Theis Wendt is a Danish artist working in sculpture, installation, and post-photography. His work connects ecology with digital reality. His sculptures unlock a view on a post-humanist, dystopian yet dreamy future while the wood frame prints suggest a mysterious ‘beyond’ – dark and seductive. This gives Wendt’s work a hint of Romanticism, which complements the often clean and digital technique.
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Theis Wendt (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1981)
Lives and works in Copenhagen
Education
2002-2008 MFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2001-2002 Contemporary Art Practice, Metáfora Centro d'Art Contemporany, Barcelona, ES
Residencies and workshops
2013 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2012 Raid Projects, Los Angeles, US
2011 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Hanoi Future Art, Hanoi, VE
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Negative Meadow, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, DK
2018 TBA, Galeria Kernel, Cáceres, ES
2018 Art Rotterdam, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Synthetic Reveries, Cinnnamon, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Synthetic Reveries, Projektrum D7, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Lawn Dreamer, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2014 Excavation, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2013 On-Tilted, Traneudstillingen, Gentofte, DK
2012 Swarm, Object This Picture, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Smudge, Minuit Vernissage, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Phantasm, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DK
2012 Global Lokalitet: Frozen Reflection, NLH Space, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Gray Trampled Grass. Gray Snow, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
2010 Among the Hallucinations of Delirium Tremens, Byens Kro, Copenhagen DK
2010 Animals That From Afar Look Like Flies, Gallery Teapot, Cologne,DE
2008 ROOM!, Gallery Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, DK
2007 One with face - one without, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Pøbel, Gallery AX12, Copenhagen, DK
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2018 The Malpighian Layer, Car DRDE, Bologna, IT
2017 News at Last, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK, 2017
2017 Submerge, Nordic Contemporary, Paris, FR, 2017
2017 What is Left Behind, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, NO, 2017
2017 Strange Ecologies, X and Beyond, Copenhagen, DK, 2017
2016 Add Space Between, Petra Gut Contemporary, Zurich, ZH, 2016
2015 The Essential Bruce Springsteen, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Different Strokes for Different Folks, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Wintermute.., Grimm, Amsterdam, NL
2015 These Walls, Galleri Jacob Bjorn, Aarhus, DK
2015 Opening exhibition, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Corrosive Thoughts, Danske Grafikere, Copenhagen, DK
2014 Withdrawn (Withdrawn), Torpedo18, DK
2014 Mediations Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, US
2014 Still Waters Run Deep - Sculpture Triennial, Brandts, Odense, DK
2013 In Case We Don't Die, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
2013 Thisted Biennalen, Thisted, DK
2012 #, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, US
2012 Paper Match, Halmlageret Carlsberg, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Rum, Holsterbro Kunstmuseum, Holsterbro, DK
2012 Huset i Skoven, Skovhuset, Værløse, DK
2011 Illusion, Ny-tap, Carlsberg, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Return of the Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE
2011 Ok Corral, Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, DK
2010 The Party 2, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Yes/No - a subjective definition of synergy, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Kastrup, DK
2010 Eyebowling, Kunstraum Warchau, Berlin, DE
2010 Hadal Aides, Gallery KHM, Malmø, SE
2010 Dear.... Part 2, Gallery David Risley, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Things That Matter A Lot, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Grafik og Tegninger, Galleri Rebecca Kormind, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Our Winter Show, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE
2009 Aktion Auktion (Kirkeasyl), Kødbyen, Copenhagen, DK
2009 The Party, Beaver Project, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Business As Usual, Hanoi Future Art, Hanoi, VN
2009 Summertime, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Til Vægs, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen,DK
2008 Fill in blank space, Galleri Karsi, Istanbul, TU
2008 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2008 EXIT08, kunstforeningen Gl strand, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Kort varsel, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Planet Brun, Galleri Brun, Dusseldorf, DE
2007 E-Building (v.kuno), Bjørgvin statsfængsel, Bergen, NO
2007 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Black and White show, Fung Sway, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Papirknald, Fung sway, Copenhagen, DK
2006 KE Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Rotation, Berlin, DE
2006 Flowshow, kabine, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Fence, Performance at Kultorvet, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Fabrik Selvsving, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, DK
2006 remixtheworld.com, Galleri AX12, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Mediamocracy, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted Q, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Anden generations kunstnere, Rønne, DK
2005 400 m2 wall painting, Margrethehjemmet, DK
2005 Fairplay Accessible 1 og 2, Råhuset, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Audiovisual, kunstakademiets Udstillingssted Q, Copenhagen, DK
2004 Thad Strode's, Los Angeles, US
2003 Habengut, Berlin, DE
Grants
2014 Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond
2014 Else Marie Bukdahls Hæderslegat
2014 The Danish Art Council (working grant)
2013 L.F. Grosserer Fonden
2009 The Danish Arts Council (Production support) (Various projects: 2009-2013)
2011 Akademiraadets rejselegat
2011 L.F. Grosserer Fonden
2011 Blixfonden
2010 The Danish Arts Council (working grant)
2009 Solar Fonden af 1978
2008 Solar Fonden af 1978
2008 Inger og Åge Nielsens legat
2005 Frøken Marie Månssons Legatet
Bibliography (selection)
2017 Unseen Magazine, Amsterdam, NL
2016 The Shifting Surface in Digital Photography, PHD Alison Bennett
2015 Review of the show Wintermute, NRC Handelsblad, NL
2015 Det Postmediale Fotografi, PHD, Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz
2014 Interview about the work Withdrawn, FFKD
2014 Still Waters Run Deep, Brandts
2013 New Danish Art
2013 Ugens Kunstner, www.kunsten.nu
2013 Best of 67
2013 Review of the show On-Tilted, Information, by Michael Jeppesen
2013 Interview of the show On-Tilted, www.kopenhagen.dk, DK
2013 Object This Picture - online catalog incl. the work Swarm
2012 Interview of the show Swarm, www.kopenhagen.dk, DK
2011 New Danish Art 2011, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Gray Snow, Information, review by art critic Michael Jeppesen
2010 Interview for Bitchslap Magazine, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Information, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Group Hug. Ed.: Rasmus Lindquist. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Til Vægs, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Kætteren, by Jesse Jacob, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Pigeon magazine, by Aphex, Copenhagen, DK
Lives and works in Copenhagen
Education
2002-2008 MFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
2001-2002 Contemporary Art Practice, Metáfora Centro d'Art Contemporany, Barcelona, ES
Residencies and workshops
2013 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2012 Raid Projects, Los Angeles, US
2011 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Hanoi Future Art, Hanoi, VE
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Negative Meadow, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, DK
2018 TBA, Galeria Kernel, Cáceres, ES
2018 Art Rotterdam, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Synthetic Reveries, Cinnnamon, Rotterdam, NL
2017 Synthetic Reveries, Projektrum D7, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Lawn Dreamer, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2014 Excavation, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2013 On-Tilted, Traneudstillingen, Gentofte, DK
2012 Swarm, Object This Picture, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Smudge, Minuit Vernissage, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Phantasm, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DK
2012 Global Lokalitet: Frozen Reflection, NLH Space, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Gray Trampled Grass. Gray Snow, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
2010 Among the Hallucinations of Delirium Tremens, Byens Kro, Copenhagen DK
2010 Animals That From Afar Look Like Flies, Gallery Teapot, Cologne,DE
2008 ROOM!, Gallery Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, DK
2007 One with face - one without, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Pøbel, Gallery AX12, Copenhagen, DK
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2018 The Malpighian Layer, Car DRDE, Bologna, IT
2017 News at Last, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK, 2017
2017 Submerge, Nordic Contemporary, Paris, FR, 2017
2017 What is Left Behind, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, NO, 2017
2017 Strange Ecologies, X and Beyond, Copenhagen, DK, 2017
2016 Add Space Between, Petra Gut Contemporary, Zurich, ZH, 2016
2015 The Essential Bruce Springsteen, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Different Strokes for Different Folks, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Wintermute.., Grimm, Amsterdam, NL
