Through the use of sculpture, sound, found footage, language and video, Jens Settergren develops immersive installations that explore the role of the image and the power of manipulation in a technoliberal society. Since the early stage of his investigative process, he recounts the human being’s positions as individual and collective agent and investigates a new notion of subjectivity, which embodies digital technology and nature, opening up to an inspirational practice of liberation and new sense of awareness.
- Marianna Vecellio, curator, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Represented by Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen
Currently living and working in New York City, USA
Education:
The Jutland Art Academy 2011- 2016
International Academy of Art Palestine 2014
Residencies:
2024 ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYC, US
2023 San Cataldo, Scala, IT
2021-22 Bikuben Foundation Studio Program, DK
2021 Accademia di Danimarca, Rome, IT
2019 ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYC, US
2019 Statens Værksteder for Kunst - National Workshops for Art, DK
2018 The Nordic Lighthouse in Hanstholm, DK
2018 AaBKC AIR Berlin, DE
2015 AaBKC AIR Berlin, DE
2014 DIA - Danish Institute in Athens, GR
Collections:
SMK - The Danish National Gallery / Statens Museum for Kunst
The Danish Arts Foundation
KØS Museum for art in public space
The Copenhagen Municipality
Founding member of the artist group Piscine (2016 - 2021)
Current and upcoming:
2024 Solo show, Viborg Kunsthal, DK
2025 Solo show, Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2025 Group show, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, DK
2026 Group show, KUMU Art Museum of Estonia, EE
2024 Public commission, Enghaveskolen, Odense, DK
2024 Public commission, Ørestad Svømmehal, DK
Selected solo shows:
2024 Milk Plus, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2023 The Copenhagen Interpretation, inter.pblc, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Bubbles, Orbs, Oracles, Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2022 PROTOTYPE, Anton Rosen Huset, Samsø, DK
2022 Incubator, solo exhibition in collaboration w. Johannes Heldén, die raum, Berlin, DE
2021 Worldbuilding, Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, DK
2019 The GPS Will Take Me Home, Ringsted Galleriet, DK
2019 Destination Aalborg, f.eks., w. Piscine, Aalborg, DK
2018 Be a Pattern for the World, INCA, w. Piscine + Bergman & Salinas, Portland, Oregon, US
2018 Be A Pattern for the World, Piscine + Bergman & Salinas, The Poor Farm, Wisconsin, US
2018 In Aestu Solis, die raum, Berlin, DE
2017 Imagineering, w. Piscine, Adult, Copenhagen, DK
2016 The Weather is too Predictable - w. Piscine, Piscine c/o Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2015 Trope, Piscine, Aarhus, DK
Selected group shows:
2024 CHART in Tivoli, Chart art fair w. Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2024 ISCP Open Studios, ISCP, New York City, US
2024 Spring show, Wilson Saplana Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Yet, It Moves!, Copenhagen Contemporary, DK
2023 Multitude & Singularity, Le Bicolore, Maison du Danemark, Paris, FR
2023 Art Hub at Folkemødet, Allinge, DK
2023 What is this, an exhibition for ants?!, CANTINA, Aarhus, DK
2023 Bloom Festival, Søndermarken, Copenhagen, DK
2020 - 22 New Danish Art, SMK - The Danish National Gallery / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Jordtegn Sostrup Castle, Djursland, DK & KH7, Aarhus, DK
2022 Infinite delay, OK Corral, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DK
2022 LYS.MUR, Svendborg, DK
2022 Longing, Niels Bohr Institute - DARK Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Images From the Future, VR-project, Den Frie, Copenhagen; Kunsthal Aarhus; Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg; Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense; Kunsthal 6100, Haderslev; Kunsthal 44Møen, Askeby, DK
2021 This Is a Meat City, Art Hub, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Monster Soup, KØS Museum of art in public spaces, Køge, DK
2021 The Shape of a Sound, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
