Previous shows:
Jan Christensen – Relative Value (2007)
Jan Christensen (2006)
Jan Christensen – Some Titles for Which I Don’t Know What to Make (2004)
Jan Christensen & Vibeke Tandberg (2002)

 

Biography

Born 1977 in Copenhagen. Lives and works in Berlin


Education

1997-2000 The National College of Art and Design (NCAD/SHKS), Oslo


Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2009
c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Project Space, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm

2008
All Those Moments Will Be Lost, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo

2007
Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations, Berlin (with Hackenbroich Architekten)
Initialraum, Münster
Milieu, Bern
"Relative Value", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Galleri MGM, Oslo

2006
"Good Times Make You Think that You're the Lucky One", Buia Gallery, New York
Bar Code Program, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
"Forward Momentum", Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2005
Process Room, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Hordaland Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche and Lars Morell), Bergen
"Unfinished Painting", Yvon Lambert Project Room, New York

2004
"Painting Myself into a Corner", Galleri MGM, Oslo
"Some Titles for Which I Don't Know What to Make", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2003
Galleri MGM, Oslo
"You Are Always Alone in the Cinema (J. Monk)", Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Quarantine Series, Amsterdam

2002
"Mind [the] Space" (with Gardar Eide Einarsson), Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin


Group Exhibitions (including installations for art fairs and other projects)

2008
40/40, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (upcoming)
Hove Festival, Tromøya, Arendal(upcoming)
Portrom i et byrom, Norsk Form/public project, Oslo (upcoming)
Alone in the Dark, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (upcoming)
High Come Down, Smia, Kristiansand
Art is Not Mute, Hit, Gothenburg
Lights On - norsk samtidskunst, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (cat.)

2007
"Røtter i Porsgrunn", Porsgrunn Fengsel/Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
"Pawnshop", e-flux, New York
"Tomorrow", Kumho Museum of Art and Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalogue)
"Art is Not Mute", ICA-Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros, Hungary
"Where Euclid Walked", Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
"The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project: A Hundred Ideas and Ten Thousand Combinations", Yeonhee-Dong 195, Seoul (catalogue)
"Tempo", Skien (catalogue)
"Stuff", Detroit MOCA, Detroit
"Art is Not Mute", Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm
"Vorstellen, formulieren – Sprache als Modell der Wirklichkeit", K3 – Project Space, Zürich (catalogue)
"Believers & Illusionists", R. T. Hansen, Berlin
"I Will Never Make It!", Kunstraum D21, Leipzig
"Invisible Jet", Buia Gallery, New York
"Poster Project", Participant Inc./Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin, New York

2006
"Poster Project", Kantor Feuer Window Space/Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin, New York
"Rio", Artnews Projects, Berlin
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
"Cosa Nostra", Glassbox, Paris
"JRP|Ringier – We Make Books With Art", Daviet-Thery, Paris
"Nordiske spor", Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway (catalogue)
"Please Love Me", Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Breezer", Buia Gallery, New York
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|37|Basel, Basel
"Oslo Art Festival", Members Club/Prosjektskolen, Oslo
"Bound_less", Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger; Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri, Namsos (touring exhibition/the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design; catalogue)
"Super", FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (catalogue)

2005
"Yellow Pages" (with John Armleder & Team 404), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva; Kunsthalle Palazzo, Basel/Liestal; Turm Gallery, Helmstedt
"Pro 2005", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (catalogue)
"The Failure", Korridor, Berlin
"Gallery Artists", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
"Present Perfect!", T293, Naples
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|36|Basel, Basel
"ChangdonGo!", The National Art Studio, Seoul (catalogue)
"Prague Biennale 2", Karlin Hall, Prague (catalogue)
"Post Notes", Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Installation, Galleri MGM, ARCO, Madrid (catalogue)
"Bound_less", Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum - Eikaasgalleriet, Jølster; Trondarnes Distriktsmuseum, Harstad; Kulturkontoret, Eidsberg kommune; Grenselandmuseet, Kirkenes (touring exhibition/Riksutstillinger; catalogue)

2004
"Salong 100", Oslo
"None of the Above", The Swiss Institute, New York
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin (catalogue)
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|35|Basel, Basel (catalogue)
"Desidolize Now", Exposition internationale d'art contemporain Jeune Creation, Paris
"MixMax", Artsonje Center, Seoul (catalogue + booklet)

2003
"Høstutstillingen" (with Øystein Aasan), Kunstnernes Hus/Oslo Sentralstasjon, Oslo (catalogue)
"...it's Alive", Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|34|Basel, Basel
"Ideologia 2", Röda Sten, Gothenburg (catalogue)
"Southbound - Case Study of an Imaginary Community in Berlin", Spittelmarkt, Berlin (catalogue)

2002
"40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Fluxus Festival 2002, Wiesbaden
"Sliding Down the Surface of Things II", Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm
"o VER Station no.2/Passenger" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo

2001
"o VER Magazine" (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Oslo Kunsthall/The Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
"Sliding Down the Surface of Things", The Life Foundation, Stockholm
"Other Places", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen

2000
"XS", Temp, Bergen
"Form 2000" (touring exhibition), Norsk Form/Momentum Ekstra, Moss; Norsk Form, Rådhusplassen, Oslo; Tromsø Museum, Tromsø; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim (catalogue)


Curated Exhibitions

2008
Ten Raised to the Eighty-first Power, Galleri MGM, Oslo

2006–2007
Various projects, solo- and group exhibitions (Including solo exhibitions by Yngvild K. Rolland, Ilya Lipkin, Ingvild Langgård, Leigh Bridges, Mark Neufeld, Christina Peel; group exhibition Dødsstjerne with Ane Graff, Kine Lillestrøm, Lars Morell, Pushwagner and Jordan Wolfson; book presentation Neobiota – Fragments of Misunderstanding by Christine de la Garenne and Via Lewandowsky), Leif Magne Tangens, Skien, Norway

2005
Group Exhibition: "Hook-up (3 Curators/30 Days): Flicker!" (including Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Gustav Hellberg, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Deborah Ligorio, Marius Martinussen, Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, Lars Morell, Mark Neufeld, Jesper Nordahl, Kristofer Paetau & Ondrej Brody, Hanne Rivrud, Morten Schelde, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Eve K. Tremblay and Johan Zetterquist), Projekt 0047, Berlin

Group Exhibition: "Past/Present/Forever" (including Miriam Böhm, Michel de Broin, Andreas Dobler, Anders Eiebakke, Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Adad Hannah, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Jooyoung Lee, Gabriel Lester, Elizabeth Linden, Josefine Lyche, Lars Morell, Kristofer Paetau, Carissa Rodriguez, Kalle Runeson, Johan Thurfjell, Eve K. Tremblay and Jordan Wolfson), Buia Gallery, New York

Group Exhibition: "There is No Such Such Thing as the Real World" (curated by Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen, concept by Jan Christensen; including Edgar Bryan, Christian Holstad, Raymond Pettibon, Jack Pierson, Mindy Shapero and Jordan Wolfson), Galleri MGM, Oslo

2003
Group Exhibition: "Look Into the Future - and Understand Why" (including Ann Böttcher, Giorgio/Björn Arvidsson & Johan Ekdahl, Björn Hegardt, Maria Heimer Åkerlund, Karl Holmqvist, Y. Knott, Gunilla Klingberg, Runo Lagomarsino, Ola Pehrson and Fiona Tan), IASPIS Galleriet, Stockholm

2003
Group Exhibition: "Perfect Timeless Repetition" (including Ceal Floyer, Peter Friedl, Peter Geschwind, Liam Gillick, Sol LeWitt, Michel Majerus, Jonathan Monk and Rirkrit Tiravanija), c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2001
Torgeir Husevaag: "Stiff Neck", Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo

2000
Richard D. James: "Aphex Twin", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo

1999
Karl Fredrik Runeson: "Skulls and Bones", c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo


Grants, Prizes and Residencies

2007
Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, The Art Council of Korea, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Oslo
International Support Grant: Group Exhibition, Zürich. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo

2006
Grant, The Legacy of Forsberg and Aulie/Forsbergs og Aulies Legat, Oslo
Studio Residency, Skien Kommunes Kunstnerstipend, Skien (Norway)
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo

2005
International Support Grant: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou/Nantes (France)
2-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere - 2 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Dublin. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
International Support Grant: Prague Biennial 2. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York
Studio Residency, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
International Support Grant: Group show, New York. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo

2004
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds Prosjektstøtte, NBK, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Seoul. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, The International Studio Program of Changdong, The National Art Studio, Seoul
Grant, The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo
ASEF Cultural Grant, The Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
Studio Residency, Villa Arson, Nice

2003
Studio Residency, IASPIS, Stockholm
BKH's Art Prize/Høstutstillingsprisen (with Øystein Aasan), Høstutstillingen, Oslo
The Norwegian Shipping Foundation's Art Prize (with Øystein Aasan), Høstustillingen, Oslo
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
1-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere - 1 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
Studio Residency, Nordic Air: IASPIS, Stockholm. NIFCA, Helsinki
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo

2002
Exhibition Grant/Debutantstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo

2001
Grant/Utstyrstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki


Collections and Public Installations

2008
Private collection, Seoul

2007
Aker Kværner, Fornebu
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo

2006
Private collection, New York
"Blind Walls", public installation, Ghent
Private collection, New York
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Berlin
Sixty Hotel, Riccione
Private collection, San Diego
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
"Exit Basel", public installation. Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel

2005
Quality Hotel 11, Gothenburg
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Bogstad skole, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin

2004
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Lofoten/London

2003
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Berlin
Montblanc, Hamburg

2002
Site-specific installation. Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Oslo Kemnerkontor, Oslo

2001
Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd; Møre og Romsdal Fylkesgalleri, Molde