Kirsten Otzen Keck
Visual artist
Education:
1993- 98 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (NL)
1991- 93 Billedskolen, Copenhagen, Denmark (now: Københavns Kunstskole) (DK)
1989- 91 Glyptoteket School of Drawing, Copenhagen (DK)
Exhibitions/ projects:
soloshows:
2021 "Border", Portnerboligen ved Sophienholm, Lyngby (DK)
2019 "The Mobile Forum", Skovhuset, Værløse (DK)
2015 "Crystal Ball 1949, Starting Point 2015, Zero 1760", Exhibition Space
Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK)
2015 "Crystal Ball 1949, Starting Point 2015, Zero 1760", Kunstpakhuset i Ikast, Ikast (DK)
2011 The Hermit, Møstings House, Copenhagen (DK)
2010 "My place/ Another Place", Ringsted Gallery, Ringsted (DK)
2009 "The Lobby and Mystery", Gallery Signe Vad_i skabet, Copenhagen (DK)
2008-09 "Moving in Mass Movements", Gallery Pi, Copenhagen (DK)
2006 "Double Shot", Senko Frame Project, Gallery Senko Studio, Viborg (DK)
2005 "Jenny`s occasional songs", The Gallery of Danish Graphic Artists, Copenhagen (DK)
2004 "I am still Jenny from the Block", Gallery Senko Studio, Viborg (DK)
2004 "Only you, my beloved", Gallery Image Demo Space, Århus (DK)
1999 "After Closing Hours", Rum 46, Århus (DK)
Group Shows:
2021 Malmø Fotobiennal 2021
2020 Less Festival for Contemporary collage, Viborg (DK)
2019 "Collage", Huset i Asnæs, Asnæs (DK)
Curator: Mie Thorning Christensen
artists: Anneli Olesen, Charlotte Krogh, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Morten Brohammer, Poul Erik Nielsen
2017 Meetings Performance and Video Festival (DK)
Curator: ET4U. Invited work: "The Idea of you " (2011)
2016-17 "About : Blank", Macro Testaccio - La Pelanda, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Curated by Filomena Moisuc of IULM a.o. Artists: Rachel Adams (GB), Damien Duffy (GB), Joseph Griffiths (GB), Era Vati (HU), Daniel Harvath (HU), Ervin Herve-Lorant (HU), Helene Nymann (DK), Jose' Guerrero (ES), David Schutter (US), Antonia Low (DE) Kirsten Otzen Keck (DK)
2014 "Der- Hen- Ad", Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, (DK)
Artists: Ulla Hvejsel, Pernille With Madsen, Kristine Agergaard, Pulsk Ravn, Julie Boserup, Kirsten Otzen Keck
2013 "The Oracle", The Wand, Berlin, (D)
Curator: fffff.org
2013 Freestanding Collage Billboard for Posthusplatsen, Malmoe Festival, Malmoe, Sweden (S)
Curator: Cecilia Sterner
2013 "Territory", Skånes Konstforening, Malmoe, Sweden (SE)
Curator: Jeanette Land Schou. Artists: Smike Käszner,The Kaboom Project,Charlotte Troldahl, Maj Hasager, Nanna Lysholdt, Julie Galsbo, Rasmus Albertsen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Al Masson, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Peter Holmgård, Niels Plenge
2013 "On Time", Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK)
Curator Ulla Hvejsel. Artists: Malene Nors Tardrup, Pernille With Madsen, Henrik Capetillo, Sandy Smith, Frank Altschul Jensen, Katie McCain, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Sonya Schonberger, Christof Zwiener, Berit Basten, Julie Sinding, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Louise Homgren, Anu Ramdas, Kirsten Otzen Keck
2013 "Så Er Der Åben", Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK)
Artists: Thorgej Steen Hansen, Morten Espersen, Heidi Hove, Tine Oksbjerg, Knud Steffen Nielsen, Jens Axel Beck, Jacob Borges, Jesper Fabricius, Camilla Rasborg, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Jacob Hunosøe, Mette Juul, Jens Ole Krantz, Sonja Lillebæk Christensen, Marie Melchiorsen, Morten Jacobsen, Simen Joachim Helsvig, Anne Skole Overgaard
2012 New works in Skovsnogen Art Space, Skovsnogen Artspace, Kibæk (DK)
Curators Søren Taaning and Rene Schmidt
2012 "Territory", Photographic Center, Copenhagen (DK) (screening)
Curated by Jeanette Land Schou, Peter Ole Pedersen, Jakob Vengelberg Sevel and Sophie Hjerl. Artists: Smike Käszner,The Kaboom Project,Charlotte Troldahl, Maj Hasager, Nanna Lysholdt, Julie Galsbo, Rasmus Albertsen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Al Masson, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Peter Holmgård, Niels Plenge
2012 "Territory", "Terrain- Video", Holstebro Museum of Art and Holstebro Music Theatre, Holstebro (DK)
Curated by Jeanette Land Schou, Peter Ole Pedersen, Jakob Vengelberg Sevel and Sophie Hjerl.) Programme: Territory (DK. Artists: Smike Käszner,The Kaboom Project,Charlotte Troldahl, Maj Hasager, Nanna Lysholdt, Julie Galsbo, Rasmus Albertsen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Al Masson, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Peter Holmgård, Niels Plenge
2011 "Terrain Video", Holstebro Museum of Art and Holstebro Music Theatre, Holstebro (DK)
Curated by Jeanette Land Schou and Sophie Hjerl. Programme: Love (DK)
2010 "Terrain Video", Holstebro Museum of Art and Holstebro Music Theatre, Holstebro (DK)
Curated by Jeanette Land Schou and Sophie Hjerl. Programme: nature- culture (DK)
2010 "ID Pendant", Waru Studio, Off Dak`art / Dakar Biennial, Dakar, Senegal
2010 "Face a Face", The Odd Fellow Palace, Copenhagen (DK)
Curated by Michelle Eistrup and Amadou Kan Si. Artists: Johanna Domke (D), Frans Jacobi (DK), Amadou Kansi (SN), Fatou Kande (SN) Ibrahima Niang (SN), Kirsten Otzen Keck (DK)
2010 "Face a Face", Sicap Mermoz, Off Dak'art / The Dakar Biennial , Dakar, Senegal
Curated by Michelle Eistrup and Amadou Kan Si). Artists; Johanna Domke (D), Frans Jacobi (DK), Amadou Kansi (SN), Fatou Kande (SN) Ibrahima Niang (SN), Kirsten Otzen Keck (DK)
2009 "Ghost", Gloria Cinema, Copenhagen, (DK)
2009 Fast Video, Rauland Konstforening, Rauland, Norway (NO)
2009 "Ghost", The Alternative Copenhagen Art Fair, The Factory of Art and Design, Copenhagen (DK)
2008 Gallery Pi, Art Copenhagen, Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
2008 "Summer Show", Gallery Pi, Copenhagen (DK)
2008 "21" Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Art Hall, Copenhagen (DK)
2008 Gallery Rostrum, Malmoe, Sweden (SE)
2008 Örebro International Video Art Festival, Museum of Örebro Län, Örebro, Sweden (SE)
Curated by Jeanette Schou)
2008 Malmoe Festival of Film, Dance and Art (Videoscreening), Malmø, Sweden (SE)
2008 "Speak Up",no 3, "Locked In", Casino Luxenbourg, centre D'art Contemporain, Luxemburg
A magazine project by Tanja Nellemann and Grete Aagaard
2008 "Collage exhibition, part 1, Danish Perspective", Gallery Senko Studio, Viborg (DK)
Curated by Benmoyal and Foghmar. Artists; Mette Gitz-Johannesen, Jesper Fabricius, Kristine Roepstorff, Konvoj, Sergei Sviachenko, Albert Mertz, Christian Vind,Svend- Allan Sørensen, Jørgen Karlo Larsen, Knus Odde, Viggo Madsen, Svend Hauptmann, Paul Jupont, Kirsten Otzen Keck
2007 "Exhibition 1", Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland (DK)
Artists: Morten Gersager Abel, Karen Bennicke, Søren Bjørn, Julie Boserup, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Mikael Zangenberg Madsen, Henrik Martensen, Jannik Seidelin.
2007 "Reflection", Gallery Pixel, Copenhagen (DK)
2007 "Reflection", Fast Video at Alt_Cph, Copenhagen Alternative Art Fair, The Factory of Art and Design, Copenhagen (DK)
2006 "Work, work, work", Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, (DK)
Curated by Louise Wolthers and Kathrine Olldag. Artists: Sofie Hesselholdt & Vibeke Mejlvang, Christian Falsnæs & Bella Angora, Ulla Hvejsel, Anne Bennike, Sine Bang, Søren Petersen & Christian Bretton- Meyer, Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Jette Ellgaard, Kirsten Otzen Keck
2005 "Amazing Grace", Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, (DK)
Curated by Søren Martinsen. Artists: Cecile Westerberg, Astrid Gøransson, Adam Schecter, Kirsten Otzen keck
2005 "Amazing Grace", animation at Bastard 57 Film, Dance and Theatre festival,
Copenhagen (DK)
2005 "Sale- Show me your Money", Different places in Public Space, Copenhagen (DK)
Curated by Marie Christine Jacobi, Nanna de hemmer Widding, Sara Cornelia Greiff. Artists: Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Lillibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Mejlvang & Hesselholdt, Hans Ubermorgen Bernhard, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Henrik Vibskov, Astrid Lomholt, Sixten Therkildsen
2004-05 "Stafet", Esbjerg Museum of Art, Esbjerg (DK)
Artists: John Kørner, Rene Scmidt, Kirsten Otzen Keck, Jakob Kolding, Nis Rømer, J&K, Pernille With Madsen, Sonja Lillebæk Christensen, Mette hansen, Maryam Jaffri, Sofie Thorsen, Søren Andreasen
2003 "It's Photographic!", Gallery Gustaff Gimm, Copenhagen (DK)
Curated by Louise Wolthers. Artists: Thyra Hilden, Christian Bretton Meyer, Nanna Hoem, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Kirsten Otzen Keck
2002 "Exhibition of the debutants 2001", Kulturspinderiet, Silkeborg (DK)
2001 "Spring exhibition", Charlottenborg Art Hall, Copenhagen (DK)
2000 "Rum 46 in Spain", Rum 46, Århus (DK)
2000 London Photographic Awards:
2000 Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2000 Barbara Green Fine Art Gallery, New York (USA)
2000 Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (NL)
2000 The Alchemy Gallery, London (UK)
2000 Photofusion Gallery, London (UK)
1999 The Imagination Gallery, London (UK)
1998 Graduation Show, The Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Arts, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands (NL)
1998 "Gewapend Behang", Bijlmer, The Netherlands (NL)
Memberships:
Kunstnersamfundet (The Society of Danish Artists)
BKF (Danish Visual Artists)
KKS (Women Artists Society)
Publications:
2012 ”Territory” a Compilation of Danish Video Art (DVD and catalogue)
2010 "Ghost" a Compilation of Danish Video Art (DVD)
2008 ""21" Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Art Hall
2008 "Speak Up" no. 3
Publishers: Grete Aagaard and Tanja Nellemann
2007 "Reflection- a Compilation of Danish Video Art", (DVD and Catalogue)
2007 "Exhibition 1",
Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland (DK)
2005 "Sale, show me your money"
2005 "Kirsten Otzen Keck værker 2001- 05"
(Kirsten Otzen Keck, Artworks 2001- 05)
preface by Louise Wolthers
2004-05 "Stafet", Esbjerg Museum of Art
Esbjerg Museum of Art and Christiane Finsen
2003 "It's Photographic!"
Gallery Gustaff Gimm, text by Louise Wolthers
2002 "De Udvalgte", Århus Kunsthal
"The Chosen Ones"
2000 Represented in the book "London Photographic awards - vol 3"
1998 "Gewapend Behang"
publisher: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
Grants and Recidencies:
2020 Recipient of grant from Akademiraadets Understøttelsesfond
2019 Gross. L F Foghts Foundation
2019 Danish Art Workshops (SVK)
2018 Artist residency at Air3331 (Arts Chiyoda Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan
Artist Residency at Art Space Yosuga, Kyoto, Japan (October-November)
2017 Recipient of a travel grant 2017 from Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond (Ole Haslunds' Artist Foundation)
2016 Residency at the Danish Institute at Rome, Rome, Italy (sept+oct)
2016 Recipient of a grant from Dronning Ingrids Romerske Fond for the residency at the Danish Institute at Rome (Queen Ingrid's Roman Foundation)
2016 Residency at Riddergade Air / Viborg Kunsthal's Residency, Viborg, (DK) + grant (april+may)
2015 The Danish Art Foundation
2015 Residency at The Danish Insitute at Athens (Greece) + grant (nov +dec)
2015 Residency at The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens (Greece) + grant (jan)
2013 Danish Arts Council
2013 Selected for participation in the international Masterclass of The Danish
International Arts Council
International Curators: Carolyn Christov- Bakargiev and Jens Hoffmann
Mentor: Katya Sander
2013 Work Grant The Danish Arts Foundation
2012 Residency Air Sandnes/ KinoKino Centre for Film and Art, Norway + grant (nov+dec)
2011 Grosserer L. F. Foghts Foundation
2011 The Danish Arts Foundation Work Grant
2011 The Danish Arts Council
2010 The Danish Arts Foundation Prize for the solo- exhibition "My place / another Place"
2010 The International Arts Council (Face a Face)
2010 CKU (Centre of Cultural Exchange) (Face a Face)
2010 Residency in Joal and Dakar, Senegal
2010 Joint work grant at Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen,
DK (SVK) (Face a Face)
2010 The Danish Arts Council (My place/ a different place)
2010 The Danish Arts Council (Face a Face)
2008 The Danish Arts Council
2008 The Danish Arts foundation work grant
2007 The Danish Arts Council
2005 The Danish Arts Council
2005 Residency at Vendsyssel Museum of Art