Michael Elmgreen (born in Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (born in Trondheim, Norway) have worked as a duo since 1995. They live and work in Berlin, Germany.

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

Depuis 1995, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset travaillent ensemble aux confins de l’art et de l’architecture, de la performance et de l’installation. Préoccupés par les objets et leur environnement, ainsi que par le discours qui peut naître lorsque ces objets sont radicalement recontextualisés, Elmgreen & Dragset repoussent les modes classiques d’exposition de l’art. Qu’il s’agisse de sculptures ou d’environnements immersifs, leur travail attire l’attention sur les institutions qui les accueillent et leurs politiques. La performativité et la participation sous-tendent le travail d’Elmgreen & Dragset, qui appelle autant qu’il refuse la participation (les piscines sont vidées, les plongeoirs sont orientés à la verticale, les bars sont inaccessibles, les éviers ne fonctionnent pas). Les objets du quotidien sont débarrassés de leur utilité et considérés comme des phénomènes sculpturaux, ils revêtent une esthétique minimaliste qui remet en cause la force stérilisante du white cube. De la même façon, les sculptures publiques d’Elmgreen & Dragset recontextualisent l’environnement dans lequel elles se situent ; c’est par exemple le cas de Van Gogh’s Ear au Rockefeller Plaza de New York, ou Prada Marfa le long de la route 90, au milieu du désert texan.

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solo shows

2024 
- Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (upcoming)

2023
- READ, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czech Republic (upcoming)
- David and other sculptures, Perrotin Paris, France
- Bonne Chance, Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France
- Room Service, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy 

2022  
-  After Dark, JNBY Museum, Hanghzhou, China
- Useless Bodies, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
- Stand By Me, Massimo de Carlo Pièce Unique, Paris, France
 
2021
- The Nervous System, Pace, New York, USA 
- New Tenants, Perrotin Matignon, Paris, France
- Elmgreen & Dragset, Würth Museum, Künzelsau, Germany
- Short Story, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
- 2020, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
- Short Story, Konig Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Elmgreen & Dragset, Pace Gallery, East Hamptons, United States

2019
- Sculptures, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, United States
- It’s Not What You Think, Blue Project Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- Adaptations, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Overheated, Massimo De Carlo Gallery, Hong Kong

2018
- This Is How We Bite Our Tongue, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- To Whom It May Concern, FIAC Hors les Murs, Place Vendôme, Paris, France 
- Elmgreen & Dragset, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- We Are Not Ourselves, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2017
- Die Zugezogenen (The Newcomers), Museum Haus Lange, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany
- Dilemma, Ekebergparken, Oslo, Norway

2016
- The Well Fair, UCCA – Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
- Powerless Structures, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Elmgreen & Dragset present Galerie Perrotin at the Grand Palais, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Changing Subjects, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, United States

2015
- Aéroport Mille Plateaux, Plateau, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- Self-Portraits, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Stigma, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, London, United Kingdom
- Stigma, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
- Past Tomorrow, Galerie Perrotin, New York, United States
- Lot, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain

2014
- Biography, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
- Biography, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Old World, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- Editions and Ephemera: 1995-2014, Studio Hugo Opdal, Flø, Norway

2013
- Tomorrow, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

2012
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 101, The Fourth Plinth 2012, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom
- Han, Kulturværftet, Helsingør, Denmark
- Harvest, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- The Critic, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Happy Days in the Art World, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark / Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway
- Omnes Una Manet Nox, Louis Vuitton Flagship Store, London, United Kingdom

2011
- The One & The Many, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Happy Days in the Art World, Performa 11, New York University Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA / Tramway, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry, Sculpture International Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- The Afterlife of the Mysterious Mr. B, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Amigos, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
- Elmgreen & Dragset, Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Silent wishes and broken dreams, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany

2010
- Celebrity – The One & The Many, Museum für Neue Kunst am ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

2009
- The Collectors (curators), Danish and Nordic Pavilions, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
- Trying to Remember What We Once Wanted to Forget, MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
- Drama Queens, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

2008
- Gedenkort für die im Nazionalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen, Berlin, Germany
- Too Late, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Home is the Place You Left, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
- Drama Queens, Old Vic Theatre, London, United Kingdom

2007
- This Is The First Day Of My Life, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
- Ti sto pensando, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano di Codroipo, Italy
- A Change Of Mind, Kunst am Bauzaun, Museion Bozen, Bolzano, Italy

2006
- The Welfare Show, Serpentine Gallery, London, U.K. / The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
- Disgrace, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, United States
- The Incidental Self, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Would You Like Your Eggs A Little Different This Morning?, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy

2005
- Prada Marfa, Art Production Fund / Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, United States
- The Welfare Show, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway / BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
- End Station, Bohen Foundation, New York, United States
- Forgotten Baby, Wrong Gallery, New York, United States

2004
- Somewhere in the World It’s Four O’Clock, Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern, London, U.K.

2003
- Short Cut, Fondazione Trussardi, Milan, Italy
- Spaced Out, Portikus, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- Constructed Catastophes, Fig. 2, CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Don’t Leave Me This Way, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
- Paris Diaries, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France

2002
- How Are You Today?, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 229, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain / Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
- Museum, Sala Montcada / Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain

2001
- Taking Place, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Germany
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 111, Portikus, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- A Room Defined by its Accessibility, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000
- Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

1999
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 57-60, The Project, New York, United States
- New Works, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998
- Dug Down Gallery / Powerless Structures, Fig. 45, Galleri i8, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1997
- 12 Hours of White Paint, Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
- Powerless Structures, Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
​- To Ken Ishii..., Galleri Struts, Oslo, Norway

group shows

2023
- Paravents, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (upcoming)
- NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (upcoming)
- Sophie Calle. À toi de faire ma Mignonne, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris
- BUTTERFLY!, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
- Teamwork. 30 Years of CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago, Spain
- Taguchi Art Collection: Your Compass in the “Incredible” Contemporary Art World, Nariwa Museum, Okayama, Japan
- Beyond a Certain Point There is No Return, A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Their Volumes, Cristella Group, Cortemaggiore, Italy
- Chapter Four: From the APMA Collection, Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Looks Alive, Palazzo Bonaparte, Rome, Italy

2022
- Broken Music Vol. 2, 70 Years of Records and Sound Works by Artists, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
- Politics in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
- Every Moment Counts—AIDS and its Feelings, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
- Art in the Elevator, Salzburg Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
- CASH on the Wall, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Berlin, Germnay
- MARMOR / MARBLE, Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark
- Matrix of Gender, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
- HEM / HOME, Konstgalleriet Slottsholmen, Malmö, Sweden
- Why can’t we live together, Marburg Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany
- Blue Jeans - Myth and Marketing, Museumsquarier Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germnay
- And Now the Good News, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Türkei
- Exposition homosexuels et lesbiennes dans l’Europe nazie, Metz City Hall, Metz, France
- Impossibles architectures, Musees des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France
- Heroic Bodies, Rudolph Tegners Museum, Denmark
- Performa Archive, LGDR, New York
- Summer Sculpture Park, Castle Bechyně, Bechyně
- Figures, Gallery Pilevneli, Bodrum
- 125 Years of Noack, Foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin

2021
- Homosexuals and lesbians in nazie Europe, Shoah Memorial, Paris, France
- Statements, Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy 
- Work It, Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark
- Psychopathia Sexualis, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tempo, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany
- Wild/Schön, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
- Grave Monuments, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- Monument for the Cemetery, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea

2020    
- Mythologies - The Beginning and End of Civilisations, ARoS Triennal, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
- Wände | Walls, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart Germany 
- Studio Berlin, Berghain, Berlin, Germany
- Shapeshifters, Mälmo Konstmuseum, Mälmo, Sweden
- Animals in Art, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
- I Put A Spell On You: On Artists Collaborations, SCAD, Savannah, USA
- “WALKING. Movements North of Bolzano” - The collection of Erling Kagge, Museion, 
- Bolzano, Italy
- On the Frontline of Contemporary Art: From the Taguchi Art Collection, Shimonoeseki Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
- WANTED!, Grand Palais, Paris, France 
- Szene Berlin, Schloss Derneburg, Hall Art Foundations, Holle, Germany
- OH! MY CITY, Paradise Art Space, Incheon, Korea
- Who Am I, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
- Friendship as a Way of Life, UNSW Galleries, Paddington, Australia
- A Greater Perspective, The606, Damen Arts Plaza, Chicago, USA

