Miriam Kongstad (b. 1991, DK) is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen. Expanding from a background in choreography and performance, her practice is anchored in investigations of embodiment and the human body, whilst materializing as images, installations, performance, sculpture, and sound. Her work takes place in a social realm, visually depicting cultural and political structures surrounding the human body, with specific attention to habitual and naturalized movements and their identifications in popular culture. Miriam's work questions how currents and societies are changing bodies and ideals; and how bodies and ideals are changing societies, by exploring the metaphysical, organic, social, and spiritual aspects of inhabiting a body - the extended experience of being flesh.
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EDUCATION
2018-2020 MFA, Master of Fine Arts, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
2013-2016 BA, Bachelor of Art, Dance, Context, Choreography, HZT / Universität der Künste Berlin (DE)
SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Onset Of Fever, curated by Louise Steiwer, OK Corral, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Metanoia/Bunnyland, curated by Johan Bech Jespersen, Arcway Nightlands Connector, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Spiri(cos)metics, curated by Sarah Kramer, Ring 3 Biennalen, Copenhagen (DK)
2020 The Onset Of Fever, curated by Suzanne van de Ven, Het HEM, Zaandam (NL)
2020 Demian, Delilah, curated by Zippora Elders, Kunstfort Bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen (NL)
2019 General Anaesthesia, curated by Filip Vest, Galleri Delfi, Malmø (SE)
2018 Hard Candy, curated by Margaret Paraskos, Cyprus College of Art, Lempa (CY)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Fairest 01: Open Your Eyes Again, curated by Eleonora Sutter & Georgie Pope, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
2022 Angst, curated by Rune Finseth, Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder (DK)
2022 Auguste, curated by Dr. Sabine Ziegenrücker, Rathaus-Galerie Reinickendorf, Berlin (DE)
2022 Emergency Gathering, curated by Irene Carbonari, Acud Macht Neu, Berlin (De)
2022 Non Playable Character, curated by Eleonora Sutter & Georgie Pope, Pier Fortunato Calvi, Venice (IT)
2021 Poet Slash Artist, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist/Lemn Sessay, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Plur, curated by Irene Carbonari, Haus Der Statistik, Berlin (DE).
2021 Let Experiments Become Attitude, curated by Eleonora Sutter & Georgie Pope, Postbank Hochhaus, Berlin (DE)
2021 Care About Every Body, curated by Eleonora Sutter & Georgie Pope, Dzialdov, Berlin (DE)
2021 Dansk Kunst Nu, curated by Marianne Torp, The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Monstersuppe, curated by Kitt Leunbach, KØS - Museum For Art In Public Space, Køge (DK)
2021 Reception Desk #2, curated by Alexander Holm, KLD/The Lake Radio, Copenhagen (DK)
2020 Vertigo, curated by Julian Weber, Tanznacht Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2020 Spielraum, curated by Spielraum, Radion, (Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Leviathan, curated by Piscine, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (DK)
2019 Dust is Us, curated by Suzanne van de Ven, NeverNeverLand, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Goblin Market, curated by Suzanne van de Ven, ISO, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 The Primacy of Plot, curated by Yusef Audeh, MMAG Foundation, Amman (JO)
2019 Mouth Mouth, curated by Yanik Soland, Bikini Space, Basel (CH)
2018 Fugue Lounge, curated by Suzanne van de Ven, NeverNeverLand, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 Show - A Survey of Wearable Sculpture, curated by Sarah Rosengarten, Ku’damm Karree, Berlin (DE)
2018 W&L’s Artist Supplies Store, curated by Anne Langgaard/Anna Walther, Galleri Delfi, Malmø (SE)
2018 Der Plug, curated by Sayuri Chetti/Graziano Capitta, Der Plug, Berlin (DE)
2017 The Prowlergeist, curated by Francesca Burattelli/Sabine Kongsted, Gleis-Power, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 Jaguars, curated by Stephanie Hessler, Fundación Botín, Santander (ES)
