benedikte bjerre

Born 1987, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Benedikte Bjerre works conceptually with sociological phenomena in a versatile practice focusing on sculpture and installation which reflect on the current state of society. She consistently examines sculptural qualities in relation to the architecture of a given space. The artist continually uses observations from her everyday life, as she engages in how the beholders experience their surroundings.

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Benedikte Bjerre | Starry Night, 2022 | Vaults | O-Overgaden (DK) | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | Day to day, 2022 | Vaults | O-Overgaden (DK) | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | The birds, 2017 | Is this tomorrow | Rå Hal, Aarhus (DK) | 2024
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Benedikte Bjerre | Thrive, 2023 | CHART in Tivoli (DK) | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | Rio Bravo, 2018 | Kunstscenen.xyz (DK) | 2018
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Benedikte Bjerre | Rio Bravo, 2018 | HØST – A Counterfactual Exhibition | Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art (DK) | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | I DID DID I, 2020 | The National Gallery of Denmark (DK)
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Benedikte Bjerre | My Dream Is Longer Than The Night, 2020 | goeben berlin | 2020
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Benedikte Bjerre | Pophole, 2016 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK) | 2016
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Benedikte Bjerre | Inventory I-V, 2021 | Kunstverein Göttingen (DE) | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | let it go let it go | Kunstverein Göttingen (DE) | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | Hot Products 4, 2021 | Kunstverein Göttingen (DE) | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | Lisa’s Chickens (Farm Life), 2016 | Augustenborg Project (DK) | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | CLASSRELATIONS | Kunstverein in Hamburg | 2018
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Benedikte Bjerre | The Rimowas, 2018 | CLASSRELATIONS | Kunstverein in Hamburg | 2018
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Benedikte Bjerre | Bigger Picture | Flyvestationen Skrydstrup (DK) | 2024
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Benedikte Bjerre | Bigger Picture | Flyvestationen Skrydstrup (DK) | 2024
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Benedikte Bjerre | Bigger Picture | Flyvestationen Skrydstrup (DK) | 2024
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Benedikte Bjerre | Equestrian Statue | Gießen, Hessen (DE) | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | Østre Skole, Holbæk (DK) | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | Eee-Ooo-Eleven, 2021 | Berørt | The National Gallery of Denmark (DK) | 2021

education

2009–2015 Städelschule, (Prof. Simon Starling and Prof. Peter Fischli), Frankfurt am Main, DE

2013–2016 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Sculpture, Copenhagen, DE

2016–2018 Participant at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL

2006–2009 BA in Sociology, University of Copenhagen, DK

upcoming

2026 Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, DK (solo)

2026 Bonniers Konsthal, Stockholm, SE (group)

solo exhibitions

*catalog

2025 Memory, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK

2024 Frieze London, London, UK

2024 Is this tomorrow, Godsbanen, Rå Hal, Aarhus, DK

2023 Sex and the city, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, DK

2023 Vault, O-Overgaden Kunsthalle, Copenhagen, DK*

2023 David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2022 Who delivers, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2022 LISTE art fair, solo presentation, Basel, CH

2021 let it go let it go, Kunstverein Göttingen, DE*

2021 Works, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, DK

2020 My dreams are longer than the night, Goeben, DE

2020 I did did I, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DK

2019 die kommende tage, C.C.C projects, Copenhagen, DK

2019 Desire for Passion (duo as EROS with Magnus Andersen), Issues Gallery, Stockholm, SE

2018 High Hopes, Good Morning Midnight, Offspring, De ateliers, Amsterdam, NL*

2018 Rio Bravo, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen, DK

2018 Long Haul, DU.AL, Kunsthal ved siden af, Svendborg, DK (duo)

2018 Harvester, Kantine, Bruxelles, BE (duo)

2018 Lullin + Ferrari, Art Cologne, DE (duo)

2018 YOMP, Saloon, Brussels, BE

2017 Wake-on-ring, Sheridan, The Bronx, New York, USA

2017 Lullin+Ferrari, Art Rotterdam, DE

2017 Point of sale, Vermillion Sands, Copenhagen, DK (duo)

2016 Trickortreater, Lullin+Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2016 Pitfalls, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2016 Stock’n’flow, Bold Tendencies, London, UK
 Sharpe Practice, Traube, Ortisei, IT

