
Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design

Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design

Church St., NY, 2001
Biography
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Studentereksamen, Holte Gymnasium. Holte, Dk
Solo Exhibitions
2017 See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA
2016 Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
2016 Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Jesus Christ Get Off My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Uprock, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2005 Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Exhibitions
2017 Mine, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2016 New Thoughts. New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Heerup in the Middle, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Heerup in the Middle, Heerup Museum, Rodvore, Denmark
2013 Xstraction, The Hole, New York
2012 Secret Garden, Gammel Holtegård Museum, Denmark
2012 The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York
2011 Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb
2011 OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark
2011 Status- Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2006 CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Gallery Edition, Copenhagen, Dk (jury selection from Diesel New Art competition 2005)
2005 framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, copenhagen, Dk
2005 Gallerie Asbaek Summer Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2004 V1 Group Show, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2003 Jules Show, Gallerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Dk
2002 Group Show, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
2002 Winter Landscapes, Riget Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
Bibliography
2016 Bonde, Lisbeth, Review, Kunsten.nu, December 2016
2014 Dalmagas, Rachel, Art of The childhood memory, Zing Magazine, August, 2014
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006
Publications
2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rights, Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Awards
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Finalist
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island Schoold of Design
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b.1974, bor og arbejder i Danmark
Offentlige Soloudstillinger
2023, Når i morgen bli'r i går, Kongegården Kunsthal, Korsør, Danmark
2021, Anden Stjerne til Højre, Nikolaj Kunsthal, København, Danmark
Offentlige Gruppeudstillinger
2017, Blixa Artzine, KN1-15, Aalborg, Denmark
2014, Zeigen, Kunsthal Nikolaj, København, Danmark
2014, Secret Garden III, Gl Holtegård, Holte, Danmark
2014, Heerup i midten, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Danmark
2013, Heerup i midten, Heerup Museum, Rødovre, Danmark
2013, Secret Garden II, Gl Holtegård, Holte, Danmark
2012, Secret Garden, Gl Holtegård, Holte, Danmark
2011, OneShot, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, DK
Solo Exhibitions
2019, Variations in Blue, V1 Gallery, København, Danmark
2017, See a Penny, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY, USA 2016
2017, Techno Fossil Tumbleweed, Eighteen, Copenhagen, DK
2017, Knud, Sade LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015, New Decks, Street Machine, Copenhagen, DK
2014, Jørgen Larsen, Taarbæk, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2013, Grazing Blitz, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2012, Tomato, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2011, Jesus Christ Get of My Back, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2009, (Perfect) Invisible for Ever Changing, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, NYC, USA 2008, UPROCK, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2006, Nothing Stays the Same, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2005, Void, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2003, Stuff, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Group exhibitions
2022, XX- twenty years og V1, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021, You can’t start a fire without a spark, Galleri 2132, Roslev, Danmark
2021, It’s weird to Disappear, V1 Gallery, Danmark
2018, Mine II, V1 Gallery, København, Danmark
2018, Nada Art Fair, Miami, USA
2017, Mine, V1 Gallery, København, Danmark
2017, Chart Art Fair, København, Danmark
2016, New Thoughts, New Visions, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
2015, 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2015, Nada Art Fair, Miami, USA
2014, CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2014, Art Cologne, V1 Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2014, Market Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2014, Dallas Art Fair, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Dallas, USA
2013, Industrious Abstraction, V1 Gallery – Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
2013, Xstraction, The Hole, New York, USA
2012, The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York, USA
2012, Art Copenhagen, 2012, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2012, Volta 8, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2011, Status – Somewhere Between Position and Condition, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2011, Insurgencies, curated by Shane Bradford & Peter Lamb, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, UK
2010, Weight Perception, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007, Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2006, There is U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2006, CRG Gallery Presents: Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, USA
Awards
2001 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design
Bibliography
2021 Dane, Benjamin, Anden stjerne til højre, Børsen April 9, 2021
2013 Johnson, Ken, Xstraction, New York Times, June 7, 2013
2012 Asfour, Nana. Thomas Ovlisen, “Tomato”, Time Out NY, February 14, 2012
2012 Zhu, B. Thomas Ovlisen at Klaus von Nichtssagend, Continuum, January 30th, 2012
2006 Smith, Roberta, CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery’, New York Times, July 14, 2006 Dansk Kunst 2006, Forlaget Skriver, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Void, Catalogue, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 Diesel New Art 2005, Catalogue, Copenhagen, Dk
2005 “The 50 most Important Living Artists of Denmark”, Magasinet Kunst, Dk
2003 “The Un Declaration of Human Rightsï¿1⁄2ï¿1⁄2ï¿1⁄2 Aschenboug, Copenhagen, Dk
2000 “You Don’t Have to Like the Art . . .” Novo, Copenhagen, Dk
Uddannelse
2001 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
2001 Concentration Art History, RhodeIsland School of Design. Providence, USA
1996 Udlært grafisk designer og reklametegner, DDB Needham, København, Danmark
1995 Kreativ Basis, Reklameskolen, København, Danmark
1994, Student, Holte Gymnasium, Holte, Danmark