Kirstine ROEPSTORFF
(b. 1972, Copenhagen, DK)
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin
Current Solo Exhibition:
Dried Dew Drops: Wunderkammer of Formlessness, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
Opening October 23, 2011 (Touring Exhibition)
October 23, 2011 – February 19, 2012
nasjonalmuseet.no
Current Group Exhibitions:
Berlin 2000-2011: Playing among the Ruins, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
September 23, 2011 - January 12, 2012
mot-art-museum.jp
Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
November 18, 2011 - April 30, 2012
saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Dried Dew Drops: Wunderkammer of Formlessness, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, CH (Touring Exhibition)
The Art of This Century, curated by Dimitrios Antonitis, Museum Alex Mylona-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR
Dried Dew Drops: Wunderkammer of Formlessness, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, curated by Nikola Dietrich, Basel, CH
2010
Illuminating Shadows, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Illuminating Shadows, Galerie im Taxispalais and Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Innsbruck and Schwaz, AT
Nuit: Sun Forms of Beneath, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK
Illuminating Shadows, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2009
Rainbows, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
The Inner Sound that Kills the Outer, Solo exhibition curated by Augustine Perez Rubio, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, León, ES
2008
Rocks, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, CH
The End Was Yesterday, Autocenter and Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
2007
It's Not the Eye of the Needle that Changed: The Time, The Drawing Center, New York City, US
It's Not the Eye of the Needle that Changed: The Self, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
It's Not the Eye of the Needle that Changed: The Frame, Art Basel, Miami, US
2006
Kirstine Roepstorff, Artissima 13, Turin, IT
A Handful of Once, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
A Handful of Once, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2004
King of Crash and the Untouchables, in conjunction with Harbourfront Centre's SUPERDANISH – Newfangled Danish Culture, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, CA
Queen of Diamonds, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
1½", Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
2003
Twist, with Niels Erik Gjerdevig, Konsthallen-Bohusläns Museum, Bohuslän, SE
Kirstine Roepstorff, The Royal Danish Embassy, Berlin, DE
2002
The Desolation of the Beast and the Tears of the Crocodile, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
Hidden Truth, (with Judith Ström) West Zealand Museum for Contemporary Art, Sorø, DK
2001
The Ambiguity of Letting Go, Nano Gallery, Paris, FR
Kirstine Roepstorff and Kirstine Pieroth, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, DE
My World Does Not Exist, Esbjerg Museum of Contemporary Art, Esbjerg, DK
2000
My World Does Not Exist, Gallery Hallo, Copenhagen, DK
1999
Where are the Straight Lines?, Gallery Phoenix, Copenhagen, DK
Laundromat – The Biennial – Street Sharks, Copenhagen, DK
1998
Don't change color while I'm talking to you, Saison, Hellerup, DK (1997-1998)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011
YOU ARE FREE, Kunsthalle Exnergasse WUK, Vienna, AT
Free Poems, Podium, Oslo, NO
The Eye is a lonely hunter. Images of Humankind, curated by Katharina Gregos & Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, DE (catalogue)
2010
Patching, curated by Margherita Belaief, Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Bergamo, IT
Goddesses, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Olso, NO
Scene Shifts, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
Chagallesque, Hydra School Projects (Palio Gymnasio), Hydra, GR
The Third Meaning, RH Gallery, New York City, US
Germania, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)
2009
Berlin - Los Angeles. A Tale of Two (other) Cities, Galeria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, IT
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Metal Postcard - Mittageisen, September Gallery, Berlin, DE
2008
The End Was Yesterday: Part II, Kunstraum Innsbruck, AT
The End Was Yesterday, Autocenter with Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
Andersen's Wohnung Revisited, Andersens Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Socialdemocrazology, White Nights, curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Jones and Truebenbach, Cologne, DE
U-Turn, Copenhagen Quadrennial, curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen,
Judith Schwarzbart and Charlotte Bagger Brandt, DE
Off Men, For Men, By Women, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
Personal Protocols and Other Preferences, curated by Maria Lind, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, US
Ausländer in Berlin, curated by Margherita Belaief, Citric Gallery, Brescia, IT
The Triumph of Painting: Germania, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Eurasia. Geographic Cross-Overs in Art, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea die Trento e Rovereto, Trento, IT
Home is the Place you Left, curated by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Trondheim Museum of Arts, Trondheim, NO
Botanisk forvandling, Vejle Museum, Vejle, DK
Danske Djävle – a Swedish Canon, curated by Bosse Nillson, Charlottenborg Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2007
Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US
Cosmic Dreams, curated by Dr. Friederike Nymphius, Andratx Kunsthalle, Palma de Mallorca, ES
The Subject of the West: Between Two Deaths, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
malepainterscumfuck, Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ
2006
Ortsbegehung 12 - Reality in general is almost unavoidable, Kunstverein, Göttingen, DE
Fantastic Politics, Museum of Contemporary Art at the National Museum, Oslo, NO
King of Crash and the Untouchables, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, CA
Panic Room, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, GR
2005
Populism, Stedjlik Museum, NL; Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI; Contemporary Art Centre & National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE
Critical Societies: Art, Criticism and the Promises of Capitalism, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE
Fairytales Forever, Arhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, DK
Hanging by a Thread, curated by Nina Arias & Jose Diaz, The Moore Space, Florida, US
Populism, curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero and Nicolaus Schlafhausen, NIFCA – Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT; National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2004
Change in the Nordic Region, Momentum 2004: Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, curated by Caroline Corbetta and Per Gunnar Tverbakk, Moss, NO
Den Permanente, My world does not exist, Esbjerg Kunst Museum, Esbjerg, DK
I Feel Mysterious Today, curated by Dominic Molon, The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida and Aqua Gallery, Miami, US
Black Friday, Gallerie Johanna Kamm, Berlin, DE
Som modlys og andre overvindelige forhindringer, Bornholms KunstHal, Nexø, DK
2003
Retreat, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Playschool, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
2002
Somewhere in between good and evil, Silverstein Gallery, New York, United States, 2002
Small, Nano Gallery, Paris, FR
Private living, ZDF, Exhibition for Contemporary Art, Lisbon, PT
2001
Kirstine Roepstorff, Nordisk Bienniale, Rote Fabrik, Göteborg, SE
Take Off 20:01, Århus Kunst Museum, Århus, DK
Standard RUM, Randers Museum, Randers, DK
Der dritte Sector, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE
Bastard, Lawoffice, Chicago, US
2000
Efterårsudstillingen – women at the pub, Charlottenborg Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art , Copenhagen, DK
På sporet af... Nikolaj Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Infinito Botanica, a project by Franco Mondini-Ruiz, New York City, US
PIX, Lance Fung Gallery, New York City, US
Ambassaden, Ambassaden, Copenhagen, DK
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
EXIT, Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, DK
1999
Vaskeri, Street Sharks Biennial of Young Danish Site-Specific Art, Copenhagen, DK
PROMS IV, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK
1998
Boomerang, Nikolaj Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Jukebox Project, Nikolaj Exhibition Space for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Art Genda, Biennial of Young Artists Around the Baltic Sea, Stockholm, SE
Pakhus, Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, NO
Wrapped, Art Museum of West Zealand, Sorø, DK
Catalogues are available for:
Dried Dew Drops. Wunderkammer of Formlessness by Nikola Dietrich, DE, 2011
Nuit: Sun forms of beneath , Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK, 2009
The Inner Sound that Kills the Outer, published by JRP Ringier, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, León, ES, 2008
It's Not the Eye of the Needle that Changed, Exhibition catalogue, Drawing Center, New York, US, 2007
DADDY III,
Fleur du Mal, published by Peres Projects, 2007
Who Decides Who Decides, artist's book, Revolver, 2004
Kirstine ROESTORFF has received the Zartmanns legat and The National Art Foundation Grant from Denmark.
Kirstine ROEPSTORFF has been featured in Wonderland, Issue, The Nordic Art Review, The Populist, and Periskop. Catalogues of her work have been published by MUSAC (Museo Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon), The Aarhus Museum, Revolver, The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lonsdale Gallery, and Galerie Christina Wilson.
Kirstine ROEPSTORFF's work is included in the permanent collections of
The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, GR; The Judith Rothschild Foundation Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US; The National Gallery in Copenhagen, DE; Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Søro, DK; Esbjergs Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK; The Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, DK and The National Art Foundation, DK.
DADDY III: Fleur du Mal, dedicated to the works of Kirstine Roepstorff, is available at Peres Projects, Berlin.