DITTE KNUS TØNNESEN
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    • The Octopus Waffle Lab
    • Knowing Me Knowing You
    • What Remains
    • JCE Biennale 2015-17
    • Kontur
    • Dissolving Boundaries
    • Nature Encounters
    • Inner and Outer Landscapes
    • Twin City
    • Kunstvlaai 2014
    • Young Danish Photography '13
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Curriculum Vitae
Ditte Knus Tønnesen 
She/her. Born Aarhus, Denmark. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Education
2019 - 2021: MA Curatorial Practice, The Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen (NO)
2005 - 2008: BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography, First class, The Glasgow School of Art (UK)
2006: Exchanges to Japan; Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Art – Printmaking Department; photography section under Professor Musashi san. 


Solo Exhibitions
2023  Solo show, smallspace at KH7artspace, Aarhus (DK) (forthcoming)
2020 The Octopus Waffle Lab, Void & Co. (duo exhibition) Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
2016  In Circular Tangle, Oktogonmontren, Den Sorte Diamant / Det Nationale Fotomuseum (DK) 
2015  Dissolving Boundaries, Gether Contemporary, Copenhagen (DK)
2013  BACK OF, GREEN IS GOLD, Copenhagen (DK) 
2013  knock rock, Holodeck, Oslo (NO)
2013  The Jewel, w/ Amalie B. Lunøe, Kontor Project's, part of CPH Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
2012  Ekskursion, GREEN IS GOLD, Copenhagen (DK)
2011  Never Express Yourself More Clearly Than You Are Able To Think, w/ Asle Lauvland Pettersen, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive (DK)
2010  Possible Realities 3 – Dark Castle, duo Ditte Knus & Silja Leifsdottir, Roter Pavillion, Bad Doberan (DE)
2009  Possible Realities, duo Ditte Knus & Silja Leifsdottir, One Night Gallery, Oslo (NO)
2008  Ditte Knus Tønnesen, Ard Bia, Galway (IR)
2008  A Psycho Piece – the Dragons & the Shed, the Cell, Glasgow (UK)
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Group Exhibitions
2023: 

TEMA utstillingen by Norske Kunsthandverkere, participation w/ Void & Co., Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen (NO) (forthcoming)
Soil Studies - New Danish Photography of Nature, curated by Beate Cegielska and Kirstine Autzen, touring Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum (CN),  The Danish Cultural Center in Beijing (CN),  Pingyao International Photography Festival (CN) (Forthcoming: TBA: Moved from 2020, 2021 and 2022 due to Covid-19)

2022: 
Soil Studies - New Danish Photography of Nature, curated by Beate Cegielska and Kirstine Autzen, showing work by Ditte Knus Tønnesen, Lotte Fløe Christensen, Veronika Geiger, Inuuteq Storch, Kirstine Autzen at Goyki 3 Art Inkubator part of FFWRS - Festiwal Fotografii W Ramach Sopotu, Sopot (PL)

2021: 
Sculptural Landscapes, curated by Trine Stephensen, Galleri Format, Malmö (SE)

2020: 
Interdimensionale II, curated by Søren Hüttel and Søren Brøgger, Gammelgaard, Herlev (DK)


2019:  
Knowing Me Knowing You, curated by 
Void & Co., Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Bregenz (AT)

2017-18:  
A Nordic Story, Nordic Stories Contemporary Art, Studio B., Toronto (CA)

2017:  
Imellem os / Поміж нами, The artist association Dansk Folkekunst at Lviv National Art Gallery named after B.G. Voznytskyi, Ukraine (UA)
Sea & Shore, curated by Sophie Hjerl, Exners Kunsthandel, Sønderho, Fanø (DK)
What Remains, curated by Silja Leifsdottir, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarente (P), 
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Museu de l’Empordà, Figueres (ES) 
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Antonio Ratti, Como (IT)

2016:  
Unseen Photo Fair, curated by GREEN IS GOLD, Amsterdam (NL)
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw (PL), 
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Bruzis Art center (LV) 
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, The Art Building in Vrå (DK)
Transfer, Artists Association Danish Folk Art, The Eurohíd Foundation and The Hungarian National Museum - Esztergom Castle Museum Rodella Gallery (HU) 

2015-16:  
Nature Encounters / Naturmøder, J.F. Willumsens Museum, Frederiksund (DK)

2015:   
Jeune Création Européenne Biennale, Le Beffroi de Montrouge (FR)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Centrum for Fotografi, Stockholm (SE)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu (FI)
Kontur, part of Copenhagen Photo Festival, Third Space, Copenhagen (DK)
If it's fixed, break it, part of Copenhagen Photo Festival, Galleri Christoffer Egelund (DK)
Peripheral Vision, Slottet/Carlsberg, Copenhagen Photo Festival (DK)
The Ugly Ducklings, curated by Asle Lauvland Pettersen, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen (NO)

