MADS LYNNERUP
Born - 1976 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lives and works in Oakland, California
EDUCATION:
2008 - MFA Columbia University, New York City
2001 - BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
SOLO AND TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Transitions, Health, & Wellness, Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art, Buffalo New York
2018 Bird on a Shoulder, Minnesota Street Project (Atrium), San Francisco
Test Kitchen, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco
2017 What’s the Quatlity of Your Thoughts in this Moment (Addebdum) Kadist, San Francisco
2012 Help is on the Way, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2011 Promise the Moon, Playtype, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 The Entire Exhibition Will be Worn, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco
Flip Flop Ordinary, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2009 Take a Day for Yourself, Empac, Troy, New York
You Are the Artist You Figure it Out, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco
2008 If You See Anything Interesting, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2006 Atypical Everyday, Richmond Art Center, Oakland, California
2004 Something in Between, Bergstübl’ Projekte, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Introspections, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco (curatorial project)
Now Playing: Video Hits 1999-2019, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
FOKUS, Video Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Test Kitchen, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco
In Around Beyond, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco
2017 Option to the Death of Freedom, Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco
The Original Disruptor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
2016 Random Reading, FraenkelLAB, San Francisco
Mistaken Impresssions, Root Division, San Francisco
Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg , Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS.1, Book Project in collaboration with Colpa Press
Salón Boricua, El Cuadrado Gris; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Play, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University
Body Talk, di Rosa, Napa Valley, CA
2014 Site-Specific, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles
FOKUS, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunken Living Room, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, Connecticut
2013 In-Formal Abstraction, Art Amalgamated, New York
Citydance, Wattis Instittute, San Francisco
Ziegen, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
M PATH, The University Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
FOKUS, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 MTV Art Breaks, Creative Time & MoMA PS.1, New York
Funny, The Flag Art Foundation, New York
Active Presence, MARCO, Vigo Spain & Laboral, Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain
2011 Laughter, Analix Forever at Six Elizévir, Paris, France
Fernando, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, Connecticut
Museum Night, Museé Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 The Philosophy of Money, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Tumult, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
To the Road less Traveled, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cultural Olympiad, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Preconceived Iconography, Museum 52, New York
Pastiche - When a Tree Falls..., Sølyst Sculpture Park, Jyderup, Denmark
2009 TV TOWERS - 8.559 Meters Politics, Deutches Architecturmuseum, Frankfurt
Contemporary Culture, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
Die Welt als Bühne, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
AF09, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
The Studio Sessions, SFMOMA, San Francisco
Playing the City, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt,Germany
2008 Eye Sore, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eureka, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
U-TURN, Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Stop, Look and Listen, Hebert F, Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University), NY
Lost and Found City, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
Emergency Room, PS1 Contemporary Art, New York
All About Laughter, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Sampling Oakland, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Hot/Cold Summer Loving, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warszawa, Poland
Glitz, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), California
Undo Redo, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Regarding Treuth, Wattis Institute, San Francisco
Could Have Been the Summer, Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
ORTung 2005, Gallerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2005 Moving Target, Kluuvin Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Hong Kong Artist’s Biennale 2005, Hong Kong, China
