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Peter Callesen
Født 1967 i Denmark 



Uddannelse:




• 1997-00 Goldsmiths College, London

• 1994-97 Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Århus

• 1993-94 Århus Kunstskole1
• 1990-93 Århus Arkitektskolen

Solo udstillinger:




2011


• House of Paper - Sørlandets Art Museum, Norway.

• Out of Nothing Haugar Vestfold Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway



2010


• Out of Nothing - Mjelby Art Museum, Halmstad, Sweden

• Skin of Paper Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center



2009


• Out of Nothing - Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.

• Out of Nothing - The Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig, Denmark.



2008


• Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York.

• Paperman, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen.



2007

• 
Unfolding, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London.
• Himmelrum, Kunsthallen Nikolaj in Copenhagen.

• Himmelrum at Brandt’s in Odense, Denmark



2006


• Castle Museum, Nottingham, England

• ALIVE, BUT DEAD, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen



2005


• do ART gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 
Egg ballet, Odense Performance Festival
• 
Concert for birds, performance on Christianshavns Volde in Copenhagen



2004


• Emily Tsingou gallery, London
• Mirage, Galleri Koch und Kesslau, Berlin



2003

• 
Snowdrifting, The Kiosk Project, London



2001

• 
The Life of The Dying Swan, Gallery Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
• 
White Shadows, installation & performance, Esbjerg Museum of Art, Denmark



2000

• 
Der Sterbende Schwan, Gallery KUNST auf KAMPNAGEL, Hamburg

• Jukebox, performance at Gallery Muu, Helsinki

• Hvorfor blir det nat mor, three days performance, Gallery Tommy Lund, Copenhagen



1999


• The Dying Swan is back, performance at Goldsmiths College's exhibitionspace

• Sailing, performance at Overgaden, Copenhagen

• Happy Birthday, performance in Goldsmiths College's canteen, London
• 
Castle, two weeks happening at Goldsmiths College, London



1998


• The Dying swan, performance at Det Fynske Kunstakademis Udstillingssted, Odense

• The Dying swan, performance at Goldsmiths College's exhibitionspace



1997

• 
Peter R. Callesen præsenterer Peter R. Callesen, happening in rum 46, Århus
• 
Little Peter Spiderman III, performance & installation in rum 46, Århus
• 
Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe", happening & installation in rum 46, Århus

Udvalgte gruppeudstillinger:




2011


• “Rønnebæksholm – Stories About A Place”, Rønnebæksholm, Denmark

• “I Am Like A Bird”, Skovgaardmuseet, Denmark.

• “Habitat”, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark.



2010


• Group Exhibition, Galeria Valle Orti, Valencia, Spain

• Second Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark



2009

• 
Christmas Group Show, Christina WIlson, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Silhouettes - pure Contours, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland.
• 
I midten af værket - Rønnebæksholm

• Papershapers - Scion Installation, L.A.
• 
KURS: Havnen, KØS, Denmark
• 
Cut & Paste, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Denmark
• 
Et Vintereventyr, Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark

• Til Vægs, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark



2008

• 
Ruiner - fascination og fantasi, Museet På Koldinghus, Denmark.
• 
Drømmerier, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Papir i tre dimensioner, Skovgaard Art Museum, Viborg, Denmark.
• 
Hidden narratives, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, England.
• 
Dream Therapy, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York.



2007

• 
Snow Fall, Vejen Art Museum, Denmark. Dec 1st - Mar 24th 2008

• Fairy Tale, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England

• Venice Biennale, Mobile Journey, Crossing, San Servolo Venice, Italy

• Fairy Tale, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales

• Spor, Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark

• Exportable Goods, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
• 
Fairy Tale, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, England



2006


• Group Show, Emily Tsingou, London, England

• ART COPENHAGEN - THE NORDIC ART FAIR
• 
Shanghai Biennale 6, Shanghai Art Museum, China

• Paper Cuts, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, England
• 
Fuori è un giorno fragile, Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri,Torino, Italy
• 
Papercut. Voges + Partner Gallerie, Frankurt am Main, Germany
• 
Inner to Go, Gallery Vamiali, Athens. Greece

• TRANSIT 2006, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen



2005

• 
Inaugural show, Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen
• 
Superbia 2, Cork in Ireland, organized by Kerlin Gallery

• Vandspejl, exhibition in Frederiksberg Garden, Copenhagen organizer and artist,

• Tell tail, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul Korea, paper works and performance

• The City Rumble, Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
• 
The Armory Show, Art Fair New York, represented by emily Tsingou gallery
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen



2004


• Hidden (hi)stories Galerie K & S, Berlin
• 
Charlottenborgs efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen
• 
Paper, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
• 
Monument, a public art exhibition in Copenhagen, Main Library and in public



2003

• 
From Dust to Dusk, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, performance & installation

