Nikolaj B.S. Larsen

EDUCATION
1999 – 2001 MA – Fine Art / Media, Slade School of Fine Art, London, England
1996 – 1999 BA(Hons.) – Fine Art / Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art, London, England
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
In Limbo, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal
2017 
QUICKSAND, Radio Broadcast on Resonance FM – Six Pillars Show
2016
End of Dreams, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Promised Land, Autograph ABP – Rivington Place, London
End of Dreams, SALT Galata, Istanbul
2014
End of Season, SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
Promised Land, Dilston Grove, London, England
2012
Promised Land, PiST///, Istanbul, Turkey
From the Edge, DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts), Dundee, Scotland
343 Perspectives, Peckham Platform, London, England
Promised Land, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
2010
Historier fra periferien /Tales From the Periphery, Øst for Paradis, Århus, Denmark
Do Not Use, Revolver Galeria, Lima, Peru
Rolling In, Volta NY, New York, USA
Contes de la peripherie, Maison du Danemark, Paris, France – and touring
2008 Control Wanted, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
2004 
Rising Floating Falling, Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Portrait in Time, The Central Theatre, Chatham, England and touring
2003
The Alchemy Project, Riverside Studios, London, England
2002
NBSL’S N.B.S.L., Transit Gallery, Belgium

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020
Transoceanexpress, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal
2019
Sink Without Trace, P21 Gallery, London, England
The Sensitive Sea, Fondation Frans Krajcberg, Paris, France
Press Play, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
ARISE, Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah, UAE
2018
Brave New World?, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway
Believe, MOCA, Toronto, Canada
Transit, KØS, Køge Denmark
There is Another Sky, Culture Park, Izmir, Turkey
Entrechats, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Powerful Tides, Historic Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, England
2017
The Absence of Paths, Tunisian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2017, Italy
Tension & Conflict, MAAT (Museum of Art Architecture Technology), Lisbon, Portugal
Islam, It’s also our History, Musée de l’Europe, Brussels, Belgium
A New World, Nivaagaard Collection, Nivå, Denmark
Somewhere Becoming Sea, Humber Street Gallery, Hull City of Culture 2017, England
Disappearance at Sea – Mare Nostrum, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
2016
Call me by my Name: Stories From Calais and Beyond, Migration Museum Project, London, England
EMAP Media Festival, Soeul, South Korea 
2015
The Water Knows All my Secrets, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA
Diep~Haven, Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven, England
Capturer l’éphémère, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris
Displacements, ExElettrofonica Gallery, Rome, Italy
Sharjah Biennial 12 – Official Film Programme, Sharjah, UAE
2014
Chassés-croisés, tours et détours autour du détroit, FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais
L’oiseau Volé, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris
Imagination of Matter, School House Gallery, York, England
Word. Sound. Power, Khoj, Kirkee, New Delhi, India
2013
Au-delà de cette frontière, votre ticket n’est plus valable, Le Pavillon Vendôme, Paris
Word. Sound. Power, Tate Modern, London, UK
Estuary, Museum of London – Docklands, UK
Freedom, Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany
2012
In Spite of it All, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Open the cage! – Animals in Contemporary Art, Sarah Bernard , Goussainville, France
B-Side Festival, Weymouth, England
Together, Trondheim Museum of Modern Art, Trondheim, Norway
2011
Thessaloniki Biennale 3, Thessaloniki, Greece
Looped, Salt Lake Art Centre, Utah, USA
Changing Stakes: Contemporary Art Dialogues With Dubai, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Folkstone Triennial 2011, Folkestone, England
Etape II, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
2010
The Human Condition, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
ARTE Video Night, Petit Palais, Paris, France also broadcast on ARTE TV
Je t’aime Infiniment, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Spacemakers, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
VIDEO XXI – Coleccion Lemaitre, Centro Fundacion Telefonica, Lima, Peru
Hjem til kunsten, Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
2009
Ca Sent le Sapin II, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Ny Krop,Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Green Factory, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Couleurs, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Between Tracks, The Badhaus, St.Gallen, Schweiz and The International 3, Manchester, UK
Sharjah Biennial 9, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
2008
Les Artistes du Nord, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Dark Matter, Fu-Xin Gallery, Shanghai, China
LUX [e], Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Running Time 24:00:00, Ralph Gleason Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA
Le fil du Calvaire, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Revolutions, The Uniersity Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, USA
2007
Etape 1, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris France
About Time2 – Danish and International Videoart, (curator and exhibiting artist), Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
The Jerusalem Show, Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
Distant Relations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
Obliterated Landscape, Matthew Brown Gallery, London, UK
Vertical, New Tendencies in Contemporary Visual Art, Barcelona, Spain
V | 07 Venice Video Art Fair, San Servolo’s Island, Venice, Italy
Denmark in War, Kunstbygningen i Vraa, Denmark
2006
Combine Matter, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, USA
100 Days, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Juste un Trait, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Art/X, UozuCultural Hall, Toyama, Japan
Une vision du monde, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Itchy Park III, Limehouse Town Hall, London, England
2005
No Place Like Home, Oslo International Film Festival, Norway
Art Cologne, William Morris Gallery, London, England.
Inflight Entertainment, Beaconsfield Gallery, London, England
About Time – Danish and International Videoart, (Curator and exhibiting artist), Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Change Your Life Here, Fine Arts Society Exhibition Hall, Sharjah, U.A.E.
Art Now, Sharjah Museum of Art, Sharjah, U.A.E.
Itchy Park, Limehouse Town Hall, London, England
Love and Light, Barking Town Centre, England
2004
Light Reading, No.w.here, Kingsgate Trust, London
The International Exchange Show, Times Square Gallery, New York City
Printemps De Septembre a Toulouse, TLT, Toulouse Television, France
fastforward04, Teaspace Gallery, London
In Three Weeks Time, Clapham Art Gallery, London
The Last Secretary, Limehouse Townhall, London
2003
N.B.S.L.E.T, Elenas Space, Athens, Greece
6th International Biennial, Sharjah, Museum of Modern Art, Sharjah, U.A.E.
Precursor, Century Gallery, London, England
2002
Hasta la Vista, The Mission, London, England
The Mind is a Horse, Bloomberg Space, London, England
Less is a Bore, Humans Need More, The Mission, London, England
SFG, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
2001
Presentness is Grace, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
Penny Dreadfuls, VTO Gallery, London, England
CLUB, Beaconsfield Gallery, touring exhibition, England
2000
New Contemporaries 2000, Touring exhibition, England/Scotland
Eject III, Dolan’s Warehouse. Limerick, Ireland
Macadamia, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England
LIDO, Brockwell Lido, London, England
210 x 297, Art House, Dublin, Ireland
1999
EXIT, Chisenhale Gallery, London, England
4th International Encounter, Chareville-Meziers, France
The Sun Was Shining Upside-Down, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark


RESIDENCIES

2014, Qwatz, Calabria, Italy
2012, PiST///, Istanbul, Turkey
2009, Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI), Santa Fe, USA
2006, Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2005, Sharjah Biennial 7’s Artist in Residence Programme
2003, Portrait in Time, Medway Council’s Residency Programme
2003, Choreodrome, The Place School of Dance (with Plire Multi Dance)
2002, Alchemy Project, BBC, London

COMMISSIONS

2013, Arise, Commissioned by Tate Modern for Word. Sound. Power. at Tate Modern and touring
2013, Portrait of a River, Commissioned by London Film and Video Umbrella and Museum of London for Estuary exhibition at Museum of London
2012. Reflections from Meriç, Danish Art Council & DR-K (Danish broadcasting corporation)
2012, 343 Perspectives, Peckham Platform, London, UK
2011, Ode to the Perished, commissioned by Thessaloniki Biennale 3
2010, Promised Land, commissioned by Folkestone Triennial
2010, Tales From the Periphery, commissioned by Århus Festuge, Århus, Denmark
2009/2010, Je t’aime infiniment, comissioned by CPH:DOX (DOX:LAB), Copenhagen, Denmark
2009, Tomorrow Everything is Possible, commissioned by Århus Festuge, Århus, Denmark
2009, Rendezvous, commissioned by Sharjah Biennial 9, Sharjah, UAE
2006, Journey (Neon), commissioned by Aalborg Sundheds CVU, Aalborg, Denmark
2005, Journey (Video), commissioned by Barking and Dagenham Arts Services
2004, Fade to Light, commissioned by No.w.here
2003, Flow, commissioned by Sustrans and the boroughs of Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton
2002, Alchemy Project, commissioned by the BBC, London

FUNDING, GRANTS, PRIZES

Sharjah Art Foundation – Production Grant (2015); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2015); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2014); Danish Art Council – Research Grant + Production Grant (2013); Danish Art Council – Research Grant + Production Grant (2012); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2012); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2011); Danish Art Council (2010); Danish Film Institute (2010); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2009); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2008); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2006); Danish Film Institute – Completion Grant (2006); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2005); Danish Art Council – Production Grant (2004); ACAVA First Base Studio Award (2001); AHRB Postgraduate Professional and Vocational Award (1999).

Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen’s work is represented in public and private collections in Denmark, England, France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Norway, United Arab Emirates and United States. Including Sharjah Art Foundation, U.A.E; Museum of London, UK; Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark.