J & K

Janne Schäfer, born 1976 in Darmstadt, Germany

Kristine Agergaard, born 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Live in Berlin

Janne Schäfer

2003-2006 MA / Art in Context, UdK/University of the Arts, Berlin
1998-2001 BA Fine Art (sculpture), Chelsea College of Art, London
1997-1998 Diploma in Art&Design, Camberwell College of Art&Design, London

Kristine Agergaard

2003-2005 Kandidat, Art Theory and Communication, Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen
1998-2001 BA Fine Art (painting), Chelsea College of Art, London
1997 Painting Course, Central Sct. Martin’s School of Art, London
1996 Extended Studies, School of Visual Arts, Copenhagen

Winner of the Art-in-Architecture-Competition, Goethe-Institute and DAAD Cairo, 2010, realization in 2013/2014
The Danish Arts Foundation, work grant, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
The Danish Arts Foundation, travel grant, 2010, 2011
The Danish Arts Foundation, Open Call – idea award, DK, 2009
Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, production grant, 2008
The Danish Arts Council, production grants, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
City of Copenhagen, production grant, 2005
Ray Finnis Charitable Trust, UK, idea award, 2000

Residencies

National Workshops for Arts & Crafts, 3 months workshop, studio and live-in residency, Copenhagen, 2010 + upcoming in 2013
4th Ars Baltica Triennale, Residency Programme, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2007
NIFCA, Global Perspectives 2006, Residency at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, 2006

2013 (upcoming)
The Nation (exhibition), National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK

2012
The Community Cycle (performance cycle in 4 parts), Copenhagen Art Festival, public space, Copenhagen, DK

2011
The Nation (performance), National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK

2010
The Perfect Stage, The Aarhus Art Building, Aarhus, DK (cat.)
Descending the Holy Mountain (performance) The Århus Art Building and public space, Århus, DK

Remnants of exercise 1: Evoking Perfection Through Intoxication (performance), Galerie im Regierungsviertel/Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE

2009
Museum of Autoanthropology, KBH Kunsthal, Krabbesholm, DK

2008
Tools and Relics, etc.galerie, Prague, CZ
The Babylon Case - A Time Capsule for our Civilization, Pergamonmuseum, D (cat.)

2007
I Know The World 3: Egyptomanics, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, D
Talking Babylon, Uqbar, Berlin, D
Egyptomaniacs, Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK

2005
Doing the worst we can, RACA, Copenhagen, DK

2013
Tea with Nefertiti: The Making of an Artwork by the Artist, the Museum and the Public, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, F
ff Collaborations, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
ff Erogenous Zone, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE

2012
Tea with Nefertiti: The Making of an Artwork by the Artist, the Museum and the Public, The Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Katar
The Bloomsbury Mystery Play organized by Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Leben ist Anderswo, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE

2011
Generous Gestures, Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK

2010
Transient Spaces – the tourist syndrome, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/NGBK, Berlin, D (cat.)
Screened Realities, IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, AU
Celebration, Uqbar, Berlin, D

2009
Moving space performance festival, B-Huset / Fast Video, Frederiksberg, DK
Ryk ind, Overgaden - Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
Private Flat # 5 situaction, private flat, Florence, IT
The Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK
The infinite, the intimate and the impossible, Magacin, Belgrade, SRB
Reliquaries of the Empires Dust, Bereznitsky Gallery, Berlin, D

2008
Museumsbauhütte, Werkbundarchiv / Museum der Dinge, Berlin, D
Transient Spaces / Kaunas in art contexts, Meno Parkas, Kaunas, LT
Don’t Worry - Be Curious, 4th Ars Baltica Triennale of Photographic Art, NGBK, Berlin, D, Andrejsala, Riga, LAT, Casino Luxmebourg, LUX (cat.)
Soft Shields of Pleasure, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)
I Know The World, Smart Projekt space, Amsterdam, NL

2007
Milk Wall, Milk Contemporary, Hellerup, DK (cat.)
Match Race, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg, DK (cat.)
I Know The World 1, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, D
The Tent Show hosted by Parfyme Deluxe, Nikolaj - Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, DK
Don’t Worry - Be Curious, 4th Ars Baltica Triennale of Photographic Art, Stadtgalerie Kiel, DE, KUMU - Estonian Art Museum, Tallin, EE, Pori Art Museum, FI (cat.)
Fri Aktion, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK

2006
Tales From the Travel Journal Vol I, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT (cat.)
Ungdomshuset Udstiller, Pressens Hus, Copenhagen, DK
Sid Ned - Contemporary Art in Mimersgade, Mimersgade, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)

2005
Good Bye Berlin, Malplaquetstr 12, Berlin, D
Vi kom lige forbi, Roarsvej, Copenhagen, DK
Suspend Disbelief, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, D
Dandruff in Woodwood, Woodwood, Copenhagen, DK
EXIT 05, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, DK (cat.)

2004
Stafet, Esbjerg Museum of Art, Esbjerg, DK (cat.)
Rituale der Zukunft, Program Angels/Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich, D
200 X Kunst, Hotel Gates, Berlin, D (cat.)

2003
Art Club United – Art Forum Berlin, Cookies/90̊, Berlin, D
Mixed, Backfabrik, Berlin, D

2002
Liverpool Biennial 2002 - The Independent: New Religious Art II, St Peter’s Church, aconvention, Adelphi Hotel and various public spaces, Liverpool, UK
New Religious Art I, Henry Peacock Gallery, London, UK

2001
Rio Trajectorias, Galeria Funarte – Ministry for Culture and Education and various public spaces, Rio de Janeiro, BRA (cat.)
BA Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
Tea Party, intervention, Tate Modern, London, UK

2000
Escamping, The Lido, London, UK
London Biennale 2000, Blue Boy Shop, London, UK

Solo Publications

The Perfect Stage, with texts by Karin Hindsbo, Neal Brown, Maya Ilsoe and J&K, designed by Lasse Krog Møller, Århus Kunstbygning, 2010
The Babylon Case – a time capsule for our civilization, with essays by Cecilie N. Gravesen, Michael Fehr and Nicholas Mirzoeff, in collaboration with London-based designers Åbäke, 2008
Everything Else Is Just Another Friend You Haven’t Met Yet, artist book, collages and text by J&K, Ed: 250, 2007/2008


Selected Reviews/Contributions to Publications

Øjeblikket - Magazine for Visual Culture, edition: Modifications, 2010
Pist Protta, J&K, The Impossible Movie Project, Issue 67, 2010
New Danish Art 08, Kopenhagen Publishing, 2008
Kunstforum International, Rönnau, Jens, Don’t Worry – Be Curious, Bd.186, 2008
Information, Borello, Matthias Hvass: ‘Vi kaster folks forestillinger tilbage I hovedet på dem’, 24.09.07
Politiken, Hjort, Anders: Der skal to til at lave en fest, 22.09.07
Kunstmagasinet P2, Danish Radio, Bartram, Katrine, Reinert Nielsen: Ude og Hjemme, 10.09.06

Video interview with J&K 2012 http://vimeo.com/48067404

Video documentation of The Community Cycle at Copenhagen Art Festival
Birth: http://vimeo.com/54923558
Life: http://vimeo.com/54924461
Death: http://vimeo.com/54926663
Afterlife: http://vimeo.com/54927728

Press release for The Nation, performance at The National Gallery Copenhagen http://www.smk.dk/besoeg-museet/kalender/begivenhed/aktivitet/omvisning-i-samlingerne-4/

Documentation of The Perfect Stage - solo show and performance
http://jk-world.net/archive/perfectstage/

The Perfect Stage at The Århus Kunstbyggning / link to download .pdf of the exhibition publication (copy entire link into browser)
http://www.aarhuskunstbygning.dk/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210:jak&catid=19:udstillinger-2010&Itemid=84

Documentation of The Babylon Case / curatorial work Cecilie Gravesen
http://curatorial.ceciliegravesen.com/

Press Release The Babylon Case (copy entire link into browser)
www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=19964&lang =en&typeId=10&n=1

4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art
www.arsbalticatriennial.org/4th/artists/j-k

Egyptomaniacs at Smart Project Space Amsterdam
www.smartprojectspace.net/exhibitions/44.xml?artist=1662

Egyptomanics at Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art Copenhagen
www.overgaden.org/exhibition/index/9

J&K web site (all works from 2000-2009)
www.jk-world.net/