2014:  
Vi tager intet ansvar 3, Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen (DK)
Everything Is Connected, curated by Signe Havsteen & Eva Nedergaard Pedersen, GREEN IS GOLD @ Neter Proyectos, Mexcico City (MX)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Fotografisk Center [On The Go], Copenhagen (DK)
From Safety to Where? I Love the Feeling of Being Slightly Lost, curated by Hendrik-Jan Hunneman and Noor Mertens, Kunstvlaai 2014, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL)
The Naked in MARRAKECH, curated by The Naked, Marrakech Biënnale (MA)
2014 Frames, curated by Fotografisk Center (DK), Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow (UK)
Twin City, public art project, Melbu and Seydisfjordur (NO/IS)

2013:  
Ung Dansk Fotografi '13, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (DK)
Jonas' Julekort, Atelier September, Copenhagen (DK)
The Law Forbids Rich And Poor Alike To Sleep Under Bridges, GREEN IS GOLD at Supermarket 2013 - Stockholm Independent Art Fair (SE)

2012:  
Living with Ghosts, curated by Hour Projects, Hour Projects, Copenhagen (DK)
1,000,000 Acres Of Sky, curated by Green Is Gold, Skaftfell Center For Visual Art, part of LungA Art Festival 2012, (IS)

2011:  
Possible Realities 4, w/ duo Ditte Knus & Silja Leifsdottir, Neptun Norsk Fiskeriindustrimuseum, part of Sommer Melbu (NO)

2010:   
We Just Live Here, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin (DE)
Barbar, @apartment, Berlin (DE)

2009:   
ALT_CPH 09, w/ SPARK Gallery, The Factory for Art and Design, Copenhagen (DK)
VI Euro-American Visual Arts Exhibition, Ex Templo de San José, Campeche (MEX)
MV inspiriert, Kunsthalle Kühlungsborg, Seebad Kühlungborn (DE)

2008:  
ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
Catalyst Student Art Show, Curate group show at Catalyst Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland (UK)
Through the Looking Glass, curate by DUNK!, +44 141 Gallery/SWG3, Glasgow (UK)
Artisit?, curate by Mary Nally & Sharon O’Grady, McDonagh Building, Galway (IR) 
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh (UK)
Homesick, the Cell, Glasgow (UK)

2007:  
I tell you tell me, The Vic Gallery, Glasgow (UK)
Throb, The Flying Duck, Glasgow (UK)
Kp07 – Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling, Kunsthal Aarhus (DK) 


Residences 
2019   
Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen (DK) 
2019   SÍM Residency, Reykjavík (IS)
2018   San Cataldo, Scala (IT)
2017   Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, (LT)
2016   Det Grafiske Værksted Hjørring (DK)
2016   Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen (DK)
2015   National Centre for Contemporary Arts/AiR Kronstadt, St. Petersburg (RUS)
2014   Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen (DK)
2014   H-E-I-M-A, Seydisfjordur (IS)
2013   Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen (DK)
2012   MoKS Center for Art & Social Practice, Mooste (EST)
2012   Skaftfell Center For Visual Art, Seydisfjordur (IS)
2010   Hóll - The Birgir Andresson Residency, Possible Realities II with Silja Leifsdottir, Seydisfjordur (IS)
2009   VI Euro-American Visual Arts Exhibition and study program, Ex Templo de San José Campeche (MX)
2009   Art at the Baltic Sea - Mecklenburg Inspires, International Artist in Residence Program (DE)


Collections
2014   Statens Kunstfond / The Danish Art Foundation’s collection (DK)
2007   Commission work for KPMG HQ’s art collection (UK)


Lectures & Artist talks
2023  Artist talk, 
FGU NORD (DK)
2022  Artist talk, Vera - Skole for Kunst og Design (DK)
2021  PARS Talkshow at Trapholt - museum of modern art, craft and design (DK) - cancel due to COVID-19. 
2021   External lecturer at Funen Art Academy (DK)  
2021   Symposium, 
Photography Players. International specialists Featuring Upcoming Talents: Danish Photo Art Scene, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (DE) 
2020   Exhibition workshop, LOKALET - Rum for Opfindsomhed (DK)
2020   Artist talk, Void & Co. Open Source Gallery (USA)
2019   Artist talk, Aarhus Academy of Fine Art (DK)
2018   Guest teacher, Vera - Skole for Kunst og Design (DK) 
2018   Artist talk, Druckwerk - Verein zur Förderung von Druckgrafik und Typografie (AT)
2017   Artist talk, Neringa Art School, Nida (LT)
2017   Artist talk, Vera - Skole for Kunst og Design (DK)
2017   Guest teacher, Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2016   Grosses Treffen, Portfolio Review for Nordic Artists, Nordic Embassies Berlin (DE) 
2016   Guest teacher, Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
2015   Artist talk, Fotodepartament, St. Petersburg (RUS)
2015   Panel discussion, Week37: Nordic Neighbours – does it make a difference?, Centrum for Fotografi, Stockholm (SE)
2014   Art conversation with Mads Damsbo about the exhibition Inner and Outer Landscapes (DK)
2014   Artist talk, KBH's Film & Fotoskole (DK)
2014   Artist talk, Twin City, Seydisfjordur (IS)
2013   Artist talk, Krabbesholms Højskole’s Fine Art Photography class (DK)
2012   Artist talk, Põlva Gymnasium (EST)
2012   Open studio & Artist talk at The Bookshop - Projectspace (IS)
01/2011 - 06/2012 Teacher in Fine Art Photography at Krabbesholm Højskole (DK)


Grants 

2020:   
Københavns Billedkunstudvalg, Københavns Kommune.
            Danish Arts Foundation. 
            
