CV
Born
Artist, born in Denmark in 1966, lives in Bjæverskov outside Copenhagen
Education
2000-01 MA Art History (Twentieth Century) at Goldsmiths College, London
1997-00 BA in Fine Art and Critical Theory at Goldsmiths College, London
Have a degree in marketing and have worked 11 years with sales and marketing planning.
Projects and Exhibitions – Coming Up
2008-9
Forms of living – a challenging of arcitectural programming in living units, curated by Kenneth A. Balfelt
2008
Dad Behind Bars, exhibition project with teenagers in connection with the exhibition “Art Behind Bars” curated by Kirsten Hegler and Kunstmuseet Køge Skitse Samling
2008
Ellemarken – Modernistisk Order, public art project, curated by Kit Kjærby and Kunstmuseet Køge Skitse Samling
2006-9
Dugnad Centret, Design and content of Drug Users Community and Conflict Solution Centre, Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Curated by Dugnad
2006-8
Karriere Bar, Price Structure – Guest Structure, water fountaine from Mændenes Hjem, Kady Juice and Toureg waiter, art projects for the interior and function of a new bar in Copenhagen, curated by Jeppe Hein, Lærke Hein and Peter Eriksen
2007-8
Development of art plan for the development a part of Copenhagen (harbour area), Attillerivej Syd with landscape architects Schønherr and NCC
2007-2012
Culture, sport and library facilities for Halden Prison in Norway, proposal for artistic and interior program, Utsmykkingsfondet for offentlige bygg Oslo and The Prison Authority of Norway
2007-
Rehabilitation project and empowerment of prisoners in Prison Civile Agadez, Agadez, Niger
2005-8
“Place de la Fleur”, permanent public square social sculptures, Loirent, France, curated by the city administration and Christian Busnel Directeur Général du Développement Culturel, with Jeppe Hein
Projects and exhibitions
2007-8
Køge Søndre Havn, culture plan for urban development of the southern harbour front of Køge, arranged by Køge Kommune and Kunstmuseet Køge Skitsesamling
2006-7
Fisken – About making a difference, Community project with young immigrant youngsters to DIY renovate and define the youth club ‘Fisken’ in Copenhagen
2007
Gandhi+ Festival, Vanløse Kulturhus, Community project
2002-7
Radical Horizontality – Interior Design of Hostel for Homeless (Mændenes Hjem), Copenhagen, with Fos, Charlott Karlsson and Helle Gade Jensen
2007
Stay With Me (video documentary about The Injection Room Project), “Seja Marginal, Seja Herói *(Be Marginal, Be a Hero)”, chosen by Danger Museum and curated by Sebastian Ramirez, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, England
2006
Café Heimdal – Here you can find shadow, part of Sid Ned, community project about the redevelopment of an area of Copenhagen called Mimersgade, curated by Christian Skovbjerg
2006
Pardon my freedom – inlay in the Danish immigrant debate, dvd projection for street gallery AirPlay, Copenhagen
2005
“Danish – Framing the Future of Design”, Documentation of " Radical Horizontality – Interior Design of Hostel for Homeless (Mændenes Hjem)", Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen and Felleshuset, Berlin, curated by Henrik Most, group show
2005 Modes of Action, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Hanne Mugaas, group show
2005 Hello Society, Documentation of " Video Workshop for Homeless and TV broadcast – Empty Offices vs. Homeless "Spring Exhibition, Fotogalleriet, Olso, Norway, curated by Hanne Mugaas
2004-5 New School, class room interior design/re-structuring and local public art projects with pupils, Copenhagen
2004-5 Städtische Zirkulationen (Urban Cirkulation), Lichtenberg, curated by Judith Schwarzbart, Berlin, Part of Urban Art Stories, Public Art Project
2005 Berlin – Alexanderplatz, curated by Petra Reichensperger, Part of Urban Art Stories, Public Art Project
2004 Platform 2 – Strategies for Public and Social Spaces, Charlottenborgs Efterårsudstilling 2004, installation and public poster, with Fos, group show
2004 Injection Room Project, Exhibition of new purchases of Malmo Konstmuseum, Sweden, group show
2004 No One Can Wake Up, “Berlin North – A Place to Stay”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, with Lasse Lau, group show
2003 Interior design process project for the Libraries for kids in Santa Marta and Mangueira de Botafogo favelas in Rio de Janeiro. In co-operation with the NGO ciespi and residents of the favelas, Rio de Janeiro, Public Art Project
2003 Permanent installation at Køge Skitse Samling (National Museum for Sketches and Models), documentation of The Injection Room Project as part of the permanent collection.
