Jeppe Hein

(Danish, born 1974)

be who you are not who you were by jeppe hein

Jeppe Hein

BE WHO YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU WERE, 2014

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Biography

Timeline

1974
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 - 2000
Co-founded of OTTO, a non-commercial exhibition forum in Denmark
1997 - 2003
Attended the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 - 2000
Attended the Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions

2011
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (solo)
Johann König, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Mito Tower Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (solo)
303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2010
Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany (solo)
backyardoutdoorsculptureseries#5: Modified Social Benches, Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Distance, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Perth International Arts Festival, Perth, Australia
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia
Mobile Mobile, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lichtparcours, Braunschweig, Germany
100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, IMA, Indianapolis, IN
Snapshots of Tourism, Gallery Augusta - HIAP Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
EMSCHERKUNST.2010 - European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, Essen, Germany
Circus Hein at Open Space, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2009
Artist in Residence Atelier Calder, Saché, France
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hello? Shall I call you back?, Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium
Sense City, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
Invisible Labyrinth + Frac Île-de-France, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris, France
The Kaleidoscopic Eye: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Appearing Rooms, Cordoba, Spain
KURS: SØEN, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum Sorø, Sorø, Denmark
Silent, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Circus Hein, FRAC Orléans, Orléans, France
Kuru Kuru, SCAI -The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Please, Please Please … Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2008
Illusion, Frieze Art Project, London, England
From Seriousness to Silliness, Dan Graham + Jeppe Hein, Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany and Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
PLEASE…,303 Gallery, New York, NY
Take Me There – Show Me The Way, Haunch of Venison Gallery, New York, NY
Platform Seoul 2008, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Fabricateurs d’espaces, Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Wonder, Singapore Biennial, Singapore
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Konst, Copenhagen, Denmark
LUSTWARANDE, Tilburg, Netherlands
Museum as Medium, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
Reconstruction #3, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
FLUID STREET: Alone, Together, KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland, The World as a Stage, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2007
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, Carré d’Art, Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, France
Illusion, Sculpture Center, New York Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Distance, The Curve, Barbican Art Centre, London, England
Inbetween, SCAI - The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Tate Modern, London, England
The Curve, Barbican Art Centre, London, England
Masami Shiraishi, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Base Room, Florence, Italy
ZERO Gallery, Milan, Italy
Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sid Ned, Copenhagen, Denmark
Delme Synagogue, Delme, France
Præstø Kunstforening, Præstø, Denmark
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Momentum 2006, Moss, Norway
Liverpool biennial, Liverpool, UK
This exhibition is in some way a contribution to the beauty, the ugliness, the stupidity and the cheerfulness in life, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
X-Rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Kit-o-Parts, CAN Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (solo)
Play station, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Backdrop, Bloomberg Space, London, England
Le movemont des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2005
Simplified, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo)
Distance, The Moore Space, Miami (solo)
Private Rain, Sculptureparc Bodø, Bodø, Norway (solo)
Neonwall, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (solo)
Invisible Labyrinth, Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
Roller Coaster, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden (solo)
Minimal Overload, Galerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany (solo)
New Minimal, La Salle de bains, Lyon, France (solo)
Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 1, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
The Pantagruel Syndrome, T1 Torino Triennial of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Black Market Worlds, 9th Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC Vilnius & ICA Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ecstasy. In and about altered states, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Flux, Illuminate Productions, London, England
Kunst findet Stadt, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Wall to be destroyed, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Extra Ordinary, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Tanz im August, Siemens Arts Program, Berlin, Germany
Esprits du Lieu, Château du roi René, FRAC, Tarascon, France
Sous les ponts, le long de la vallée, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Light Lab. In the name of the light, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
L’œil moteur, Les musées de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Kunst aus den nordischen Ländern, Kunstverein Kehdingen, Freiburg, Germany
Moving parts, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
Universal experience. art, life, the tourist eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Parklandschaften, Lüdenscheid, Germany
2004
Anziehung/Abstoßung, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
Appearing Rooms, Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy (solo)
Intervention Impact, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Distance, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (solo)
Flying Cube, P.S.1 / MOMA, New York, NY (solo)
Moving Parts, Kunsthalle Graz, Graz, Austria
Connected Presence, Union Gallery, with Johannes Wohnseifer, London, England
Intervention Impact, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Tra Monti 04, Rome, Italy
Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery New York, NY
Gegen den Strich, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Rum I Rum, Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum, Hjørring, Denmark
A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Quicksand, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium
2003
Bear the Consequences, Gallery Brandström & Stene, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Continuity Reflecting Space, Foundation La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Presenting/Representing, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Take a Walk in the Forest at Sunlight, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany (solo)
Jeppe Hein, ROR ProjectRoom, Helsinki, Finland
Western, Charlottenborg, Autumn Show, Denmark
2nd Biennial of Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Albisola, Italy
Ten years Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Skulpturenpark, Graz 2003 Kulturhauptstadt Europas, Graz, Austria
Auf eigene Gefahr, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Interludes, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Das lebendige Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, London, England
Schnittprojekte, Schnittraum, Cologne, Germany
2002
Ingrepp, Uppsala Kunstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
I promise it is political, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Fuzzy, Galerie Minini, Brescia, Italy
Take a Walk in the Forest at Moonlight, CAPC Musee d`art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France (solo)
360° Presence, Galerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Space in Action / Action in Space, Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Münich, Germany (solo)
Sving, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Inside/ Outside, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Gangurinn The Corridor Gallery, Reikjavik, Iceland
Hell, Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
No Return. Positions from the Collection Haubrok, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Public Collections

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Arken Kustmuseum, Arken, Denmark