ED ATKINS
Born 1982 Oxford, United Kingdom
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ed Atkins
Awards
2015-2016
Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Berlin
2012
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award
The Jerwood / Film and Video Umbrella Award
The Jerwood / Film and Video Umbrella Award
2008
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust Special Project Award
Teaching
2018-2019
Guest professor at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2016-2017
Guest professor at Städelschule, Frankfurt
2012-2014
Fine Art Lecturer at Goldsmiths College of Art, London
2010
‘Art and Cinema’ Taught research day, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2009-2010
Honorary Research Assistant in Sculpture, Slade School of Art, London
2010
Visiting Lecture at Edinburgh College of Art, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"Ed Atkins", Gladstone 64, NY
"Ed Atkins", Gladstone 21, NY
"Copenhagen", Cabinet, London
"Ed Atkins", Dépendance, Brussels
"Ed Atkins", Gladstone 21, NY
"Copenhagen", Cabinet, London
"Ed Atkins", Dépendance, Brussels
2022
“Refuse,” TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China
“Two Burlesques,” Espace Louis Vuitton München, Munich, Germany
“Two Burlesques,” Espace Louis Vuitton München, Munich, Germany
2021
"The Worm," Sant'Andrea de Scaphis, Rome, Italy
"Get Life/Love’s Work," New Museum, New York
Tank Qiao Space, Shanghai
"Get Life/Love’s Work," New Museum, New York
Tank Qiao Space, Shanghai
2020
"Refuse," Cabinet Gallery, London, United Kingdom
"Live White Slime," Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
"Entropy of a biased coin," Cabinet Gallery, London, United Kingdom
"Live White Slime," Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
"Entropy of a biased coin," Cabinet Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019
"I like spit now," Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
"Ye Olde Food," K2, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
"Ye Olde Food," K2, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
2018
"Bloom," Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
"MEMBERS," Dépendance, Brussels
"Olde Food," Cabinet Gallery, London
"MEMBERS," Dépendance, Brussels
"Olde Food," Cabinet Gallery, London
2017
"Old Food," Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
"Ed Atkins: Modern Piano Music," DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal
"Corpsing," Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
"Ed Atkins: Modern Piano Music," DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal
"Corpsing," Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2016
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
"Performance Capture," The Kitchen, New York
"SAFE CONDUCT," SMK, Copenhagen
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
"Performance Capture," The Kitchen, New York
"SAFE CONDUCT," SMK, Copenhagen
2015
"Hisser," dépendance, Brussels
"Performance Capture," Manchester International Festival, Manchester, United Kingdom
"Recent Ouija," The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"Performance Capture," Manchester International Festival, Manchester, United Kingdom
"Recent Ouija," The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2014
"RIBBONS," Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
"Ed Atkins / Bruce Nauman," Kunstalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany
"Ed Atkins," Serpentine Galleries, London
"Bastards," Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
"Ed Atkins / Bruce Nauman," Kunstalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany
"Ed Atkins," Serpentine Galleries, London
"Bastards," Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
"Number Seven, with Frances Stark," Julia Stoscheck Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
"Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths," Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
MoMA PS1, New York
"Or tears, of course," Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2012
"Us Dead Talk Love," Chisenhale Gallery, London
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths," Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
MoMA PS1, New York
"Or tears, of course," Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2012
"Us Dead Talk Love," Chisenhale Gallery, London
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
2011
"Art Now: Ed Atkins," Tate Britain, London
"Death Mask," Cabinet, London
"Death Mask," Cabinet, London
2010
"The Scent, Death Mask II, etc," Limoncello, London
"SPOILER, Rhubaba presents…," 303 Cowgate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
"SPOILER, Rhubaba presents…," 303 Cowgate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
"You’re Home Is Where You’re Happy," Haus M.drath, Kerpen, Germany
"Counterimagerinaries," Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
"Counterimagerinaries," Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
2022
"Nature humaine – Humaine nature," Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, France
“LIVES: Life, Survival, Living,” Jut Art Museum, Taipei City, Taiwan
"Mona Foma," Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
"Uncanny Encounters," Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
“LIVES: Life, Survival, Living,” Jut Art Museum, Taipei City, Taiwan
"Mona Foma," Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
"Uncanny Encounters," Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
2021
"The Sun Machine is Coming Down," Berliner Festpiele, International Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany
"The Body Electric," Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida
"The Body Electric," Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida
2020
"AGAINANDAGAINANDAGAIN", MAMbo - Museo di Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy
"Terminal", City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
"Risquons-Tous", Wiels, Brussels
"100 Drawings From Now", The Drawing Center, New York
"Terminal", City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
"Risquons-Tous", Wiels, Brussels
"100 Drawings From Now", The Drawing Center, New York
2019
"The Assembled Human", Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
"The Sorcerer’s Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn", The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas
"The Body Electric", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
"By Artists: From the Home to the Museum, from the Museum to the Home. Homages to the Works of the Cerruti Collection. Chapter 2", The Cerruti Collection (Castello di Rivoli), Turin, Italy
"Dall’argilla all’algoritmo. Arte e tecnologia", Gallerie d’Italia (with Castello di Rivoli), Milan
"MASKE", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
"May You Live in Interesting Times", curated by Ralph Rugoff, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"The Body Electric", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"The Keeper: To have and to hold", The Model, Sligo, Ireland
"My Head is a Haunted House," curated by Charlie Fox, Sadie Coles HQ, London
"Audible Bacillus," Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
"The Sorcerer’s Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn", The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas
"The Body Electric", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
"By Artists: From the Home to the Museum, from the Museum to the Home. Homages to the Works of the Cerruti Collection. Chapter 2", The Cerruti Collection (Castello di Rivoli), Turin, Italy
"Dall’argilla all’algoritmo. Arte e tecnologia", Gallerie d’Italia (with Castello di Rivoli), Milan
"MASKE", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
"May You Live in Interesting Times", curated by Ralph Rugoff, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"The Body Electric", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"The Keeper: To have and to hold", The Model, Sligo, Ireland
"My Head is a Haunted House," curated by Charlie Fox, Sadie Coles HQ, London
"Audible Bacillus," Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2018
"Strange Days: Memories of the Future," The Store X New Museum and The Vinyl Factory, London (curated by Massimiliano Gioni)
"True Luxury… Art Acquisitions 2012-2018", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"Casa Tomada", Calle 22 12BIS, Mexico City
"Common Front, Affectively", Nam June Paik Center, Yongin, South Korea
"Collection", MAC Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, France
"Blind Faith: Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art", Haus der Kunst, Munich
"Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today", The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
"True Luxury… Art Acquisitions 2012-2018", Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"Casa Tomada", Calle 22 12BIS, Mexico City
"Common Front, Affectively", Nam June Paik Center, Yongin, South Korea
"Collection", MAC Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, France
"Blind Faith: Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art", Haus der Kunst, Munich
"Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today", The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), Hanoi, Vietnam
2017
"True Luxury," Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
University of Michigan Museum of Art
"How It's Made," Kostyal Gallery, Stockholm
"STILL HUMAN," Rubell Family Collection, Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, Florida
"Suspended Animation," Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
"The Trick Brain," Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"A thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity," CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
"What Absence Is Made Of," The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
"Being There," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
"The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed - Art in the Age of artificial Intelligence," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"JEUX, rituels et récréations," Gare Saint Sauveur / Centre Pompidou, Lille, France
"Recent Acquisitions, Recent Developments," Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing
"Andy Holden: World as a Cartoon," Tate Britain, London
"Suspended Animation," Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
"Generation Loss (10 year anniversary exhibition)," Julia Stoscheck Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum für Neue Kunst (MNK), Freiburg, Germany
"Lodgers," Haus Mödrath, Cologne, Germany
