JESPER JUST
Born 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen and New York
Graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2003
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Romantic Delusions, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York (September)
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (September)
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2007
Jesper Just: A Vicious Undertow, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY (July 9- August 17)
SMAK, Belgium (April 21-June 24)
No Man is An Island II, Bliss and Heaven, Something to Love, Miami AA Museum, Miami, FL
It Will All End in Tears, trilogy 2006, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Witte de With, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Ursula Blickle Videolouge at Kunsthalle, Vienna
Video of the Month #23, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Hungary (April 1-30)
2006
Something To Love, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Empathic, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, PA
It Will All End In Tears, Galleri Christina Wilson, Denmark
It Will All End In Tears, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY Black Box, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
Hammer Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Something to Love, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2005
Something to Love, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark
True Love is Yet to Come, Performa 05, Weiss Studio, New York, NY
2004
YYZ, Toronto, Canada
Bliss And Heaven, Maze Gallery, Torino, Italy Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY A Fine Romance, Midway Contemporary Art, St. Paul, MN A Fine Romance, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003
The Man Who Strayed, Den Anden Opera & Artnode, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rosebud, together with Kath and Winckelmann, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Ciclio Video, Galician Centre of Contemporary Art), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (December)
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK (September)
Nikolai Kirke, U-turn, Copenhagen (September)
Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (August)
Damaged Romanticism, Blaffer Gallery, Houston
Locked-in: The Image of Humanity in the Age of Intrusion, Casino Luxembourg
2007
Stop. Look. Listen: An Exhibition of Video Works, The Johnson Museum, Cornell University (October 13-December 23)
Carnegie Art Award Tour:
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (October 26 2007 January 6, 2008
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (February 1 March 30, 2008)
Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen (April 18 May 25, 2008)
Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur / Reykjavík (June 18 – August 10, 2008)
Konstakademien, Stockholm (September 5 – October 26, 2008)
Royal College of Art, London (November 15 - November 23, 2008)
MediaArsLab, Moscow (November)
Beijeing Center for Creativity (June 23)
True Love Is yet To Come, PERFORMA 07 (November 1-21)
Crack the Sky, Biennale de Montreal (May 10-July 8)
Five Years Anniversary Show, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark (March 1-May 25)
The Drake, Toronto, Canada
eternal beautiful now, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
The Moore Space/SMoCa, Miami, FL
Open Ev+a 2007, Limerick, Ireland (March 31-June24)
Stejdelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Argos, Brussels, Belgium.
I'm Only Human, Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki, Greece
Timer 01, Intimità/Intimacy –Triennial Bovisa, Milan, Italy
Model for Tomorrow, European Kunsthalle, Cologne
2006
Dreamlands Burn, Muscarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Germany
EXPORTABLE GOODS-Danish Art Now, Krinzinger Prooject, Vienna, Hungary
Artissima 13, International Art Fair, Turin, Italy.
Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, England
LIAF 06 Lofoten International Art Festival, Norway
Biennale du Havre, Le Havre, France
Die Grosse Geste / The Big Scene, Emotionality in Recent Video Art, Toronto Film Festival, Canada
Trial Balloons, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art Galleries, London, England The Final Floor Show, Objjectif Exhibitions, Antwerpen Ars 06 Sense of the Real, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland Bühne des Lebens - Rhetorik des Gefühls Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany Don Quijote, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Empathetic, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, PA
BENT: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Scandinavian Art, San Francisco State University, CA.
2005
PERFORMA, New York, NY
Statens Museum for Kunst, The Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, The Royal College of Art, London, England
The Final Floor Show, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium,
Grønningen, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Denmark
2004
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL No One Else Can Make Me Feel The Colours…, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
MALM I, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Fabulation, VOX, Montreal, Canada
3rd Momentum, Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2003
Survival Strategies for Untrained Ones, Kunst und Medienzentrum
Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
Something about Love, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg Exit, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
The Island And The Aeroplane, SparwasserHQ, Berlin, Germany
ALIBI, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Brøl, Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark
BIG Social Game, GAM - Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy Bits and pieces, Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunstformkunst, Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør, Denmark copkop, Gallery Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Harder They Come, SparwasserHQ, Berlin, Germany
2001
Henne hos slagteren nede i kælderen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Love, OTTO, Århus, Denmark Multiple, Kopenhagen at Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark Farmands trøst, cultur.com
Agitpop, Massproduced posters distributed in 7 Danish harbour and coastal towns
Ornament and Finery, Ruhwald Ruhwald, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
The Advent Calendar, OTTO Artnode.org
Open Picture Central, Charlottenborgs Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark Upside Down, Main Library of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Out There, Kunstkredsen, Flensborg, Denmark Nightclubbing, FRAME, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
The Advent Calender, OTTO Artnode.org
Openingshow, Nam Nam Beauty, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hard on Storm, The Museum of Storm Petersen, Copenhagen,
Denmark
AWARDS
2008
Carnegie Art Award
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2007
Von Olfers, Sophie. Jesper Just Film works, 2001-2007. Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2007.