2015 These Walls, Galleri Jacob Bjorn, Aarhus, DK
2015 Opening exhibition, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Corrosive Thoughts, Danske Grafikere, Copenhagen, DK
2014 Withdrawn (Withdrawn), Torpedo18, DK
2014 Mediations Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, US
2014 Still Waters Run Deep - Sculpture Triennial, Brandts, Odense, DK
2013 In Case We Don't Die, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
2013 Thisted Biennalen, Thisted, DK
2012 #, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, US
2012 Paper Match, Halmlageret Carlsberg, Copenhagen, DK
2012 Rum, Holsterbro Kunstmuseum, Holsterbro, DK
2012 Huset i Skoven, Skovhuset, Værløse, DK
2011 Illusion, Ny-tap, Carlsberg, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Return of the Losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE
2011 Ok Corral, Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, DK
2010 The Party 2, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Yes/No - a subjective definition of synergy, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Kastrup, DK
2010 Eyebowling, Kunstraum Warchau, Berlin, DE
2010 Hadal Aides, Gallery KHM, Malmø, SE
2010 Dear.... Part 2, Gallery David Risley, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Things That Matter A Lot, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Grafik og Tegninger, Galleri Rebecca Kormind, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Our Winter Show, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE
2009 Aktion Auktion (Kirkeasyl), Kødbyen, Copenhagen, DK
2009 The Party, Beaver Project, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Business As Usual, Hanoi Future Art, Hanoi, VN
2009 Summertime, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Til Vægs, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen,DK
2008 Fill in blank space, Galleri Karsi, Istanbul, TU
2008 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2008 EXIT08, kunstforeningen Gl strand, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Kort varsel, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Planet Brun, Galleri Brun, Dusseldorf, DE
2007 E-Building (v.kuno), Bjørgvin statsfængsel, Bergen, NO
2007 Summertime, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Black and White show, Fung Sway, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Papirknald, Fung sway, Copenhagen, DK
2006 KE Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Rotation, Berlin, DE
2006 Flowshow, kabine, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Fence, Performance at Kultorvet, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Fabrik Selvsving, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, DK
2006 remixtheworld.com, Galleri AX12, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Mediamocracy, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted Q, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Anden generations kunstnere, Rønne, DK
2005 400 m2 wall painting, Margrethehjemmet, DK
2005 Fairplay Accessible 1 og 2, Råhuset, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Audiovisual, kunstakademiets Udstillingssted Q, Copenhagen, DK
2004 Thad Strode's, Los Angeles, US
2003 Habengut, Berlin, DE
Grants
2014 Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond
2014 Else Marie Bukdahls Hæderslegat
2014 The Danish Art Council (working grant)
2013 L.F. Grosserer Fonden
2009 The Danish Arts Council (Production support) (Various projects: 2009-2013)
2011 Akademiraadets rejselegat
2011 L.F. Grosserer Fonden
2011 Blixfonden
2010 The Danish Arts Council (working grant)
2009 Solar Fonden af 1978
2008 Solar Fonden af 1978
2008 Inger og Åge Nielsens legat
2005 Frøken Marie Månssons Legatet
Bibliography (selection)
2017 Unseen Magazine, Amsterdam, NL
2016 The Shifting Surface in Digital Photography, PHD Alison Bennett
2015 Review of the show Wintermute, NRC Handelsblad, NL
2015 Det Postmediale Fotografi, PHD, Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz
2014 Interview about the work Withdrawn, FFKD
2014 Still Waters Run Deep, Brandts
2013 New Danish Art
2013 Ugens Kunstner, www.kunsten.nu
2013 Best of 67
2013 Review of the show On-Tilted, Information, by Michael Jeppesen
2013 Interview of the show On-Tilted, www.kopenhagen.dk, DK
2013 Object This Picture - online catalog incl. the work Swarm
2012 Interview of the show Swarm, www.kopenhagen.dk, DK
2011 New Danish Art 2011, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Gray Snow, Information, review by art critic Michael Jeppesen
2010 Interview for Bitchslap Magazine, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Information, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Group Hug. Ed.: Rasmus Lindquist. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2009 Til Vægs, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Kætteren, by Jesse Jacob, Copenhagen, DK
2006 Pigeon magazine, by Aphex, Copenhagen, DK
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