Rolf Nowotny, Christian Andersen

Images

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. NOCLIPLILT, 2022. Simian, Copenhagen — Installation view. NOCLIPLILT, 2022. Simian, Copenhagen

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. RAED SAA RAED SAARET SAA SAARET, 2021. Kunsthal Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft — Installation view. RAED SAA RAED SAARET SAA SAARET, 2021. Kunsthal Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. Life Trails, 2021. Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj — Installation view. Life Trails, 2021. Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. ALKOVE, 2021. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Installation view. ALKOVE, 2021. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Rolf Nowotny. Installation view. Dementia, 2019. David Dale Gallery, Glasgow — Installation view. Dementia, 2019. David Dale Gallery, Glasgow

Rolf Nowotny. Of Things Blooming at Night, 2018. Epoxy, tin foil, copper, steel wire, thorns and plastic foil. 20 x 10 x 10 cm — Of Things Blooming at Night, 2018. Epoxy, tin foil, copper, steel wire, thorns and plastic foil. 20 x 10 x 10 cm

Rolf Nowotny. dregs, 2018. Epoxy, tin foil, copper and steel wire, thorns, glitter, flowerbeds, plastic flowers, rhinestones, chicken wire, plastic foil. 24 x 34 x 9,5 cm — dregs, 2018. Epoxy, tin foil, copper and steel wire, thorns, glitter, flowerbeds, plastic flowers, rhinestones, chicken wire, plastic foil. 24 x 34 x 9,5 cm

Rolf Nowotny. OafSalat, 2018 (detail). Bed frame, glass fiber, epoxy, copper wire, twigs, dried flowers and nestles brought from Denmark. — OafSalat, 2018 (detail). Bed frame, glass fiber, epoxy, copper wire, twigs, dried flowers and nestles brought from Denmark.

Rolf Nowotny. OafSalat, 2018. Bed frame, glass fiber, epoxy, copper wire, twigs, dried flowers and nestles brought from Denmark — OafSalat, 2018. Bed frame, glass fiber, epoxy, copper wire, twigs, dried flowers and nestles brought from Denmark

Rolf Nowotny. Kreatursøn, 2018. Welded iron, fine chains, twine, glass fiber, epoxy, copper and iron rods, dried flowers, and thorn twigs — Kreatursøn, 2018. Welded iron, fine chains, twine, glass fiber, epoxy, copper and iron rods, dried flowers, and thorn twigs

Rolf Nowotny. Kreatursøn, 2018 (detail). Welded iron, fine chains, twine, glass fiber, epoxy, copper and iron rods, dried flowers, and thorn twigs — Kreatursøn, 2018 (detail). Welded iron, fine chains, twine, glass fiber, epoxy, copper and iron rods, dried flowers, and thorn twigs

Rolf Nowotny, L+I+F+E, 2018. Industrial felt, ink, machine screws, epoxy on canvas, aluminum cut-out and aluminum frame. 160 x 120 cm — L+I+F+E, 2018. Industrial felt, ink, machine screws, epoxy on canvas, aluminum cut-out and aluminum frame. 160 x 120 cm

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. Alienation: Momentum 9 - Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2017. Moss, Norway — Installation view. Alienation: Momentum 9 - Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2017. Moss, Norway

Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T, 2017 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame structure, wire, epoxy, polyurethane, wheels, chains and bed frame with embedded mask in fibre glass and epoxy. Alienation: Momentum 9 - Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2017. Moss, Norway — N*E*S*T, 2017 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame structure, wire, epoxy, polyurethane, wheels, chains and bed frame with embedded mask in fibre glass and epoxy

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. CONKCLOACA, 2016. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Installation view. CONKCLOACA, 2016. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Rolf Nowotny. The Meek, 2016. Polyurethane, Styrofoam, airbrush, lacquer. 30 x 25 x 32 cm — The Meek, 2016. Polyurethane, Styrofoam, airbrush, lacquer. 30 x 25 x 32 cm

Rolf Nowotny. Unending Poverty, 2016. 60 l. industrial plastic drum, water, chalk, synthetic and human hair. 63 x 34 x 37 cm — Unending Poverty, 2016. 60 l. industrial plastic drum, water, chalk, synthetic and human hair. 63 x 34 x 37 cm

Installation view. FERSK, 2016. Artist Books, Growing Wildly, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen

FERSK, 2016 (detail). Construction site fences, blue tarp, dried fish, welded metal, polystyrene epoxy, polyurethane, artificial hair, acrylic paint, 4 canvases, oil paint and dried leaves. Variable dimensions

