Kristoffer Ørum - Born 1975, lives and works in Copenhagen

EDUCATION

MA Fine Art
2003–2004 Goldsmiths College, University of London
MA Fine Art
1999 – 2006, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi

POSITIONS

Akademiraadets representative on the board
2020 - (ongoing), GL Strand
Artistic Researcher at Uncertain Archives
2015 – 2018,Copenhagen University
Professor of Fine Art
2012 - 2015, Funen Academy of Art
Member of the board
2010 - 2013, Overgaden
Member of the Board of Directors
2011 - 2014 Haandholdt - Platform for hand held art
Cofounder
2006 - 2008, OEen-Group, artist run space
Member of the editorial committee
2002 - 2004, the publishing house Arena
Member of the editorial committee
2003 - 2004 Muter Magazine
Member of the editorial committee
2003 - 2004 Publication with no Name

AWARDS

Aage og Yelva Nimbs Fond
2020
Fonden Leo Estvads Legat
2020
Award for Putins Nose, The Danish Arts Foundation
2020
Award for the exhibition AutoBiografi, The Danish Arts Foundation
2011
Ragnvald & Ida Blix' Fond
2006
Ole Hasslunds Rejse Legat
2009
Malerne Else og Henning Jensens Legat
2015
Award for The end of the universe as we know it? The Danish Arts Foundation
2007
Literary price, Weekendavisens Bet price – Lars Bukhdal
2007
Inger Goldmanns Fond
2007
Carl Julius Petersens Hjælpefond
2004
The Nordea-Danmark Foundation
2003
Carlsbergs Idelegat
2001