• TURMSTURM, organizer and artist, Nikolaj,Copenhagen Contemporary Art

• Amorph, performancefestival in Helsinki, interactive installation Palace of Dreams
• 
NB – lad os modes, videoproject with Kenneth Balfelt, Ydre Nørrebro, Copenhagen

• Ung Samtidskunst, Marineteknologisk center, Skagen



2002


• Artgenda, Hamburg

• Kunstparade, Copenhagen

2001

• 
Masculinities, Nicolai Church, Copenhagen, performance & video

• Barcelona Arte Contempereano, BAC, performance & installation, Barcelona

• Videomanifesta, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen

• Art Fair in Basel, Gallery Tommy Lund

• Quality Street, Gallery Tommy Lund

• ARTKINO, videoscreening at Frankfurt Art Fair
• 
All the best, videoscreening at the LUX, London
Location, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, performance The Flying Swan & installation Family



2000


• Assembly, London, installation BridgeKonnektor Berlin, Berlin, performance Jukebox & To be - or not to be

• The Rest of the Story, Chelsea College, London, sculpture Little Head

• Waterfront, Denmark and Sweden, Folding, Little Peter Spiderman & To be - or not to be

• Art Forum, Art Fair in Berlin, Gallery Tommy Lund

• Ylikierroksilla, performance project in Helsinki

• Art Fair in Basel, Gallery Tommy Lund
• 
Croma2, Inauguración Festival, Madrid, video projection So Cold

• Summer Agglutinate 3 + 4, 291 Gallery, London, performance & video
• 
Box Museum 2000, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, Handy & drawings



1999

• 
Post-Ulu Gig, Singapore, videos Inside Out & Face to Face

• The Last Show on Earth, London, performance Jukebox

• Art Forum, Art Fair in Berlin, Gallery Tommy Lund

• Performancefestival in Odense, performance Folding

• Samtidskunstforum in Oslo, videoinstallation Johanne's Cottage

• The Sun was Shining Upside-down, Overgaden, Copenhagen

• Cardiff Timebased Art Festival, performance Assurance



1998

• 
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in Copenhagen, video Dreamdriving

• Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling in Århus, video Handy, Inside Out & To be - or not to be

• Environmental, London, video Little Peter Spiderman I & II

1997


• View, Videotek in rum 46, Århus, video Action & So Cold

• Performancefestival in Odense, video Lille Peter Spiderman & So Cold

• Charlottenborgs Forårudstilling, Copenhagen, video Little Peter Spiderman I & II

Stipendier, tilskud og boliger




2010


• The Royal Academy of Fine Arts’ Eckersberg Medal



2009


• 3-year working grant from The Danish Arts Foundation.



2007


• Residency at Danish Academy in Rome



2005


• Grant from Kunstfonden af 1973



2004


• Working Grant from Statens Kunstfond, Denmark



2003


• Travel grant from Henny Sophie Clausen og møbelarkitekt Axel Clausens fond



2002

• 
Nifca’s Artist Residency in Qaqortoq in Greenland

• Travel Grant from De Bielkelske Legater

• Sleipnir Travel Grant

• Travel Grant from Dansk Metal



2001


• Sleipnir Travel Grant for research trip to the North of Norway

• Århus Kommunes Kunstnerstipendium

Offentlige samlinger:

• 


Kunst på Arbeidsplassen, Norway

• Mallin Collection, New York
• 
Rønnebæksholm, Denmark
• 
Haugar - Vestfold Art Museum, Norway

• Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Denmark

• Vejen Art Museum, Denmark

• Wallsall Art Gallery, UK
• 
West Collection, USA

• Malmö Art Museum, Malmö Sweden
• 
MAT Charitable Foundation, New York, USA 

Gennemsigtig Gud, 2009 Photo: Anders Sune Berg

Gennemsigtig Gud, 2009. Photo: Anders Sune Berg 

Gennemsigtig Gud, 2009  Photo: Anders Sune Berg

White Window. Photo: Anders Sune Berg

White Window  Photo: Anders Sune Berg

White Window  Photo: Anders Sune Berg

Erected Ruin, 2007 

Erected Ruin, 2007 

Performence. Koncert for en fugl, 2005 

 Performence. Crossing, 2007. Biennalen i Venedig.

Slot 1999

 Not as fast as his shadow II. 

Three dead angels, 2008.

Impenetrable castle II, 2005.

Half way through, 2006. 

Hunting, 2005. 

The core of everything III, 2008. 

Holding on to myself, 2006. 

The short distance between image and reality, 2008

Papirskjorte, 2012.

Papirskjorte, 2012.

Papirskjorte, 2012. 

Performence, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012

Performence, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012 

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Redaktion: Erik Rønn og Heine Sand Kristensen

Lyd, video og redigering: Heine Sand Kristensen