"Hello World! Art After the Internet," ARS17, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
University of Michigan Museum of Art
"How It's Made," Kostyal Gallery, Stockholm
"STILL HUMAN," Rubell Family Collection, Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, Florida
"Suspended Animation," Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
"The Trick Brain," Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
"A thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity," CAAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
"What Absence Is Made Of," The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
"Being There," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
"The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed - Art in the Age of artificial Intelligence," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"JEUX, rituels et récréations," Gare Saint Sauveur / Centre Pompidou, Lille, France
"Recent Acquisitions, Recent Developments," Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing
"Andy Holden: World as a Cartoon," Tate Britain, London
"Suspended Animation," Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
"Generation Loss (10 year anniversary exhibition)," Julia Stoscheck Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum für Neue Kunst (MNK), Freiburg, Germany
"Lodgers," Haus Mödrath, Cologne, Germany
"Hello World! Art After the Internet," ARS17, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
2016
"The New Human," Moderna Museet, Stockholm
"Suspended Animation," Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
"Fire Under Snow," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
"Suspended Animation," Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
"Fire Under Snow," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2015
"Rum, Sodomy & the Lash," Eden Eden, Berlin
"Lille 3000," Lille, France
"CO-Workers Network as Artist," Musée D’Art Moderne De Ville de Paris, Paris
"Äppärät," Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas
"Istanbul Biennial," Istanbul (curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev)
"This Is The End," HAMMER Museum, Los Angeles
"Listening, Hayward Touring Exhibition" BALTIC, Gateshead, UK; The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK; Site Gallery and Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery, Sheffield, UK; Art Exchange and Firstsite, Colchester, UK
"Lille 3000," Lille, France
"CO-Workers Network as Artist," Musée D’Art Moderne De Ville de Paris, Paris
"Äppärät," Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas
"Istanbul Biennial," Istanbul (curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev)
"This Is The End," HAMMER Museum, Los Angeles
"Listening, Hayward Touring Exhibition" BALTIC, Gateshead, UK; The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK; Site Gallery and Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery, Sheffield, UK; Art Exchange and Firstsite, Colchester, UK
2015
"Triennial, Surround Audience," New Museum, New York
"Mirror Stage: Visualizing the Self After the Internet," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
"The Collection," Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris
"Turn On: Time Based Art from the Julia Stoschek Collection," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
"Biennial of Moving Images," Hobart 2015, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
"Mirror Stage: Visualizing the Self After the Internet," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
"The Collection," Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris
"Turn On: Time Based Art from the Julia Stoschek Collection," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
"Biennial of Moving Images," Hobart 2015, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
2014
"Biennale of Moving Images 2014," Centre d’art Contemporain Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
"Extinction Marathon: Visions of the Future," Serpentine Galleries, London
"Europe Europe," Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
"Private Settings. Art after the Internet," Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
"14 Rooms," Fondation Beyeler, Art Basel and Theater Basel 2014, Basel, Switzerland
"Teen Paranormal Romance," The Renaissance Society, Chicago
"Real Emotions, thinking in film," KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
"Extinction Marathon: Visions of the Future," Serpentine Galleries, London
"Europe Europe," Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
"Private Settings. Art after the Internet," Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
"14 Rooms," Fondation Beyeler, Art Basel and Theater Basel 2014, Basel, Switzerland
"Teen Paranormal Romance," The Renaissance Society, Chicago
"Real Emotions, thinking in film," KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2013
"SUPERFICIAL HYGIENE," De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
"Speculations on Anonymous Materials," Fridericianum, Kassel , Germany
"Meanwhile... Suddenly And Then," Lyon Biennale , Lyon, France
"British British Polish Polish," Ujadowski Castle, Warsaw
"The Encyclopedic Palace," Venice Biennale , Venice, Italy
"Oberhausen Film Festival," Oberhausen , Germany
"Or tears, of course," Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
