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STINE DEJA
BORN 1986 in TRÆDEN, DK
LIVES AND WORKS IN COPENHAGEN
This document was updated on 20 August 2024 and is for reference only.
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EDUCATION
2015
MA Royal College of Art , London
2012
BA Kolding School of Design, Kolding
2009
School of Fine Art & Design, Århus
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Solo show, L21 Gallery, Palma — ES [forthcoming]
Solo show, Curro, Guadalajara — MX [forthcoming]
2023
HEAVY RENDER, OTP Copenhagen, Copenhagen — DK
TIDAL, Signal , Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria — UK
Synthetic Seduction, Kongegaarden, Korsør — DK (two-person exhibition with Marie Munk)
2021
Solo show, Fragment, New York — US
Solo show, Vestjyllands Kunstpavillion, Videbæk — DK
Cold Sleep, Tranen Museum, Hellerup — DK
Last Resort, kim? Contemporary Art Centre — LV
2020
Last Resort, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
Synthetic Seduction, Untitled Projects, Vienna — AT (two-person exhibition with Marie Munk)
2019
HYPERSEA, Permanent installation commissioned by The Danish Art Foundation, Holbaek — DK
2018
Hard Core, Soft Bodies, Schimmel Projects, Dresden — DE
Synthetic Seduction, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK (two-person exhibition with Marie Munk)
Synthetic Seduction, KH7 Artspace, Århus — DK (two-person exhibition with Marie Munk)
4K ZEN, Unit 110, New York — US
Synthetic Seduction, SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen — DK (two-person exhibition with Marie Munk)
2017
There’s life outside, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
Cyphoria, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Multitude and Singularity, Le Bicolore of Maison du Danemark, Paris — FR
After Laughter Comes Tears, MUDAM — LU
APAP7, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do — KR
Sandbox Mode, Office Impart, Berlin — DE
RE:WORK, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen — DK
H.C. Andersen Festival , Odense — DK
Fremtidens Krop, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum — DK
Tumbling in Harness, Art Museum at the University of Toronto — CA
Selected, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus — DK
2022
Continuous Shift, Kristianstad Museum, Kristianstad — SE
WAVELENGHT, PINKOU, Shanghai — CH
Castle For Rent 3, Schoenwalder Strasse 44, Berlin — DE
Something Smells Strange, Etage Projects — DK
“Canon!” with HYMODERNITY for Frieze
Prepper’s Paradise, Bureau Europe, Maastricht — NL
LIMINAL SPACE RECORDS, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna — AT
Web 3.0 Aesthetics: In the Future Post-Hype of the NFTs, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY x LACollection, London — UK
The thing is, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück — DE
TAKE MY HAND AND I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT WAS AND WILL BE, Alba Gallery, Vienna, — AU
The Garden of Gods, Marcel Art x UltraStudio, SX — SW
There Must Be Some Kind Of Way Outta Here, Galerie Crone, Berlin — DE
Biennale Art for the Future, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow — RUS
LYS.MUR Screening, Svendborg — DK
2021
Group show, Future Proof, Refresh.bzh, Brittany — FR
Group show, Gravmonumenter, Art Sonje Center, Seoul — KR
Hybrid by Nature, Goethe-Instituts in East Asia x HEK Basel (online)
Group Show, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg — DK
Group Show, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj — DK
NFTism: No Fear in Trying, Unit Gallery, London — UK
It enters what we become, Gallery 3 By You, Rotterdam — NL
The Artist is Online, KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin — DE
Real Feelings, MU, Eindhoven — NL
To Be Human, Zone Mista, London — UK
Enter Art Fair Public Programme, Copenhagen — DK
Synthetic Seduction, Platform Bunker, Copenhagen — DK
AI Portraiture: Us and Them, ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London — UK
La nudité de l’âme, Kunsthal Århus, Århus — DK
