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Education2013 - 2014: Meisterschüler - Hfbk Frankfurt am Main - Städelschule, Class of Peter Fischli2011: Cooper Union School of Art, New York, Classes of Walid Raad, Sharon Hayes2008 - 2013: Hfbk Frankfurt am Main – Städelschule, Class of Simon Starling.
Exhibitions (selected)2018: * SoloKunstbygningen i Vrå, Denmark (November) *Hangar18, Bruxelles (October) *Vråudstillingen 2018, Vrå, Denmark (July)Pragovka Gallery, Prague (June) *JCE Biennale 2017-2019 - Hjørring, Denmark (April), Cesis, Latvia (June), Cluj, Romania (August)SPECTA Surplus Store, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen (February)-46,08 ° - fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Main
2017:Wohnfront Megadark - Plan5 (organized by just married exhibitions), StockholmJCE Biennale 2017-2019, Le Beffroi, ParisKN 1-15 - Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, DenmarkTimes New Romantic, Kurfürstenstraße 14 (organized by M.I/mi1glissé), BerlinTwill -Kunsthal Ved Siden Af, Svendborg, DenmarkDarmstädter Sezession - Kunstforum TU, Darmstadt Hans-Purrmann-Preise - Kunstverein SpeyerCancer in Fullmoon - CAVE3000, Berlin
201613th Fellbach small scale sculpture Triennial ‘FOOD – Ecologies of the Everyday’ Søby Skulpturbiennale - Ærø, Denmarkviscous, ZQM - Berlin *
2015fyr, Doppelzimmer - 3 1/2, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, BerlinThe second death of George Mallory - Karlin Studios, PragueQuando cabelo nasce às crianças - SKAD, PortoMen hvorom alting er - Galleri SØ, Copenhagen
2014Fall - Gallerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig
2013Collision Course - Sodom&Gomorrah, AmsterdamForgotten Design Problems In Showbiz - Four Boxes Gallery, Krabbesholm Højskole, DenmarkLummerland II - Meetfactory, PragueMeine Austellung ist ein Litteratur Party - Shift, Berlin
2012 VOID - Flûte Douce, Frankfurt am Main*
2011: Übermorgenkünstler II - Heidelberger KunstvereinLummerland I - Toves Galleri, Copenhagen
2010:FOMO - Farbenfabrik, Frankfurt am Main KE 2010 - Carlberg Ny Tap, Copenhagen
2009: Spring09 - Kunsthal Århus, Denmark Lebenslust - Städelmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Prices:Grand Prix JCE 2017Preis der Darmstädter Sezession 2017
Publications -http://rasmusjohannsen.com/Texts.html: FOOD – Ecologies of the Everyday (Stadt Fellbach-Kulturamt) 2016Residenzen (AIR Frankfurt Residents 2015 - Ed. by Dr. Christine Taxer for Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main)Doppelzimmer (KW Institute for Contemporary Art/Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main) 2016
Residencies:JCE Residency, 2018SKAD, Porto, 2015AirAntwerpen, 2015Meetfactory, Prag, 2013
Rasmus Søndergaard Johannsen* 1982 in Brovst, DenmarkLives and works in Berlin and Viborgwww.rasmusjohannsen.com
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A series of tapestries woven of fibres of stinging nettles.A photo-sensitive mixture of iron salts is being sprayed onto the tapestries and the UV-light of the full moon reacts with it. Everything that falls on the tapestry during the night leaves an impression on the otherwise cyan surface.
Lineated Luminary2016-2018 (in progress)99 x 99 cm. / 198 x 198 cmStinging nettles, Robinia wood, Roofing lead, cyanotype
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LL 01012018
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LL 11022017
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LL 12012017
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LL 08082017 - KN 1-15, Aalborg, Denmark, 2017 Photos: Kim Aagaard
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Close horizon2015-2016Tied nylonnets, roses metalHights between 70 and 140 cmWidths between 50 and 105 cm.7 Objekts
Close horizon consists of knotted nylon nets onto which a large amount of Roses metal (an alloy with a melting point of 98°) has been melted. On a western slope the nets are placed on stands just before sunset. A fresnel-lens magnifying glass catches the sunset and concentrates it onto the metal, which is placed in a wide funnel-shaped container, above the net. The metal melts onto/mixes itself with the net.
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2015
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Galleri SØ, Copenhagen, May 2015
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Detach/adjust/connect2014-2015Wood, extracted resin, grinded coalHeight between 104 and 210 cm.24 Objects
Trees have been cut down and sliced up. I burned parts of the wood and grinded the coal into dust. I withdrew resin from the living trees before cutting them down. The coal dust cooked with the resin makes a natural wood glue with which I force the slices together.
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ZQM, Berlin, 2016
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13th Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial, 2016
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Pivot 2012 / 2014 / 2017 Turned steel objects, leatherLengths between 18 and 24,5 cm
Crucial parts of powerful machines with a large impact on history, enlarged to fit in the palm of a hand.
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Speyer Kunstverein, 2017
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Flourish, Oblivion, Plunge, Red Dawn 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Letter press printed texts on paper 22 x 28 cm.
Words and sentences are used as a raw material. The final text ends up being a meticulous collage of rewritten quotes,self-constructed vocabulary and summations.
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In the series of films Aktion, simple machines perform an action.The action is triggered by the windup handle of the camera, making the structures radically alter themselves.
Videodocumentation:http://www.rasmusjohannsen.com/AktionSC.mov
Aktion16 mm looping film3 x 28 sek.2011
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Stills from Aktion
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