CV - LARS MATHISEN

Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Education: BA in History, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.


Selected solo exhibitions

2003 On/Off The Beaten Track, I-N-K, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2001 Off The Beaten Track, ISCP, New York, USA
2000 Happiness & Misery, extended version, OVERGADEN, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1999 Happiness & Misery Ridehuset, ArtCrash, Århus.
Safe Condition, Live Play Act. Museum of Contemporary Art, Århus, Denmark.
1997 Negotiation, The Experimental Home, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
1996 The Only Thing That Makes Reality, Is You. Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1995 Safe Condition, Live Play Act. Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden.
1994 Private Eye, 4. Copenhagen Film+Video Festival, Denmark.


Selected group exhibitions

2004 Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Momentum 04, Moss, Norway.
Push the envelope!, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany.
2003 Sound of Video, LAB, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2000 Shoot. Malmö Art Museum, Sweden.
1999 Out of Focus, Rhizom, Århus, Denmark.
1997 EXOGEN. Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1996 Tidsanden 3. Malmö Art Museum, Sweden.
Electronic Undercurrents. Museum of Modern Art. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Compartments/Escape Attempts. GLOBE, Copenhagen/Christiania, Denmark.
Status 2. Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark..


Selected video works

2004 Safe Condition, Document in the Past Perfect (1994-2004)
2003 On/Off The Beaten Track
2002 Roof (work in progress)
Landscape/Landslide (work in progress)
Downhill Thoreau (work in progress)
2000 You Don’t Know What Love Is.
1999 Happiness & Misery.
1997 Safe Condition, Negotiation.
1996 Safe Condition, Once a Family Affair.
Escape Attempts
1995 Safe Condition, Live Play Act


Lectures

The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen 1996-2004.
The Art Academy of Fyen 1996 & 2000.
Aarhus University, Århus 1997.
The Art Academy of Jutland 1997 & 1999.


Grants

The Danish Arts Foundation, The Fellows of The Royal Danish Academy, The Danish Contemporary Art Foundation, The Development Foundation of The Danish Cultural Ministry, The Danish Centre for Culture and Development, The Danish Minestry of Foreign Affairs, Knud Højgaards Foundation.


Represented

AROS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Århus, Denmark.
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden.
National Film Board of Denmark
Private colections.