Gravmonumenter, Kunsthal Århus, Århus — DK
Networked Visions, isthisit?, (online)
2020
Body Hacking, Lichte Momente, Osnabrück — DE
Turing’s Lover, Jinan Art Museum, Jinan — CN
LYS.MUR, Svendborg — DK
Soft Bodies, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester — UK
Real Feelings: Technology and Emotion, HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste), Basel — CH
Hypertension, Pylon Contemporary Media Art, Dresden — DE
AI: Love and Artificial Intelligence, Hyundai Motostudio, Beijing — CN
Come Closer, Office Impart [online]
NO BODY, Galerie Manqué, New York — US
Schimmel Art Projects, Brixen, Tyrol — IT
Hypersurface, Austrian Cultural Forum, London — UK
Extemporary: Art Out of Time, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm — RU
White and Viscous Gold, Outsight, Seoul — KR
Better Off Online, Ars Electronica with KÖNIG GALERIE, (online)
Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy, Somerset House, London — UK
2019
Link in Bio, Mdbk, Leipzig — DE
Extemporary: Art Out Of Time, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod— RU
Biotechnosphere, Tranen, Hellerup — DK
Goingaway.tv, Wrong Biennale Pavilion [online]
EXPO Chicago, project with ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, Chicago — US
Super Host, Like a Little Disaster, Polignano a Mare — IT
Beyond The Skin, Museum Villa Rot , Burgrieden — DE
Copernicus, E. M. Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island — US
We Sing the Body Electric, Gallery 46, London — UK
HERE + NOW, Pablo’s Birthday, New York — US
PLOP Residency Show, PLOP Studios, London — UK
Life & Beyond, Lewisham Arthouse, London — UK
SUB Festival, Holstebro — DK
Future Human, Space Studios, London — UK
A closed mouth gathers no feet, DASH Gallery, Kortrijk — BE
A glass is not a reference for an amount, In de ruimte, Ghent — BE
2018
Flow My Tears, Hard Core, Soft Body, Daata Editions — [online]
Digital Pleasures, Mira Festival, Barcelona — ES
Code Art Fair, project with ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, Copenhagen — DK
Spread the virus, Dateagleart — [online]
I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that, arebyte Gallery, London — UK
Lend me a hand, Elmer Projects, London — UK
The Wrong Digital Art Biennale, Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro — BR
2017
Time Horizons, Secret Project Robot, New York — US
Code Art Fair, project with ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, Copenhagen — DK
And if I left off dreaming about you?, Like a little disaster, Polignano a Mare — IT
4K ZEN, Club Raw at Roskilde Festival, Roskilde — DK
Bodies of water, National Gallery of Denmark x Roskilde Festival, Copenhagen — DK
You and I are like that red wall. It’s a good idea in theory, but somehow it doesn’t quite work, isthisitisthisit.com [online]
2016
Synthetic Resonances, Assembly Point, London — UK
FOEG cinema, Festival of Endless Gratitude, Copenhagen — DK
Age Does Not Matter, Bargehouse, London — UK
2015
KE-15, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen — DK
CPH:DOX, Concrete Lab, Copenhagen — DK
Green, 71A Gallery, London — UK
Cyber Cafe, Royal College of Art, London — UK
Physical Connections 2, Artbar, London — UK
Hyperstore 2.0, Holdrons Arcade Peckham, London — UK
D-RAW, Hockney Gallery, London — UK
Spot Film Festival, Århus — DK
Physical Connections, Artbar, London — UK
Hyperstore, WHAT’S NEXT Camden, London — UK
The Perfect Human, Royal College of Art, London — UK
2014
Kay Lise, SKIN/CELLS Fringe Film Festival, London — UK
What’s your story woman, Dansk Kvindesamfund, Copenhagen — DK
2013
Enter The Common, Senior Common Room, London — UK
The Elastic Holster, No Man’s Art Gallery, Shanghai — CN
The Elastic Holster, No Man’s Art Gallery, Copenhagen — DK
SELECTED BOOKS & GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES (PUBLICATIONS)
2022
Kunsten at forandre – 15 billedkunstnere om aktuelle kriser, opgør og alternativer. (The art of change – 15 artists on current crises, reckoning and alternatives.) by Ole Bak Jakobsen.