2002-3 Video Workshop for Homeless and TV broadcast – Empty Offices vs. Homeless, part of ‘NB – Lad os mødes’ (lets meet) curated by B. Nørgaard and H. Ollegaard, Norrebro, Copenhagen, public art project with Peter Callesen, Mia S. Mortensen, Steen Flemming Hansen and Michael J. Christensen
2002-3 Follow-up on “Beskyttelsesrum – Fixerum til narkomaner” (see below): meetings with right wing MP’s and Ministry of Health to influence them about legalising Injection Rooms for drug addicts
2002 Design of archive for “Contributions from The Venice Biennale” with Fos, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2002 Design of FutureArchive with Fos at Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
Beskyttelsesrum – Fixerum til narkomaner(a 1:1 model of an Injection Room for Drug Addicts with nurses), Contemplation Room, Copenhagen City/Overgaden Gallery,public art project
The ZDB Skills Archive, Life Policies, Ze Dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon, group show
2000 The Corner Shop Project – Redesign of and arrange events in the shop, a community art project curated by Kenneth A. Balfelt with Stefan Saffer, Amy Plant, Jeppe Hein, Hester Oerlemans, Cecillie Gravesen/Julie L. Boserup/Rasmus Helles
2001 Layout of Seminars with Fos: The seminar “Art’s Potential” at Brandts Kldefabrik and the seminar “Art & Business” at Danish Contemporary Art Foundation
“Vague but True”, Arnolfini Gallery, U.K., and RealART Space, Ireland, video group shows
2000 Research for ‘The Corner Shop Project’, Degree Show at Goldsmiths College
OfficeHours, Whitechapel, London, group show
The Future is Now!: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, as part of the exhibition ’Vision and Reality
Spain, Gallery Rum46, Aarhus, Denmark, group show
non stop opening, Ze Dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon, group show
ArtCinema 2000, Stalke Gallery, ArtFair Frankfurt, Germany, video program
“Vague but True”, Gallery Asbaek, Denmark, video group show
Stockholm Art Fair, Artspace 1%, Sweden, video program
Art Sem, www.artsem.org, group show on the internet
1999 non stop opening, London, U.K., group show
Charlottenborgs Spring Exhibition 1999, group show
The New Beetle, Skive High Street in Denmark, performance
Cardiff Art in Time Festival, Wales, U.K.
Stockholm Art Fair, Artspace 1%, Sweden, The Danish Videoprogram
Gallery FLAP, Berlin, group show
1998 BonBon marketing presentation, Denmark, Kunstakademiets udstillingssted, solo show
Galleri 54, Goteborg, Sweden with Jeppe Hein
1997 Gallery “rum 46”, Aarhus, Denmark, Memory and functionality with Jeppe Hein
Charlottenborgs Spring Exhibition 1997, Denmark, group show
Represented
Represented at Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden, Køge Skitse Samling (National Museum of Sketches) and Malmo Konstmuseum, Sweden
Bibliography
24/12-2007
Information, Næstekærlighed som kunstnerisk strategi, by Matthias Hvass Borello
Dec 2007 #20
AFART, Det offentlige rum, Deltagelse som kunstnerisk tilnærmelse, by Matthias Hvass Borello
2007
Future Archive, There’s Gonna Be Some Trouble, The Five Year Rooseum Book 2001-2006
17-23.11.2006
The Copenhagen Post, Bar Sign Project is a Sign of Better Times, by Jane Graham
10.11.2006
Urban, Indvandrer hjælper bodega, Katrine I. Sonne
9.11.2006
DR P4 København, Usædvanligt møde på Nørrebro, af Karen Albertsen