2019
- There I Belong. Hammershøi by Elmgreen & Dragset, group exhibition curated by Elmgreen & Dragset, Statens Museum fur Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Sculptures, Sculpture Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Art’s Biggest Stage, Clark Institute, Williamson, USA
- Art & Porn, ARoS Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark
- Art & Porn, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Blickachsen 12, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Political Affairs - Language is not innocent, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
- A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
- Grand Hotel Abyss, Steirischerherbst’19, Graz, Austria
- Art’s Biggest Stage, Clark Institute, Williamson, USA
- La Source, Villa Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
-Tainted Love, Villa Arson, Nice, France
- Schöne Sentimenten, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
- Museum Of Modern Art And Western Antiquities, Section II Department Of Carving And Modeling: Form And Volume, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Cristina Guerra Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal


2018
- Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body, The Met Breuer, New York, USA
- Beyond Bliss, Bangkok Art Biennial, Bangkok, Thailand
- It’s Never Too Late To Say Sorry, Aspen Museum of Art, Aspen, USA
- Soziale Fassaden, MMK Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Minimalism: Space, Light and Object: Minimal Art and Its Legacies, National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore
- Far From Home, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark
- No Place Like Home, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
- Zeitspuren – The Power of Now, Kunsthaus Centre d’Art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- Talk Show Festival, La Panacée MoCo, Montpellier, France
- Ngorongoro II, Berlin, Germany

2017
- Waiting. Between Power and Possibility, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
- No Place Like Home, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Cool, calm and collected, ARoS Triennial, ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark 
- Commissions from Performa’s Archives, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- Kuss. Von Rodin bis Bob Dylan, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Over the Rainbow, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, USA
- Die Schoenheit im Anderens—The Beauty of Difference, Schloss Lieberose, Germany 
- Meet Me in Heaven, group show curated by Philipp Bollmann, Schloss Tüssling, Germany 
- The Garden: End of Times; Beginning of Time, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Warsaw Museum of Modern Art, Poland
- Physical Mind Restless Hands, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin, Germany

2016
- The Others, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Animality: Animals and Art, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, UK
- Protest, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
- Moved, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
- Staged! Spectacle and Role Playing in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
- ta.bu, Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
- Fetich: Begærets Objekter, Holsterbro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark

2015
- Slip of the Tongue, Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
- Panorama, High Line Art, New York, USA
- What We Call Love, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
- Homosexualität_en, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
- The City is the Star – Art at the Construction Site, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Days push off into nights, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
- Little is Left to Tell (Calvino after Calvino), Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- Diamonds always come in small packages, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
- Poor Art – Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968–2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
- Infinite Experience, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- All the World’s a Stage. Works from the Goetz Collection, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
- No Hablaremos de Picasso, Palacio Municipal Kiosko Alfonso, A Coruña, Spain
- more Konzeption Conception now, Museum Morsbroich, Germany

2014
- Attention Economy, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
- GOLD, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA
- LOVE AIDS RIOT SEX II, Art Aids Activism from 1995 until today, NBGK | Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- do it Moscow, Independent Curators International, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
- Power Memory People – Memorials of Today, KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark
- Secret Passions, Lille 3000, Lille, France
- Late Harvest, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA
- As I run and run, happiness comes closer, La Collection de Laurent Dumas vue par Jérôme Sans, Paris, France
- KIK Three Dizzyland, Kino International, Berlin, Germany
- Power Memory People – Memorials of Today, KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge,
Denmark
- Man in the Mirror, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- Archeological Festival_A Second-hand history and improbable obsessions, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
- Salon distingué - Hausrat in guter Gesellschaft, Museum Langmatt Baden, Baden, Germany
- Do Not Disturb, Gerhardsen Gerner Gallery, Oslo, Norway
- Côté Intérieur, Kunstpavillon Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2013
- A Space Called Public, Munich, Germany
- Mom, am I barbarian?, 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
- auf Zeit, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden Baden, Germany
- Out of the Blue, Cortesi Contemporay, Lugano, Switzerland
- Forever Young, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
- For the Time Being, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
- Love Me Gender, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark

2012
- Hospitality, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
- Echigo Tsumari Triennial, Tokamachi City and Tsunan Town, Japan
- Common Ground, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York, USA
- Migros meets Museion. 20th Century Remix, Migrosmuseum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
- You Are Not Alone, BACC – Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
- Wonderful – Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- Fremde überall – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Pomeranz, Jüdisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Status – 24 Contemporary Documents, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Wintherthur, Zurich, Switzerland
- Treffpunkt : Berlin, ARKEN – Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
- Struggles, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
- Im Raum des Betrachters – Skulptur der Gegenwart, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- Modern and Contemporary Sculpture at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA
- TRACK – A contemporary city conversation, S.M.A.K., the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
- Group Show, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