2019
Link in Bio: Art After Social Media. Ed. by Alfred Weidinger. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg (exh. cat.)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ARTICLES & REVIEWS)
2022
“Five new works for the art museum” Ugeavism (10 February 2022) [online]
Jakobson, Ole Bak. “The art of change – introduction to e-book on community engaged art” Kunsten (2 February 2022) (article in Danish) [online]
“Transmedia Berlin.” Designer Digest (31 January 2022) (article in German) [online]
“Transmediale Launches Exhibition to Conclude Year-Long Program on Refusal.” Berlin Art Link (18 January 2022) [online]
2021
Solgaard, Michael. “Glohed samtidskunst på konkurrerende kunstmesser.” Børsen (24 August 2021) [ill.] [online] (article in Danish)
Schons, Donna. “Donna Schons über die Zukunftsvisionen der Künstlerin Stine Deja.” Monopol (18 August 2021) [ill.] [print] (article in German)
Meier, Anika. “Why do you Collect Art, Annka Kultys?” Misa.art (18 August 2021) [ill.] [online]
Brörken, Lara. “Internet Explorer: Kunst online #3Das Netz spielt verrückt.” (17 August 2021) [ill.] [online] (article in German)
Devi, Reena. “What do we see when art looks to the future?” Cobo Social (28 July 2021) [online]
Chan, Eunice. “König Galerie Hosts Virtual Exhibition in Decentraland.” Whitewall (9 April 2021) [ill.] [online]
Paunic. Natalija. “Project 2: Stine Deja, on possible futures, cryopreservation, transhumanism.” Eugster || Belgrade podcast (March 2021) [online]
Jennings, Phin. “Stine Deja: Cold Sleep.” FAD Magazine (7 January 2021) [ill.] [online]
2020
“Post-Internet: ces cinq artistes nous parlent de l’esprit du temps.” L’ADN Tendances (13 October 2020) [ill.] [online] (article in French)
Seyerl, Barbara. “Let Cyberspace be your extended nervous system.” Springerin (September 2020) [ill.] [print]
Galvan, Marco. “In Conversation with Stine Deja.” Figure Figure (September 2020) [ill.] [online]
Meinecke, Anna. “No hard feelings, Stine Deja Technologie und Emotionen im HeK Basel #1.” Gallerytalk.net (26 August 2020) [ill.] [online] (article in German)
“Exhibition: ‘Real Feelings: Technology and Emotion’ at HeK in Basel.” CLOT Magazine (15 August 2020) [ill.] [online]
Salvadò, Arnau. “Stine Deja: Some Possible Futures.” Metal Magazine (23 April 2020) [ill.] [online]
“Stine Deja: Last Resort.” GalleriesNow.net (28 February 2020) [ill] [online]
“Last Resort by Stine Deja at Annka Kultys Gallery, London.” Tzvetnik (February 2020) [ill.] [online]
Netz, Laura. “Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy: wellness as the optimisation of mental and physical wellbeing.” CLOT Magazine (13 February 2020) [ill.] [online]
Kröner, Magdalena. “Digital. Virtuell. Posthuman?” Kunstforum International (January-February 2020): 50-70 [ill.] [online] (article in German)
2019
Luna, Rikke, and Matias. “Stine Deja: Hydrofeminisme | Holbæk Sportsby.” idoart.dk (15 July 2019) [ill.] [online] (article in Danish)
Hansen, Stine. “På vej mod toppen: Mød morgendagens stjerner indenfor kunst.” Berlingske (17 May 2019) [ill.] [online] (article in Danish)
2018
“Hard Core, Soft Bodies.” Pylon-hub (13 December 2018) [online]
Béraud, Indira. “You Might Replace Your Next Lover with a Marie Munk and Stine Deja Artwork.” Widewalls (27 July 2018) [ill.] [online]
Bucknell, Alice. “HOT! Stine Deja. Body Talk.” CURA.28 (7 June 2018) [ill.] [print]
Deja, Stine & Munk, Marie. “Synthetic Seduction.” I do art (2 June 2018) [ill.] [online]
“isthisit? explore digital death and the rise of artificial intelligence in group show I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that at arebyte.” AQNB (24 April 2018) [ill.] [online]
“Lazy Guide to London.” Lazy Oaf (April 2018) [ill.] [online]
