BIOGRAPHY

Elmgreen & Dragset

Michael Elmgreen, Born in 1961, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ingar Dragset, Born in 1969, Trondheim, Norway
Live and work in Berlin, Germany

Collaborating since 1995


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022
Blue Jeans, Museumsquartier Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
Useless Bodies?, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Every Moment Counts – AIDS and its Feelings, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
Art in the Elevator, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Stand by Me, Massimo de Carlo Pièce Unique, Paris, France

2021 
The Nervous System, Pace Gallery, New York, USA 
New Tenants, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France 
Elmgreen & Dragset (14th Robert Jacobsen Prize of the Würth Foundation), Würth Museum 2, Künzelsau, Germany
Short Story, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020    
Elmgreen & Dragset, Pace Gallery, East Hampton, US
Elmgreen & Dragset: 2020, Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Espoo, Finland
Short Story, Koenig Galerie, St. Agenes (Berlin), Germany

2019    
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, US
It’s Not What You ThinkBlueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Adaptations, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Overheated, Massimo de Carlo Gallery, Hong Kong
City in the Sky, part of Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
          
2018    
Elmgreen & Dragset: It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, US
To Whom It May Concern, FIAC Hors les Murs, Place Vendôme, Paris, France
This Is How We Bite Our Tongue, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Elmgreen & Dragset, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
We Are Not Ourselves, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2017    
A Good Neighbor (curators), 15th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Die Zugezogenen, Museum Haus Lange, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany

2016    
The Others (curators), König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Elmgreen & Dragset present Galerie Perrotin at the Grand Palais, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Changing Subjects, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, US
Van Gogh’s Ear, Public Art Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, US
Powerless Structures, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
The Well Fair, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China

2015    
Self-Portraits, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Lot, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Aéroport Mille Plateaux, Plateau Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Stigma, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy; Massimo de Carlo, London, UK
Past Tomorrow, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, New York, US

2014    
Biography, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen, Denmark
Editions and Ephemera: 1995-2014, Studio Hugo Opdal, Flø, Norway
The Old World, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Hong Kong

2013    
A Space Called Public / Hoffentlich Öffentlich (curators), Munich, Germany
Tomorrow, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

2012    
The Critic, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Harvest, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Omnes Una Manet Nox, Louis Vuitton Maison, London, UK
Han, Kulturværftet, Helsingør, Denmark
Change, Hotel Fornebu, Oslo, Norway
Powerless Structures, Fig. 101, The Fourth Plinth 2012, Trafalgar Square, London, UK
Happy Days in the Art World, Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark; Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway

2011    
The One and the Many, Submarine Wharf, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry, Sculpture International, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Afterlife of the Mysterious Mr. B, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Amigos, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Odd Size, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Happy Days in the Art World, Performa 11, New York University Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, US; Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Elmgreen & Dragset, Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Silent wishes and broken dreams, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany

2010    
Celebrity: The One and the Many, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany

2009               
The Collectors (curators), Danish and Nordic Pavilions, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Drama Queens, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Supermodels, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Trying to Remember What We Once Wanted to Forget, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain

2008    
Too Late, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Drama Queens, Old Vic Theatre, London, UK
Home is the Place You Left, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Gedenkort für die im Nazionalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen, Berlin, Germany

2007               
This Is The First Day Of My Life, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Ti sto pensando, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano di Codroipo, Italy
A Change Of Mind, Kunst am Bauzaun, Museion Bozen, Bolzano, Italy

2006    
The Welfare Show, Serpentine Gallery, London; The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Disgrace, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, US
Would You Like Your Eggs A Little Different This Morning?, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
The Incidental Self, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2005    
Prada Marfa, Art Production Fund, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, US
The Brightness of Shady Lives, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
End Station, Bohen Foundation, New York, US
The Welfare Show, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen; Bawag Foundation, Wien, Austria
Forgotten Baby, Wrong Gallery, New York, US
Linienstrasse 160, Neue Mitte, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Open House, Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel - Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey

2004    
Intervention 37, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Blocking the View, Tate Modern, London, UK
Moving Energies, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

2003    
Short Cut, Fondazione Trussardi, Milan, Italy
Spaced Out Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Paris Diaries, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Phone Home, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US
Constructed Catastrophes, CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan
Please Keep Quiet!, Galleri Nicoli Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Don’t Leave Me This Way, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France