2015 Aftermarket, Schleuse Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, DE

2014 Ostersee II, VESCH, Vienna, AU (duo)

2013 Kamelwagen, Die Neue Hafen2, Offenbach, DE

2013 Gegenstand 1822-Forum, Frankfurt am Main, DE*

2013 La Chambre, Platform Sarai, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2012 Happiness Revisited, Leonhardi Kulturprojekte, Frankfurt am Main, DE (duo)

group exhibitions

*catalog

2024 The Future of the Past, Maison du Danemark, Paris, FR

2024 Group Therapy, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, DK

2023 Høst – en kontrafaktisk udstilling, Carl Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum, Herning, DK

2023 Full of Days, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK

2023 Høst – en kontrafaktisk udstilling, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK

2023 CHART in Tivoli, Tivoli, Copenhagen, DK

2023 Samlingen, Art Museum Brandts, Odense, DK

2022 Women and change, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, DK*

2022 SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK permanent collection exhibition

2022 #empowerment, Planetary Feminisms, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE (group)*

2022 Surplus, Collega, Copenhagen, DK

2021 Theoretisch gehts’ mir gut, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, DE

2021 Berørt, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK

2021 Berørt, SMK the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK

2021 Berørt, SMK Thy, Thy, DK

2021 Berørt, Brandts, Odense, DK

2020 New Danish Art, SMK the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK

2020 Architecture now, Cucina, Copenhagen, DK

2020 Skulpturbiennalle: Interdimensionale II, Gammelgaard, Herlev, DK

2020 Himmelskibet, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, DK

2020 Amaryllis in vase, Coyote, draken II, Stockholm, SE

2020 No condition is permanent, Lullin+Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2019 Samfundsprognoser, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, DK

2019 Apposite sustainability II, Le cap, Saint-Fons, FR

2019 Especially Ordinary, 38CC, Delft, NL

2019 Skulptur Landsby Selde, Selde, DK

2019 Machines sans nom, Bonamatic, Copenhagen, DK

2019 INGRID, Skovsnogen, Kikbæk, DK

2019 Softcity, Chopsticks, Coyote, Stockholm, SE

2019 When facts change I change my mind, Lullin + Ferrrari, Zürich, CH

2019 Perspectives, Kunstfort, Vijhuizen, NL

2019 Pioneertown, HARD HAT CAFÉ, Stockholm, SE

2019 UTTRAN II, Uttran, Stockholm, SE

2019 Twelfth night, or what you will, Coyote, Stockholm, SE

2018 CLASSRELATIONS/KLASSEVERHÄLTNISSE, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2018 Last Xmas at the Harbour, Bådhavnen, Copenhagen, DK

2018 ROOTS ON WHEELS, Rootcanal, Amsterdam, NL

2018 Sobranie Cocktail, Dienstgebaude, Zurich, CH

2018 KRÄFTSKIVAN, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE

2018 Action Paint, Eventhall, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK

2018 Søby Sommer Skulptur ’18, Søby, Ærø, DK*

2018 Neuer Norden Zürich, Zürich Arts Council in Schwamendingen, Zürich, CH*

2018 Low Motion, Amager Strandpark minigolf, Copenhagen, DK

2018 With other eyes, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2018 WET, Bar Barbette, Berlin, DE

2018 Remmen kunstpris, D’Angleterre, Copenhagen, DK

2018 15 windows, Gallery Delfi, Malmö, SE

2018 Så længe lager haves, Galleri SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK

2017 PRIMARY STRUCTURES – 1966 bis zur Gegenwart, MMK2 – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2017 Let’s see, where were we? In the pit of despair., De Ateliers, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL

2017 Eine Palme?, Billedhuggerhaven, Skovsnogen – deep forest artland, Kikbæk, DK

2017 Plant B, Komplot at Parc de la Fonderie 1080 Brussels, Brussels, BE

2017 Functional-Utility Program For Wschód Gallery, Wschód Gallery, Warsaw, PL

2017 The Power nap, Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam, NL*

2017 Simultan, Lullin + Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2017 Rumors of Glory, Basis Frankfurt E.V, Frankfurt, DE

2017 Why Is Everybody Being So Nice?, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL

2017 Belong Anywhere, Hate Magazine, Berlin, DE

2017 Chambers Chapter II, Villa Metzlerstrasse. 21, Frankfurt am, DE*

2017 LAST MINUTE BUSINESS – fast procedures in small amounts of time, Adult, Copenhagen, DK

2016 In-Between | Calendar, Lullin+Ferrari, Zürich, CH

2016 En slags penge, Piscine, Aarhus kunsthal, Aarhus, DK

2016 Whatman, The Shelter for Contemporary Art CCA, Tel-Aviv, ISR*

2016 Take me I am yours, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK*

2016 31 Women, PPC, Frankfurt aM, DE

2016 Afgang, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK*

2016 Soft Costs, Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen, DE

2015 Transfer, Kunsthalle Rathausgalerie, München, DE*

2015 Parked like Serious Oysters, Zollamt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE*

2015 Stay, Horsens Kunstmuseum at Fængslet, Horsens, DK

2015 Mainzer Ansichten (collab J. Skoog), Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, DE

2015 Olohuonenayttely, Helsinki, FI

2015 Beauty of indifference, Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich, CH

2015 Lemon Leafes/Zitronenblätter, Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA

2014 SIC, Ehemalige Oberfinanzdirektion, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2014 „I multiplied myself to feel myself.”, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna, AU

2014 Ostersee I, Büro Der Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, DE

2014 Dresden Public Art View, Dresden, DE

2014 Show Beauty Hot, Asa Studios, Hamburg, DE

2014 Waren und Wissen, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main, DE*

2013 Apollo Weltkulturen Museum, Green Room, Frankfurt am Main, DE*

2013 Cinema-Teatro Apollo Villa Trina Bellaria Igea Marina, IT*

2013 Eröffnung, Neue Hafen2, Offenbach, DE

2013 Mobile art School, Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, VN*

2012 Zauderberg (collab with J. Skoog), Zollamt, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE*

2012 11th Havanna Biennale (as a part of collective Museo Aero Solar), Havanna, CU*

2011 The Museum Show part 1 (as a part of collective Museo Aero Solar), Arnolfini, Bristol UK

2011 When in Rome, Malta Contemporary Arts, Valletta, MT

public collections

ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishøj, DK

Art Museum Brandts, Odense, DK

Collection of the Danish Arts Foundation, DK

Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, DK

KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, DK

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, DE

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, DE

Malmø Kunstmuseum, SE

MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE

The New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, DK

Novo Nordisk Foundation, Copenhagen, DK

Schweizerishe Mobiliar Genossenschaft, Urdorf, CH

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK

public commissions

2025 Marmormolen, Copenhagen, DK (upcoming)

2024 Flyvestation Skrydstrup, Haderslev, DK

2023 Gießen, Hessen, DE

2021 Østre Skole Holbæk, Bygningsstyrelsen, Holbæk, DK

2019 Neckarvillen, Ameron Group, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2017 Eine Palme?, Billedhuggerhaven, Skovsnogen – deep forest artland, Kikbæk, DK

2013 Osthafen, (w. John Skoog), Neue Hafen2, Offenbach, DE

awards & grants

2023 Læge Inger Goldmanns Fond, DK

2023 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, DK

2022 Astrid Noacks Hæderslegat, DK

2022 Minister Erna Hamiltons Legat for videnskab og kunst

2020 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, DK

2019 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, DK

2018 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, DK

2017 Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, DK

2017 Niels Wessel Bagges Art Foundation Art Grant (NWB Kunstfonds Hæderslegat), DK

2016 Talent Prize (Talentprisen), Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nilsens Legat, DK

2016 Blix Foundation Graduation Prize (Ragnvald & Ida Blix’ Fond, Blixprisen), DK/NO

2016 ZAC, ZONTA Contemporary Art Award, Frankfurt, DE

2015 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, DE 2011-2015

2012 Stylepark Rundgang Prize, DE

professorship & teaching

2019–2023 Professor, The Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, DK