“Synthetic Seduction.” HOLD (March 2018) [ill.] [online]
“Synthetic Seduction.” TANK Magazine (March 2018) [ill.] [online]
Khan, Tabish.“The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week.” FAD Magazine (11 March 2018) [ill.] [online]
“On the Borders: Artists Interview with Stine Deja and Marie Munk.” Artland (9 March 2018) [ill.] [online]
“What’s on? AQNB’s weekly list of events + openings around London: Feb 14 – Feb 20.” AQNB (15 February 2018) [online]
Milner, Daphne. “Multimedia artist Stine Deja satirizes the commodification of mindfulness.” It’s Nice That (6 February 2018) [ill.] [online]
“ART NEWS: FEB.02.” Dreamideamachine (2 February 2018) [ill.] [online]
2017
Rossi, Simone. “On Post-Human. Tomorrow Will Become Female.” Cactus Magazine 5 (Winter 17 -18) [ill.] [print]
“There’s Life Outside: a new exhibition by Stine Deja provides an exposé of our increasingly artificial world.” TANK Magazine (6 October 2017) [ill.] [online]
Steiwer, Louise. “Højt spil og sikre satsninger.” Kunstkritikk (4 September 2017) [ill.] [online] (article in Danish)
Perrone, Laura. “And If I Left O Dreaming About You? Foothold / Polignano a Mare.” Flash Art (August 2017) [ill.] [online]
“The boundary between awake and sleep. Kaleidoscope dreams in And if I left off dreaming about you? at Like A Little Disaster.” AQNB (17 July 2017) [ill.] [online]
Bernard, Charlotte. “Stine Deja.” Traction Magazine (1 May 2017) [ill.] [online]
Khan, Tabish. “The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week.” FAD Magazine (16 April 2017) [ill.] [online]
“Stine Deja.” Wall Street International (3 April 2017) [ill.] [online]
“Stine Deja: Cyphoria.” Timeout London (31 March 2017) [ill.] [online]
“Stine Deja: Cyphoria.” Anti-Utopias (24 March 2017) [ill.] [online]
Bonacic, Dino.“Stine Deja: Cyphoria.” Because Magazine (24 March 2017) [ill.] [online]
SELECTED PROJECTS
2019
“Offprint” [group artist workshop], Tate, London — UK
Installation for Holbæk Sportsby x Statens Kunstfond, Holbaek — DK
2017
Illustration for Cause & Effect Magazine
Water hologram for SMK x Roskilde, Roskilde — DK
2016
3D illustration for BANG Magazine
3D illustration for Laugh Magazine
SCREENINGS
2021
HMKV Video of the month, HMKV, Dortmund — DE
2020
4K Zen, Art Lover’s Movie Club, ArtReview (online)
Mock Jungle Screening, Metoché, Bologna — IT
2019
4K ZEN, Vitrine Gallery x Kino Digital, London — UK
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2024
ISCP, residency, New York — US
Mellem Tradition og Teknologi, residency, Slagteriet, Holstebro — DK
2021
NEW NOW Residency, Essen — DE
2020
Working grant, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Copenhagen — DK
3 year working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen — DK
2019
PLOP Residency, London — UK
Working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen — DK
SPACE Art & Tech Residency ‘Future Human’, London — UK
Nominated for Remmen Fondens Kunstpreis (finalist as duo with Marie Munk) — DK
2018
Grant for Hard Core, Soft Bodies at Schimmel Projects, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen — DK
Synthetic Seduction at KH7 Artspace, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen — DK
Synthetic Seduction Award, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen — DK
Working Grant, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen — DK
Grant for Synthetic Seduction at ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY with Marie Munk, Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen — DK
2017
Statens Kunstfond Working Grant, Copenhagen — DK
2015
Chris Garnham Prize, London — UK
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