JESPER JUST
Born 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen and New York, New York
2003
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Sirens of Chrome, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, New York
2009
The Retrospective of Jesper Just, X Media Forum, 31st Moscow International Film Festival, MediaArtLab, Moscow, Russia
With Mixed Emotions, The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
2008
A Voyage in Dwelling, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
It Will All End in Tears, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Romantic Delusions, The Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, New York; Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
U-turn, Copenhagen Quadrennial, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
A Vicious Undertow, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, New York
Jesper Just, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany; S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; Kunsthalle wien ursula blickle videolounge, Vienna, Austria
Jesper Just: No Man is an Island II 2004 Bliss and Heaven 2004 Something to Love 2005, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2006
Black Box: Jesper Just, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Hammer Museum at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
It Will All End In Tears, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, New York; Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Something to Love, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
True Love is Yet to Come, PERFORMA 05, Steven Weiss Studio, New York, New York
2004
A Fine Romance, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bliss & Heaven, Galleria Maze, Turin, Italy
Midway Contemporary Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
No Man Is An Island and Other Works, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, Canada
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, New York
2003
The Man Who Strayed, The Artnode Foundation in collaboration with Den Anden Opera, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Angli – Heart, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark
Future Projections: Candice Breitz, Mark Lewis, Jesper Just, Apichatpong Weerasethaku, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Code Share, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mi Vida, From Heaven to Hell, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Play – Film and Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
It's Rainign Men…!, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Swingtime: Freestyle, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus, Denmark
2008
A Silence: una selección de videos por Sebastián Errazuriz, Sala de Arte,
Santiago, Chile
Dance, Dance, Dance, Stantens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fluid Street – Alone, Together, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finalnd
Carnegie Art Award, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland; Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway; Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden; Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur/Reykjavík, Iceland; Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom; Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Château de Carros, Nice, France
Filmprogramm, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Two-Fold Faction, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
Intimacy, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
Worlds on Video – International Video Art, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy
Opening Hours, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
stop.look.listen: an exhibition of video works, Haggerty Museum of Art,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
UNCLASSIFIABLE, Overgaden: Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Ciclo Video, Galician Centre of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas; Grey Art Gallery at New York University, New York, New York; The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Locked In, Curated by Philippe Hardy and Maria Rus Bojan, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Danskjävlar – en svensk kærlighedserklæring, Kunsthal Charlottenborg,
Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
…what will be told of today tomorrow: KölnShow2, European Kunsthalle,
Cologne, Germany
Beijing Center for Creativity, Beijing, China
Crack the Sky, Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
eternal beautiful now, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Five Years Anniversary Show, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
I'm Only Human, Curated by Evi Baniotopoulou and Caroline Corbetta, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Looking The Other Way, Curated by Mia Nielsen, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Peer In Peer Out, 'videos,' Curated by Silvia Karman Cubiñá and Marilu Knode,
The Moore Space in collaboration with the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
OPEN e v + a 2007: A Sense of Place, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
stop. look. listen. an exhibition of video works, Curated by Andrea Insellman,
The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
TIMER: Intimità/Intimacy, Curated by Gianni Mercurio and Demetrio Paparoni, Trienniale Bovisa, Milan, Italy
2006
A Tale of Two Cities, 2006 Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
Ars 06 – Sense of the Real, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
BENT: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Scandinavian Art, Curated by Whitney Chadwick, International Center for the Arts at San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, California
The Big Scene: Emotionality in Video Art, Magazin 4 Bregenzer Kunstverein,
Bregenz, Austria
Don Quijote, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dreamlands Burn: Nordic Art Show 2006, Mücsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Empathetic, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Exportable Goods — Danish Art Now, Krinzinger Project, Vienna, Austria
Feel Contemporary, Artissima 13, Turin, Italy
Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Kapitel VII: Bühne des Lebens — Rhetorik des Gefühls, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
La Vie, La Ville, Le Havre 2006, Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Le Havre, France
Lofoten International Art Festival LIAF 06, Svolvær, Norway
Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
It Will All End in Tears, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2005
Altered Spaces, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, The Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Final Floor Show, Curated by Gerrit Vermeiren, Objectif Exhibitions,
Antwerp, Belgium
True Love Is Yet To Come, PERFORMA 05, New York, New York
2004
Fabulation, VOX Contemporary Image, Montréal, Canada
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art,
Lake Worth, Florida
MALM I, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
No One Else Can Make Me Feel The Colours…, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003
Exit 03, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
models + frames 8: Survival Strategies for untrained — "The Winner Takes It All…," Kunst und Medienzentrum Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
Rosebud, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Something About Love, Curated by Enrico Lunghi, Casino Luxembourg,
Luxemburg City, Luxemburg
2002
Alibi 2002, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
BIG Social Game, Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Bits and Pieces, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Brøl, Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark
copkop, Gallery Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Harder They Come… Demapping Masculinity, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
the island and the aeroplane, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
Kunstformkunst, Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør, Denmark
2001
Efterårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Multiple, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
xmas advent calendar, OTTO in collaboration with The Artnode Foundation
1999
xmas advent calender, OTTO in collaboration with The Artnode Foundation
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2008
Amsellem, Patrick, Ed. Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions. Exhibition catalogue. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2008.
Perez Rubio, Agustin, Svala Vangsdatter Andersen and Octavio Zaya, Eds. It Will All End in Tears. Exhibition catalogue. Madrid: La Casa Encendida, 2008.
Sultan, Terrie, David Pagel, Colin Gardner, Nick Flynn, Claudia Schmuckli.
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion. Exhibition catalogue. Houston:
Blaffer Gallery, 2008.
2007
Baerwaldt, Wayne, Ed. Remuer ciel et terre: la Biennale de Montréal 2007. Exhibition catalogue. Montréal: Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal, 2007.
Baniotopoulou, Evi and Caroline Corbetta, Eds. I'm Only Human: Contemporary Video Art. Exhibition catalogue. Thessaloniki: Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki / SMCA, 2007.
Inselmann, Andrea, Ed. stop.look.listen: an exhibition of video works. Exhibition catalogue. Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2007.
Mercurio, Gianni and Demetrio Paparoni, Eds. La Triennale di Milano:
Intimità / Intimacy. Exhibition catalogue. Milan: Triennale Design Museum, 2007.
Ottmann, Klaus, Paul M. O'Reilly, Sheila Deegan, and Siobhán O"reilly, Eds.
OPEN e v+ a 2007 – a sense of place. Exhibition catalogue. Limerick:
Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2007.
Von Olfers, Sophie, Ed. Jesper Just Film Works, 2001—2007. Exhibition catalogue. Rotterdam: Witte de With, 2007.
2006
Blouin, Patrice, et al., Eds. Arts: Le Havre 2006: Biennale d'Art Contemporain. Exhibition catalogue. Le Havre: Musée Malraux, 2006.
Chadwick, Whitney, Ed. BENT: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Scandinavian Art. Exhibition catalogue. San Francisco: Fine Arts Gallery / International Center for the Arts at the San Francisco State University, 2006.
2005
Archibald, Sasha, Sarah Lookofsky, Cira Pascual Marquina, and Elena Sorokina, Eds. At The Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care. Exhibition catalogue. New York:
Whitney Museum of American Art, 2005.
Just, Jesper, Gry Høngsmark Knudsen and Holger Reenberg, Eds. Something to Love. Exhibition catalogue. Herning: Herning Kunstmuseum, 2005.
M.A. Curating Contemporary Art Students at the Royal College of Art, Eds. Do Not Interrupt Your Activities. Exhibition catalogue. London: Royal College of Art, 2005.
SELECTED ARTICLES
2009
Aquin, Stéphane. "Jesper Just: A Vicious Undertow." The Magazine of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. September – December 2009: 27.
French, Christopher. "Jesper Just's Theater of Exclamation Points." Art Papers.
May – June 2009: 30-37.
2008
Johnson, Ken. "Brooklyn Museum: Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions." Review of Romantic Delusions, by Jesper Just, at Brooklyn Museum. The New York Times.
3 October 2008: E27.
Johnson, Ken. "Cinematic Images of Masculine Vulnerability." Review of Romantic Delusions, by Jesper Just, at Brooklyn Museum. The New York Times.
26 September 2008: E32.
Shuster, Robert. "The Schizo Enigma." Review of Romantic Delusions, by Jesper Just, at The Brooklyn Museum. Village Voice. 3-9 September 2008: 28, 30.
Williams, Eliza. "Jesper Just." Review of A Voyage In Dwelling, by Jesper Just, at Victoria Miro. Frieze. September 2008: 205.
2007
Cotter, Helen. "Jesper Just." Review of A Vicious Undertow, by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New York Times. 10 August 2007: E31.
Roman, Shari. "Transart Film Express." Filmmaker: The Magazine of Independent Film. Summer 2007: 16-17.
2006
Avgikos, Jan. "Jesper Just." Review of It Will All End In Tears, by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Artforum. December 2006: 305-506.
Bellini, Andrea. "New York Tales: Chain Reactions." Flash Art.
January - February 2006: 94-96.
Fallon, Roberta. "Feel the Pain: Tears and tribulations at Temple Gallery." Review of Bliss and Heaven, by Jesper Just, at Temple Gallery. Philadelphia Weekly.
15-21 November, 2006.
Garwood, Deborah. "Strangers Seen Through a Telephoto Lens." Review of It Will All End In Tears, by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New York Sun.
19 October 2006: 25.
Gopnick, Blake. "Art Films with Hollywood Production Values." The Washington Post.
17 October 2006: C02.
Hirsch, Faye. "Crying Time: The Films of Jesper Just." Art in America.
January - February 2006: 94-97.
Hirsch, Faye. "You Had to Be There." Review of True Love Is Yet to Come performance, at Stephan Weiss Studio, Performa 05. Art in America. February 2006: 48-50.
Jones, Ronald. "Jesper Just: Love, desire and impersonation; opera, film and masculinity." Frieze. June – August 2006: 237.
Kastner, Jeffrey. "Jesper Just." Review of It Will All End In Tears, by Jesper Just,
at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New York Times. 20 October 2006: E37.
"Sympathy." Review of Bliss and Heaven, by Jesper Just, at Temple Gallery.
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 8 December, 2006.
"The Art Universe." Vanity Fair. December 2006: 341.
"What's Up Around the Mall." Smithsonian. November 2006: 47.
2005
Bellini, Andrea. "New York Tales: Reflections in a Glass Curtain." Flash Art. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 240, January – February 2005: 104-106.
Budak, Adam. "Future Greats 2005: Jesper Just." ArtReview. Vol. IX,
December 2005: 90.
Mendelsohn, Meredith. "Live from New York." Review of True Love Is Yet to Come performance, by Jesper Just, at Stephan Weiss Studio, Performa 05. ARTnews. November 2005: 43.
Schambelan, Elizabeth. "Live from New York." Artforum. September 2005: 129.
Smith, Roberta. "Performance Art Gets Its Biennial." The New York Times.
4 November 2005: E33 and E39.
Wilson, Michael. "Jesper Just." Review of The Lonely Villa, Bliss and Heaven, and No Man Is An Island II, by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Artforum.
March 2005: 237.
Goldberg, RoseLee. "The Shock of the Live." ArtReview.
November – December 2005: 108-111.
Rosenberg, Karen. "They Ain't No Hollaback Boys." Review of True Love Is Yet to Come performance, by Jesper Just, at Stephan Weiss Studio, Performa 05.
New York Magazine. 12 September 2005: 94.
2004
Andrews, Max. "Jesper Just." Review of A Fine Romance, by Jesper Just,
at Midway Contemporary Art. Frieze. June – August 2004: 139.
Chasin, Noah. "Jesper Just." Review of No Man Is An Island II, by Jesper Just,
at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Time Out New York. No. 481/482,
16-29 December 2004: 102.
Corbetta, Caroline. "Ouverture – Jesper Just." Flash Art. No. 239,
November/December 2004: 112.
Gygax, Raphael. "The Melody of Lonliness." Review of A Fine Romance,
The Sweetest Embrace Of All, and No Man Is An Island II, by Jesper Just. Tema Celeste. November – December 2004: 56-59.
Levin, Kim. "Jesper Just." Review of films, by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Village Voice. 17-23 November 2004: C45.
Morton, Julia. "Jesper Just." Review of No Man Is An Island II and Bliss and Heaven,
by Jesper Just, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. New York Press. 17-23 November 2004: 55.
Sholis, Brian. "Critic's Picks." Art Forum. November/December 2004.
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2009 ARKEN Travel Grant, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
2008 Carnegie Art Award, Second Prize, awarded by Carnegie Investment Bank AB, Stockholm, Sweden, hosted at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arario Gallery, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Fonds Régional d´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, New York, New York
Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark
Honart Museum, Tehran, Iran
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxemburg City, Luxemburg
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Art Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom