curriculum vitae
LEA PORSAGER
PERSONALIA
LEA PORSAGER,
Born 1981, Frederikssund, Denmark
webpage
e-mail
www.leaporsager.dk
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2000-2001 Film/Teaterskolen Holberg, Denmark
2001-2002 European Film College, Denmark
2004-2010 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark (MFA)
2008-2009 Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany (MFA)
current EXHIBITIONS
FOOD FOR THE MOON — Sluggish and Well-lubricated (solo) Henie-Onstad, Norway, 2013
Shapes in the Making (group) Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden 2013
It is only a state of Mind (group) Heidelberg Kunstverein, Germany 2013
Urschleim (group) Fauna, Copenhagen 2013
upcoming EXHIBITIONS
Materialitet no. 3 (bevidsthed) (group) Sorø Kunstmuseum, Denmark 2014
TTBA (group) Kunsthal Århus, Denmark 2014
TTBA (group) Moderna Museet – Malmø, Denmark 2014
solo EXHIBITIONS
A Cosmic Mishap The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, US 2013
How to program and use T-F Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013
CELESTIAL BODY – Disrupted Nerve Fluid and Crossed Shock Waves, Heninngsen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011
Magnetic Correspondence, Henningsen Gallery, Copenhagen 2008
NAGI - I is Another, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden 2006
It doesn´t happen, Råhuset, Copenhagen 2005
INNOVATOR – reality as idea as idea, Basement, Copenhagen 2004
selected group EXHIBITIONS
Interrelations Titanikas Exhibition Halls, The Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania 2013
ROOM 1 Henningsen Gallery, Denmark 2013
ROOM 0 Henningsen Gallery, Denmark 2013
Inner/Outer Realms Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden 2013
UNTEN-AM-HAVN-FESTIVAL: COPENHAGEN MEETS HAMBURG Hamburg, Germany 2013
24 Spaces Koh-i-noor, Malmö Kunsthal, Sweden 2013
Open Studio ISCP, New York, US 2013
Ritual Room CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania 2013
Distinguished from the melee of user comments and structurally misogynist chat rooms harbouring rapid-fire trolls Skt. Gertruds,
Malmø, Sweden 2013
Female Power Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands 2013
Believers Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden 2013
Encore! After the cathastrophy Bonniers Konsthall/ Biografen Sture, Stockholm, Sweden 2013
It is only a state of Mind Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany 2013
Systemics #1 Certain peculiar things and ideas, often failed Kunsthal Århus, Århus 2013
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Anatta Experiment, dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, Germany 2012
Group Perfection, Copenhagen Art Festival, Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art, Denmark 2012
Oblique Shock Waves, Spatium. Danish Contemporary Art, KUMU, Estonia 2012
Con Amore - Leif Djurhuus Samling, ARoS, Århus, Denmark 2011
Veninder Beaver Project, Copenhagen, Denamrk 2011
Thisted Biennalen, Thisted, Denmark 2011
KOH-I-NOOR, Den Frie - Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denamrk 2011
CONTENTS, Et Forsøgs Teater, Henningsen Gallery, Denmark 2010
THE NO IS TO MAKE THE YES, Faint to Black, Henningsen Gallery, Denmark 2010
MM, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, USA 2010
MESMERIZED MACHINES, AFGANG 2010, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 2010
Anatta, Anstrøg, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen 2010
I KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY DID... Henningsen Gallery, Copenhagen 2010
BROKEN HELICOPTER, AM I, Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2009
O! Real/Fiction, Galleri Clifford, Vejle, Denmark. 2009
SPRAWL ON ME! KÅT, Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2009
PEAL Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. 2009
Beyond Vertigo, Ung Dansk Fotografi ‘09, Fotografisk Center, Denmark. 2009
LEAP, Rundgang, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany. 2009
The Awakening, Springtime 2, Henningsen Gallery, Denmark. 2009
Transgressions [-or, nobody asks who we were] Henningsen Gallery, 2008
LEAP - The Awakening of the Dark Muses ENTER, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, 2008
They have overcome death and return to share our life Koh-i-Noor, Copenhagen, 2008
It forced herSelf Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. 2008
Lights the Lights Spring Exhibition, Henningsen Gallery, Denmark. 2008
50 x 50 x 5 photography Invited to invite, Henningsen Gallery, Denmark. 2007
Claude El Skorrari (a collaboration project) Karriere, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2007
A Letter to Two Scarlet Women Distant Visions, Roskilde Museum, Roskilde. 2007
There are faint and flickering images in a misty landscape, all very transient.
Maskinkraft, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark. 2007
Submitted Ghost Photograph Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. 2007
Double Miss -or, her recollection of a needed memory Henningsen Gallery, 2006
LAST THOUGHT IN PARIS Dynamo-Kunstakademiet, Kultorvet, Copenhagen, 2006
Forever and ever and ever (performance) Futureshorts, Gloria Copenhagen, 2006
Like a Player, Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. 2006
THE PLAYER, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2006
FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2006
prizes & GRANTS
*The Danish Arts Council 2010-2013
*Aage og Yelva Nimbs Fond 2012
*Malerne Else og Henning Jensens Legat 2012
*The Danish International Arts Council 2010
*Winner of Montana ENTER Prize, Kunsthallen Brandts 2008
*Idella Foundation 2008/2009
*Carlsberg Idélegat 2005
books & PUBLICATIONS
Best of - 67 x kunst, Michael Jeppesen, Strandberg Publishing, 2013
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NEW DANISH ART, Copenhagen Publishing, Denmark 2013
KUNSTforum #4 2013, KUNSTforum.no, 2013
LEA PORSAGER: FOOD FOR THE MOON — Sluggish and Well-lubricated, Kunstgaven 7, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, 2013
Ablaze With the Fires of Matter, Lea Porsager, edited by Synnøve B. Brøgger, Officin, Copenhagen, 2013
Copenhagen Art Festival, Copenhagen 2013
KULTURO, #35 : DØD, Copenhagen 2013
It is only a state of Mind, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst/Heidelberg Kunsthal, Germany 2013
Female Power, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands 2013
How to Program and Use T-F, Lea Porsager, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2013
This Title is an Artwork of Mine, Denmark 2012
Ritualer, Ribe Domkirke, Denmark 2012
Anatta Experiment, edited by Lea Porsager and Synnøve B. Brøgger, Edition After Hand, Denmark 2012
NERVE FLUID, edited by Lea Porsager and Synnøve B. Brøgger, Edition After Hand, Denmark 2012
dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, Germany, 2012
Spatium. Danish Contemporary Art, KUMU, Estonia 2012
NEW DANISH ART, Copenhagen Publishing, Denmark 2011
Hvedekorn, Denmark 2011
NEW DANISH ART, Copenhagen Publishing, Denmark 2010
Ir/rationel, Denmark 2010
Afgang, Charlottenborg, Denmark 2010
NEW DANISH ART, Copenhagen Publishing, Denmark 2009
UNG DANSK FOTOGRAFI, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2009
”Mystery”, SPESIAL NORD, Norway 2009
Real/Fiction, Galleri Clifford, Denmark 2009
NEW DANISH ART, Copenhagen Publishing, Denmark 2008
ENTER, Kunsthallen Brandts, Denmark 2008
Maskinekraft, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark 2007
Pro-Art, Denmark 2005
projects, retreats, RESIDENCIES
2014 Residency at Cité, Paris (granted by The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Art)
2013 Residency at ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program, NYC
(granted by The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Art)
2012 Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
2012 dOCUMENTA(13) retreat, Banff
2012 dOCUMENTA(13) The Worldly House, Kassel
Current member of Koh-i-Noor (– an independent project space and non-profit
organization run by a group of artists based in Copenhagen)
2010 Co-founder and curator of “Astronomical Frontiers”, international conceptual
exhibition / 5 days event / text-collection,
layout and DESIGN
Mudret sol, Glenn Christian, Forlaget Arena, 2013
Spiral Book, Ann Lislegaard, 2013
Det sorte ved Munden, Glenn Christian, Edition After Hand, 2011
Ruben by Glenn Christian, Edition After Hand, 2011
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