REPRESENTED BY

Galleri Bo Bjerggaard – Flæsketorvet 85A – 1711 Copenhagen V – www.bjerggaard.com

Victoria Miro Gallery – 16 Whart Road – London N1 7RW – www.victoria-miro.com

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1967 in Aarhus

Lives and works in Copenhagen

EDUCATION

1992-1998 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Crazy Watermelon Shipping, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 Graphic Works, Ekely, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 Running Box, Konsthall 16, Riksidrottsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

2019 Life in a Box, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

2018 Problems in Perspective, Deweer Gallery, Belgium

2018 Running Problems, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium

2018 Space Train, Helsinki Contemporary, Finland

2018 Tripoli – Lampedusa, Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland

2017 Altid Mange Problemer, Charlottenborg, Denmark

2017 Blue Bedroom, Bo Bjerggaard Gallery, Denmark

2016 Grafisk Konst Från Atalja Larsen: John Kørner, Dunkers, Helsingborg, S

2016 Graphic Works 1996-2015, Munkeruphus, Dronningmølle, Denmark

2016 Life Attacks You Brandts, Odense, Denmark

2016 Graphic Works 1996-2015, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark

2016 Apple Bombs, Victoria Miro Mayfair Gallery, London, UK

2016 Outdoor Struggling, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen-Oranjewoud, Holland

2015 Graphic Works 1996-2015, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 Graphic Works 1996-2015, Odsherred Kunstmuseum, Asnæs, Denmark

2013 The Family, Gallery Bo Bjerggaard, Denmark

2013 Caught, HEART, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark

2013 Fallen Frit From Frisland, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

2012 Production, IMO projects, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011 Women for Sale, The Workers’ Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009 The New Museums, Gallery Chrsitian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden

2009 Work Out, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, Schweiz

2009 Jacob, Sebastian, Benjamin, Jacob and Dan, Andersen’s contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2008 War problems, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

2006 Woman with 24 problems – Exhibition of graphical London, UK

2006 AROS Bank, ARos, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2005 Den 1:a på Moderna, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

2005 5 Problems, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden

2005 Kunsthal, KBH Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005 Den Femte, Førstetilvenstre, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005 Statements, Art Basel, Switzerland

2004 The Problem of Performing, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark

2004 SUPERDANISH, Toronto, Canada

2004 The Design of Productions, Gallery Maze, Torino, Italy

2003 CONSTRUCTION SETS – works on paper, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003 Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden

2003 The Greenland Problem Herning Museum of Art, Denmark

2002 Be On Show, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002 POST, Galleri Franz Pedersen Horsens, Denmark

2002 Den Fantastiske Udvej (The Fantastic Way Out), Albertslund Rådhus, Albertslund, Denmark

2001 Teater, Århus Museum of Art – Project-room-installation, Århus, Denmark

2000 Dig Og John’s Engagement, Galleri Søren Houmann, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Jeg Taler Til Jer (I am Talking to You), Museumsbygningen Kunstauktioner, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Street Sharks, Kørners Kontor (Kørners Office), Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 Slappe dig Og Andre Intentioner (Relaxed You and Other Intentions), Blegdamsvej 18, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 Problem, Galleri Phøniks, Copenhagen, Denmark

1997 Slap A (Relax), Kørners Kontor (Kørners Office), Copenhagen, Denmark

1995 Glæde og Harmoni (Joy and Harmony), Rådskælderen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 BIG Art, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017 Cool, Calm And Collected, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark

2015 Natur Encounters, J. F. Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund, Denmark

2015 Collection & Contemporary, Skagens Museum, Skagen, Denmark

2015 Stone Talking/Der Stein Spricht, Lyonel Feininger Galerie, Germany

2014 HÄR/NU, Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden

2014 Fluid Flesh, Nordic Contemporary, Paris, France

2014 Psyco Futurism, Scandinavian Institute, New York, USA

2013 FLORA DANICA, geological museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013 CHICKEN OR BEEF, The Hole, New York, USA

2013 ABENLAND, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany

2012 RECOLLECTIONS – of Willumsen, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012 The Garden of Eden, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France

2012 Involver, Socle du Monde, HEART, Herning Museum of Conetemporary Art

2011 Under Pressure – master prints from Atelje Larsen, Helsingborg, Sverige

2011 Project Skagen 2011, Gl. Skagen, Denmark

2011 The Forgotten Years 2007-2011, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany

2010 In the Company of Alice, Victoria Miro Gallery, UK

2010 1st Berlin Kreuzberg Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

2010 The Green Valley Disaster, Tate, London, UK

2010 Mit Museum (My Museum), KUNSTEN, Aalborg, Denmark

2010 Best of Wonderland, WAS, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010 Things That Matter a Lot, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010 The Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany

2009 Circus Hein, Atelier Calder, France

2009 Hammer & Nail, The White Tube, Oslo, Norway

2008 ROOMING IN!, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland

2008 Frelst Fiktion, Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig, Denmark

2008 Emergency Room, Galerie Taïss, Paris, France

2008 The Forgotten Bar Project, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin

2008 U-TURN Quadriennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

2008 Auto Stop, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

2008 FROM THOUGHT TO ACTION Open air exhibition, Roskilde Festival/ V1Gallery,Denmark

2008 Socle du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2008 Andersens Wohnung Revisited (1996-1999), Andersen’s Contemporary Berlin, Germany

2008 Danskjåvlar – a Swedish Declaration of Love, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

2008 Carnegie Art Award 2008, Scandinavia/ EU

2007 Lys over Lolland (Light over Lolland), Oreby Castle, Denmark

2007 Star of Africa Diamond, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland

2007 [natúrligvís], Nordens Hus, Faroe Islands, Denmark

2007 MAD LOVE –ung kunst i danske privatsamlinger (Young Danish Art in Private Collections) Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark

2007 5 years anniversary show, Galleri Christina Wilson

2007 Oprør i skoven, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007 Werkleitz Biennale, Happy Believers, Halle, Germany

2006 CPH KUNSTHAL_Centenniale – 700 % PLUS, Kbh Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006 MALERHJERNE! Ungt dansk maleri (“PAINTER’S BRAIN!” Young Danish Painting), Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark

2006 Bjerge i dansk kunst –fra Willumsen til Parfyme, (Mountains in Danish Art –from Willumsen to Parfyme) Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2006 Golddiggers, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland

2006 Painting as Presence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin & Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland

2004 Painting 2004, Gallery Victoria Miro, London, GB

2004 Momentum, Moss 2004, Norway

2002 Stop for a moment – Painting as Presence, Wäinö Altonen Artmuseum, Finland, and Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

2002 Carnegie Art Award 2002, Scandinavia/ EU

2001 Scandorama, Galleri Art Box Århus, Denmark

2001 Wonderful Copenhagen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

2000 Den Fantastiske Udvej, (The Fantastic Way Out), Albertslund Rådhus, Albertslund, Denmark

2000 Carnegie Art Award, Scandinavia/ EU

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2018 Atelier – Børsen, Andreas T. Kønig, https://borsenatelier.dk/

