CV
Born
1967 in Denmark
Education
1997-00 Goldsmiths College, London
1994-97 Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Århus
1993-94 Århus Art School (Foundation Course)
1990-93 Århus School of Architecture
Solo exhibitions
2006
Emily Tsingou gallery, London
Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK
Helene Nyborg Contemporary, Copenhagen
2005
do ART gallery,Seoul, Korea
2004
EmilyTsingou gallery, London
Mirage, Galleri Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
2003
Snowdrifting, The Kiosk Project, London
2001
The Life of The Dying Swan, Gallery Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
White Shadows, installation & performance, Esbjerg Museum of Art, Denmark
2000
Der Sterbende Schwan, Gallery KUNST auf KAMPNAGEL, Hamburg
Jukebox, performance at Gallery Muu, Helsinki
Hvorfor blir det nat mor, three days performance, Gallery Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
1999
Castle, two weeks happening in a park, London
1998
The Dying swan, performance at Det Fynske Kunstakademis Udstillingssted, Odense
1997
Little Peter Spiderman III, performance & installation in rum 46, Århus
Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe", happening & installation in rum 46, Århus
Selected group exhibitions
2006
Shanghai Biennale 6, Shanghai Museum of Art, China
Papercut, Burry St Edmunds Art Gallery
Transit 2006, as a guest-exhibitor, Charlotenborg
Artificial Constructions and Systems, Glückstadt Kunstverein,
Helene Nyborg Contemporary, opening show, Copenhagen
2005
Superbia 2, Cork in Ireland, organized by Kerlin Gallery
FRIEZE art fair, London, Emily Tsingou gallery
To be continued, works on paper, Niels Stærk Contemporary art, Copenhagen
Højde bredde dybde, gallery Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
Vandspejl, exhibition in Frederiksberg Garden, Copenhagen organizer and artist,
Tell tail, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul Korea, paper works and performance
The City Rumble, Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
The Armory Show, Art Fair New York, represented by emily Tsingou gallery
2004
Kunstforum, Art Fair, Berlin, Gallery Koch & Kesslau
FRIEZE Art Fair, London, emily Tsingou gallery and gallery Koch & Kesslau
Hidden (hi)stories Galerie K & S, Berlin
Charlottenborgs efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen
Paper, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Monument, a public art exhibition in Copenhagen, Main Library and in public
2003
From Dust to Dusk, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, performance & installation
TURMSTURM, organizer and artist, Nikolaj,Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Amorph, performancefestival in Helsinki, interactive installation Palace of Dreams
NB – lad os modes, videoproject with Kenneth Balfelt, Ydre Nørrebro, Copenhagen
Ung Samtidskunst, Marineteknologisk center, Skagen
2002
Artgenda, Hamburg
Kunstparade, Copenhagen
2001
Masculinities, Nicolai Church, Copenhagen, performance & video
Barcelona Arte Contempereano, BAC, performance & installation, Barcelona
Videomanifesta, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen
Art Fair in Basel, Gallery Tommy Lund
Quality Street, Gallery Tommy Lund
ARTKINO, videoscreening at Frankfurt Art Fair
All the best, videoscreening at the LUX, London
Location, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, performance The Flying Swan & installation Family
2000
Assembly, London, installation Bridge
Konnektor Berlin, Berlin, performance Jukebox & To be – or not to be
Waterfront, Denmark and Sweden, Folding, Little Peter Spiderman & To be – or not to be
Art Forum, Art Fair in Berlin, Gallery Tommy Lund
Ylikierroksilla, performance project in Helsinki
Art Fair in Basel, Gallery Tommy Lund
Croma2, Inauguración Festival, Madrid, video projection So Cold
Summer Agglutinate 3 + 4, 291 Gallery, London, performance & video
Box Museum 2000, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, Handy & drawings
1999
Post-Ulu Gig, Singapore, videos Inside Out & Face to Face
The Last Show on Earth, London, performance Jukebox
Art Forum, Art Fair in Berlin, Gallery Tommy Lund
Performancefestival in Odense, performance Folding
Samtidskunstforum in Oslo, videoinstallation Johanne’s Cottage
The Sun was Shining Upside-down, Overgaden, Copenhagen
Cardiff Timebased Art Festival, performance Assurance
1998
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in Copenhagen, video Dreamdriving
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling in Århus, video Handy, Inside Out & To be – or not to be
Environmental, London, video Little Peter Spiderman I & I I
1997
View, Videotek in rum 46, Århus, video Action & So Cold
Performancefestival in Odense, video Lille Peter Spiderman & So Cold
Charlottenborgs Forårudstilling, Copenhagen, video Little Peter Spiderman I & I I
Scholarships, Grants and Residencies
2001
Sleipnir Travel Grant for research travel to the North of Norway
Århus Kommunes Kunstnerstipendium
2002
Nifca’s Artist Residency in Qaqortoq in Greenland
Travel Grant from De Bielkelske Legater
Sleipnir Travel Grant
Travel Grant from Dansk Metal
2003
Travel grant from Henny Sophie Clausen og møbelarkitekt Axel Clausens fond
2004
Working Grant from Statens Kunstfond, Denmark
2005
Grant from Kunstfonden af 1973
Selected Reviews, Articles and books
2006
Peter Callesen – selected works, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
2005
100 Future Greats, Art Review’s Top Emerging Artists, Art Review, December
Nacy Williams, More paperwork, Phaidon books, London, UK, p 120
Hans Christian Andersen: by artists from around the world, SolArc Publishing, Hertfordshire, UK
A. Marsh, Peter Callesen, Flash Art, March – April
M. Coomer, Peter Callesen, Time Out, Jan 19 – 26
H. Anderson, Peter Callesen: Paper Sculpture and Installation, Evening Standard Metro Life
2003
S. Kent, Peter Callesen / Kiosk, Time Out, Dec 3 – 10
P. Kyander, From Dust to Dusk, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
Public Collections
Malmo Art Museum, Malmo Sweden
MAT Charitable Foundation, New York, USA
Represented by
Emily Tsingou gallery
Charles II street
London SW1Y 4AA
tel: +44 (0) 20 78 39 53 20
www.emilytsingougallery.com
Helene Nyborg Contemporay
Carl Jacobsens Vej 16 opg. 6, 2.sal
2500 Valby, Denmark
Tel: +45 30 23 23 07
www.helenenyborg.com
Contact
Peter Callesen
Ved Linden 4. 3. tv.
DK-2300 København S
tel: +4533238707
e-mail: petercallesen@yahoo.com
www.petercallesen.com
