CV for Morten Goll

Morten Goll, Danish, born i 1964 in Torshavn, The Faroe Islands Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark and Los Angeles.

Education, 1987-93 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, and1998-99, MFA Degree, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles.

Some selected Solo Exhibitions and Public Interactions:

2002 "An open-air landscape painter reports from the EU summit", Copenhagen, Dec. 12-13,
"Jeg lover at have en meningsfuld konversation med dig/Dem..." Publikumsinteraktiv performance til Magasinet KUNSTs Kick-off-party på Byens Lys, København.
"Artistic Crisis Management Center (ACMaC)", The Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
1999 "Unichrom 120", Kørners Kontor, Copenhagen.
1997 "9 + 10+ 111 = 130", Vestergade 5, Copenhagen
1996 "HaverOgOffentligeAnlægPåDjævleøen", Reed Gallery, Copenhagen,
1995 "BCN>>>CPH", Overgaden. Kulturministeriets Udstillingshus for Nutidig Kunst, Copenhagen

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003 "Ideboxing", Stockholm Art Fair.
2002 "Democracy When?" curated by Tone O. Nielsen at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles.
Co-founder of SOS - Society for Orgonotic Streaming, and founder of the SOS department "LAPD CMC" (Los Angeles Police Department Caring Member of the Community).
2002 "A Show That Will Show That a Show is Not Just a Show", curator Jens Hoffmann, The Project, Los Angeles.
1999 "Graduate Thesis Show", Otis Gallery, Los Angeles
1999 "Den Foruroligende Stilhed", Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark
1997 "Rhizom presents", Rhizom, rhus, Denmark
1996 "Intercambio", (co-curator), RundetOrn, Copenhagen,
"When the Shit Hits the Fan: Scandinavian Art in Recent Time", Overgaden. Kulturministeriets Udstillingshus for Nutidig Kunst, Copenhagen
1995 "Intercambio",(co-curator), Palo Alto,Barcelona, Spain
1994 Charlottenborgs Efterårsudstilling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

Selected Public Commissions

2000 A & G Auto, Silverlake, Los Angeles
1997 Danmarks tekniske Universitet, Lyngby, Denmark

Other Activities

2001-02 Artist-in-Residence at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2001 Permanent mural in the home of Collector John Tonø, Denmark
1998-99 23 illustrations for the short story series Ud & Se, DSB, Copenhagen
1998 Contributor to the Aids-Fondens Kunstkalender 1998, Copenhagen

Goll & Nielsen Productions:

2002 "fff - more people mediate". Alternative newsmedia network for the EU-summit in Copenhagen, Dec. 12-13, 2002
2002 "OIENL", Charlottenborgs Efterarsudstilling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2001 "The Evening School", Signal, Malmø, Sweden
2001 "Ars Moralis - Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes", (participating with Vandervoort Place), Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Barbara Claasen Schmal, Bremen, Germany
2000 Vandervoort Place, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
1999 "on location", sin du.da exhibitions, Los Angeles

Collections

Beck Hansen, Los Angeles
David Lafaille, Los Angeles
John Tonø, Copenhagen

Selected Bibliography

Morten Goll, "Exposed, Deflowered - About Time, Fascism, Kitsch, and the Gaze," in When the Shit Hits the Fan: Scandinavian Art in Recent Time, Copenhagen, 1996.
Morten Goll, "Det Dekadentes Potentiale," in Øjeblikket, Tidskrift for visuelle kulturer, no. 34, 7. Org., Copenhagen, 1997.
Terry R. Myers, "City of Paint," in on location, Los Angeles, 1999.
Tone O. Nielsen & Morten Goll, "on location," in on location, Los Angeles, 1999.
Thomas Rockwell, Dansk Kunst 96, Copenhagen: Søren Fogtdals Forlag, 1996. Mette Sandbye, "Nærvær," in 10 portrætter og nogle af de små, Viborg: Leoni Gallery, 1998
Tone O. Nielsen & Morten Goll, "Velkommen", Aftenskolen program, udgivet af Goll & Nielsen, ISBN # 87-985889-1-5, Malms, Sverige, 2001
Morten Goll, "On the nature of site-specificity", udgivet af Omstilling, Nordic Art Project, Denmark, 2001
Annette Brodersen, "Living it Up", nu: the nordic art review, vol. III No. 6/01, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001
Michel Henri, "Morten Goll, Kunstner yder krisehjælp!", Magasinet Kunst, July 2002