Installation view. Sur Pollen, 2015. Tranen, Copenhagen

Sur pollen, 2015. Garbage container, steel, polyurethane, epoxy,
wig, paint. 215 x 80 x 170 cm — Sur pollen, 2015. Garbage container, steel, polyurethane, epoxy, wig, paint. 215 x 80 x 170 cm

Sur pollen, 2015 (detail). Garbage container, steel, polyurethane, epoxy, wig, paint. 215 x 80 x 170 cm Text by Porpentine Charity Heartscape

Installation view. Støbt Ustøbt Støbt Igen, 2015. Fauna satellite show at the house of the parents of the artist

Terraform 1-20, 2013. Bisque fired red clay and various teas. Various sizes

Rolf Nowotny. Installation view. How Can I Sleep, 2013. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen — Installation view. How Can I Sleep, 2013. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Rolf Nowotny. How Can I Sleep (detail), 2013. Beer, cow dung, moss and youghurt on concrete. 8 pieces. Each 15 x 64 x 42 cm — How Can I Sleep (detail), 2013. Beer, cow dung, moss and youghurt on concrete. 8 pieces. Each 15 x 64 x 42 cm

Rolf Nowotny. Deaf Parent, 2013. Powder coated steel lined with felt. 65 cm — Deaf Parent, 2013. Powder coated steel lined with felt. 65 cm

CV

Rolf Nowotny

Born 1978
Lives and works in Copenhagen

Education
2003–09 MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Professor Gerard Byrne

Solo exhibitions 
2023
 PUTTYCOMP, Grave Dwellers, online
COMP NUMB LIMB, Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro 
DAPPER PEEPERS, No Gallery, New York  
2022 
NOCLIPLILT, Simian, Copenhagen
 2021 
RAED SAA RAED SAARET SAA SAARET, Kunsthal Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft 
2020
 ALKOVE, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2019
 Frieze Focus, London. Christian Andersen
Dementia, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow
2018
What Slick Rock Broke Open, Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome
2016
CONKCLOACA, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2015
Sur Pollen, Tranen Space for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Støbt Ustøbt Støbt Igen, Fauna, Copenhagen
2013
Liste Art Fair, Basel. Christian Andersen
How Can I Sleep, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2012
Sex, Antechamber, Copenhagen
2011
Full Frontal Nudity, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2010
Mouthbreather, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Selected group exhibitions 
2024
Friend of a Friend, 84 14th Street, New York 
2023
 Floral & Machine, Voskhod Gallery, Basel 
Scene, Apartment 13, New York
2022 
Another Surrealism, The Art Museum in Tønder, Tønder
Another Surrealism, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen 
Food Galore – in baroque and contemporary art, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte 
Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye, Augustiana, Augustenborg
 Baitball 2, with Christopher Brodie Peckham, Like a liYle Disaster, Bari 
Folkets Bibliotek, Funen Art Academy, Odense 
Drafts of Ecology: URD, CCI Fabrika, Moscow
2021
5 lydbøger af 5 kunstnere, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
 Brændt af Solen, Perelin, Copenhagen 
Forvildning, Kunsthal Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft
 Life Trails, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj
MAMAN妈妈, online group show curated by Rhizome Parking Garage and Underground Flower 
2020 
Soft Logic, with Diego Delas, Haus Wien, Vienna
Ghosthouse, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen 
skulpterat språk/sculptured language, Elastic Gallery, Stockholm 
2019
 Fundament, darkZone, New Jersey 
You’re in my veins, Aarhus public space, Aarhus
Rhizome Parking Garage, online
Iwillmedievalfutureyou1, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Artsonje Center, Seoul
 La Potenza dell'Arte Contemporanea, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Pinacoteca Proveniaciale di Potenza, Potenza
 Contemporanee/Contemporanei, curated by Denis Isaia, Santa Marta Campus of Università di Verona, Verona 
Future Primitive, Gossamer Fog, London
Deeper Than Inside, High Art, Paris
2018
StickerSUV, PANE Projects, Milan
Iwillmedievalfutureyou6, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
SUV, Werkschauhalle, Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig
Vibrant matter – i dialog med Kai Nielsen, SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg
2017
GMO Scarecrow, Age of Aqarius, Copenhagen
Alienation, Momentum – 9th Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art, Moss
Here For Now, IM, Copenhagen
Becoming Human, Sculpture Odense 17, Odense
Last Minute Business, Adult, Copenhagen
2016
Techniques and Vision, curated by Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Pivô, São Paulo
iwillmedievalfutureyou5, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
Disappointment Island, Griffin Art Space, Warsaw
Solvang, organized by Squash Club, Amor Parken, Copenhagen
Artists’ Books, Growing Wildly, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2015
AFA 2, 63rd-77th STEPS, Bari
Too Much of a Good Thing, Nordic Contemporary, Paris
2014
Coming From, Overgaden, Copenhagen
L'embarras, curated by Toke Lykkeberg, Toves, Copenhagen
Hard Words, curated by Benjamin Hirte, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Ditte Gantriis & Rolf Nowotny, Die Raum, Berlin
2013
Shapes in the making, Lunds Konsthall, Lund
Kingdom of Dirt + Special Guest Stars, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
Victor, A, Judge William, Johannes (de silentio), Constantin, Vigilius, Nicolaus, Hilarius, Johannes (Climacus), H.H., Anti-Climacus et. al, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen
Flat Bed, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York
SANDY ISLAND (A section of AB. A project by Gabriele De Santis), Nomas Foundation, Rome
Cloud Hosting, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
GROUND. Materiality No. 2 (Earth), Sorø Kunstmuseum, Sorø
2012
F for Freedom, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
OilonWaterCalmingEffect, Skur2, Stavanger
Around Every Corner, Elastic Gallery, Malmö
Spatium, KUMU, Tallinn
2011
Lake of Fire, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2009
Med Tiden Bliver det Mahogni/ Oak is IT!, Pladsen, Copenhagen
The Mask, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

