
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.
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.
solo shows
2024
- Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (upcoming)
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France (upcoming)
2023
- READ, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czech Republic (upcoming)
- NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (upcoming)
- Perrotin Paris, France (upcoming)
- 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
- BUTTERFLY!, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
- 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
- Summer Festival, Taguchi Art Collection, Kagoshima City Museum of Art, Kagoshima, Japan (upcoming)
- Sophie Calle. À toi de faire ma Mignonne, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris (upcoming)
- Paravents, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (upcoming)
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
14 octobre 2023 - 23 décembre 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
2006
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET
5 décembre 2006 - 3 février 2007
miami
Disgrace
2003
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET
13 septembre 2003 - 8 novembre 2003
paris
30 rue Louise Weiss 75003 Paris
Don't leave me this way
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET
11 janvier 2003 - 22 février 2003
paris
30 rue Louise Weiss 75003 Paris
Paris Diaries
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®