2021 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK

2019 Kunsthochschule Mainz, Mainz, DE

2019 Fatamorgana – the Danish School of Art Photography, Copenhagen, DK

2019 Johan Borups Højskole, København, DK

2019 BGK Roskilde, Roskilde, DK

2018 Ærø Kunsthøjskole, Ærø, DK

2017 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK

2014–2015 Konstskolan Munka på Munka folkhögskola, Munka-Ljungby, SE

residencies

2018 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL 2016-2018

2015 Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA

2014 Klitgaarden, Skagen, DK

2012 Botnik Studios, Gerlesborg, Hamborgsund, SE

press

“Pingviner lullar runt bland poesi på Bonniers konsthall” by Sebastian Johans, DAGENS NYHETER., September 2025

“Artists to Have on Your Radar in 2025 From Frieze London and Beyond” by Caelan McMichael, NUVO, December 2024

“Take me to the 125 bouncing penguins! What to see at this year’s Frieze art fair” by Hettie Judah, The Guardian, October 2024

“Frieze London Diary: penguins on parade, Neo Naturists’ balancing act, and chocoholics get a hit”, The Art Newspaper, October 2024

“10 Things To See At This Year’s Frieze London” by Jenima Allison, 10 Magazine, October 2024

“Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024 Spark Fresh Perspectives” by Erica Silverman, Whitewall, October 2024

“London Hosts Its Frieze Week in the Shadow of Paris” by Scott Reyburn, The New York Times, October 2024

“Venice Stars Dominate the Opening of Frieze London, But the Fair’s Controversial New Layout Is the Real Buzz” by Jo Lawson-Tancred, artnet, October 2024

“Who Is That? What’s Happening?’: Decoding the Art World at Frieze” by Rosa Lyster, The New York Times, October 2024

“Eight amazing things to see at Frieze London” by Eddy Frankel, Time Out, October 2024

“London Frieze 2024: Our picks of what to see from London’s rising stars to inflatable penguins” by Vicky Jessop,The Standard, October 2024

“Frieze Focus places emerging artists centre stage” by Kristina Foster, Financial Times, October 2024

“Five Emerging Artists to Watch at Frieze London 2024”, Frieze Magazine, July 2024

“PODCAST: VIDENSKAB|LIDENSKAB #17: MARKED”, Carlsbergfondets Podcast, November 2023

“750 babypingviner i en iskold hal. Er det kunst?” by Tina Bryld, Jyllands-Posten Aarhus, December 2023

“Ugens kunstner: Benedikte Bjerre” by Nanna Friis & Rhea Dall, Kunsten.nu, April 2023

“Kunstbulletin 7-8/2022” by Johanna Encrantz, Artlog, July 2022

“10 December” by Simon Starling, Kunstkritikk, December 2021

“Benedikte Bjerre at palace enterprise” by Francesca Astesani, Artforum, 2021

“Benedikte Bjerre – A Camel in Schwamendingen”, Neuer Norden Zürich, 2021

“Årets skandale, årets kunstner og årets udstilling: Vi ser tilbage på kunsten i 2021”, by Maria Kjær Themsen, Information, 2021

“Gallerirevy København august 2021: Systemet på syre – apokalypsen vinker forude” by Lisbeth Bonde, Kunsten.nu, 2021

“Vestens hårde halse” by Pernille Albrethsen, Weekendavisen

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Benedikte Bjerre | Sex and the city | palace enterprise | 2023
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Benedikte Bjerre | Works, part 2 | palace enterprise | 2021
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Benedikte Bjerre | Works, part 1 | palace enterprise | 2021