2017 Kunsten.nu, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Altid mange problemer

2014 Politiken, Dorte Hygum Sørensen, Knud Romer og John Kørners ABC, 03.06

2014 Politiken, Keld Hybel, Boligforening vil ikke have kønshår på gavlen, 04.11

2014 DR K tv, Kunstnermøde: Bo Bech og John Kørner, 06.01

2014 DR K tv, Mikkel Munch Fals, John Kørner I Mikkels atelier, 19.09

2013 Louisianna Channel, Christian Lund, How we behave, video interview

2013 DR, P1 radio, Bagstiv billedkunstner

2013 Børsen, Bente Scavenius, Fanget I sin verden af kunst, 10.05

2013 Trine Ross, interview med John Kørner i New York, 11.10

2013 Information, Michael Jeppesen, Fat Bønnetæppet radikale, 07.07

2013 Politiken, Lone Theils, Kørners nye London udstilling er temmelig dumdristig, 21.01

2013 Weekendavisen, Fred med kunsten, 11.01

2013 Kristelig Dagblad, Dorte Washuus, Når kunst spærres inde 04.05

2013 Kunsten.nu, Lisbeth Bonde, Spooky og sprællevende

2013 Kunsten.nu, ugens kunstner, 08.05.

2012 Kopenhagen, Camilla Bøjesen Schmit-Andersen

2012 Kunstkritikk, Pernille Albrechtsen, Kunstkritikerpris til John Kørner og Skulpturi, 16.05

2011 DR K tv, Michael Jeppesen, Kunstrazzia, 11.01

2011 Information, Michael Jeppesen, En følsom kunstner går i aktion, 02.11

2011 Kunstkritikk.nu, Jacob Lillemose, Kunst og prostitution, 30.08

2011 Trine Ross, Kørner, kunst og kvinder til salg, 01.09

2010 Politiken, Peter Michael Hornung, Kørners Krig, 29.12

2010 Berlingske Tidende, Sarah Skarum, Elefanten trutter Tivoli i gang, 13.04

2008 Politiken, Camilla Høy-Jensen, Interview: Danmark i krig, 06.09.

2008 Berlingske Tidende. Kørners Farve, Nilo Zand, 26.10.

2007 Flash Art, Angela Rosenberg: John Kørner, January/February issue

2006 Weekendavisen, Lisbeth Bonde: Chagall på cykel, 08.12.

2006 Time Out, Helen Sumpter, John Kørner, 06.12.

2006 Børsen, Bente Scavenius, Den velhavende gule bank 16.08.

2006 Politiken, Birger Thøgersen, En særling slår igennem, 24.06.

2004 Weekendavisen, Lisbeth Bonde, Håndværkerkunst: Folkekunstner og avangardist, 19.11.

1999 Politiken, Trine Ross, Ateliersamtaler: En eftertænksom fætter, 26.09.

SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AND DECORATIONS

2018 Mural at University of Aarhus, HKH Kronprins Frederik Center for Public Leadership, Denmark, Ny Carlsbergfondet.

2018 Mural, Det Gamle Rådhus, Aabenraa, Denmark

2016 Sculpture of Victor Cornelins (1898-1985), Nakskov Station, Nakskov, Denmark

2014 Holbæk art, Mural in Holbæk, Denmark

2011 Altarpiece, Østerhåb Kirke, Horsens, Denmark

2011 Decoration at Risskov upper secondary school, Århus, Denmark

2009/2010 Decoration at Fredrik VIII’s Royal Palace, Copenhagen

2007/2008 Decoration at The Royal Danish Playhouse, Copenhagen

2006 Woman with 24 Problems, Mural, Amagerbro Metrostation, Copenhagen

2006 Mural, Tjørringhus, Herning, Denmark

2005 Interior decoration, The Court in Randers, Denmark

BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

Running Problems, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2018

John Kørner, Roulette Russe, 2017

John Kørner / Maleri, Forlaget Bjerggaard, 2016

John Kørner – Graphic Works 1996-2015, Narayan Press. 2015

ABC, in collaboration with Knud Romer, Carlsen, 2014

Caught – HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013

John Kørner – Familien/The Family, Galleri Bo Bjerregaard, 2013

Fallen Fruit From Frisland, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2013

John Kørner, Lubok Verlag, 2012

Woman for Sale – The Workers’ Museum, 2011

War Problems – Graphic works, Atelje Larsen, 2009

War Problems, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2008

2006 Problems, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2006

AROS BANK, Container, 2006

The problem of performing, Gl. Strand, 2004

Guide to The Greenland Problem, Container, 2003

A modern problem, Container, 2003

The Fantastic Way Out, Space poetry, 1999, 48 pages in colour

Jeg Taler til Jer, Museumsbygningen, 1999, 24 pages in colour

FILM

Jeg taler til Jer, Jørgen Leth, 2013

Regnbueaber, Martin De Thurah & John Kørner, 2011

My Seven Best Paintings, Container Productions & Tyk Film Aps. 2007

COLLECTIONS

Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), French National Art Collection, France

ARoS, Århus Museum of Art, Denmark,

Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Denmark,

Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tate Gallery, London, UK

The Saatchi Collection, London, UK

Herning Museum of Art, Denmark

Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA

Wilfreid Cooreman Collection, Belgium

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Dannebrogordenen, 2015

Residency ISCP New York, Kunststyrelsen, 2013

Ny Carlsbergfondets Rejselegat, 2013

Vilhelm Pachts Kunstnerlegat, Akademirådet, 2012

Eckersberg Medaillen, 2012

Kunstkritikerprisen, Danske AICA, 2012

Carnegie Art Award, 2000, 2008

Honorary grant, Niels Wessel Bagge’s Arts Foundation 2006

3 year working grant, The Danish Arts Foundation, 2003

PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING POSTS

Museum of art in public places, Køge, Denmark, artisttalk with filmmaker Jørgen Leth, 2010

Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, guest teacher / workshop, 2010-2013

Royal Akademy of Arts, London, England

Goldsmiths, London, England, guest teacher / workshop, 2010

De Ateliers, Amsterdam,

The Royal Akademie of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, temporary position, 2008

Art Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany, guest teacher, 2008

Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Finland, guest teacher / workshop, 2008

Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, 2005

Member of The Danish Art Council, 2002

Boardmember, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2001-2002