BERIT NØRGAARD, born 1973
Visual Artist
Works and lives in Copenhagen, DK.
Nærvær, nye handlemåder og spontane udvekslinger i hverdagens rum. Alt det vi er villige til at dele.
Presence, new ways of acting and spontaneous exchanges in everyday life. All that each of us are willing to share.
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENTS
2002-03 Critical Studies, Malmö Art Academy/Rooseum, SE
1996-01 The Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, DK
2012-2022
Head of Høje-Taastrup Billedskole (Art School for children)
2006-2012
Artist in residence at Rigshospitalet. Initiating the art project and magazine ‘Unge Tanker’ in collaboration with young patients age 12-20.
1997 – 2001
Board member of the artist run exhibitionspace rum46, Studsgade, 8000
Aarhus, DK. www.rum46.dk
SELECTED ART PROJECTS
2023
Stakåndet frihed, KunstKiosk, Samsø, DK
Merchandise, Memorabilia og Moneter, Skjold Contemporary, Cph, DK
Amazing Nature, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, DK
2022
Vores Tæppe, Børne- og Kulturhuset i Høje-Taastrup, DK
2020-2021
Forest Documents, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, DK
PERFORMANCErum, Århus, DK
2013-2020
‘Sig det som det er’, Cool’n Cozy, Copenhagen, DK
Gruppeudstilling, Taastrup Kulturcenter, DK
Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen, DK
‘Reform’, curated by Publik, Kunsthall C and Landmark, Scandinavia.
2012
‘Are you thinking what I am thinking?’, Copenhagen Art festival, DK
‘Øvelser’, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, DK
2011
‘Labour of Love, Revisted’, Seoul, ROK
‘LokalGlobalPlan’, Vanløse, DK
‘Open Engagement’, Portland, US
‘Alt_Cph11 Encounters’, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, DK
2010
‘Open Engagement’, Portland, USA
‘VERSION10N: Territories’, ZHOU B Center, Chicago,IL
‘Odense Kunsthal’, Odense, DK
‘Analog hacking’, at librarys of Copenhagen, DK
2009
‘Hvis jeg kan, så kan du også!’, Koh-i-Noor, Copenhagen, DK
‘If I can do it, you can do it too’, West Chicago City Museum, USA
’Unge tanker’. A collaboration with hospitalized teenagers, DK
2008
’BLIKFANG’, Roarsvej, Copenhagen; DK
‘IEG’, Zero 1, San Jose, Californien, US
’Unge tanker’. A collaboration with hospitalized teenagers, DK
2007
’Open Engagement, – Art after aesthic distance’. Regina, CA
‘– fordi du fortjener det!’ Organized in collaboration with
Katarina Stenbeck, Copenhagen, DK
‘Censor at Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling’, Århus, DK
’The Dog Ate My Homework’, artwurl.org, NY
’The Book Amnesty Service’, Salford Local Library, Manchester, UK
’Unge tanker’. A collaboration with hospitalized teenagers, DK
2006
’Rösta fenster’, rum46, Århus, DK
’Husker du?’, public space, Viborg, DK
’Unge tanker’. A collaboration with hospitalized teenagers, DK
’The Book Amnesty Service’, Vesterbro Local Library, Copenhagen, DK
2005
’Basale Behov’, Neotribes i rum46, Århus, DK
2004
’around YOU’, Cafe Kiasma, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Hel, FI
‘Ekstra ordinær’, Q, Copenhagen, DK
2003
‘Cztery Elementry’, Warszawa, PO
’Støj’, Brænderigården, Viborg, DK
’Den eksotiske hverdag’, TDC, Aarhus, DK
2002 – 2003
Initiated the exhibition project NB! – lad os mødes, Ydre Nørrebro,
Copenhagen, DK in collaboration with arthistorian Helene Ø. Jakobsen.
2002
‘NB! – lad os mødes’, Ydre Nørrebro, Copenhagen, DK
’Artgenda’, Hamburg, Germany, GE
’Digitalent’, Nonstop video, Aarhus, DK
2001
’InvestingART’. Danske Bank, Aarhus, DK
’Afgang 2001’. Degree Show, Aarhus, DK
’Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling’. Aarhus, DK
’Videoudadtil’. Videoexhibition in windows, Aarhus; DK
1997 – 2001
Board member of the artist run exhibitionspace rum46, Studsgade, 8000
Aarhus, DK. www.rum46.dk
TEACHING/TALKS
2024
Under overfladen, Kulturkaptajner, Sorø Kommune, DK
Sygt Stærk, Egmontfonden, Copenhagen, DK
2023
Share your artistic expertise. Initiator & mentor, BKF, Copenhagen, DK
Workshops for children in different settings e.g. libraries, Museum, DK
2012-2022
Head of and teacher at Høje-Taastrup Billedskole
2011
Workshop, Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, DK
Workshop, Ærø Kunsthøjskole, DK
External examiner at Funen Art Academy’s Student Show, Odense, DK
Street Art, workshop at Viborg Amtsgymnasium, Viborg, DK
Talk, Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2010
Workshop in collaboration with Nis Rømer, Brænderigården/Kulturprinsen, Viborg, DK
Workshop, Ærø Kunsthøjskole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2009
Workshops, Ærø Kunsthøjskole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2008
Workshops. Ærø Kunsthøjskole, DK
Workshop BGK, Vordingborg, DK
Contemporary Art, Grafisk Teknisk Skole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2007
Talk, Gallery Bureau, Manchester, UK
Contemporary Art, Grafisk Teknisk Skole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2006
Workshop with kids. Kulturprinsen, Viborg, DK
Talk. The main library of Århus, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2005
Talk. Sociologisk institut, København
Workshops for kids. Schools in Copenhagen, DK
Contemporary Art, Grafisk Teknisk Skole, DK
Contemporary Art, Taastrup Art school for kids, DK
2004
Talk, Maa School, Helsinki, FI
2003
Talk + Studio visits, The Art Academy of Jutland, DK
2002
Workshop, Ærø Kunsthøjskole.
2001
Talk, Institute of Arthistory, Århus, DK
Workshop,Egmont Højskole, DK
Talk, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK
1999
Workshop, Krabbesholm Højskole, DK
1998
Workshop, Ærø Kunsthøjskole, DK
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2022
Statens Kunstfond, project grant
2021
Lærerstandens Brandforsikring, project grant
2011
Statens Kunstfond, working grant
Kunstrådets Internationale Billedkunstudvalg, Travel grant
Edith og Gotfred Kirk Christiansens Fond, project grant
2010
Trygfonden, project grant
2009
Kunstrådets Billedkunstudvalg, project grant
People Made Visible, Residency in West Chicago, US
2008
Kunstrådets Billedkunstudvalg, project grant
2007
Kunstrådets Internationale Billedkunstudvalg, travel grant.
2006
Trygfonden, Project grant
Kunstrådets Billedkunstudvalg, project grant
2005
Kunststyrelsens Fagudvalg for Billedkunst, project grant.
Sleipnir travel grant
2004
Nordic AiR NIFCA residency, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FI
Kunststyrelsens Fagudvalg for Billedkunst, project grant
2003
Kunststyrelsens Fagudvalg for Billedkunst, project grant
2001
The Academy of Fine Arts, Jutland, travel grant.