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CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Since 2005, I have worked as an independent curator as part of my artistic practice, with a foundation in the self-organized, artist-run scene.

It began in 2005 when I founded my first artist-run platform, Galleri Signe Vad, a non-profit gallery in Copenhagen that operated from 2005 to 2011. Later, from 2014 to 2015, I initiated and served as the artistic director of the exhibition platform TYS.

From 2017 to 2019, I was the initiator of KRÆ Syndikatet, a collective exhibition and event platform located in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District. This collective has since evolved into an art and intervention group, The Syndicate of Creatures (tSoC), consisting of three core members: Nanna Gro Henningsen, Michelle Appelros, and myself. As tSoC, we engage in a diverse range of projects, working as organizers, curators, and artists, blending interdisciplinary approaches with activism and social engagement.

In recent years, I have organized a variety of degrowth-focused seminars, workshops, and festivals. These initiatives bring together art, academia, activism, and the broader public, creating platforms for dialogue and transformative experiences.

Additionally, since 2021, I have been curating exhibitions in collaboration with the users of Linie 14, a space dedicated to individuals recovering from addiction. Over the past two years, I have curated more than twelve exhibitions in this context, fostering a unique intersection of art and social inclusion.

Additionally, since 2021, I have been curating exhibitions in collaboration with the users of Linie 14, a space for clean addicts. Over the past years, Over the past years, I have curated more than sixteen exhibitions in this context, fostering a unique intersection of art and social inclusion.

Selected curation and exhibition work

2024 Regenerative Fællesskaber del 1 og 2, performance program og performativt spiseevent, Åbent hus, Fabrikken For Kunst og Design og ART MATTER Festival
2024 Degrowth Festival - Solidaritet, samfund og spirende fremtider, Kunstprogrammet på Degrowth Festival, Kulturhuset islands Brygge
2023 Degrowth Festival- Dybe rødder, utopi og økonomi, Kunstprogrammet på Degrowth Festival, Kulturhuset islands Brygge

2023 Drømme om Lys, udstilling Degrowth Festival, Kulturhus Islands Brygge

2023 Økosystemisk Frihedskamp, udstilling og performance/workshopprogram, Biokuben, Kulturhus Islands Brygge

2022 - 23 Institut for Organisk Kunst, platform for organic exhibitions, co-curated with Nanna Gro Henningsen

2021 - 22 Voices of Pythia, 16 performances in public space, co-curated with Nanna Gro Henningsen

2020 Pythias Journals, a 4 day online monomedia festival during first Covid lock-down, co-curated with TR Kirstein.
2020 Catastrophe, Facebook exhibition during corona – Pythias Journals, online monomedia festival, co-curated with TR Kirstein

2019 Meat and Mysticism", Noysky projects, Los Angeles, US. Curated in collaboration w. Michelle Appelros.
2017 Extremophiles 1 - A perfectly rational response to an insane world. KRÆ, København. Curated in collaboration w. Michelle Appelros.
2017 - Founder- and part of KRÆ syndikatet - the Syndicate of Creatures
2014 -15 Artistic director and founder of the ExhibitionspaceTYS
2013 Curator for Det fynske Kunstakademis exitshow
2012 Curator for Afgang12, Det Jyske Kunstakademis exitshow
2010 Alt_Cph 10 In Space, Co-curator w Camilla Nørgaard, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design
2009 Curator for Alt_Cph 09, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design
2007-11 Artistic director Galleri I Skabet
2007 Curator of New Journal på Møstings Hus
2005-07 Artistic director Galleri Signe Vad