Tomorrow Minus Five, Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan
Fog Food, De Young Art Museum, San Francisco
The Irreducible, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco
Traveled to: Miami Art Central, Bronx Museum, New York
2004 The California Biennial 2004, Orange County Museum of Art, California
Selected Videos, Foreign Cinema and Wattis Institute, San Francisco
2003 Grapefruit , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Bay Area Award , New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Introductions , Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco
Contempletation Room , Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Life Policies, ZDB Gallery, Lisabon, Portugal
No No, Ok Ok, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, San Jose, Californien (with Jon Rubin)
We are Waiting, Suite 106 Gallery, New York (with Chris Sollars)
Slowdive, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2001 NewFangle 2001, GenartSF, Presidio Exhibition Hall, San Francisco
We are Waiting , New Langton Arts, San Francisco (with Chris Sollars)
Friends, The Royal Academy of Art, Odense, Denmark (with Lasse Schmidt Hansen)
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Sehsüchte Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2000 Paladar, 7th Havana Biennial 2000, Havana, Cuba
Åbent Hus (Open House), Copenhagen, Denmark
Mobil Scene, Copenhagen, Denmark
Korrespondence, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 Bing Bang Bash, Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans
L.G.M.C. New York
Mano a Mano, Udveksling - Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND BIOGRAPHY:
2015 Everything Has Been Done, (Book), printed and published by Colpa Press, SF, Septermber, 2015
Holmes, Emily, The Artist May Not Be Present, (KQED Arts), August, 26, 2015
Pick Body Talk at di Rosa (SFAQ), July 28, 2015
Ferguson, Joe, Digital Technology & Disembodiment, (Sci Art in America) October, 27, 2015
2014 Pape, Camilla, På Lynnerups Massagebriks, Kunsten.nu, Feb. 22, 2014
2012 Ulrich, Matthias, 51 Artists, Playing the City Interviews - Sternberg Press (book)
Ryzik, Melena, (New York Times), “In nod to Past” March 30, 2012
2010 Reed, Aimee, (Daily Serving) March 4, 2010
2009 Helfand, Glen (ArtForum) Critics Pick/San Francisco, July 25, 2009
Baker, Kenneth, (San Francisco Chronicle), Januar 31, 2009
2008 Formsgaard, Pernille, (Børsen Magasin), (Page 28), December 11, 2008
Paterson, Liberty, (kopenhagen.dk) October 27, 2008
Bomsdorf, Clemens (ART, Das Kunstmagazine) September 7, 2008
Smith, Roberta, (New York Times), (Page E34) March 28, 2008
Cook, Rachel (ART LIES), March 23, 2008
Emmett, Angellam (glasstire.com) February
2007 Bijutsu, (Page 145)
Nuke Magazine, Vol. 59
2006 LeBeau, Eleanor (Art Papers) (Page 68), Westbrook, Lindsey (Artweek)
2005 Cotter, Holland, (New York Times), (Page B35), December 16, 2005
Baker, Kenneth, (San Francisco Chronicle), (Page 3) January 29, 2005
Markopoulos, Leigh, The Irreducible (Catalogue)
2004 Levin, Cary, The California Biennial 2004 (Catalogue)
2003 Kampman E., Tom (Magasinet Kunst), (Page 14- 17) September- October, 2003
In Time (Estonia Air Flight Magazine), July- August, 2003
Bing, Allison (ArtWeek), (Page 18) February, 2003
Carchik, Leah (San Francisco Chronicle) (Page D10), January 20, 2003
2002 Halpin, Mikki, (Seventeen Magazine) 17 Most Hottest Boys of the Summer
August Wilson, Michael, (Contemporary), (Page 47-48) June-August 2002
Cotter, Holland, (New York Times), (Page B29), April 5, 2002
RESIDENCIES:
2020 Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art
2018 Bass & Reiner, San Francisco
2012 ISCP, New York
2009 EMPAC, Troy, New York
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York
2008 SAIR, Jyderup, Denmark
2006 Headland Art Center, Sausalito, California
2005 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
ORTung, Salzburg, Austria
2004 Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, California
2003 Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2002 ZDB Gallery, Lisabon, Portugal
WORK IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Miami Art Museum, Florida
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
The San Jose Museum of Modern Art, San Jose, California
AWARDS:
2008 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, New York
2007 Leopold Schepp Foundation, New York
2005 Artadia, The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York/San Francisco
Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation, California
2003 Construct 3, Annual Installation Award for artists living in California
2002 The Bay Area Award 2002, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
2001 The New Genres Department, SFAI Honor Award, San Francisco
1999 Emily Carr Juried Exhibition Award, British Columbia
GRANTS:
2013 Statens Kunstfond Arbejdslegat
2008 Statens Kunstfond
2007 Augustinus Fonden
JL Fondet
Oticon Fonden
Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond
Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond
Danfoss Uddannelsesfond