
Article in Danish on Kunsten.nu
https://kunsten.nu/journal/winkel-magnussens-mindelegat-uddeles-for-sidste-gang/
30.10.2020
Conversations About Fog
Group exhibition curated by Kinna Poulsen
North Atlantic House, Copenhagen Denmark
October 30 2020 - February 21, 2021
Link to images HERE