Curated exhibitions
2016
BI-, Age of Aquarius invited by FAUNA, X AND BEYOND, Copenhagen
Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde 2015
Hatching Darknet Queen, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Fauna (online)
2014
V/O, Maria Meinild, Fauna, Copenhagen
Pietá, Alexander Tovborg, Fauna, Copenhagen
2013
Urschleim, David Douard, Rachel Koolen, Lea Porsager, Olga Balema & Steinar Haga Kristensen. Fauna, Copenhagen
Noisy Spaghetti, Allison Katz, Lisa Holzer, Ditte Gantriis and 10gruppen. Fauna, Copenhagen
Body Carrier, Sandra Vaka Olsen, Fauna, Copenhagen
2012
The Lot, Owen Armour, Saskia Te Nicklin and Moa Israelson. Curated in collaboration with Jeanette Sætre and Hilda Ekeroth. Antechamber, Copenhagen
2009
Absence of Uncertainty, Ditte Gantriis and Mathias Kryger. Koh-I-noor, Copenhagen

Bibliography
2020
Maria Kjær Themsen. “Berørt – Om dansk kunst i det nye årtusinde” (Strandberg Publishing) pp. 69–71
2016
Chris Fite-Wassilak. “The Mutants We Will Become” in Frieze Magazine (Issue 182)
David Lytzhøft and Iben Foss. ”Da jeg var fire år, brændte jeg vores hus ned”, Interview in Weekendavisen (4 May 2016)
Mathias Kryger. ”En hyldest til det identitetsløse individ”, Review in Politiken (6 April 2016)
2015
Maria Kjær Themsen. “Zombie-metabolisme”, Review on Kunstkritikk
2014
LAB a project by Rolf Nowotny. Text by Adam Carr. Cura 17
2013
ArtReview: Newsletter No. 23
Jacob Lillemose. “Rolf Nowotny”, Review in Frieze Magazine (15 June 2013)
Michael Jeppesen. ”Dette er et kar”, Review in Information (15 March 2013)
2012
Michael Jeppesen. ”Sort snak om oplevelsesøkonomi”, Review in Information
2011
Pernille Albrethsen. ”Dansen om det tomme tegn”, Review on Kunstkritikk
2010
Michael Jeppesen. ”Skud mod den hårdeste overflade”, Review in Information
Anna Holm, Interview for kopenhagen.dk
“IR//RATIONALITY. A book about rationality and irrationality interpreted by 28 artists, writers and theoreticians”, red.: Lars Worm and Troels Emig (Limbo Press)

Other work
2017–2020
Teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
2015
Illustrations for Glenn Christians poetry collection Hvalernes Hævn, OVO Press
2016
Illustrations for Glenn Christians poetry colletions Vibrio, Antipyrine

Grants 
2022
 Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond’s grant 
2021 
Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Grant honorary award
2016
Prize from The Danish Arts Council for the exhibition CONKCLOACA
2015
Billedhugger Viggo Jarl’s grant 2014
Niels Wessel Bagge's Art Fund 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021 The Danish Arts Council Working Grant

Collections
SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
The New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen
Municipality of Copenhagen Art Collection, Copenhagen