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HENRIK OLESEN
Born in 1967, Esbjerg, Denmark
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION
1989-96
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995-1997
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
1996
DAAD Scholarship, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Buchholz, New York, NY
2018
‘6 or 7 new works’, Chantal Crousel, Parigi
‘Henrik Olesen’, Cabinet, London, UK
‘Hey Panopticon! Hey Asymmetry!’, Schinkel Pavillion, Berlin, Germany
2017
‘The Euphoria of Turin’, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, IT
2016
‘Henrik Olesen:The Walk’, The Wattis Institute, California, USA
‘Henrik Olesen’, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, USA
‘Henrik Olesen’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, New York, USA
2014
‘Henrik Olesen – Companion Species’, Galerie Deborah Schamoni, Munich, Germany
‘Henrik Olesen’, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2013
‘Hysterical Man’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2012
‘Wolgang Hahn Prize’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2011
Solo Show at Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
‘Hölle’, Galerie Buchholz, New York, USA
33ª Bienal de São Paulo, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavillon, Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brasil
‘In The Reading Room of Hell’, galleria AplusA, Venice, IT
‘Stories of Almost Everyone’, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2017
‘Cosmic Communities: Coming out Into Outer Space- Homofuturism, Applied Psychedelia &Magic Connectivity’, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, New York, USA
2016
32. Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
‘The Keeper’, New Museum, New York, USA
‘Accrochage’, Punta della Dogana – Pinault Foundation, Venice, Italy
‘L’image volée’, curated by Thomas Demand, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
2015
‘Slip of the Tongue’, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
‘Family’, in: ‘Magazine’, ‘Sexuality’ Issue, Berlin, 2010/11
Sharp, Chris, ‘Henrik Olesen’, ArtReview, Issue 49, April 2011, p. 123
Hermansen, Tom, ‘Henrik Olesen – Malmö Konsthall’, Artforum, April 2011
Robinson, Walter, ‘Me Robot’, artnet.com, February 13, 2011
‘Henrik Olesen’, Kunst Bulletin, July – August 2011, p. 62
Dietrich, Nikola / Fabricius, Jacob, ‘To Make a Room of One’s Own – An Introductions’, exh. cat. How Do I Make Myself A Body, Malmö Kunsthall and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Hatje Cantz, 2011, pp. 7-9
Larsen, Lars Bang, ‘On Striking and Body Making’, exh. cat. How Do I Make Myself A Body’, Malmö Kunsthall and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Hatje Cantz, 2011, pp. 14-25
Hopf, Judith, ‘Contrat Entre Les Hommes Et Les Ordinateurs’, exh. cat. How Do I Make Myself A Body, Malmö Kunsthall and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Hatje Cantz, 2011, p. 26-27
Müller, Ariane, ‘U as in One’, exh. cat. How Do I Make Myself A Body, Malmö Kunsthall and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Hatje Cantz, 2011, pp. 80-85
‘To Have Done With The Judgment Of God’, A Radio Play by Antonin Artaud, 1947, 2011
2010
Evers, Elodie, ‘Henrik Olesen’, exh. cat. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, 2010, pp. 94-101
McKenzie, Robert, ‘Please cremate my body. Loathing’, May, No. 5, October 2010, pp. 119-133
Rhomberg, Kathrin, ‘Berlin Biennale 2010 – Oranienplatz 17’, Kunstforum, Vol. 203, Juli – September 2010, pp. 98 – 99
‘7×14 Silberkuppe in Kur’, exh. cat. Silberkuppe – Under one umbrella, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, 2010, pp. 84 – 99
Delille, Damien, ‘Une histoire de la folle’, Kaiserin, Issue 07, Primo Semestre 2010, pp. 84-89
‘Henrik Olesen’, exh. cat. 6. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, 2010