Christian Falsnaes
B. 1980, Copenhagen, Denmark. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
EDUCATION
2005 - 2011 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
COLLABORATION, Andersen's, Copenhagen, DK
2021
FEAST, PSM, Berlin
Home #2 (with Frédéric Gies), The Royal Theater, Copenhagen, DK
2020
LOOK AT ME, Copenhagen Contemporary, DK
2018
Force, Kunstmuseen Krefeld - Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, DE
Video Artist, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, DE
Self, PSM, Berlin, DE
ICON, Andersen's, Copenhagen, DK
2017
Rise, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE
Stage, U-Turn, arteBA, Buenos Aires, AR
2016
Front, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, AZ
Thousand Faces, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
First, 1646, The Hague, NL
2015
Many, Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires, AR
Available, Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE
Front (Kareth Schaffer), KIOSK, Ghent, BE
The title is your name, Bielefelder Kunstverein, DE
2014
Performance Works, PSM, Berlin, DE
Justified Beliefs, Art Basel Statements, Basel, CH
2013
Opening, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
One, DREI, Cologne, DE
2011
ELIXIR, PSM, Berlin, DE
2010
There and Back, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden, SE
2008
Rational Animal, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, AT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS, PERFORMANCES (SELECTED)
2023
Kill the light, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
Moviment, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Skulpurtriennale Bingen, Bingen, DE
2022
Battle Cry, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, DE
Clown’s kingdom, Le Bicolore, Paris, FR
Art & Audience, Heartland Festival, Egeskov, DK
2021
Sustainable Societies for the Future, Malmö Konstmuseum, SE
Von Erde schöner, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, DE
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, DK
Die ganze Wahrheit, Petra Martinetz, Cologne, DE
2020
Me, Family, MUDAM, Luxembourg, LU
State of the arts, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
2019
Stance & Fall - A Wavering World, Marta Herford, Herford, DE
The Stage is Yours, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Protests, Proclamations and Celebrations, UCONN Contemporary Art Galleries, Connecticut, US
Body in Progress, Österreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin, DE
Whiteout, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, DE
OpenART Biennale, Örebro, SE
2018
Prospectif Cinéma, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Resistance, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, BE
I follow you to the sun, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, AT
Perfuch, UVeStudios, Buenos Aires, AR
Fall, The Royal Theater, Copenhagen, DK
Fake it Till You Make it, MeetFactory, Praque, CZ
Dislexia, El Gran Vidrio, Córdoba, AR
Doing Things with Words, Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE
2017
Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, UKR
Future Generation Art Prize, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
Bienal de Performance BP.17, Buenos Aires, AR
Cool, Calm and collected, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, DK
Portfolio Berlin 03, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE
Conditions of Political Choreography, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE
Sæt pris på kunsten, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK
Instructions for happiness, 21'er Haus - Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, AT
Duet with artist, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
Dejima - concepts of in- and exclusion, GAK, Bremen, DE
Fun and Fury, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH
News at last, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Conditions of Political Choreography, CCA, Tel Aviv, ISR
20 Years, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
The gestural, 21'er Haus - Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, AT
Head to Head, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
Today's Art Festival, The Hague, NL
Take Up Your Space, KAI10 / Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, DE
Manifesta 11, Zurich, CH
Im Raum mit, BNKR, Munich, DE
Stellung nehmen, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, DE
2015
Preis der Nationalgalerie 2015, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, DE
Political Populism, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
Expanding the field of play, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
The city is the star, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, DE
Reset I - Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, DE
History is a warm gun, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DE
Life in a Castle. Works from the Collection, Musée départemental d'art contemporain, Rochechouart, FR
Per4m, Artissima, Torino, IT
European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, DE
Destination Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
More Konzeption conception now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
The Lulennial - a slight gestuary, Lulu, Mexico City, MEX
30 + 30 retro/ perspektiv, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, DE
2014
Reykjavik Dance Festival, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, ISL
Public, Art Basel Miami Beach, US
Performance proletarians, MAGASIN - Centre National d’art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR
Vertigo of reality, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
Vor Ort, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, DE
Is it Y(ours)?, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, CH
Now and again – Performance for video, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Ihre Geschichte(n), Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE
Gelatin - Stop - Anna Ly Sing - Stop, Schinkel Pavillion, Berlin, DE
Grundfrage (Question Fondamentale), Crac Alsace, Altkirch, FR
Regionalismus, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT
Enten/Eller, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, DK
Entweder/oder, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, DE
2012
Immer Bunter – Aktuelle Malerei aus Österreich, Galerie im Taxis Palais, Innsbruck, AT
Realness Respect, Kunstverein Medienturn, Graz, AT
Catch a glimpse of me, W139, Amsterdam, NL
Regionale12, Festival for contemporary art, Austria, AT
2011
REGRESS-PROGRESS, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
ACTS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK
Performance as lecture, Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna, AT
Sequences Real time Art Festival, Reykjavik, ISL
2010
Speak & Spell - curated by Spike Art Quarterly, COCO, Vienna, AT
2008
International Prize for Performance, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, IT