Nicolai Risbjerg (DK) (b. 1994) (he/him)
Visual Artist / Creative producer
nicolairmn@gmail.com instagram.com/nicolai_risbjerg

Selected exhibitions:
2024:
Sydhavn Station (DK) // Is There Love on Mars?
SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg (DK) // 100 året for Kai Nielsens død
Kunsthus Annaborg, Hillerød (DK) // Skulpturpark Annaborg
Kirke og kunstvandring Østerbor (DK) // Tro og myte
Allerød Skulpturpark (DK) // Skulpturpark Allerød 2024
Galleri Sapare Aude, Copenhagen (DK) // Køn
Odin Teateret / Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Holstebro (DK) // Nabofællesskaber
2023:
Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen x Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) // Timelapse
Pride Art Copenhagen (DK) // A Part of Us
Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK) // Treasure Hunt
Ølgod Skulpturpark (DK) // Den polykrome skulptur
Kulturdistriktet x Østerfælled Torv (DK) // I’ll Give it to Someone Special
Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus (DK) // Juxtapose
Detroit, Stockholm (SE) // Queer Cohesion #2
Galleri Toll, Stockholm (SE) // Attachment - of Might and Magic / w Mette Bjørndal
2022:
Lille Vega x Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) // Performance festival: Alle mulige ting
Copenhagen Contemporary, (DK) // Kærlighedsaffæren på Refshaleøen
Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK) // Playtime
Fincken, Bergen (NO) // PAB Local - The Queer Edition
Springbrættet, Copenhagen (DK) // Life is a Roller Coaster / with Signe Rohardt Lund
Prøvestenbroen Syd, Copenhagen (DK) // Prøvestenen Skulpturpark 2022
2021:
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK) // Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, KE21
Aalborg Kommunes Kunstfonds Skulpturpark, Nørresundby (DK) // Kunst i 9.400
Hjorten Skulpturpark, Stockholm (SE) // Hjorten Skulpturpark 2021
Bunkerz Klitmøller, Thy (DK) // SelvGlad, havARTi
Atelierfællesskabet på Prøvestenen 3A, Copenhagen (DK) // INTRO
2020:
Sommer Skulptur Søby, Ærø (DK) // Tværsnit
Bergen Academy of Fine Art, Bergen (NO) // Odd Growth
Vestland Kunsthal, Bergen (NO) Solo exhibition, // Adventure
Galleri Flig, Bergen (NO) Solo exhibition, // Kære
2019:
Bergen Kunsthal, Landmark, (NO) // I Wanna Know What Love Is, After School Special
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK) // A Little Thing Called Love,
Gammelgaard Kunst og Kultur, Herlev (DK) // Everything We Have Is Now
Galleri Bokboden / Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO) // Collective Banalities
2018:
Danish Culture Institute, Beijing (CN) // The New Districts
Galleri Blunk, Trondheim (NO) // The Guides For The Train Are Drowned
Big Shark, Aalborg, Denmark (DK) // We Don’t Speak About Bird
Finken, Bergen (NO) // Mask and Manifestos
University of Bergen (NO) // Regarding Changed Toilet Conditions
Bokboden, Bergen (NO) // Sommer Skulpturpark Bokboden
Bergen Student Center, Bergen (NO) // One Year Of Sameness
Blank Space, Oslo (NO) // Bad Art
Rom 8, Bergen (NO) // Everybody Is Welcome
Gallery Watch, Søby, Ærø (DK) // Time’s Up
2017:
Sommer Skulptur Søby, Ærø (DK) // SommerSkulpturSøby
Halmtorvet 11, Copenhagen (DK) // Vi tager intet ansvar
Kunst & chili, Bergen (NO) // Intelligence


Selected performance collaborations:
2022-2018:
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Rønnebæksholm (DK)
Bank og Rau (DK), Næstved city center (DK)
Erick Beltràn (MX), Volt, Bergen City Center (NO)
R. Bardziukaitè (LT), V. Grainytè (LT), L. Lapelytè (LT), 58th Venice Biennale (IT)
Heine Klausen (DK), Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin (GE)
Every Ocean Hughes F.K.A Emily Roysdon (US), Volt, Cornerteatret Bergen (NO)
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Strada Nova, Venice (IT)
Tine Adler (DK), Bergen Kunsthal, (NO)
Sara Arenfeldt (DK), Big Shark, Aalborg (DK)
Kaeto Sweeney (UK), USF Verftet, Bergen (NO)
Mary Coble (US), Splab, Aarhus, (DK)
Brandon Labelle (US), Bergen International Culture Center (NO)

Curating jobs / organizing / jury
2024: Curator of performance-event “Is There Love on Mars?” at Sydhavn Station, Cph
2024: Curator at film exhibition in public space “Re-Union“ in colab. w. Sydhavn Teater
2023- : Deputy chairman and arranger of Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
2023: Organizer and curator of group exhibition SKATTEJAGT at Sydhavn Station, Cph
2023 Organizer and curator of performance-event at Sydhavn Station
2023: Curator at “Efterglød” film exhibition in 7 different public spaces in Sydhavn, Cph
2022-24: Curator and board member at Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
2022: Boardmember and arranger of Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Cph
2022: Organizer and curator of “Skulpturpark Prøvestenen Syd”, Cph
2029-20: Committee Jury Member, Bergen Art Academy’s BA admission program
2017-19: Curator at Galleri Fisk’s exhibition program, Bergen, Norway

Education:
2023: Art consultant - post educational course by Billedkunstneriske Fagforbund
2023: Art in public spaces - post educational course at Fabrikken for Kunst og Design
2020: BA, Bergen Academy of Fine Arts - University of Bergen, Institute of Contemporary Art
2017: Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø

Boards:
2024: Chairperson,
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
2022-2024: Boardmemer,
Sydhavn Station
2022-2024 : Boardmember, extended board,
Kunstnernes Fagforening, KUFA
2022-23: Deputy Chairperson / boardmember,
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
2017-2019: Boardmember,
Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO)

Personal grants:
2024: Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen - Talent Prize
2024: Hielmstierne Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2024: Statens Kunstfond
2024: Poul Johansen Fonden
2023: Statens Kunstfond
2023: Hielmstierne Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2021: Slot- og kulturstyrelsen
2019: University of Bergen - Institute of Contemporary Art