CV
1974 Born in Gentofte, Denmark
Education
2002-2004 Glasgow School of Art, Multi disciplinary MFA.
2003 California Institute of the Arts, California, USA.
Studied w Michael Asher in The school of Art and Tom Leeser in Integrated Media Dep. 1998- 2001 Glasgow School of Art, Fine Art Photography, BA ( Hons) 1st. degree Hons.
1997-1998 K.u.b.a. daghøjskole, Fine Art Photography, Copenhagen
1996-1997 Københavns tekniske skole, Photography, Film and Video, Copenhagen
1995- 1996 Krabbesholms højskole, Architecture, Philosophy and Psychology, Skive Denmark
Courses
2007 “Pro Tools” – sound editing course at ARTLAB, Copenhagen
2005 2 weeks course in sound editing, at the documentary and short film school in Herlev, Denmark.
2005 2-month web design course at Photographic Centre, Copenhagen
Selected Exhibitions, Presentations, Publications and other Projects
2012 "An Inquiry On Chaos", exhibition, following publishing of the book, curated by curator Manuel Cirauqui, Paris, France
2012 "Situation Exchanges", curated by curator Trine Friis Sørensen at St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada, Berlin, Germany and Malmø, Sweden.
2012 Oct: "Solo-project", Skånes Kunstforening, Malmø, 2011
2012 June: "SommerSkulpturSøby2012". Curated by Susan Hinnum og Ole Hartvig at Ærø, Danmark
2012 April: "Vinyl", curator Elina Suoyrjö Oksasenkatu galleria, Finland
2011 Oct.: "Forskydninger", NEXT VISIT, Berlin, Germany
2011 Oct.: "Solo project", Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 August: "Things to do" organized by Heine Klausen, Skulpturi, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 June: "Spazi Aperti", Romanian Academy, Rome, Italy
2011 May-July: Visiting artist in residency at Danish institute for Art and Science, Rome, Italy
2011 May: "Kunst & Æter", collaborative project at Overgaden organized by LYDWERK, SNYK, Danish National Radio and The Funen Art Academy, Denmark
2010 April Guest speaker in relation to the show the show Sound of Critique. Curated Jens Maier-Rothe at the Diapason Gallery, NY, USA.
2010 May, Aug and Dec. "A Minor History of Creativity" - a project in 3 parts Gallery Pictura, skånes Konstmuseum, Sweden, Gallery BOA, Oslo, Norway and Overgaden, Copenhagen
2010 March "The Listening Act", curated by curator Stine Hebert, Walden affairs, Den Haag, Holland
2010 Jan. "Phonebox," IMO Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Jan–July Artist-in-residence at Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Tyrkey
2009 Dec. Participating in "Riems Scene D'europe festiva"l, Reims, France
2009 Sept. "Writings and Observations", Bortkyrka Konsthall, Sweden.
2009 Aug-Sept. Artist-in-residence incl. exhibition as part of Hanoi Future Arts Hanoi, Vietnam
2009 July- Artist-in-residence incl. exhibition at SUMU, Artist-in-residence program Turku, Finland
2009 Jan-april. Artist-in-residence at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
2008 Sep. "Irma Mørch Gallery presents video and sound art favourites Kunsthal-Charlottenborg", Copenhagen. Denmark
2008 August. "Solo-show" Abandoned gallery, Malmø, Sweden
2008 April-June "The world is flat", Overgaden. Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen and Sept.-Oct. and The Center of Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria.
2007 Sept. Public sound-installation, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
2007 July. "Catching Invisible Connections" 3-persons show curated by Malene Ratcliffe, Cluster, in Berlin
2007 May. "On Conditions of and Conditioning"- solo show, Overgaden, Copenhagen
2007 March. Participating in LARM-sound festival as representative of Denmark. Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2007 April. Book launch of book "The sound of Nordic art – from mouth cavity to laptop" published by the organisation LARM, Stockholm. My work included as representation of the Danish sound art scene.
2007 Jan. 2-persons show w. Tove Storch (DK) Bell Street Gallery in Vienna, Austria.
2006 Oct. "Audible Traffic" -public soundwork'. With the collaborative 1;3 SoundWalk 2006, Long Beach, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Aug. "Drifting" – solo showand presentation at PLEX, Københavns Musikteater, Copenhagen
