Sergej Jensen Biography

SERGEJ JENSEN
1973
Born in Maglegaard, Denmark
Studied at the Städelschule (Prof. Thomas Bayrle), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt
Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Master of Colors, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Master of Color, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Sergej Jensen, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2010
Dog Show Painting Show, Kunsthalle Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
The Last Twenty Minutes of 2001, White Cube, London, UK
2009
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2008
Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Sergej Jensen and Henrik Olesen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Sergej Jensen: Schmoll, Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway
Pictures and Paintings, Anton Kern, New York, NY
Pictures and Paintings, Galerie Neu, Berlin Germany
Konsthall Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
2007
Nomadic bags and bag faces, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
La chambre de la peinture, White Cube, London, UK
Nature and Nothing, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
Paintings (I come from the computer), NY
Bad Dreams, Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2004
Arbeiten und ein Feuerwerk, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Die Jahresrückblicklampe, Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany
2003
Stürme der Jugend (Storms of The Youth), Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY (with Stefan Müller)
Sergej Jensen und Stefan Müller, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
2002
Kreishaus Hofheim / Taunus (with Stefan Müller)
Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
2001
Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
2000
Galerie Normadenoase, Hamburg, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Inaugural Exhibition by Gallery Artists, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Circus Wols: An Homage, Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany
Everyday Abstract Abstract Everyday, James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
Phantom Limb: Approaches to Painting Today, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Contemporary painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the Collection, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Jana Euler, Michael Callies, Sergej Jensen, Mehringdamm 72, Berlin, Germany
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Collection, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Collaborations & Interventions, CCA Andratx, Andratx Mallorca, Spain
2011
Printemps de Septembre Festival, Toulouse, France
Thomas Bayrle kuratiert (ungern) Schrippenkönig mit p?, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
Structure & Absence, White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK
Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art From Germany, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Time Again, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Provisional Painting, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK
All of This and Nothing, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles , CA
Tableaux, Magasin CNAC, Grenoble
, France
Dystopia, CAPC, Bordeaux
, France
2010
The House of Wonder, MD 72, Berlin, Germany
“...”, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Novel, dépendance, Brussels
, Belgium
Neue Alchemie. Kunst der Gegenwart nach Beuys, Landesmuseum für Kunst und
Kulturgeschichte, Münster
, Germany
Fischgrätenmelkstand, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
, Germany
Mehr Teppich/More Carpet, Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
, Germany
„SHAZAM!“, Galerie Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
2009
Modern Modern, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Your Gold Teeth II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
The Splendour of Fear, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Nothing to say and I am saying it, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Minimal Means, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK
Getting Nowhere, Galleria Gentili, Prato Carnegie Art Award, various locations
Black Summer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Friends and Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Une Saison à Bruxelles, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Painting Now and Forever, Part II, Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali Gallery, New York,
NY
No Information Available, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Review, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
MD 72, Mehringdamm 72, Berlin, Germany
Boxer, Literaturhaus Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Terms and Conditions, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Review, Galerie Neu, Berlin
No Information Available, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
, Belgium
The Art of the Real, Oud Vliegveld, Oostende, Belgium
Rauschende Gäste. Die Sammlung Rausch und die Städelschule zu Gast im Hotel
Marienbad, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
, Germany
2007
Helmut Draxler: Shandyismus..., Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Von Bill Viola bis Aernout Mik, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
It Takes Something To Make Something, Portikus Frankfurt, Germany
Made in Germany, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Joseph Strau and Galerie Meerrettich, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Open Space, 41. Art Cologne 2007, Cologne, Germany
Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, Miami; traveling to Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
Dependance at Galerie Neu, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Shandyismus. Autorschaft als Genre, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Tension; Sex; Despair- Aber hallo/na und, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Filaturen, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf (kuratiert von Bettina Klein)
Von Bill Viola bis Aernout Mik, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Albrecht Schnider, Rebecca Morris, Sergej Jensen, Grieder Contemporary, Küstnacht bei Zürich
,
Zürich
,
Switzerland
Dekade 1993 – 2007, a project by Dirk von Lowtzow, Open Space, Art Cologne, Booth: Galerie
Neu / Galerie Buchholz, Cologne
,
Germany
2006
Delete/How to Make a Perfect Ghost, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
th
Of Mice and Men, 4 Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Whitney Biennial, New York, NY
Momentum 2006, Momentum – Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Under Pressure, Art: Concept, Paris, France
Optik Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy
Under Pressure, Art:Concept, Paris, France
Down By Law, a project by the Wrong Gallery for the Whitney Biennial, New York, NY
A reverie interrupted by the police, Galeria S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy
Implosion, 10 Years Anton Kern Gallery, New York
, NY
2005
IN CONCERT, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main Mallorca Open, Centro Cultural Andratx,
Majorca Open, Centro Cultural Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Nolens Volens, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Artis, The Netherlands
2004
Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Biennale São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Happy Days are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
Eclipse: Towards the Edge of the Visible, White Cube, London, UK
Formalismus, Moderne Kunst, heute, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
Works from the Boros Collection, Museum für neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jahresgaben 2004-2005 / Ausstellung, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Jetzt und Zehn Jahre davor, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Rheinschau 2004, Cologne, Germany
Universal Outstrech, Flaca, London, UK
2003
Western, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anke aus Kork (Anke made of Cork), Galerie Arkade, Mödling, Austria
New Abstract Painting, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
deutschemalereizweitausenddrei (germanpaintingtwothausandandtwo), Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt, Germany
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, UK
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
, Germany
2002
HOSSA, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
Fluten (Floods), Hamburg, Germany
Urgent Painting, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Waiting fort he ice age, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
, Austria
Schöne Aussichten Herr Schweins, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne, Germany
2001
Frankfurter Kreuz, Schirn-Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
G.F.j.K., Baden-Baden, Geramny
Bernadette Mittlup, Papierarbeiten, Cologne, Germany
Viva November, Braunschweig, Germany
Papierarbeiten, Bernadette Mittlup, Cologne, Germany
2000
l.o.w., Frankfurt, Germany
G.M., Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Kunst in Moskau (German Art in Moskau), Moscow, Russia
1999
Otto hat Besuch (Otto has a visitor), Copenhagen, Denmark
Malerei 1.9.- 31.10., Berlin, Germany
1998
Miles, Mannheim, Germany
Wisconsin, Frankfurt, Germany
1997
Downtown, Frankfurt, Germany
Playground, Frankfurt, Germany
W 5, Munich, Germany
Performances since 1998 with Claus Richter and Oliver Husain; since 2004 Da Group w/Michaela Meise.