- 3 Sep2006
Social Politik, Design för hemlösa, af Daniel Kärrman
26.08.2006
Politiken, Et kunstnerisk kvarterløft, af Birger Thøgersen
14.06.2006
Vesterbro Bladet, Sundhedsrum til debat/Sundhedsrum må vente, af June Thomsen
27.05.2006
Jyllands-Posten, Fixerum spitter Vesterbro, af Jamilla Sophie Alvi and Rune Skyum-Nielsen
Nr. 2/feb 2006
art – das kunstmagazin, Designer-Streit, by Clemens Bomsdorf
1/12-2005
TV2Lorry, ‘Ballade i Dansk Design Center’ by Pernille Werner Madsen
1/12-2005
DR P2 Kunstmagasinet, censur på Dansk Design Center, Ed. Michael Thouber
2005
The Making of Alex. Berlin Alexanderplatz. Urban Art Stories. Öffentlicher Raum, Berlin (30 April – 16 Mai 2005), Hildtrut Ebert, Sarah Quigley, Petra Schröck, Petra Reichensperger, Eva Baumert, Thiebaut de Ruyter, Max Glauner, revolver verlag
2005
‘Injection Room in Athens’, by Nayia Yiakoumaki in “Curating”: Opinions on curatorial activity, 9+1 unrealised projects, Ed. Elpida Karaba, Futura, GAP Files #1
3/10-2005
Politiken, Den politiske (film)scene af Lotte Grove and Lise Bach Hansen
Fall 05. 11. årg. nr. 21
Kulturo –Tidsskrift for moderne kultur, Nærumsspyk polamuk: På herberget Mændenes Hjem, af Anders Jerking
12/4-2005
Dagsavisen (Norway), Fotobasert samfunnskritikk, by Nina Marie Haugen
23/2-2005
DR P2 Dagens Gæst, questions for Kenneth A. Balfelt by Michael Thober
17/2-2005
DR P2 Kunstmagasinet, “Kunst og Politik”, interview of Ellen Nyman and Kenneth A. Balfelt by Michael Thober
15/2-2005
DR2 Tematirsdag, “Kunsten går i action – Kan kunst ændre verden?”, by Jakob Heick
15/2-2005
DR Kulturnyt P2 12.30 and P1 19.00, “Kunst og Politik”, interview of art critic Torben Weirup and Kenneth A. Balfelt by Tore Leifer
- vol XVIII 2004
Nordic Reach, “Shelter from the storm:: A different kind of design hotel” by David Bartel
28/10-2004
Berlingske Tidende, “Kunstnere som socialarbejdere”, by Kristoffer Zøllner
10/10-2004
Politiken, “Kunstnere som sociale oversættere – Kunst der ligner indretningsdesign, men som er socialarbejde. Et projekt på Mændenes Hjem giver samfundets udstødte et mere værdigt liv” by Lise Blom
9/9-2004
Urban, “Ny stil på herberget” by Katrine Irmiinger Sonne
July 2004
The book: “Monument, Modstande og dialog omkring kunsten i det offentlige rum” (resistance and dialogue around art in the public space) by Maria Gadegaard
No. 43 2004
Øjeblikket, “Navigation i et udvidet operationsfelt – Når en billedkunstner kuraterer – en kommentar og et par eksempler” by Kristine Agergaard
2003
“Om antologiens tematik” in the book “Fra Verden til Navlen. Kunstens Funktion” Af Simon Laumann Jørgensen, Published by Forlaget Philosophia
17/5-2003
Interview by XARCH at http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/proj/notitle/interview.pdf - Oct 2003
Bkf-Bladet, “Et fælles rum for organisk tænkning”, Ed. Sanne Fandrup
3/03
Springerin “Functional, not activist – An interview with the Danish artistKenneth A. Balfelt about a social project he initiated” by Lars Bang Larsen, (http://www.springerin.at/dyn/heft.php?id=36&pos=0&textid=0〈=en in the main section)
12/2-2003
Kristeligt Dagblad, “Susanne savner et fixerum” af Karin Dahl Hansen
20/10-2002
Vesterbro TV kl. 23.00
15/10-2002
Vesterbro TV kl. 20.00
16/8-2002
TV2 Lorry Nyhederne 19.30
15/8-2002
BT, “Til Halmbal paa Stenbroen”, by Linette Jespersen