2021 Rencontes Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
2021 Rencontes Internationales, Louvre, Paris, FR
2021 Grave Monuments, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, SK
2021 Gravmonumenter, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK
2020 Samfund, satire og surrealisme, SAK, Svendborg, DK
2020 Interdimensionale II, Gammelgaard, Copenhagen, DK
2020 VAF, Viborg Animation Festival, Viborg, DK
2020 Future Visions: UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition, SXSW, Austin, Texas, US
2020 Baitball, Palazzo san Giuseppe, Poglinano a mare, IT
2020 Automate Me, Verge Gallery, Sydney, AU
2020 Omslag, KH7, Aarhus, DK
2019 Winther in Kunsthal Aarhus, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2019 Leviathan, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2019 Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
2019 Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, Seattle, US
2019 ISCP Open Studios, ISCP, New York City, US
2019 Rencontres Internationales, Louvre, Forum des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
2018 Last Xmas at the Harbor, The South Harbor, Copenhagen, DK
2018 Topos, w. Sebastian Edin, Errant Sound, Berlin, DE
2018 A Sweet Taste of Conspiracy, w. Piscine and Bergman & Salinas, Fuego CDMX, Mexico City, MX
2018 The Great Poor Farm Experiment,, w. Piscine and Bergman & Salinas, Poor Farm, Waupaca, Wisconsin, US
2018 Alt_Cph18 Over-existing, w. Piscine and Bergman & Salinas, Fabrikken, Copenhagen, DK
2017 Geography of the Senses, OK Corral, Copenhagen, DK
2017 UDEN TITEL 17, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, DK
2017 Struer Tracks Biennale - Sound Marks, Struer, DK
2017 Strange Ecologies, X AND BEYOND, Copenhagen, DK
2016 The Conference, w. Piscine, Piscine, c/o Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2016 Afgang 16, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK
Commissions:
2024 Future Fossil, Nysæter ungdomsskule, Stord, NO
2022 NUKLEUS, supported by The Danish Arts Foundation & Samsø Municipality, Samsø Skole, Tranebjerg, DK
2021 Galaksestien, commissioned by The Danish Arts Foundation & Odense Municipality, Vollsmose, Odense, DK
2020 White Swan / Passenger Pigeon, Radisson, Aarhus, DK
2018 The Mighty Trident, Hanstholm Lighthouse, Hanstholm, DK
2018 Ascent of the Mighty Trident, The Energy Academy, Samsø, DK
2017 Portal, Hammel Neurocenter, Hammel, DK
Curatorial:
2019 Leviathan, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
2017 Terminal Compost, X AND BEYOND, Copenhagen, DK
2016 The Conference, w. Piscine, Piscine c/o Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK
2016 en slags penge, w. Piscine, Piscine c/o Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK
Artist books and publications:
2020 Omslag, contribution to book, published by Antipyrine
2018 OEI # 82-83: Competition Wins: Art in the Age of Kleptomania, contribution w. Piscine
2017 OEI # 75 - 76: NATURBEGREPPET (EKOEI), text contribution
2017 Københavnske Istidende 2. årg. 2. udg., text contribution
2016 Hvermandag.dk, text contribution
2016 Tropica Dissolvuntur, collection of poems, Antipyrine
Grants and prizes:
The Young Artist Elite - Two year program, The Danish Arts Foundation, 2023-2024
Bikuben Foundation Studio Program, 2021
Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carls Nielsen's Talent Prize 2020
Akademiraadet Grant 2019
The Danish Arts Foundation work grant 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022
The Danish Arts Foundation production grant 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
The Jutland Art Academy Honorary Grant 2016
15. Juni Fonden 2015
Knud Højgaards Fond 2014
Oticon Fonden 2014
Ny Carlsberg Fondet 2014
Teaching/workshops/talks:
The Funen Art Academy
The Jutland Art Academy
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
PNCA - Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Aalborg University, Art & Technology
Niels Bohr Institute - DARK Cosmology Centre
Bloom Festival for Nature and Science
The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus
Art Hub Copenhagen
Kunstpionererne, Aalborg
Aarhus Kunstskole
Københavns Kunstskole
Other:
Member of Kunstnersamfundet
Member of BKF
Board member, The Jutland Art Academy 2015-16