2016 The Kingdom, curated by Jakob Boeskov, Scandinavian Institute, New York City (USA)
2016 Soft City, Mojave Desert, Cache Creek, California (USA)
2016 Process, Performance, Presence, curated by Jule Hillgärtner, Braunschweig Kunstverein, Braunschweig (DE)
2015 3AM, curated by Julian Weber, Flutgraben, Berlin (DE)
2015 Black Mountain, curated by Arnold Dreyblatt, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2023 Take My Breath Away, curated by Marianne Torp, Glyptoteket, Copenhagen (DK)
2022 Poison Paradise, curated by Nora-Swantje Almes, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)
2022 Poser, curated by Liza Lacroix, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne (DE)
2022 Geist (The Cold House), curated by Eleonora Sutter & Georgie Pope, Kühlhaus, Berlin (DE)
2022 Geist (The Well), curated by Sans Souci, Dyrhavsbakken, Herlev (DK)
2022 Scenario #6-Filtering, curated by Marie-Therese Bruglacher, Seven Minutes In Heaven, Berlin (DE)
2022 Geist, curated by Alexander Holm, Alice, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Poison Paradise, curated by The Performance Agency, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 Chimera, curated by Louise Steiwer, Ok Corral, Copenhagen (DK)
2020 Hit Me Baby One More Time, curated by Zippora Elders, Kunstfort Bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen (NL)
2019 General Anaesthesia (the performance), curated by Filip Vest, Galleri Delfi, Malmø (SE)
2019 Don’t Gild the Lily, curated by Anne Langgaard/Anna Walther, HotDock Project Space, Bratislava (SK)
2019 Scalp, curated by Yusef Audeh, MMAG Foundation/Temple of Hercules, Amman (JO)
2018 New Delhi Transition, curated by Carina Erdmann, West Germany, Berlin (DE)
2018 Worker’s Choice, curated by Anna Weile Kjær/Esben Weile Kjær, Alt_Cph, Copenhagen (DK)
2018 SUV, curated by Tine Günther, Marian Luft and Ronny Szillo, Spinnerei, Leipzig (DE)
2017 Flight, curated by Thomas Schaupp, Dansekapellet, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 Worker’s Choice, curated by Anna Mülther, Sophiensaele, Berlin (DE)
2016 The Hunt And Haunt Is All The Same, Uferstudios, Berlin (DE)
2016 Holy Progression, curated by Esther Neff, Panoply Performance Lab, New York City (USA)
2016 Objects In Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear, Uferstudios, Berlin (DE)
2015 Holy Progression, curated by Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Collegium Hungaricum (CHB), Berlin (DE)
2015 Holy Progression, Inzucht Festival, Berlin (DE)
2015 EXTA, curated by Arnold Dreyblatt, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin ((DE)
2014 Within Between, curated by Gabi Beier, ADA-Studios, Berlin (DE)
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Poison Paradise, (radio collage), TenderRippleFlux/Cashmere Radio (DE)
2021 Chimera/Homeostasis, (sound/poetry), Sensorisk Verden (DK)
2020 Thou Who Holds But Owns Not, (sound/poetry), TLTRPreß (DE)
2020 There Shall Be Baldness Upon Their Head, (essay), MMAG Foundation (JO)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2022 The Onset Of Fever (installation), The National Gallery Of Denmark, Copenhagen (DK)
2020 Worker’s Choice (performance), The National Gallery Of Denmark, Copenhagen (DK)
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
2023 Ærø Kunsthøjskole, Ærø (DK)
2022 Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin / HZT, Berlin (DE)
2022 Funen Art Academy, Odense (DK)
2022 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Berlin (DE) / Florence (IT)
SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2022 The Agnete Jørgensen Talent Prize (DK)
2022 The Danish Arts Foundation (DK)
2022 Stiftung Kunstfonds (DE)
2021 TraumaBar Residency (DE)
2021 Danish Arts Foundation (DK)
2020 Louis-Hansen Fonden (DK)
2020 Buning Brongers Award (shortlisted) (NL)
2019 Augustinus Fonden (DK)
2019 Direktør Ib Henriksens Foundation (DK)
2018 Knud Højgaards Fond (DK)
2018 Oticon Foundation (DK)
2018 Cyprus College of Art (Residency) (CY)
2017 Tanztage — young talent grant (DE)
2017 Fundación Botín (residency) (ES)
2016 DAAD scholarship (DE)
2016 Performing Arts Platform, mentorprogram (DE)
2016 Goethe Institut, Young Talent Prize (DE)