2002    
How Are You Today?, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
Powerless Structures, Fig. 229, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela Museum, A Coruña, Spain; Fundaciò La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Suspended Space, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Please, Keep Quiet, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001    
Taking Place, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Powerless Structures, Fig. 111, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Opening Soon, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US
A Room Defined by its Accessibility, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Linienstrasse 160, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Elmgreen & Dragset, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000    
Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Powerless Structures, Fig. 99, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1999    
Powerless Structures, Fig. 57-60, The Project, New York, US
New Works, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998    
Dug Down Gallery / Powerless Structures, Fig. 45, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1997    
To Ken Ishii..., Galleri Struts, Oslo, Norway
Powerless Structures, Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
12 Hours of White Paint, Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark


Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
CASH on the Wall, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Berlin, Germany
MARMOR (MARBLE), Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Matrix of Gender, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway
HEM (HOME), Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Why can’t we live together, Collection Peters-Messer, Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany
And Now the Good News, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Politics in Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland 
Homosexuels et lesbiennes dans l'Europe nazie, Metz City Hall, Metz, France

2021
At the End of the Rainbow, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Statements, Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy
Tempo! All time of the worldMuseum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany
Work It Out, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark 
Psychopathia Sexualis, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Monuments for a gravestone, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea 
SkultpurOdense21, Hollufgård Skultpurparken, Odense, Denmark
Wild/Schön, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany

2020    
I Put a Spell On You: Artist Collaborations, SCAD Savanna Museum of Art, Savannah, US
Walking. Movements North of Bolzano, The Erling Kagge Collection, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
Wände I Walls, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
STUDIO BERLIN, organized by the Boros Foundation, Berghain, Berlin, Germany
Szene Berlin, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneberg, Holle, Germany
On the Frontline of Contemporary Art: From the Taguchi Art Collection, Shimonoseki Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Friendships as a Way of Life, University of New South Wales Art & Design, Sydney, Australia
OH! MY CITY, Paradise Art City, Incheon, Korea
New World – The Power of Dreams, Iwaki Art Museum, Iwaki, Japan
Shapeshifters, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Mythologies – The Beginning and End of Civilizations, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
Animals in Art, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark

2019    
Feelings - Art and Emotion, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Art’s Biggest Stage, Clark Institute, Williamson, US
Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, US
Art & Porn, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
Blickachsen 12, Bad Homburg, Germany
Political Affairs - Language is not innocent, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hammershøi (curators), Statens Museum fur Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen, Denmark
A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
La Source, Villa Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
Tainted Love, Villa Arson, Nice, France

2018    
Space, Light and Object, National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore
Beyond Bliss, Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok, Thailand
Zeitspuren – the power of now, Kunsthaus Biel, Switzerland
Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body, The Met Breuer, New York, US
Soziale Fassaden, MMK Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
Talk Show Festival, La Panacée MoCo, Montpellier, France
A Strong Desire, PS120, Berlin, Germany
Ngorongoro II, Ngorongoro II, Berlin, Germany
A Good Neighbor, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
No Place Like Home, Museu Coleca Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal

2017    
Commissions from Performa’s Archives, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Open at Night - Festival of Lights, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
The Garden - End of Times; Beginning of Times (The Present & The Future), ARoS Triennial, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
No Place Like Home, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Over the Rainbow, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, US
Meet Me in Heaven, Schloss Tüssling, Tüßling, Germany
Rohkunstbau XXIII, Die Schoenheit im Anderens—The Beauty of Difference, Schloss Lieberose, Lieberose, Germany
Waiting: Between Power and Possibility, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Cool, Calm and Collected, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016    
Protest, Victoria Miro, London, UK
Animality: Animals and Art, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, UK
No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Staged! Spectacle and Role Playing in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
Fetich: Begærets Objekter, Holsterbro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
Gartenschau, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
ta.bu, Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
Roppongi New Space Inaugural Exhibition: MOVED, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Inside Out, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
MetaModern, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan, US; Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, US

2015    
Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
What We Call Love, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland
Little Is Left To Tell (Calvino after Calvino), Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Poor Art - Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and parallel practices 1968 - 2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Inspired by Soane: I found this and thought of you…, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK
Diamonds Always Come In Small Packages, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Homosexualität_en, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Globale Digitale, ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Slip of the Tongue (curated by Danh Vō), Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Panorama, High Line Art, New York, US
Days push off into nights, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
Infinite Eternity, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
All the World's a Stage: Works from the Goetz Collection, Fundacion Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
No Hablaremos de Picasso, Palacio Municipal Kiosko Alfonso, La Coruña, Spain
More Konzeption Conception now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
MetaModern, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, US; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, US 