Baerwaldt, Wayne. Crack The Sky: La Biennale de Montreal 2007. Le Centre internationl d'art contemporain de Montreal.. pp. 96-97
2006
Globos Sonda: Trial Balloons. MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Barcelona, 2006. pp. 140-145
Arts: Le Havre 2006: Biennale d'art contemporain. Snoeck Publishers, France, 2006. pp. 32-33
2005
Knudsen, Gry Høngsmark and Holger Reenberg, Something to Love, Herning Kunstmuseum, 2005.
2004
Corbetta, Caroline. Everyone Changes Be My Friend, 2004
Lillemose, Jacob. Man Stripped Bare by Stories of Love, 2004
Lorentzen, Jørgen. En feminisme for menn, Jørgen Lorentzen in Momentum, 2004
2003
Kern, Kristine. Passionate Glance, 2003.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Avgikos, Jan, "Jesper Just", Artforum International. December 2006, pp. 305-506.
"What's Up Around the Mall", Smithsonian, November 2006, p. 47.
"The Art Universe", Vanity Fair, December 2006, p. 341.
Kastner, Jeffrey. "Jesper Just", New York Times, Art in Review. Oct. 20, 2006 p. E37.
Garwood, Deborah. "Strangers Seen Through a Telephoto Lens", The New York Sun. Oct. 19, 2006. p. 25.
Gopnick, Blake. "Art Films with Hollywood Production Values," Washington Post, Oct. 17, 06. p. C02.
Hirsch, Faye. "Crying Time, The Films of Jesper Just," Art In America. Feb, 06. pp. 94-97. Bellini, Andrea. "New York Tales: Chain Reactions," FlashArt. No. 246, Jan. 06, pp. 94 – 96.
2005
Wilson, Rebecca. "Future Greats 2005," ArtReview, Dec. 05, p. 90.
Smith, Roberta. "Performance Art Gets Its Biennial," Nov. 05.
Wilson, Rebecca. "The Shock of the Live," ArtReview, Nov. 05, p. 108-111.
New York Magazine, "They Ain't No Hollaback Boys." Sept. p. 94.
Schambelan, Elizabeth. "Live from New York," ArtForum. Sept. 2005, p 129.
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, London, Royal College of Art , p. 54-57.
Wilson, Michael. Artforum. Mar, p. 237.
Bellini, Andrea, "New York Tales- Reflections in a Glass Curtain," Flash Art, vol. XXXVIII, no. 240, Jan-Feb, pp104-5.
2004
Chasin, Noah. Time Out, Issue No. 481/482, Dec 16-29, p. 102.
Morton, Julia, "Jesper Just," New York Press, Nov 17-23, vol. 17, no. 46, p. 55.
Sholis, Brian. "Critic's Picks, www.artforum.com. Nov/Dec.
Levin, Kim. "Shortlist," Village Voice, Nov 17-23, p. c45.
Corbetta, Caroline. "Ouverture – Jesper Just." Flash Art, no. 239, Nov/Dec, p. 112.
Gygax, Raphael, "Jesper Just," tema celeste, no. 106, Nov/Dec, pp 56 -9.
Andrews, Max. "Jesper Just," Frieze, June/July/August.
Van Dyke, Aron. "Jesper Just," Rearview Mirror, May/June.
Sandbye, Mette. "Kunstrevy," Weekend Avisen, Feb 6 – 12.
Kern, Kristine. "Fortællinger om kærlighed," Politiken, Jan 16.
Douglas, Kris. Review of Midway Contemporary Art Exhibition, ArtUS, No. 3, June – August, 2004.
Gade, Rune. "Man dog mand imellem," Information, Jan 14.
ESSAYS
2003
Lillemose, Jacob. "Man Stripped Bare by Stories of Love," Jan.
Kern, Kristine. "Passionate Glance," Jul.
Lorentzen, Jørgen. " En feminisme for menn," Momentum.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York.
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, USA.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, New York.
Tate Modern, London. MUSAC, Leon, Spain.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxemburg. Castello di Rivoli, Italy. Arario Gallery, Korea. FRAC, Fonds Régional D´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, France.
Honart Museum, Teheran, Iran.
Israel Museum, Israel.
EMMA, Helsinki.
Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki.
Humlebæk
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden.
Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark. Herning Art Museum, Denmark. National Art Foundation, Denmark. AROS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark. Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Korea
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark.
AROS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.
Statens Kunstfond, Denmark.
Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.