C.V. Christian Falsnaes
Born 1980 in Copenhagen, lives and works in Vienna
Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
http://falsnaes.com
christian@falsnaes.com

SOLO SHOWS:  

“Rational Animal” – Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna 2008
“Rational Animal” – Self Service, open art space, Stuttgart 2008
“Versus” (with Bella Angora) – Stalke Out of Space, Copenhagen 2007
"Appearance, deception, showtime!" (with Bella Angora)  - DUNK! Gallery, Copenhagen 2007
"dePlaced" (with Bella Angora) - Stalke Galleri, Denmark 2006
"KARGO" (with KARGO)  - Espai Pupu Gallery, Barcelona 2005

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS: 

“International Prize for Performance” - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento 2008
"Sauna 08" - Konzerthaus Brut, Vienna 2008
"Group exhibition" - Stalke Up North, Copenhagen 2008
“Image and text” - Basement, Vienna 2008
Triangle Project - side project to the Istanbul Biennal, Turkey 2007
“Deconstructing eden” - Projektraum exex, St. Gallen 2007
“Fresh Trips” - Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria 2007
“groupshow” - Stalke Up North, Denmark 2007
“Art Copenhagen” - Art Fair with  Stalke Galleri, Denmark 2007
"Crossing over" - Cultural Association Ateneo delle Idee, Udine, Italy 2007
"Das gute muss nicht immer das boese sein" - Kunstraum Englaenderbau, Liechtenstein 2007
"Sartfest" - Vojvodina Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Serbia 2006
"Microstories Austria" - MAK Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna 2006
"Strange cargo" - Quartier 21 / Museumsquartier, Vienna 2006
"Economy class" - Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna 2006
"Economy class"  - Alliance Francaise, Nairobi, Kenia 2006
"Altcph"  - Art Fair with  Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen 2006
"Arbejde arbejde arbejde" - Overgaden Institute of contemporary art, Copenhagen 2006
"Reality" - Stalke Galleri, Denmark 2005
”Performance Night” - Migros Museum for Contemporary Art, Zurich 2004
”Cream” - Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany 2004
”Nachschub” - Oebb Magazin Feldkirch, Austria 2004   
"Expect us!" - Austellungsraum Blauer Saal, Zurich 2004
Expect us!" - Kunsthof Zürich 2004
The 2. international Dada-Festival - Sihl Papier Museum, Zürich 2003
"Right to strike first" - New Exhibitionspace, Copenhagen 2003
"Minimarket" - Schlesinger-Stiftung, Switzerland  2003
"Byen brænder" - Udstillingsstedet Under Dybbølsbro, Copenhagen 2002 
"Power to the Imagination" - group exhibition in the Garden of Jes Brinch and Kathrine Olldag 2003

SELECTED PERFORMANCES:

“Syntax Error” – UNFAIR Art and Fashion Festival, Copenhagen 2008
“KARGOLOGY” - Gershwin Hotel, New York 2008
“Syntax Error” – Kunstzone Karlsplatz, Vienna 2008
“KARGOLOGY” – MAK Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna 2007
“video.musik.performance” – Kunstraum NOE, Vienna 2007
"Native American supremacy" - Horse Move, Amsterdam 2006
"The "stop slavery" expansion" - Semperdepot, Vienna 2006
”Alter egos” - Espai Pupu Gallery, Barcelona 2005
”Alter egos” - Rietveld Showroom, Amsterdam 2005
”Texas Rangers” - Kaskadenkondensator, Basel 2005
”Texas Rangers” - Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich 2005
”Texas Rangers” - Projektraum Exex, St. Gallen, Switzerland  2005 
”Wilhelm Tell vs. Superman” - Ausstellungsraum Blauer Saal, Zürich 2004
”Communication experiment” - Schauspielhaus Zürich 2004
"Tarzan says" - Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden 2003
"Tarzan says" - Synthosil, Zürich 2003
"Tarzan says" - Remote Festival, Hamburg 2003  
"Abenteuer Menchlichkeit“ - Salzburger Festspiele, Austria 2003
"Feel" - Galerie Message Salon / Esther Eppstein, Zürich 2003
"Feel" - Kunstlerhaus Plattenstrasse, Zürich 2003
"Feel" – Schlesinger Foundation, Switzerland 2003
"Alive and Beautiful" - Roskilde Festival, Denmark 2003
"Art-speech-performance" - Det jyske Kunstakademi, Denmark 2003
"Wrapped rap"  - Sihlpapier Museum, Zurich 2003
"S.O.L." - the "Ord og Handel" poetry and performance festival, Malmø, Sweden 2002
"Live" - Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden 2002
"Live" - Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen 2002 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2008 - H13 Art Award for performance
2008 - International Prize for Performance finalist
2005 - Danish Art Council
2004 - Migros Kulturprozent
2004 - Ausserrhodische Kulturstiftung
2003 - Schlesinger Foundation, Switzerland
2003 - Danish Art Council

OTHER: 

web-project "redefine-reality.net" with Jes Brinch 2005
curator of the streetart-festival "Expect us", Blauer Saal, Kunsthof, Migros Museum,
Les Complices and Message Salon, Zürich 2004
Initiator of and moderator at the event “art in the public space today",
Museum fuer Gestaltung und Kunst, Zürich 2004
Artist in residence, Schlesinger-Stiftung, Switzerland 2003
Co-organizer/ curator of the projectroom Valdemarsgade 52 2002

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS :

"Rational Animal" (AT) exhibition catalogue 2008
“UNFAIR” (DK) exhibition catalogue 2008
"re.sonance network mission 2007" (AT) exhibition catalogue 2007
"Das gute muss nicht immer das boese sein" (FL) exhibition catalogue 2007
"Fucking Good Art  # 16" (NL) art magazine 2007
"dePlaced" (DK) exhibition catalogue 2006 
”pupu magazine” (ES) exhibition catalogue 2005
”Streetlife” (DK) movie / dvd 2005
”Nachscub” (A) exhibition catalogue 2004
"Dada-zeitung" (CH) art magazine 2004
"book b" (B) art magazine 2004
"Victor B Andersens maskinfabrik" (DK) art magazine 2003
"Expert" (DK) art fanzine 2003
"Ord og Handel" (SE) art magazine/ audio CD 2003
"7x7" (DK) comic 2002
"Ud og skriv" (DK) graffiti magazine 2002
"Byen brænder" (DK) exhibition catalogue 2002
"Ud og skriv" (DK) graffiti magazine 2001
"Magic moments" (DK) graffiti magazine 2001
"Artcore magazine" (DK) graffiti and streetart magazine 2001
"Byens puls" (DK) graffiti magazine 2000
"Kilroy magazine" (NO) graffiti magazine 1999   
"Artcore magazine" (DK) graffiti and streetart magazine1998