2014    
Schamlos? Sexualmoral im Wandel, Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Status - 24 Contemporary Documents, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Wintherthur, Zürich, Switzerland
Late Harvest, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, US
Power Memory People – Memorials of today, KØS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Man in the Mirror, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
GOLD, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Miami, US
Do it Moscow, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Côté Intérieur, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Germany

2013    
Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin / 25 ans, Tripostal, Lille, France
Mom, am I barbarian?, 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Status - 24 Contemporary Documents, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Forever Young, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
For the Time Being, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Uno Sguardo Sul Mondo Opere Da Una Collezione Privata, Polignano a Mare, Italy
Love me Gender, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark

2012    
But I’m on the Guestlist Too!, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Nackte Männer, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Tokamachi City and Tsunan Town, Tsunan, Japan
Fremde überall - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Pomeranz, Jüdisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Im Raum des Betrachters - Skulptur der Gegenwart, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Im Raum des Betrachters - Treffpunkt Berlin, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
TRACK â A Contemporary City Conversation, S.M.A.K., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
You Are Not Alone, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Bangkok, Thailand

2011    
Happy Days in the Art World, Performa 11, New York, US
Street Life and Home Stories, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
Open House, 3rd Singapore Biennale, Old Kallang Airport, Singapore
8 ½, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Florence, Italy
Portraits, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany

2010    
Fourth Plinth Commission, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
Let’s Dance, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France
The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Exhibition, Exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Seconde main, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Sexuality and Transcendence, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
Mask Games, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
Shelf Life, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
Play it Again!, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France

2009    
Where do we go from here? Selections from La Coleccion Jumex, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, US
Romantische Maschinen, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Porn Identity, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Public, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Millan, Italy
Scorpio’s Garden, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
New Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
The Making of Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Entre’acte: Five Nordic Artists at Kukje Gallery, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2008    
Home is the place you left, Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
U-Turn Copenhagen Quadriennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen, Denmark
DRESSing the MESSAGE, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Sammlung / Collection, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Peer to Peer (P2P), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
Ad Absurdium / Energien des Absurden- von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Walls in the Street, Muzej Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade, Serbia
Other Than Yourself: An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna, Austria
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: Sammlung als Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
La marge d'erreur, Centre d'art contemporain - la Synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
S.T.O.R.A.G.E: Ludovica Gioscia, The Agency Gallery, London, UK
Schöner Bauen - Besser Schauen, Arcjitektur - und Denkbilder, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland
All Inclusive: A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

2007    
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
Double Vision, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, US
Cuestión Xeracional, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
When We Build Let Us Think We build The Future, BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, UK
Gjensyn & Fremtiden, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
Pensa/Piensa/Think, Centre D’art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
La cittá che sale, ARCOS, Sannio Contemporary Art Museum, Benevento, Italy
Made in Germany, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Silly Adults, Galeri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bodypoliticx, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rockers Island, Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Mapas, cosmogonías e pumtos e referencia, 2nd Moscow biennale of contemporary art, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
This Is Not For You, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna, Austria
Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro, London, UK
Into Me / Out of Me, Kunst-Werke, Berlin; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (MACRO), Rome, Italy
Cross-Border. Fotografie und Videokunst aus dem MUMOK Wien, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Un Fair/trade- Die Kunst der Gerchtigkeit, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

2006    
This is not for you: Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna, Austria
All Our Tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Group Therapy, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
Fever Variations, 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
Culture Bound / East Wing Collection VII, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Surprise, Surprise, ICA, London, UK
Into Me / Out of Me, P.S.1, New York, US
Anstoß Berlin – Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Why pictures Now, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Kontracom 06, Contemporary Festival, Salzburg, Germany
Wrong, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Broken Surface, Sabine Knust Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
Elmgreen & Dragset: The Incidental Self, Taka Ishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2005    
Universal Experience, Museum of Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, US
Monuments for the USA, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, US; White Columns, New York, US
Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel – Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
Kiss the Frog. The Art of Transformation, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany

2004    
Modus Operandi, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna, Austria
Artists’ Favourites, Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK
Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway
A arañeira. A colección., Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
Sammlung Plum, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
Works and Days, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Reordering Reality, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, US

