Jesper Just
Born 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen
EDUCATION
1997 – 2003 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
REPRESENTED BY
Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 –––
Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
Black box, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Something to Love, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2005 –––
True Love is Yet to Come, Performa 05, Weiss Studio, New York
Something to Love, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2004 –––
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
No Man is an Island II, YYZ, Toronto
Bliss And Heaven, Maze Gallery, Turin
A Fine Romance, Midway Contemporary Art, St. Paul, USA
A Fine Romance, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
2003 –––
The Man Who Strayed, artnode.dk / Den Anden Opera, Copenhagen
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 –––
Artprojx, Prince Charles Cinema, Frieze Art Fair Event, London
Die grosse Geste / The big scene – Emotionality in Recent Video Art
Toronto film festival
Hot/Cold?, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Empathetic Temple Gallery, Old City, Pennsylvania
Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
LIAF 06 Lofoten International Art Festival, Norway
Biennale du Havre, Le Havre, France
Ars 06 Sense of the Real, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
Trial Balloons, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Bühne des Lebens – Rhetorik des Gefühls, Lenbachhaus, Munich
Don Quijote, Witte de With, Rotterdam
BENT: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Scandinavian Art, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco
2005 –––
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
Collection Lambert. Musée d¹art contemporain, Avignon
The Final Floor Show, Objectif_exhibitions, Antwerpen
Grønningen, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2004 –––
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach INC, Miami
No one else can make me feel the colours… , Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
MALM I, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Altered Spaces, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis
Fabulation, VOX, Montreal, Canada
Momentum 04, Moss, Norway
2003 –––
Survival Strategies for Untrained Ones, Adlershof, Berlin
Something about Love, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Rosebud, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
Exit, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
2002 –––
The Island And The Aeroplane, SparwasserHQ, Berlin
ALIBI, Den Frie, Copenhagen
Brøl, Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen
BIG Social Game, GAM, Turin
Bits and Pieces, Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen
Kunstformkunst, Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør, Denmark
copkop, Gallery Asbæk, Copenhagen
The Harder They Come, SparwasserHQ, Berlin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 –––
Information, Toke Lykkeberg Nielsen, “ Hollywood og hinsides “, October 30th 2006
Weekendavisen, Poul Pilgaard Johnsen, “ Det handler om mænd “, October 27th 2006
Politiken, Trine Ross, “ Nat I New York ”, October 23rd 2006
New York Times, Roberta Smith, “ It Will All end in Tears”, October 20th 2006
Washington Post, Blake Gopnik, “ Art Films With Hollywood Production Values “, October 17th 2006
Frieze Summer 100th issue, Ronald Jones “Jesper Just Love, desire and impersonation; opera, film and masculinity”, June 2006
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Holger Liebs “Jetzt bloß nicht sentimental werden”, April 7th 2006
Art In America, Faye Hirsch “Crying Time The Films of Jesper Just” February 2006
Svenska Dagbladet, Erica Treijs “Varför alla dessa män, Jesper” January 2nd 2006
Bühne des Lebens – Rhetorik des Gefühls, Miriam Jung, Lebenbahhaus, Verlag Walther König
2005 –––
New York Times, Roberta Smith “17 Days of Nothing you’d Ever Beheld”, December 25th 2005
ArtReview, Adam Budak “Future Greats”, December 2005
Magasinet Kunst, Mette Garfield Mortensen “Forførende, flygtige hologramer”, November 2005
New York Times, Roberta Smith “Performance Art Gets Its Biennial”, November 3rd 2005
Politiken, Maria Gadegaard, “Styrtblødende skønhed” November 20th 2005
Information, Anders Haarh “Det maskuline fængsel” November 2005
Dansk Kunst 06, Torben weirup “Jesper Just”, November 2005
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, p.54-57, James Lindon, Royal College of Art, 2005
1:25, Danske Scenografer, Rie Lykke “Videokunstneren Jesper Just om rum og fortælling”, September 2005
Artforum, Michael Wilson “Jesper Just”, March 2005
Kvinfo, Svala Vagnsdatter Andersen “Something to Love”, March 8th 2005
Flash Art, Andrea Bellini “Reflections in a Glass Curtain”, January/Febuary 2005
2004 –––
Flash Art, Caroline Corbetta “Jesper Just”, November 2004
Tema Celeste, Raphael Gygax “Jesper Just”, November/December 2004
Time Out,Issue No. 481/482, Noah Chasin, Dec 16-29, p. 102 2004
New York Press, 17-23, vol. 17, no. 46, p. 55 Julia Morton “Jesper Just” November 2004
www.artforum.com, Brian Sholis “Critic’s Picks”, November/December 2004
Village Voice, 17-23, p. c45, Kim Levin “Shortlist”, November 2004
NYPRESS, Julia Morton, “Jesper Just”, 17. – 23. November 2004
Frieze, Max Andrews, “Jesper Just”, June/July/August 2004
ArtUS,No. 3, Kris Douglas, Review of Midway Contemporary Art Exhibition, June – August 2004
Rearview Mirror, Aron Van Dyke, “Jesper Just”, May/June 2004
Weekend Avisen, Mette Sandbye “Kunstrevy”, Febuary 6 – 12 2004
Politiken, Kristine Kern “Fortællinger om kærlighed”, January 16 2004
Information, Rune Gade “Mand og mand imellem”, January 14 2004
ESSAYS
Barry, Hannah “Jesper Just”, April 2006
Knudsen, Gry Høngsmark “Melodrama for Modern Men”, Febuary 2005
Corbetta, Caroline “Everyone changes be my freind”, November 2004
Lillemose, Jacob ”Man Stripped Bare by Stories of Love”, January 2004
Kern, Kristine ”Passionate Glance”, July 2003
VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
It Will All End In Tears, 20:00 min, 2006
Something to Love, 8:30 min. 2005
The Lonely Villa, 4:36 min. 2004
Bliss and Heaven, 7:42 min. 2004
A Fine Romance, 6:21 min. 2004
The Sweetest Embrace of All, 4:50 min. 2004
No Man is an Island II, 4:30 min. 2004
Invitation to Love, 7:40 min. 2003
This Love is Silent, 5:45. 2003
The Man Who Strayed, 4:30 min. 2003
No Man is an Island, 3:40 min. 2002
Boys Keep Swinging, 2:30 min. 2002
Miss Lonely Heart, 4:00 min. 2002
Danish Industry, 1:00 min. 2002
Victim-as-hero or: Michael Douglas, a social loser, 5:00 min. 2001
Montag, 8:00 min. 2000
COLLECTIONS
Arario Gallery, Korea
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
AROS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, USA
Castello di Rivoli,Turin, Italy
FRAC, Fonds Régional D´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, France
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, New York
Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Honart Museum, Teheran, Iran
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
Musac, Leon, Spain
Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Statens Kunstfond, Denmark
National Museum of Fine Art, Denmark
Tate Modern, London
Private collections in Canada, Germany, Sweden and USA