b. 1992 in Aarhus, Denmark
Lives and work in Copenhagen, Denmark
Graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2022. He also has a background as a DJ and a degree in Music Management from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC). In his performances, installations and sculptures, he examines identity among his own generation and explores the role of popular culture and technology in determining our experience of community and freedom.
Esben Weile Kjær has had several solo shows, including at Kunstforeningen GL STRAND and at Copenhagen Contemporary, and has shown his works internationally at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Mumok in Vienna and Berghain in Berlin.
Solar System, Kunsten, Aalborg, 2024. Photo by David Stjernfelt
TRAUMA, Berlin, Germany, 2024
GRAVITY!
GRAVITY!. Installation on Heartland Festival 2024. Photo by Anne Mie Bak
GRAVITY!. Installation on Heartland Festival 2024. Photo by Anne Mie Bak
Esben Weile Kjær, BUTTERFLY!, Arken, 2023 (Photo credit: Frida Gregersen)
BUTTERFLY! (2023) Photo credit: Betty Krag
Another Surrealism, Museum Sønderjylland (2023) Photo credit: David Stjernholm
HYPER!, Miami, Florida (2022)
HARDCORE FREEDON REVISITED, Zeller Van Almsick, Vienna (2021)
Mirror, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2022)
Esben Weile Kjær, Hardcore Freedom, 2020 (Photo credit: David Stjernholm)
Complete Collapse, Andersen’s Contemporary (2022) Photo Credit: Malle Madsen
Collider, Ny Carlsbergfondet (2022) Photo credit: Betty Krag
Esben Weile Kjær, Power Play, 2020 (Photo credit: Tobias Valentin)
Julian Luxford - Fuck-doll (Floating Signifier), CHART Art Fair (2021) Photo credit: Malle Madsen
Social Space, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (2021) Photo credit: David Stjernholm
Esben Weile Kjær, Pride is Temporary, 2019 (Photo credit: Linus Muellerschoen)
Esben Weile Kjær & Anna Weile Kjær, Over-existing, 2020 (Photo credit: David Stjernholm)
Esben Weile Kjær, Campaign, 2020 (Photo credit: Casper Sejersen)