2003    
Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Living Inside The Grid, New Museum, New York, US
Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Living Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt, Germany
Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Münster, Germany
Spectacular, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany

2002    
25th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pause, 4th Gwangju Bienniale, Gwangju, Korea
Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Beyond Paradise, National Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Exposition Collective, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, US
No return. Positionen aus der Sammlung Haubrok, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2001    
Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
AUDIT, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The End of All things, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Hortus Conclusus/Breeze of Air, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Inside Space, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US
TV Tokyo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2000    
Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
What If..., Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Sporting. Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Century of Innocence, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Leaving The Island, Busan Contemporary Art Festival, Busan, Korea
Echigo Tsumari Triennial, Echigo Tsumari, Japan

1999    
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Extinction des Feux, Art & Public, Geneva Opening, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Germany

1998    
Junge Szene, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss, Norway
Nuit Blanche, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, US
Warming, The Project, New York, US
Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997    
The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
6a Muestra de Performance Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico

1996    
Between You and Me, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark


Selected Projects

2021
It’s Just a Phase, K.U.K. Kjøpmannsgata Ung. Kunst, Trondheim, Norway 
Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Art Mall, Wuhan, China
Life Rings, Princess Estelle Foundation, Royal Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden (permanent)
Livredderen, Commissioned by the Tarnby Kommune, Copenhagen, Denmark (permanent)

2020
The HiveCommissioned by Empire State Development in partnership with Public Art Fund for Moynihan Train Hall, New York, US (permanent)
Pool, No. 8, Commissioned for the Renaissance Project, Gangnam, Seoul, Korea (permanent)
Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Musea, Hong Kong


2018              
To Whom It May Concern, FIAC Hors les Murs, Place Vendôme, Paris, France
Forventning, Trondheim, Norway (permanent)
Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Art Foundation, Guangzhou, China
 
2017              
Dilemma, Ekebergparken, Oslo, Norway (permanent)
 
2016              
Van Gogh’s Ear, Public Art Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, US
 
2015              
Magic Mushrooms, Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark (permanent)
 
2013              
The Weight of Oneself, Rives de Saône, Lyon, France (permanent)
 
2012              
Powerless Structures, Fig. 101, Fourth Plinth Commission, Trafalgar Square, London, UK (permanently installed at Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark since 2016)
HAN, Kulturevaerftet, Helsingør, Denmark (permanent)
 
2008              
Gedenkort für die im Nationalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen, Berlin, Germany (permanent)

2007              
Ti sto pensando, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy (permanent)
 
2005              
Prada Marfa, Art Production Fund / Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, US (permanent)


Selected Public and Private Collections

MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst), Vienna, Austria
TBA21 (Thyssen-Bornemiza Art Contemporary), Vienna, Austria
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Belgium
National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, Canada
Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arken Museum, Ishoj, Denmark
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark
Kobenhavns Billedkunstudvalg, Copenhagen, Denmark
KOS- Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Koge, Denmark
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhargen, Denmark
Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Fondation Emerige, Paris, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, France
European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Koln, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
KAT_Kunst am Turm, Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Museum Morsroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Pinackothek der Moderne, Munchen, Germany
Sammlung Boros, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munchen, Germany
Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Stiftung Denkmal, Berlin, Germany
Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Museion, South Tyrol, Italy
Fukutake Art Museum Foundation, Naoshima, Japan
Taguchi Art Collection, Japan
Hyundai Card, Seoul, Korea
Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway
Equinor Art Programme, Stavanger, Norway
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
Kode Art Museums, Bergen, Norway
Kunstneriske Forstyrrelser, Norway
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway
Park of the School of Agriculture, Norway
Trodheim Kunstmuseum, Trodheim, Norway
Anyang Foundation for Culture & Arts, Anyang, South Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Caceres, Spain 
CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea), A Coruña, Spain
MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon), Leon, Spain
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Nicola Erni Foundation, Zug, Switzerland
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Soho House, London, UK
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Art Production Fund/ Ballroom, New York, US
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, US
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, US
Denver Art Museum, Denver, US
The Donum Estate, Sonoma, US
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, US
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, US



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Adaptations
Mar 21, 2019 - Apr 28, 2019

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Elmgreen & Dragset: Adaptations


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Elmgreen & Dragset: Adaptations


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Exhibition: Adaptations

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