2006 July. "Selections" 2-person show Galleri Hornbaek, Denmark
2005 Dec. Participated in EARS seminar - network on acustics, radio, and soundart DR- Radiohuset,Cph.
2005 Nov. "Teknisk uheld" -Techical Breakdown AUX, audio exhibition. Cph.Dk
2005 Oct. "Immaterial/ Material" Audio AUX public presentation of work, Cph. Dk
2005 Oct. "Transition", collaboration with Jakob Ankersvaerd Charlottenborg, Cph, DK
2005 Aug. "From there to here", Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, JAPAN
2005 July "Crossing now !" -group show Mastehallerne, Holmen, DK
2004 Nov. "Kladt ein Malerei und ehr", Saarbrucken,GER.
2004 Sept. Travelling internet project RAM Radioartemobile, Rome, Italy
2004 June "Show me the way to the Tradesman's entrance", Tramway, Glasgow, Scotl.
2003 Nov. "Sketched and Ideas. Air-condition installation", solo-show Gallery A-402, CalArts, CA
2003 Aug. "Detriti, group show". Nova Icona, Venice, It
2003 May Artist-in-residency and exhibition Hotel Marie Chapel, Hoorn ,NL
2003 Feb. Public presentation of artistic work CCA, Glasgow
2002 Aug. "2-person show", including work from Akureyri Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotl.
2002 May-June Visiting artist, Artist lecture and Solo show Listagill in Akureyri, Iceland
2001 Feb. "New work" in collaboration with Camilla Low Switch-space, Glasgow
Employment
2010 6 April 2010 Invited as visiting Artist to lecture at Art & Technology, Ålborg University, Denmark
2010 Taught a one week collaborative workshop titled “Sound & Visoin” with artist Yvette Brackman.at Krabbesholm Højskole in Skive, Denmark.
2007 1/8-07–1/7-08 Teacher in Art, Photography and critical studies at Krabbesholm Højskole in Skive, Denmark. www.krabbesholm.dk
2006 Invited as visiting artist in (IM) Integrated Media department at California Institute for the Arts.
2006 Member of programming board at TELIC -gallery for new media in Los Angeles
2006 Visiting artist with speciality in Fine Art Photography, at the Art School VERA (daghøjskole) in Copenhagen
2005 Visiting artist with speciality in Fine Art Photography at the Art School Copenhagen Media School Rampen in Copenhagen
2005 Visiting artist with speciality in Sound/installation Art at the HARTS Foundation in Los Angeles.
2005-2006 Employed as Academic and Curatorial assistant at Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde .DK
2004 Active member of the organisation AUX - Forum for Audio Culture, based in Copenhagen, Denmark
2003-2004 Taught ‘one-to-one’ tutorials with undergraduate students at Glasgow School of Arts
2002-2003 Worked as Art Teacher for Artlink -Art Foundation based in Sterling. Scotland
1992-1995 Worked as full time pre-and high school teacher at Valhøj skole, Syd skolen and Rødovre skole in Denmark. Taught the areas of Art, English, Danish, Science, and Maths.to children in the ages of 8-16 years old. Some teaching included children with disabilities, autistic children of 16 years old.
Awards
2010 Jan-July Awarded the working residency in Istanbul by The Art Council of Denmark and PLATFORM Garanti, Istanbul, Turky
2009 Jan-April Awarded the working residency in Paris by The Art Council of Denmark
2008 May Awarded the yearly Study Grant by Art Council of Denmark. Tildelt Arbejdslegat 2008-9 fra Statens Kunstfond
2007 May Awarded the yearly Study Grant by Art Council of Denmark. Tildelt Arbejdslegat 2007-8 fra Statens Kunstfond
2007 March Awarded a production and travel Grant by Art Council of Denmark
2006 May Awarded the yearly Study Grant by Art Council of Denmark. Tildelt Arbejdslegat 2006-7 fra Statens Kunstfond
2006 Feb Awarded a Study Grant by Art Council of Denmark
2005 May Awarded a Study and Travel Grant by Art Council of Denmark
2005 Mar Awarded a Study and Travel Grant by the Bekett Fond, Denmark
2005 May Awarded a Study and Travel Grant by Højgaard Fonden, Denmark
2003 Nov Awarded a Study and Travel Grant by Højgaard Fonden, Denmark
2002 Oct.-2004 Awarded The Student award Agency for Scotland Post Graduate degree Study Grant
2003 Nov Awarded the Student travel bursary grant from GSA, towards exchange in California
2002 March Awarded The British Arts Council travel Grant towards residency In Iceland.
Collections:
2005. Presented in the collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rokilde, Denmark
Publications (Bibliography/ catalogues / articles)
“An Inquiry On Chaos” by Manuel Cirauqui- to be published in 2010
“The sound of Nordic art – from mouth cavity to laptop”, published by the organisation LARM, Stockholm 2007
“MIND THE GAP”, published by FACTORY FOR ART AND DESIGN, Copenhagen Denmark 2007
“Selections”- Ursula Nistrup and Myne søe-Pedersen, published by the artists 2006
“Transition”- Ursula Nistrup and Jakob Avenius Anckersvard, published by artists and Kunsthal Charlottenborg 2005
Technical Breakdown”, published by “AUX-forum for listening culture”. Copenhagen Denmark 2005
Ursula Nistrup: On Conditions of and Conditioning ( Overgaden 2007)
Udfoldelser af vores indbyrdes relationer af Ane Bülow ( Information maj 2007)
Collections
2005. Presented in the collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rokilde, Denmark