Ledermuseum, Offenbach; Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Kunstverein, Frankfurt; Expo, Hannover; Golden Pudel Club,
Hamburg; C/O, Offenbach; TAT, Frankfurt; Museum Fridericaneum, Kassel; Galerie Wintergarten, Wien;
Kunstverein Hamburg; Migros Museum, Zurich,; Liste Basel.
Concert, Publications, Film Music, etc.:
“Sud“, “Vivienne“, “Sergej Jensen group“, “Bernadette Hengst“, “Schwabinggrad Ballett“; “Tolerantes Brandenburg“,
„Songs of Nico“ (w/Michaela Meise), Red Crayola (w/Henning Bohl).
* catalogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Asthoff, Jens. “Sergej Jensen.” ArtForum January 2012: p 233
Prince, Mark. “Sergej Jensen.” Art in America January 2012: p 112
2011
Rhodes, David. “Letter from Berlin Sergej Jensen Master of Color.” The Brooklyn Rail October
2011
Asfour, Nana. “Sergej Jensen: The artist does a lot with a little.” TimeOut New York April 22, 2011
Smith, Roberta. “A Textured Palette Without Much Paint” The New York Times January 27, 2011
2010
Robecchi, Michele. “Sergej Jensen.” Flash Art October 2010, Issue 274
MacMillian, Kyle. “Minimalist Sergej Jensen Weaves Remnants into Art” The Denver
Post August 27, 2010
Hudson, Suzanne. “Previews: Sergej Jensen.” ArtForum May 2010: p 139
At Home/ Not At Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg,
Hessel Museum of Art/ Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (exhibition catalog)
2008
Joanna Fiduccia, Sergej Jensen, Artforum International, September 2008
Douglas Fogle, Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, 2008
Saskia Draxler, Artforum online, March 21, 2008
2007
N.N., Art Basel 2007, in: Hali.com, June 27
2006
Sergej Jensen at Anton Kern Gallery, Brian Sholis, Artforum, January, p.221.
Sergej Jensen at Anton Kern, Matthew Guy Nichols, Art in America, p.148.
Pattern Recognition – the art of Sergej Jensen, Lisa Pasquariello, Artforum, Summer, p. 326-329.
*“Delete/How to Make a Perfect Ghost.“ , Anton Kern Gallery, New York.
2005
Sergej Jensen at Anton Kern, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Nov. 4.
Homespun Intelligence, Jerry Saltz, The Village Voice, Nov. 4.
Sergej Jensen at Anton Kern, The New Yorker, Nov. 7.
Sergej Jensen, Kyle Bentley, Artforum, Oct.
Sergej Jensen at Galerie Neu, Arden Reed, Art in America, May.
* “Formalism. Modern Art, today. Formalismus. Moderne Kunst, heute.“, Kunstverein in Hamburg,
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Diederichsen, Diedrich: „Formalismus“ in Artform, March, p.231.
2004
Schiff, Hajo: “26.Biennale von Sao Paulo“, in Kunstforum, Bd.173, p. 245
Eichler, Dominique: “Sergej Jensen“, in Frieze Issue 87, Nov/Dec
Prince, Mark: 26a Bienal de Sao Paulo, Curatorial Text. September 2004
* “Eclipse-Towards the edge of the visible“, White Cube, London
* “Werke aus der Sammlung Boros“, zkm Karlsruhe, Ostfilder-Ruit, Hatje Cantz Verlag
2003
* “Sergej Jensen – Stefan Müller“, Kunstverein Braunschweig
Prince, Mark: „Feint Art“, in: Art Monthly, 06.03 No. 267
* “New Abstract Painting“, Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
David Grubbs: “Zu früh unvollendet“, in Texte zur Kunst, Heft 49 März
Spiegel 3/2003: Florian Illies über „deutschemalereizweitausendrei“
* “deutschemalereizweitausendrei“, Hrsg. Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein
shortlist art, in Village Voice, Jan 29-Feb 4
Saltz, Jerry: „Rays of Light“, in Village Voice, Jan. 22-28
2002
Grown Up and in Love With Color, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Art Review/The Armory
Show, Feb. 22nd
Vitamin P, Phaidon Press
* “Urgent Painting“, ARC, Paris
2001
Gnadenlos gemütlich eingerichtet, Ina Weintrautner, Handelsblatt, Jun. 18.
PUBLICATIONS
2012
2011
Sergej Jensen: Dogs
Sergej Jensen, Distanz, March 2011
AWARDS
2013
2010
Fred Thieler Prize
Carnegie Art Award