Kulturministeriet - Pulje til kunstneriske sommeraktiviteter i Danmark.
2019:   Nordisk Kulturfond, Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond, 
            
Vorarlberger Landesregierung - 5x5GO-Stipendium.
2018:   Danish Arts Foundation, Working grant.
2017:   Danish Arts Foundation.
            Culture Point North, Nordic-Baltic Mobility fond.
2016:   Danish Arts Foundation.
            Københavns Billedkunstudvalg, Københavns Kommune.
            Culture Point North, Nordic-Baltic Mobility fond.
2015:   Danish Arts Foundation.
            Københavns Billedkunstudvalg, Københavns Kommune.
            Culture Point North; Nordic-Baltic Mobility fond.
2014:   Københavns Billedkunstudvalg, Københavns Kommune.
            Danish Arts Foundation.
2013:   Danish Art Council.
            Forbundet Frie Fotografer, Norway. 
            Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts.
            Culture Point North; Nordic-Baltic Mobility fond.
            Culture Point North; project production grant.
2012:   Danish Art Council (SKR).
            Danish Arts Council’s International Masterclass.
            Mentor: Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen.
            Nordic Culture Fond; project grant.
            Culture Point North; project grant.
            Norsk Kulturråd - Norsk-Islandsk kultursamarbejde.
2011:   Culture Point North; Nordic-Baltic Mobility fond.
2010:   Danish Art Council.
            Det Letterstedtske Selskab; travel grant.
2009:   Ragnvald & Ida Blix' Fond; travel grant.
2008:   The British Council; international exhibition grant.


Selected Reviews, interviews, press

Studio visits, a conversation with William Harvey Hayes, arttalks.co (English)
What Remains, Kunstkritikk.no (Norwegian)
What Remains, Moussemagazine.it (English)
What Remains, Objektiv.no (English)
Interview/podcast, culturalbandwidth.com (English)
Interview, Det æstetiske kamera - ni danske fotokunstnere du skal kende,  Magasinet RUM (​printet only)
Ugens kunstner, Kunsten.nu (Danish)
Interview/Podcast:Mixed Media Photography - Peripheral Vision, Copenhagenphotofestival.com (English)
3 picks/Dissolving Boundaries, Kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
​Dissolving Boundaries, Kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
​Dissolving Boundaries, Kunsten.nu (Danish)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Kunsten.nu (Danish)
Interview, Fotografisk Centers blog (English)

Selected Catalogues

Sculptural Landscapes Malmö, published by A Corner With (EU)
The Octopus Waffle Lab, Open Source Gallery (USA)
Nature Encounters (Naturmøder), J.F. Willumsens Museum (DK)
Unseen Photo Fair 2016 (NL)
Transfer, Artists Association Dansk Folkekunst (DK)
Copenhagen Photo Festival 2015 (DK)
Inner and Outer Landscapes, Fotografisk Center (DK)
Ung Dansk Fotografi '13, Fotografisk Center (DK)
Publication No. 1 by GREEN IS GOLD, ISBN 978-87-995943-0-6 (world wide)


Curatorial Practice
2019 - ongoing: Art Program Project Manager at Heartland (DK).
2018 - ongoing: Void & Co. - ​Co-founder and director: Curatorial and artistic collaboration w/ Ronja Svaneborg (DK).
2011 - 2016: GREEN IS GOLD - Co-founder and director: Exhibition space & publisher house, w/ Amalie Bønnelycke Lunøe (DK).

Curatorial Projects

2020 Ny Nordisk Mæthed, Søren Aagaard, Augusta Sørensen, Jesper Aabille, a group exhibition in four acts curated by Ditte Knus Tønnesen, 
Fotografisk Center and Nature Workshop Streyf, Copenhagen (DK) #nynordiskmaethed


GREEN IS GOLD - Reviews, interviews, about
Interview, Unseen niches (English)
Copenhagen Art Week, ARTFORUM.COM (English)
Delte rom/Anouk Kruithof, kunstforum.as (Norwegian)
Everything is Connected, Fundacionpasos.org.mx (ES)
Everything is Connected, Art Elsewhere (English)
​Interview, Kunstvlaai 2014, tubelight.nl (Dutch)
Interview, Opaque Journal (Danish) 
Feature, alternativeartguide.com (English)
Interview, The Lloyd Corporation (UK/N), kopenhagen.dk (English)
Interview, Ditte Grantriis (DK), kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
Interview, Kevin Malcolm (UK), kopenhagen.dk (English)
Picture repotage, Inka and Niclas (SE/FI), kopenhagen.dk
Review, Hannah Heilmann, information.dk (Danish)
Interview, Line Kallmayer, kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
​Interview, Maj hasager, kopenhagen.dk (Danish)
Interview, Vera Kox, artfridge.de (English)
Merete Vyff, ​kunsten.nu (Danish)

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