2011
- Open House, 3rd Singapore Biennale, Singapore
- Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), Istanbul, Turkey
- 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, TSUM & Artplay, Moscow, Russia
- Monodrome, 3rd Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
- You Are Not Alone, MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- Destello, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Estado de México
- Produced by Migros, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Now: Obras De La Colección Jumex, Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 8 1/2, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Florence, Italy
- Odd Size, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Wax – Sensation in contemporary sculpture, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Streetlife and Homestories, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
- Portraits, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
- Private/Corporate VI, Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Berlin, Germany
- The Last First Decade, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
- Among Heroes. Pre-images in contemporary art, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
- Zwei Sammler – Thomas Olbricht und Harald Falkenberg, Halle für aktuelle Kunst, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Il Belpaese dell'arte, etch ed estetiche della Nazione / The wonderful Land of Art - The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Nation, Nomos Edizioni, GAMeC – Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
- Unter Helden – Vor-bilder in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuatier, Nürnberg, Germany
- Private/Corporate VI – The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires, in dialogue with the Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart/Berlin, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
- You Are Not Alone, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

2010
- The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
- Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
- Seconde main, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Sexuality and Transcendence, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
- Anabasis: Rituals of Homecoming, Ludwik Grohman Villa and Book Art Museum, Łódź, Poland
- Margins of Silence, Helga de Alvear Collection, Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
- Invisible Shadows – Images of Uncertainty, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
- Exhibition, Exhibition, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Italy
- Let’s Dance, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-De-Marne, Val-De-Marne, France
- Glimmer, Fondatión/Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
- Power Games, Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
- Shelf Live, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
- The Philosophy of Money, Lisbon City Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
- Coup de Ville, WARP Contemporary Art Platform, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
​- Fourth Plinth Commission, Six new proposals, The Foyer, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, U.K.

2009
- 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
- New Aquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
- Where do we go from here? Selections from La Colección Jumex, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida, USA
- Lost and Found: Queerying the Archive, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Making of Art, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- The Porn Identity, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Scorpio’s Garden, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
- Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany

2008
- Time Crevasse, 3rd Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
- SCAPE, Christchurch Biennale of Art and Public Space, Christchurch, New Zealand
- All Inclusive, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- U-Turn, Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
- This Is Not a Void, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
- Art on Stage, Theater Basel / Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Ad Absurdum – Energien des Absurden von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
- An Unruly History of the Readymade, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
- The Sickness of the Hunting, MAMAC Nice – Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain de Nice, Nice, France
- Walls in the Street, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
- Extraordinary Rendition, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain

2007
- Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
- 2nd Moscow biennale of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
- Into Me / Out of Me, Kunst-Werke, Berlin / MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy
- Gruppentherapie, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
- Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
- Double Vision, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, USA
- Cuestión Xeracional, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Bodypoliticx, Witte De With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- The Zabludowicz Collection: When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever, BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, U.K.
- Made in Germany, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
- Rockers Island, Olbricht Collection, Mueum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
- This Is Not For You, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
- Cross-Border. Fotografie und Videokunst aus dem MUMOK Wien, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Pensa/Piensa/Think, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain

2006
- Fever Variations, 5th Gwangju Biennale 2006, Gwangju, South Korea
- Into Me / Out of Me, P.S. 1, New York, USA
- Surprise, Surprise, ICA – The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, U.K.
- Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
- Why Pictures Now, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Kontracom 06, Contemporary Festival, Salzburg, Austria
- Broken Surface, Sabine Knust Matthias Kunz Editions, Munich, Germany
- Anstoss Berlin – Kunst Macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

2005
- Universal Experience, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
- Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA / White Columns, New York, USA
- Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
- EN/OF 001-030, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany

2004
- Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway
- Interventionen 36 und 37: Monica Bonvicini: Elmgreen & Dragset , Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
- Modus Operandi, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
- Artists’ Favourites, ICA – The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, U.K.
- Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
- Works and Days, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek, Denmark
- Reordering Reality, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA

2003
- Utopia Station, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Spectacular, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Münster, Germany
- Living Inside The Grid, New Museum, New York, USA
- Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- The Living Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- Outlook, Kunstverein & Stiftung Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany

2002
- Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
- 25th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
- Pause, 4th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, South Korea
- XXVII Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
- Beyond Paradise, National Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- Exposition Collective, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. a. M., Germany
- 4pokoje / 4rooms, The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
- Rent-a-bench, Los Angeles, USA
- Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, U.K.
- Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA

2001
- Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
- Inside Space, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Sets: Performing Surfaces, International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden in Venice 2001, 49th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
- AUDIT, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
- Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2000
- Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Echigo Tsumari Triennial, Echigo Tsumari, Japan
- Leaving The Island, Pusan Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan, South Korea
- What If..., Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sporting. Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
- Century of Innocence, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
- Waiting, Mjellby Konstgårds Vänner, Halmstad, Sweden

1999
- Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
- Extinction des Feux, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland

1998
- Berlin/Berlin, 1st Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
- Nuit Blanche, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Junge Szene, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
- Momentum, Moss, Norway
- Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, USA
- Warming, The Project, New York, USA
- Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997
- The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
- 6. Muestra de Performance Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico

1996
- Between You and Me, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark

public collections

Austria
MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst), Vienna
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna

Belgium
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium 
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium 
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Belgium

Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Czech Republic
Kunsthalle Praha, Prague

China
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong SAR, China
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China

Denmark
Arken Museum, Ishøj
Dokk1, Aarhus
Københavns Billedkunstudvalg, Copenhagen
KØS - Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg
Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk
Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Finland
Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki

France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris
Fondation Emerige, Paris

Germany
European Central Bank, Frankfurt
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
KAT_Kunst am Turm, Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
Me Collectors Room, Berlin
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Pinakothek der Moderne, München
Sammlung Boros, Berlin
Sammlung Goetz, München
Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, Dresden
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Stiftung Denkmal, Berlin

Hong Kong
Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong

Israel
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv,
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Italy
Fondazione Prada, Milan
Museion, South Tyrol

Japan
Fukutake Art Museum Foundation, Naoshima
Taguchi Art Collection

Latvia
The Zuzeum, Riga

Lebanon
Aïshti Foundation, Beirut

Mexico
Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City

Netherlands
Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Rotterdam

Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo
Equinor Art Programme, Stavanger
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker
Kode Art Museums, Bergen
Kunstneriske Forstyrrelser
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
Park of the School of Agriculture
Statoil Collection, Stavanger
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
Utsmykingsfondet, Oslo

South Korea
Anyang Foundation for Culture & Arts, Anyang
Hyundai Card, Seoul​
Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul


Spain
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea), A Coruña
MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), León

Sweden
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Switzerland
Nicola Erni Foundation, Zug
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
Zürich Kunsthalle, Zürich

United Kingdom
Soho House, London
Zabludowicz Collection, London

USA
Art Production Fund/Ballroom, New York
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Denver Art Museum, Denver
The Donum Estate, Sonoma
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, CURATORIAL PROJECTS & STAGE PRODUCTIONS

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
 
2023
- Life Rings, Fig. 2, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas (permanent)

2021
- Life Rings, Princess Estelle Foundation, Royal Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden (permanent)
- Livredderen, Commissioned by the Tarnby Kommune, Copenhagen, Denmark (permanent)
- Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Musea, Wuhan, China

2020
- The Hive, Moynihan Train Hall, New York, USA (permanent)
- Pool, No. 8, Gangnam, Seoul, Korea (permanent)
- Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Musea, Hong Kong

2019
- Bent Pool, Pride Park, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA (permanent)

2018               
- To Whom It May Concern, FIAC Hors les Murs, Place Vendôme, Paris, France
- Statue of Liberty, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- Forventning, Trondheim, Norway (permanent)
- Van Gogh’s Ear, K11 Art Foundation, Guangzhou, China
- Zero, East Asiatic, Bangkok Art Biennale

2017               
- Dilemma, Ekebergparken, Oslo, Norway (permanent)

2016               
- Van Gogh’s Ear, Public Art Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA

2015               
- Magic Mushrooms, Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark (permanent)

2013               
- The Weight of Oneself, Rives de Saône, Lyon, France (permanent)

2012               
- Powerless Structures, Fig. 101, Fourth Plinth Commission, Trafalgar Square, London, UK (permanently installed at Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark since 2016)
 - HAN, Kulturevaerftet, Helsingør, Denmark (permanent)

2008               
- Gedenkort für die im Nazionalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen, Berlin, Germany (permanent)

2007               
- Ti sto pensando, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy (permanent)

2005               
- Prada Marfa, Art Production Fund / Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, USA (permanent)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2021
- It’s Just a Phase, K.U.K. Kjøpmannsgata Ung. Kunst, Trondheim, Norway (curators) (upcoming)

2019
-There I Belong. Hammershøi by Elmgreen & Dragset, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (curators)

2017               
- A Good Neighbour, 15th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (curators)

2016               
- The Others, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany (curators)

2014               
- Do Not Disturb: At the Invitation of Elmgreen & Dragset, Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway (curators)

2013     
- A Space Called Public, public art programme for the city of Munich, Germany (curators)

2009
- The Collectors, the Danish Pavilion and the Nordic Pavilion, 53rd Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy (curators)

2005
- Not a Drop But the Fall, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany (co-curators, with Susanne Pfeffer)

1996               
- Update, European Capitals of Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark (co-curators, with others)
 
STAGE PRODUCTIONS
 
2012               
-Happy Days in the Art World, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark / Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway (artistic directors)

2011               
-Happy Days in the Art World, Performa 11 commission, New York University Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA / Tramway, Glasgow, UK (artistic directors)

2009               
-Drama Queens, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (artistic directors)

2008               
- Drama Queens, The Old Vic Theatre, London, UK / Theater Basel, Basel, Switzerland (artistic directors)
- L’Amour de Loin, Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway (artistic directors)
 - Faustus, The Last Night, Staatsoper, Berlin, Germany (artistic directors)

2007               
- Drama Queens, Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster, Germany (artistic directors)

2006               
- Faustus, The Last Night, Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France / Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France (artistic directors)

2023

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, JR, Koak, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Mathilde DENIZE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Hans HARTUNG, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Dora JERIDI, Susumu KAMIJO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Takashi MURAKAMI, Sophia NARRETT, Katherina OLSCHBAUR, Danielle ORCHARD, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, LEE Bae, QI Zhuo, SHIM Moon-Seup

16 octobre 2023 - 10 novembre 2023

paris

60 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Matignon - October+ group show

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

14 octobre 2023 - 18 novembre 2023

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

David and other sculptures

2021

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

19 octobre 2021 - 20 novembre 2021

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

New Tenants

Iván ARGOTE, Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Bernard FRIZE, ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, Hans HARTUNG, Laurent GRASSO, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Thilo HEINZMANN, Alain JACQUET, Takashi MURAKAMI, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Claude RUTAULT, Xavier VEILHAN, Yuji UEDA

3 juin 2021 - 31 juillet 2021

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Salon Perrotin Matignon

2018

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

13 octobre 2018 - 22 décembre 2018

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

2015

Pierre PAULIN, Mike BOUCHET, CESAR, John DE ANDREA, Tara DONOVAN, ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, Laurent GRASSO, Candida HOFER, KAWS, Bertrand LAVIER, Heinz MACK, Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Xavier VEILHAN

22 octobre 2015 - 19 décembre 2015

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

Paulin, Paulin, Paulin

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

16 avril 2015 - 23 mai 2015

new york

909 Madison Avenue New York

Past Tomorrow

2014

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

3 avril 2014 - 3 mai 2014

hong kong

50 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 17TH FLOOR - HONG KONG

THE OLD WORLD

2012

Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Wim DELVOYE, ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, Lionel ESTÈVE, Bernard FRIZE, Bharti KHER, KOLKOZ, Klara KRISTALOVA, Guy LIMONE, Takashi MURAKAMI, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Claude RUTAULT, Michael SAILSTORFER, Xavier VEILHAN

10 mars 2012 - 21 avril 2012

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

2011

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

7 mai 2011 - 18 juin 2011

paris

10 IMPASSE SAINT CLAUDE 75003 PARIS

The Afterlife of the Mysterious Mr. B

2008

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

19 janvier 2008 - 8 mars 2008

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

Side Effects

2003

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

13 septembre 2003 - 8 novembre 2003

paris

30 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris

Don't leave me this way

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET

11 janvier 2003 - 22 février 2003

paris

30 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris

Paris Diaries

Perrotin x Numéro Art

Perrotin x Numéro Art

Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Hernan BAS, Sophie CALLE, Maurizio CATTELAN, CHEN Fei, Johan CRETEN, Wim DELVOYE, EFIAIMBELO, ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, ERRÓ, Jens FÄNGE, GELITIN, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, JR, Izumi KATO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Julio LE PARC, Mr., Takashi MURAKAMI, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Claude RUTAULT, Michael SAILSTORFER, Cinga SAMSON, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Claire TABOURET, Aya TAKANO, Maria TANIGUCHI, Xavier VEILHAN, Pieter VERMEERSCH, XU ZHEN®

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