tora schultz
Born in 1991, Aarhus, Denmark
Lives and works in New York, US
Tora Schultz is a Danish sculptor. Her affinity for existing objects is profound as is her way of going about them. Operating in the opaque intersection between producing and preserving, her methods include shaping, bending, burning, disclosing. A preoccupation with meticulous treatments of hard materials is often seen in her work, with an equal devotion to bare their internal qualities while exposing functional assets and shortcomings. Tora Schultz applies a discrete insistence on the handmade and the wordless.
education
2015–2021 MA Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE
upcoming
2026 Permanent installation ’The Shelter’, at Deep Forest Art Land, Kibæk, DK
2026 Opening Night, Copenhagen, DK
2026 COI, Copenhagen, DK (solo)
2026 Performance, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, DK
2026 Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, DK (group)
solo exhibitions
2025 tie, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, DK
2025 highlight, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2025 FILES, Aarhus Kunsthal, Aarhus, DK
2024 FILE, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, DK
2023 LISTE art fair, Basel, CH
2022 Bitch on Wheels, O-Overgaden Kunsthalle, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Dirty, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, DK
2021 STAND HARD, Bizarro, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Split Screen, SKF/Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, SE (Duo)
2021 Stranger Inside, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE
group exhibitions
2025 Grønningen, Den Frie, Copenhagen, DK
2025 European Renovation, Stockholm, SE
2025 The Art of Collecting, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2025 SUPERGAMES, dummy, Copenhagen, DK
2025 smittet af bacillen, HEART Museum, Herning, DK
2024 Do it, Socle Du Monde, HEART Museum, Herning, DK
2024 Group Therapy, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, DK
2023 X. A CAPITAL DESIRE, Bicolore, Paris, FR
2023 Issues Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2022 Another Surrealism, Den Frie – Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Another Surrealism, Kunstmuseum Sønderjylland, DK
2022 P for Perspective, Simian, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Clown Kingdom, Le Bicolore, Paris, FR
2021 Downtown, Issues Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2021 Frusen Glädje, TreKronor Culture, Stockholm, SE
2020 MMXX, Konstakademien, Stockholm, SE
2019 A Play A Tale, Rundetårn, Copenhagen, DK
2019 World Bone, Arcway, Copenhagen, DK
2019 Cloak of Mercy, Horse and Pony Gallery, Berlin, DE
2019 Feed them with the pages, W:I:P Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2019 UTTRAN II, Rönninge, Stockholm, SE
2018 It’s about time, Skulpturlandsby Selde, Selde, DK
2018 Souvenirs of affairs, Galerie A.M. 180, Prague, CZ
2018 Like a chicken with its head cut off, DELFI, Malmö, SE
public collections
ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, Denmark
KUNSTEN, Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, DK
Museum Sønderjylland, The Art Museum in Tønder, Denmark
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
public comissions
2026 Permanent installation ’The Shelter’, at Deep Forest Art Land, Kibæk, DK
awards & grants
2025 Astrid Noack Prize
2025 Aage & Yelva Nimb Honorary Grant
2024 Aarhus Art Prize
2024 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation
2023 Læge Inger Goldmanns Fond
2023 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation
2022 Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Grant
2022 Sigrid Fridman legat för unga skulptörer
2021 Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond Honorary Grant
residencies
2025 ISCP, New York, 4 mdr. Studio Grant, International Studio & Curatorial Program, The Danish Arts Foundation, US
2024 IASPIS, New York 12 mdr. Studio Grant, International Studio & Curatorial Program, US
2023 Art Hub Residency Fall, 5 mdr. Studio Grant, Copenhagen, DK
2023 IASPIS, Stockholm 6 mdr. Studio Grant, Konstnärsnämnden, SE (w/ coyote)
2017 AZ-WEST, Institute of Investigative Living – Andrea Zittel, US
2016 Abisko Scientific Research Station, Abisko, SE
press
“11 Highlights der Liste Art Fair Basel” by Anna Meinecke, Gallerytalk.net, June 2023
“Hvad vil det sige at være en bitch?” by Mai McDonald, ArtMatter, January 2023
“Fatalt forførende” by Louise Steiwer, Kunstkritikk, November 2022
“Tora Schultz: Bitch on Wheels” ArtMatter, November 2022
“What to See in the EU this October” by Alice Godwin, Frieze, October 2022
“Sexy as a Prada Stiletto in a Dumb Waiter” by Louise Steiwer, Kunstkritikk, September 2022
“Tora Schultz Cleans House” by Alice Godwin, Frieze, September 2022
“What to See in Copenhagen During CHART” by Jeppe Ugelvig, Frieze, August 2022