EXHBITIONS

2024
The House That Nature Built, Patchwork Forest, Guldborgsund, DK, Feb.
2023
Mundane Monsters, Bonamatic, Copenhagen, DK, Feb.
På Korte Kontrakter, Captive Portal, DK, Aug.
A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar, SE, Mar.
A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, Performancerum, Aarhus, DK, Apr.
Fairtrade, Online, ES, Apr.
Merchandise, Memorabilia og Moneter, Skjold contemporary, Copenhagen, DK, May
Djurs dyret, Ebeltoft skole, Ebeltoft, DK, May
Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, DK, Nov.
2022
Overeksponeret hvidt, Kunstkiosk 44, Fanø, DK, Dec.
Invasive Materials and Unnatural Thoughts, Hochschule Trier, DE, Nov.
Brownfield Wonderland, Spanien 19C, AArhus, DK, Nov.
Retro Avantgarde, Kongegaarden, Korsør, DK, Sep.
Mundane Monsters, Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, USA, Sep.
The Collective Body Dismembered, SMK, Copenhagen, DK, May
The Council for Visual Arts 2018-2021, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK. Jun.
Fully Autmated Luxry Oyster Utopia and Other Stories from the Large Eye, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK, Mar.
A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, Friisland, Copenhagen, DK, Mar.
2021
Ebeltoft After The Flood, Oxer, Ebeltoft, DK, Nov.
The Kolding Creature, Borchs Gård, Kolding, DK, Nov.
A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, Domen, Århus, Dk, Okt.
You Can’t Start a Fire, without a spark, Galleri 2132, Jebjerg, DK, Sep.
Affluence without abundance, Keramoda, Lønstrup, DK, Jun.
Mr. Mussle, Klimatorium, Lemivg, DK, May
According to the Nose, Lokale, København, DK, May
Extensions III, Aros, Århus, DK, May
Interspecies Futures [IF], Center for Book Arts, NYC, Apr.
2020
Djurs Øhav, Kunsthal for maritim æstetik, Greenå, DK, Okt.
Navigeringer, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, DK. Sep.
Interdimentionale 2, Gammelgaard, DK, Sep.
Extensions Vol.1, Klasseværelset, København, DK May.
Signal Crayfish, pythiasjournals.zone, WWW, May.
Navigeringer, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, DK. Feb.
Semio-Technical Traffics, SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen, DK, Jan.
Omslag, KH7artspace, AArhus, DK. Jan
2019
Perpetual Interpreter, Lokale, Copenhagen, DK. Nov.
Putins Nose, Mønstings Hus, Copenhagen, DK. Nov.
Bästa Biennalen, Ystad, SE, Okt.
Live Art, Ålborg, DK, Okt.
Anti Festival, Kuopio, FI, Sep.
2018
Danish Art After the Apocalypse, Double Dagger, DK. Dec.
Islands in the Net, Copenhagen, DK. Dec.
Porøst, krop og overflade, Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK, Aug.
Shape Report, Beton Space, Copenhagen, DK. Jun.
SNN, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK. Jun.
Institutionalised Magic, Spurvelundskolen, Odense, DK. May.
Recognised Faces Book, Space Poetry, DK May
Recognised Faces Book, Space Poetry, DK. May.
Specta Surplus Store, Specta, Copenhagen, DK. Feb.
2017
Sucker Trick, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK. Nov.
Islands in the Net, Flux Factory, New York, USA. Okt.
Vornoi, Pist Protta #79, DK. Okt.
I prefer not to, Meter, Copenhagen, DK. Sep.
Captive Raum OPortal, Århus, DK. May.
Ambiguous Physiognomies, KUA, Copenhagen, DK. May
OuVert, Museion, Copenhagen, DK. Jun.
Qua Aqua, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen, DK. Mar.
Wonderful World, Galleri Bo Bjergaard, Copenhagen, DK. Jan.
2016
Museum Pist Protta, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK, 16 Sep. – 6 Nov.
Metamorphoses, Baltimore Convention Center, USA, Oct.
Opslag Nedslag, Den Sorte Diamant, Copenhagen, Mar.
Invisible Objects, Prince Gallery, Copenhagen, DK. May.
Similar Faces, Arts University Bournemouth, UK, Mar.
Potential Communities, The Internet, Mar.
Data Tounges, Fung Wah Biennale, New York, DK. Mar.
Data Kroppe, Danish National Television, DR.dk, DK Feb.
2015
A Body Has Many Members, UCC Hillerød, DK, Nov.
Speed Show Beijing, Internet Cafe Dongsibei Dajie 74, CN, Nov
Robot Or Not – Hvad synes du?, MUSE®UM Krydsfelt Skive, DK
The Wrong (again) - New Digital Art Biennale, www.homeostasislab.com,
Contemporary Danish Art After the Apocalypse, Copenhagen Art Week, Dk, 27 Aug.