"Relative Absolute," Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"Tomorrow Never Knows," CCA Glasgow , Glasgow, United Kingdom
"Frozen Lakes," Artist’s Space, New York
"Tomorrow Never Knows," Jerwood Project Space, London, United K ingdom
"Black Cake," Team Gallery, New York
"Speculations on Anonymous Materials," Fridericianum, Kassel , Germany
"Meanwhile... Suddenly And Then," Lyon Biennale , Lyon, France
"British British Polish Polish," Ujadowski Castle, Warsaw
"The Encyclopedic Palace," Venice Biennale , Venice, Italy
"Oberhausen Film Festival," Oberhausen , Germany
"Or tears, of course," Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
"Relative Absolute," Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"Tomorrow Never Knows," CCA Glasgow , Glasgow, United Kingdom
"Frozen Lakes," Artist’s Space, New York
"Tomorrow Never Knows," Jerwood Project Space, London, United K ingdom
"Black Cake," Team Gallery, New York
2012
"Memory Marathon," Serpentine Gallery, London
Berlin Art Week, Berlin
"The Big Inexplicable Paravent Illusion," Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin
"Weighted Words," Zabludowicz Collection, London
"Tomorrow Never Knows," commission for Film and Video Umbrella, JVA at Jerwood Space, London
"The Language of the Flowers and the Stars," Cubbit, London
Berlin Art Week, Berlin
"The Big Inexplicable Paravent Illusion," Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin
"Weighted Words," Zabludowicz Collection, London
"Tomorrow Never Knows," commission for Film and Video Umbrella, JVA at Jerwood Space, London
"The Language of the Flowers and the Stars," Cubbit, London
2011
"Still Life with Phrenolology Head," Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Time Again," Sculpture Center, New York
"Time Again," Sculpture Center, New York
2010
"The Plurality of One Monitor," Rome June, Curated by FromContent
"New Contemporaries 2010," Liverpool and London
"A Killer Whale Breaching in Soft Focus," Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
"Something Blue: A Curiosa of Contemporary Erotica," Economy, London
"American Mountains," Auto Italia, London
"Field Broadcast," Online
"Our TV," Moot, Nottingham, United Kingdom
"New Contemporaries 2010," Liverpool and London
"A Killer Whale Breaching in Soft Focus," Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
"Something Blue: A Curiosa of Contemporary Erotica," Economy, London
"American Mountains," Auto Italia, London
"Field Broadcast," Online
"Our TV," Moot, Nottingham, United Kingdom
2009
"Kunskog," Five Hundred Dollars, London
"RIP 19 April 2009," Peacock Projects, London
"0Video / Refutation," Online and London
"Superpositions, Or-bits.com," Online
"Artist Page," Artvehicle.com
"American Mountains, Stone Squid, Hastings , United Kingdom
"Screenings, Christopher Crescent , Brussels
"Set Off Set," Artscomplex, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
"RIP 19 April 2009," Peacock Projects, London
"0Video / Refutation," Online and London
"Superpositions, Or-bits.com," Online
"Artist Page," Artvehicle.com
"American Mountains, Stone Squid, Hastings , United Kingdom
"Screenings, Christopher Crescent , Brussels
"Set Off Set," Artscomplex, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2008
"The Dark Show / And The Dark Show Returns as a Ghost," Wallis Gallery, FromContent, London
Paradise Row, London
Paradise Row, London
2005
"Les yeux de la Ville," Rue de l’ecole de-rue-medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
"Minutes to Go," Space Gallery, London
"Minutes to Go," Space Gallery, London
2004
"Sounding Out," University of East London, London, UK
Selected Performances and Screenings
2022
“Sorcerer,” Play co-written by Ed Atkins, Revolver Theater, Copenhagen
2021
A Primer for Cadavers, screening “Kino Süd,” Weiss Falk, Basel, Switzerland
2020
WIELS, Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
2019
"A Catch Upon the Mirror," Performa Commission, Performa 19 Biennial, Abrons Arts Center, New York
"I (can scarcely move or draw my breath)," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"I (can scarcely move or draw my breath)," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017
"Dissections: Ed Atkins," DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal
2016
Art Alive Festival, Louisiana, Denmark
2014
"Synonyms: Five or six noise-making rifts," Park Nights, Serpentine Pavilion, London
2013
"Man of Steel, Anthology Film Archives," New York as part of Performa 13
, New York
2011
"An Echo Button, multimedia prologue produced with Haroon Mirza and James Richards for Performa 11," Times Square, New York and Chisenhale Gallery, London
, UK
"In answer to a series of questions posed by a mute," performance at Tate Britain , London, UK
Screening for The Film London Jarman Award 2011, Whitechapel Gallery, London , UK
"A Dying Artist, weekend event in four parts organized by Ed Atkins and Siôn Parkinson," ICA, London, UK
"In answer to a series of questions posed by a mute," performance at Tate Britain , London, UK
Screening for The Film London Jarman Award 2011, Whitechapel Gallery, London , UK
"A Dying Artist, weekend event in four parts organized by Ed Atkins and Siôn Parkinson," ICA, London, UK
2010
Artist talk and screening, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK