Sidsel Meineche Hansen *1981, Denmark. Lives and works in Copenhagen

CV

    2025

    • Hyper Functional, Ultra HealthyScreening of Grumpy, Somerset House Studios, London screening, upcoming

    2024

    • WAXKiosk, Gent solo
    • Artificial OptimismDen Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen group
    • Metal WorksOrdet, Milan solo
    • Glasstress 8½Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano group
    • SILVER SPOONFour Boxes Gallery (Krabbesholm Højskole), Skive solo

    2023

    • Oh, the stormRodeo, London group
    • HOOK NO 10.gta exhibitions, Zürich solo
    • After Laughter Comes TearsMudam Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg group
    • MissionaryCompany, New York solo
    • MissionaryÉdouard Montassut, Paris solo
    • Man In HouseInstitut Funder Bakke, Silkeborg group
    • Fear and FaunaARIEL, Copenhagen group
    • Human IsSchinkel Pavillon, Berlin group
    • At GateBlue Velvet Projects, Zürich group

    2022

    • Kino Rolandgta, Zürich group
    • Cubitt 30Victoria Miro, London group
    • Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Analisa Teachworth, Shuang LiCompany, New York group
    • 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, The Milk of DreamsGIARDINI, ARSENALE, Venice group
    • Give up, Provider, Home vs Owner, Angel, Self Lovesong, Anarchy in the UK, Death, Kitchenfloor, Together butterflies, I am on crutches and tubeBizarro, Copenhagen solo
    • Building InformationArchitekturmuseum, Berlin group
    • Le Royaume des ClownsLe Bicolore, Paris group
    • *standstillRodeo, London group
    • ανάβασιςRodeo, Piraeus group

    2021

    • The Modern ExorcistTaipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei group
    • It’s Just a PhaseK.U.K, Trondheim group
    • Inner ChildBergen Kunsthall, Bergen solo
    • Vogliamo tutto. An exhibition about labor: can we still want it all?OGR, Turin group
    • Psycopathia SexualisOvergaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen group
    • Flat 46, Twyford house, Chisley Rd., N15 6PA, £250.000Christian Andersen, Copenhagen solo
    • PortalsNEON, Athens group
    • Host ModdedArt Sonje Center, Seoul group

    2020

    • Witch HuntKunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen group
    • The Body ElectricMDC MOAD, Miami group
    • home vs ownerRodeo, London solo
    • home vs ownerRodeo, Piraeus solo
    • Radical Passivity: Politics of the FleshnGbK, Berlin group
    • MÁSCARAS (MASKS)Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto group

    2019

    • LIVE LIFE WELL®Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague solo
    • Mud Muses, a Rant about TechnologyModerna Museet, Stockholm group
    • Welcome to End-Used CityChisenhale Gallery, London solo
    • iwillmedievalfutureyou1Art Sonje Center, Seoul group
    • The Assembled HumanMuseum Folkwang, Essen group
    • I, I, I, I, I, I, I Kathy AckerInstitute of Contemporary Art, London group
    • ΨΥΧΟΣAΒΒΑΤΟ - ΜΕΡΟΣ I All Souls All Day - Part IRodeo, Piraeus group
    • The Body ElectricThe Walker Art Center, Minneapolis group
    • An Artist’s Guide to Stop Being an ArtistSMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen solo

    2018

    • Real Doll TheatreKW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin solo
    • WERodeo, London group
    • End-userKunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus solo
    • 74 million million million tons Sculpture Center, New York group
    • OVERIndex - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm solo
    • Altered States. Substances in Contemporary ArtKunstpalais, Erlangen group
    • New Frontiers Sundance FestivalPark City Utah, Utah group

    2017

    • My House is Your HouseSolo shows, São Paulo solo
    • Free thought free speech free marketsChristian Andersen, Copenhagen group
    • CULTURAL CAPITAL COOPERATIVE OBJECT #1 & 2Rodeo, London group
    • Ovartaci & the Art of MadnessKunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen group
    • Work it, feel it!Vienna Biennial 2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna group
    • Rest in the Furrows of my SkinKunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg group
    • OVER Ludlow 38, New York solo
    • Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Nancy Buchanan Potts, Los Angeles group
    • University of DisasterPavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice group

    2016

    • The World Without UsHMKV, Dortmund group
    • Un Reino De Las Horas TEOR/etica, San Jose group
    • The Cypress BrokeRodeo, London group
    • SECOND SEX WARTrondheim Art Museum, Trondheim solo
    • SECOND SEX WARGasworks, London solo
    • NO RIGHT WAY 2 CUMTransmission Gallery, Glasgow solo
    • Liquid Identities: Lynn Hershman LeesonLehmbruck Museum, Duisburg group
    • FLUXESFEVERFUTURESFICTIONAzkuna Zentroa, Bilbao group
    • Visceral BlueLa Capella, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona group
    • Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966)Whitechapel Gallery, London group

    2015

    • The Uncanny ValleyWysing Arts Centre, Cambridge group
    • Rehearsals in InstabilityAndreas Huber Gallery, Vienna group
    • Out of the livingSupplement Gallery, London group
    • ONE-selfKünstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen solo
    • ONE-selfTemporary Gallery, Cologne solo

    2014

    • Lets Destroy the Earth but keep the HumansGalerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich group
    • INSIDERCubitt Gallery, London solo
    • Je suis féministeUnit 21, London group
    • Schizo-Culture: Cracks in The StreetSpace Gallery, London group
    • EUROPE, EUROPEAstrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo group
    • J’ai Froid(with Matias Faldbakken), Castillo/Corrales, Paris solo
    • FORENSICSHaus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin group
    • Late BarbariansGasworks, London group

    2013

    • Resolution 978 HDGasworks, London group
    • THE NORDIC MODEL®Slottet Malmöhus/Malmö Museer, Malmö group

    2012

    • BB#8: DawdleSPACE, London group

    2011

    • Model CourtKoh‐i‐noor, Copenhagen group

    2009

    • The Generic StoneHordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen group
    • Session_2_FlagsAm Nuden Da, London group

    2008

    • Session_1Am Nuden Da, London group

    2007

    • EXIT 07Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen group

    2003

    • The Master SchoolVideoproject, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen group

Education

  • 2010 MA Research Architecture, Visual Culture Goldsmiths, University of London, London
    2008 Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Frankfurt am Main
    2007 MFA The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

Grants

  • 2022 - The Danish Arts Foundation working grant

    2016, 2017, 2018
 - The Danish Arts Foundation 3 year working grant

Awards

  • 2020 Turner Prize, Tate Britain

  • 2020 Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond Award

Publications

  • Metal Works. Edited by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen. Published by Lenz Press, 2024

  • Second Sex War. Co-edited with Robert Leckie. Co-published by Gasworks Gallery and Trondheim Art Museum, 2019

  • Politics of Study. Co-edited with Tom Vandeputte. Published by Open Editions / Funen Art Academy, 2015

Selected Press

Collections

  • Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
    SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
    ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus
    The New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen
    Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative, Piraeus