Captive Portal 3, Copenhagen Art Week, DK.v
Recognised Faces, The Internet, Jun.
Vabenhvile. 100 års forestillinger, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK, 5 Jun.
Potential Communities I, Kulturo, 18 Apr.
4 digital sketches, Din Nye ven, Copenhagen, 9 Apr.
Contemporary Danish Art After the Apocalypse, National Museum, Copenhagen, DK, 21 Feb.
2014
Captive Portal 1: Locative Text, Various Locations, Copenhagen, DK, 17 Jan. – 15 Feb.
Error Messages, The Piccadilly Exhibition Company, Online, Dec.
A Short History of Forgetting, Funen Art academy, 4. Dec.
250000 New Time Idioms, maps-dna-and-sp.am, Online, 25. Sep. - 25 Oct.
Tester Tester, Ringsted Galleriet, Copenhagen, DK, 20. Sep. - 12. Oct.
Tester Tester, C4 projects, Copenhagen, DK, 29th Aug.
Auto Navigate My History at Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK, 23rd Aug.
The Futuer, Roskilde University, Copenhagen, DK, 13. Jun.
Secret Garden II, Gl. Holtegaard, DK, 17 May.
IKK Festival, Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab, Copenhagen, DK, 7 Mar.
Captive Portal 2: The Wireless Touch, Various Locations, Copenhagen, DK, 17 Feb.- 1 Apr.
Captive Portal 1: Locative Text, Various Locations, Copenhagen, DK, 17 Jan. – 15 Feb.
2013
Double Disillusion, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, DK, 16. Nov. - 15 Dec.
Zeigen, Nikolai Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK, 16 Nov. - 26 Jan.
BEERS 4, Byens Kro, Copenhagen, DK 30 Aug. - 30 Sep.
The Field is to the Sky, Only Backwards - ISCP, NYC, USA, 4. Sep. - 20 Sep.
24 SPACES – A Cacophony, Malmø kunsthal, SE, 4. May - 18. Aug.
YouTube-wunderkammeret, Fokus, Nikolai Kunsthal, 7. Feb. - 3. Mar.
Secret Garden II, Gl. Holtegaard, DK, 17 May
Stedet er Rummet, Den Frie, DK, 28 Jun.
Public Art Commision, UCC, Hillerød, DK
Public Art Commision, Urban renewal project, Sundholm, Copenhagen, DK
2012
The Science Class, Group Show, Helsinki, Finland, Feb.
Net art exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK, 26 Oct.
CONFLUX, Festival, New York, US, 22 Oct.
Gallery Factory, Solo show, Seoul, South Korea, Oct.
Gallery Lars Olsen, Group show, Copenhagen, DK, 21 Sept.
The Science Class, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland, 11 Sept.
Net art exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK, Sept.
Aapad, Ipad project with poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Aarhus, DK, Apr.
Deconstructing the Habit, Spattered Column, New York, US, June
Flux Factory, Solo show, New York, US, May
2011
Skulpturi.dk, Copenhagen, DK, 4 June.
Alternativa, Gdansk, Poland, 28 May.
BYOB CPH, FFKD, Copenhagen, Dk, 28 Apr.
Pist Prottas 30 års, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK, Apr.
Pist Prottas 30 års, Århus Kunstbygning, DK, Apr.
Pist Prottas 30 års, Brandts, Odense, DK, Feb.
Kooh-i-Nor: Det samfundskritiske samtidskunstmuseum, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, DK, Jan.
Topographies of the Insignificant, Carré Rotondes, Luxembourg, L, Apr.
2010
Topographies of the Insignificant, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE, 15.Nov.
Topographies of the Insignificant, Bast'Art, Bratislava, SK, 3 Nov.
Topographies of the Insignificant, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR, 3 Nov.
Topographies of the Insignificant, MACRO Testaccio, Rome, IT, 23 Aug.
Topographies of the Insignificant, MUSA Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, A, Aug.
SUBTERRAMANIA, Ejbybrobunkeren, Copenhagen, DK, 10 - 12 Dec.
The Piccadilly Exhibition Company # 2, Port 20:10, Aalborg, DK, Oct.
Second Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK, Aug
The Piccadilly Exhibition Company # 2, Instituttet på Godsbanen, Århus, DK, 8 - 22 Aug.
File, SESI' Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, BR, 27 Jul. -
PhotoIreland, CityArts, Dublin, IR, 1 - 11 July
Game Continent, The Aarhus Art Building, Århus, DK, 7 May - 13. Jun.
Game Continent, The Aarhus Art Building, Århus, DK, 7 May - 13. Jun.
Hændelser i den Umiddelbare Uvirkelighed, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK, Jan.
2009
Glowing Climate, Iluminarts, Copenhagen, DK, 13 Nov - 18 Dec.