14/8-2002
TV Danmark 2 Lokal Rapporten, 17.30
20/8-2002
Vesterbro Lokal TV
12/8-2002
Hjemloses Radio, 12-13.00
12/8-2002
DR P1 Indblik, 6.45 and 16.10
Aug-Sep 2002
Hus Forbi nr. 22, “Fixerum ja tak” by editor Karen Pedersen og “Omsorg for samfundet” af Karen Pedersen
August 2002
DR Web discussion, www.dr.dk/p1/indblik/debat.asp?action=showcomment&id=395
2/8-2002
TV2 Nyhederne, 19.00
Juli/August 2002
Magasinet Kunst, “Ulovlig kunst” by Line Rosenvinge
19/6-2002
VesterbroBladet, “Fixerum nu og her”, by Michael Friis
12/6-2002
JyllandsPosten, “Nødvendigt med fixerum” by Ritzau
12/6-2002
Politiken, “Krav om fixerum”, by Ritzau
12/6-2002
MetroXpress, “Fixerum absolut nødvendigt”, by Ritzau
12/6-2002
Kristlig Dagblad, “Krav om fixerum i København”, by Ritzau
7/6-2002
Hvad kan rollespil så med narko at gøre af Paul Hartvigson på RPG Forum (http://rpgforum.dk/mod-perl/rpgforum.pl?cmd=showarticle&id=8355)
Maj 2002
“ugeavisen” – arkitektskolen i Aarhus – nr. 36 01/02
30/5-2002
MetroXpress, “hallo…” interview, by Julie Lindegaard
29/5-2002
VesterbroBladet, Front page and “Fixe ting i Bunkeren”, by Michael Friis
29/5-2002
Politiken, “Kunstner laver fixerum”, by Lise Bondesen
28/5-2002
Vesterbro Lokal TV
27/5-2002
Urban, Front page and “Kunsten at Aabne et fixerum”, by Rene Fredensborg
27/5-2002
Danmarks Radio, DR P2 11.30 og P1 18.50, “Fixerum” by Jacob Kreutzfeldt
25/5-2002
Information, “Narkomaner kan igen fixe i fred – Social kunst”, by Lotte Folke Kaarsholm
25/5-2002
Kristlig Dagblad, “Fixerum skal skubbe til debat”, by Anne Mette Ahlgreen
25/5-2002
JyllandsPosten, “Kobenhavn i liggehojde”, by Pernille Anker Christensen
24/5-2002
TV Danmark 2 Lokal Rapporten 17.30
24/5-2002
TV DR1, TV-Avisen, 18.30
24/5-2002
TV2 Lorry, Nyhederne, 19.30
August 2001
www.feticheonline.com #7, “A Supermarket”, by Leire Vergara
27/7-2001
Information, “Usynlig kunst”, by Hanne Lindstrom and Helene Ollgaard Jakobsen
Winter 2001
Fetiche Magazine, “OfficeHours” by Leire Vergara
20/1-01
“Sobre los efectos de la nueva economia en el arte – El artista como empresario” (About the effects in the new economy within art – The artist as a business man"), by Peio Aguirre
16/4-1999
Politiken, “69 debutanter” by Peter M. Hornung
17/4-1999
Ekstra Bladet, “Fantasiens signaler” by Tom Jørgensen
17/4-1999
Politiken, “Med paa beatet” by Peter M. Hornung
25/9-1998
Information, K’Nyt, “Mere kunstfornyelse”
8/9-1998
Information, “Hullet i hverdagen”, by Karen Syberg
13/1-1998
Aftonbladet, “Katastrof for Ikea-hemmet” by Sara Hellden
20/1-1998
Goteborgs-Posten, “Mer uppstallning an udstallning” by Crispin Ahlstrom - dec 1997
Atalante, “Galleri 54 – Sonderslagna Mobler”
15/3-1997
Politiken, “Den usynlige kunst” by Lisbeth Bonde
14/3-1997
Ekstra Bladet, “Total-skadet borgerlighed” by Alex Steen
17/3-1997
Jyllands-Posten, “Maleriet i fokus” by Malene La Cour
15/3-1997
Berlingske Tidende, “Foraarsfornemmelser” by Mai Misfeldt
15/3-1997
DR2 Nyheder (TV) 19.00
June 1997
Jyllands-Posten, “Funktionelle erindringer” by Karen Louise Juhl Christensen
June 1997
Midtjyllands Avis, “Paa udkig”
11/6-1997
Aarhus, “Erindring og funktion”
12/6-1997
Aarhus Stiftstidende, “Erindring og funktion” by J.A.
Contact
Kenneth A. Balfelt
Lidemarksvej 66
DK-4632 Bjæverskov
Denmark
Phone +45 35 14 40 06
Mobile +45 26 52 66 00
e-mail: kennethbalfelt@a-r-d.org
www.a-r-d.org
