JENS & MORTEN
Jens Ardal (f./b. 1986) og Morten Kromann (f./b. 1985), Holstebro, Danmark/Denmark
Bor og arbejder / Live and work in Holstebro
UDDANNELSE / EDUCATION
2012 Jens Ardal: BA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO), Norway
2014 Morten Kromann: MFA, Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark
PRISER / AWARDS
2014 EXTRACT Prize, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen
2014 Kultursamarbejdets KulturVækstPris 2014, Central Jutland
REPRESENTATIONS AT MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
2017 MFSK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark, The Voters
SELECTED PROJECTS
Kulturdivisionen Slagteriet Holstebro, 2015-2017
2022
Hanging Garden at the Slaughterhouse - Mural Installation, Slagteriet Holstebro, DK
2021
The Virtual Slaughterhouse - Immersive Learning Environment, Slagteriet Holstebro, DK
Citizens on cart - Sculpture, Holstebro Library, DK
The Virtual School - Sculptural Playground Planning, Rolf Krake Skolen, Holstebro, DK
2020
Piratladen - Game installation and learning resource, Coding
Pirates Skive and Skive Library, DK
Utopian City - City planning, Faaborg Midtfyn, DK
Agora Fig. 3.1 - Groupshow at Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro, DK
Childrens Globe - Brændgårdskolen, Herning, DK
2019
From Coal to Culture - Nordkraft, Ålborg, DK
Vulkanen – Sculptural playground architecture for Universet
Kolt Østerparken, Aarhus, DK
Kunsthal - Installation, Randers Kunstmuseeum, DK
Partners – Group exhibition, Vejle Kunstmuseeum, DK
2018
#VærkDinVerden – National art campaign, Skulpturlandsby
Selde/Raaderum, DK
Agora II – Solo exhibition, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
Passagen – Living sculpture for Hospice Djursland, DK
2017
The Voters – Performance for Roskilde Municipality and Musset for Samtidskunst, Denmark
Blow Up – Performance at Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark
Kulturfjorden 2017 - Makeshift village from IBC totes for Kulturmødet Mors, Denmark
SLASH – Sculpture, installation, workshops, set-design and performance for Holstebro Festuge at Slagteriet Holstebro with Jens & Morten: Morten Kromann (DK) and Jens Ardal (DK), KompaniTO: Mari Stoknes (NO) and Tamar Ohana Goksøyr (NO), Shady Core: Vilja Itkonen (FIN), Marije Nie (NL), Mette Sandholt (DK) and Victor Tambo (DK), Shady Houseband: Minttu Hellstén (FIN) and Björt Rúnarsdóttir (IS), Theater Werkstatt Schwerte: Simon Bronikowski (DE) and Patricia Marioli (AR), Teatr Brama (PL), Linn Holm (SE), Elona Planman (SE), Aleksandr Sandovicz (LT) and Stefan Tarabini (DK)
Razzle Dazzle Bridge – Conceptual mural painting, Urban Lab, Holstebro
Agora - EXTRACT SOLO EXHIBITION, technical support: Aleksandr Sandovicz, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen
2016
Børnepark, park environment and labyrinthian pathway for two adjacent daycare centers, Holstebro
Kulturfarm, sculptural environment for Kulturmødet Mors, Denmark
Kneeling Cop, commisioned public sculpture for the new regional police department, Holstebro
Sort Slagtegang, theatrical intervention with students from the Danish Talent Academy, realized together
with Altamira Studio Theatre and the dancers Julie Schmidt Andreasen & Birgitte Lundtoft, Slagteriet,
Holstebro
2015
Slagteriet Holstebro, collaborative installation at Alt_Cph, Copenhagen, Denmark
”Kunsthal”, site-specific installation, Kulturmødet Mors
Drømmesti, pathway through Haraldsminde Folkepark together with Team Skovsnogen, Ballerup, Denmark
Sandbox Citizen, urban planning mobile workshop, Nordkraft, Aalborg, LandShape, Hanstholm and
UrbanLab Conference, Herning, Denmark
2014
TERMINAL, EXTRACT - YOUNG ART PRIZE - CPH 2014, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen
Hulen, educational installation, Holstebro Art Museum
Opstillinger, group exhibition, Kunstbygningen Vrå, Denmark
HAAB, site-specific public sculpture, Wadden Tide, Vadehavs Festival (international art festival),
Blåvandshuk, Denmark
Byens Forskningsstation, with Gitte Lægaard and Kathrine Hede Poulsen, RETUR, Holstebro Festuge,
Holstebro
Flagskib / rygsøjle, Afgang 14 (Graduation show), Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark
2013
The Wave, happening, together with Art & Design students (BGK) Holstebro, Holstebro Art Museum
Art Van, 6000 km mobile performance tour, Norway and Sweden
Art Van, Midt-Nordisk Kunst Festival, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Art Van, Wuthering Heights II, Billedhoggerhagen, Oslo, Norway
Eksperiment kunst postbil 2013, Spanien 19C, Aarhus
2012
Artspace Virus, artist-run, nonprofit, exhibition space in Skovsnogen, Døvling, Denmark
Høstfest 2012 (Harvest festival 2012), caravan tour to 6 villages in Central Jutland, part of ‘Kunsten i bevægelse’, http://kunsten-i-bevaegelse.dk/
Radio Rethink, pirate radio, International Scout Camp 2012, Holstebro