Mikro Makro, VAK, Jyderup, DK, 12 - 16 Oct.
Freeshout 2009, Prato, IT, 1 - 4 Oct.
Et Andet Rum, NLH Space, Copenhagen, DK, 1 Oct.
Aktion Auktion, Den Hvide Kødby, Copenhagen, DK, 10 Sep. - 20 Sep.
Kurs, MFSK, Roskilde, DK, 5 Sep. - 20 Dec.
Petra Rink, Düsseldorf, DE, 17 Jul.
Sculpture by the Sea, Aros, Århus, DK, 5-28 Jun.
7th Hull International Short Film Festival, Hull, UK, 26 Apr.
Radiant Copenhagen, Internet project, 20 Mar.
CeC 2009, Sattal Estate, Indian state of Uttarakhand, 27 Feb. to 1 Mar.
Radiant Nansensgade, Galleri Signe Vad, Copenhagen, DK, 20 Feb.
Artist Talk, Gudruns Salon, Copenhagen, DK, Jan.
Multiple Show, Co-lab, Copenhagen, DK, 30 Jan.
Group Show, Bendixen Contemporary Art, DK, 15 Jan.
2008
7 Curators/ 7 Artists/ 7 Days/ 7 Events, Koh-i-noor, DK, 14 Dec.
Malmøfestival, Malmø, Sweden, 15 Aug - 20 Aug.
Stor Kunst i Natten, Illumenarts, Copenhagen, 8 - 11 Oct.
Ultrasonic show, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 6 Sep. - 25 Oct.
Tender Pixel Gallery, London, UK, 26 Jul. - 3 Aug.
Bröllop mellan Gult & Svart, Älmhult, SE, 28 Jun.
We Came in Search of Immortality, but Found Reality, Golden Enterprise, Overgaden , DK, 27 June - 17 Aug.
Interregnum: In Between States, Copenhagen University, DK, 20 Aug.
Art and Research: New Interfaces, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, DK, 8 Jun.
Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea, 18 - 25 Mar.
Cuts from the Fringe V : Part Two, Slack Video, Hull, UK, 20 Apr.
2007
Slack Video @ The Boatshed, Hull, UK, 26 Oct.
The pattern in Us All, Copenhagen University, DK, 30 Nov.
After Urban, Monkeytown, New York, USA, 7-23 Dec
After Urban, Florean Museum, RO, 16-17 Nov
Impure Cinema at Studio 27 San Francisco, USA, 5 Oct
After Urban, video festival, El Salvador, Bucharest
Salon 1#, Lauritz Kunsthal, Kunstbygningen, Copenhagen, DK 10 Oct
Solo show, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK, 27 Apr.
Solo Booth, ArtBrussels, Bruxelles, BE, 19 Apr.
2006
Golden Enterprise, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, DK, 1 Dec – 3 Dec
Artist choice, Bendixen Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK, 30 Nov – 4 Jan
Le petit noël du commissariat, Paris, FR, 14 Dec – 1 Jan
Time pop 2006, Vienna, AU, 9 April
Loop Pool, Kaiserslautern, DE, 24 June
Add N to X, Museet for samtidkunst, Roskilde, DK, 13 Jan – 19 Mar
Day to Day Data, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary, London, UK, 10 Mar – 23 April
Exit, Kunst Foreningen Gl. Strand, Copehagen, DK, 19 May
Senko, Viborg, DK, 14 Oct – 5 Nov
2005
The Opening Show, group show at NR 2, Copenhagen, DK, 3 Mar – 3 April
Hello Society, group show, at Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO, 8. April – 8 June
Critical Mass, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm, SE, 3. May
Loop Pool, Raum für Projection, Oberhausen, DE, 6 – 9 May
Solo Show,Q, Copenhagen, DK, 20 - 29 May
Time pop 2, Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK, June
Day to Day Data, Angle Row Gallery, Birmingham, UK, 20 July – 7 Sep
Day to Day Data, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, 17 September – 29 Oct
Anti-Static, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK, Aug
ITANOMTHUB, Mainsdoeuvres, Paris, FR, 9 Sep. - 9 Oct.
The Experiment, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK, 11 Nov. – 17 Dec.
2004
Degree Show at Goldsmiths, London, UK, 22 – 26 July
The Blender’s Orbit at Kingly Court, London, UK, 3 – 13 Sep
Solo Show at Elastic Space London, UK, 9 - 28 Oct
Artists Machines, group show at M+R Gallery, London, UK, 7 – 29 Oct
Incineration Salon, group show, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, USA, Oct.
2002
ArenaDottir at Roskilde Music Festival, DK
Konglomorat at Trapholt in Kolding, DK 13 June - 25 Aug
Everyday Life at Pictura, Lund, SE 31 Aug - 20 Sep
2001
Bermuda at Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi.DK 10 - 19 May
Bermuda at Goldsmiths College of Fine Art in London, UK. 10 - 19 May
Bermuda at Gallery Moltkerei in Cologne, DE. 10 - 19 May
2000
Maleri på spring til det næste årtusind, Slagelse Musikhus, DK
A5 invitational II at Sophia Kyrkan in Stockholm, SE, November