Sophie Erlund is a danish born artist living and working in Berlin. In her practice, Erlund has long explored a variety of themes and questions about the more-than-human, creating sculptures, installations and complex soundscapes, which deal with the central theme of transition and understanding the world through the irrational mind, and in particular our ongoing entanglement with artificial intelligence and its impact on our psychology. Sophie Erlund’s work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions across Europe and the US since receiving her BA Fine Art degree with honours from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London (UK) in 2003.
Sophie Erlund is represented by PSM, Berlin (DE)
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Curriculum Vitae
Born 17th September 1978 in Denmark.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Welten in Bewegung, 30 Jahre Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (DE) - upcoming
2023
SOLO: ”Nature is an event that never stops” PSM, Berlin (DE)
”Worlds Within Worlds” curated by Jelena Tamindžija Donnart, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dubrovnik (HR)
”Worlds Within Worlds” curated by Jelena Tamindžija Donnart, Artist Association of Croatia, Zagreb (HR)
2022
Rewilding Attention screening program as part of Rewilding the Museum at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj (DK)
”OMNIBUS - 10 Years of Kinderhook & Caracas”, Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin (DE)
”Prelude to Worlds Within Worlds” curated by Jelena Tamindžija Donnart, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
2021
SOLO: ”Destined to protect the productive” PSM, Berlin (DE)
SOLO: ”The 37th Session” with Office of Erbulian Strategies, PSM, Berlin (DE)
”Nordlicht” Kunsthalle Trier, Trier (DE)
”Sommer.Frische.Kunst” Bad Gastein (A)
”HOT MESS” Group exhibition curated by Yolandé Gouws and Vanja Zanko, Napoleon Komplex, Berlin (DE)
2020
”MERZBAU-GARTEN" • Module II”, Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin (DE)
”Flagge Zeigen” curated by Lena Marie Emrich & Susanne Prinz / Infected Landscapes, Bad Saarow (DE)
”Elementum”, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
”Im on Fire”, Spoiler, Berlin (DE)
'“Fundraiser show”, GOEBEN, Berlin (DE)
2019
SOLO: ”Agieren im Konzert (Acting in concert)” SpacedOut, Kerkow (DE)
”Finger my Fern” presented by EVBG (Marie Beckmann & Julie Gaspard), SALON, Berlin (DE)
”Le Lucky” Josep Maynou & friends, HVW8, Berlin (DE)
”Tauchgang” invited by Daniel Lergon & Fergus Feehily, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne (DE)
”Were We Never Fish” An evening with Sophie Erlund & Stephen Kent. Objects, sounds, food and a communal reflection on FISH
TIER - The Institute for Endotic Research, Berlin (DE)
”Were We Never Fish” An evening with Sophie Erlund, Josep Maynou & Stephen Kent. Objects, sounds, food, performance and a communal reflection on FISH. NOMAD residency, Rovijn (HR)
#AOTD - Art of the Day, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
2018
SOLO: “Lived Synchronicity” PSM, Berlin (DE)
"TOMBER" invited by Sarah Ancelle Schönfeld, VERY project space, Berlin (DE)
"Night shift" invited by Ossian Fraser, Bar Babette, Berlin (DE)
"Patterns of the invisible" curated by Konstanty Szydłowski, Hilgemann Projects, Berlin (DE)
2017
SOLO: "Co-existing with extraordinary fragility" CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
"Silent Empire" curated by Janine Eggert and Sibylle Jazra, Funkhaus Berlin (DE)
“Cabinet” curated by Adam Milner, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver (USA)
“Daydreamers” online curatorial project by Elisa Rusca & Stephen Kent - www.daydreamers.biz
“Social geometrism”, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin (DE)
2016
SOLO: "SHIFT" Elephant Kunsthall, Lillehammer (NO)
“Ærø Dog Days” Sound and Performance Festival, Ærø (DK)
“MIRRORS” curated by Adriane Wachholz, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (DE)
“Never shown on purpose” curated by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta & Ulrich Vogl, C1 Circle 1 Platform for Art and Culture, Berlin (DE)
“#dansinnit” Hasenheide 9, Berlin (DE)
2015
“Outside insight” ARTISSIMA ART FAIR with PSM, Turin ( IT)
“CHROMA KEY” curated by Anna Frost and Andreas Schlaegel, PSM, Berlin (DE)
2014
SOLO: "THE RATIONALLY UNATTAINABLE CERTAINTY" PSM, Berlin (DE)
SOLO: "The repeated failure of following a rule" F.D.13, St. Paul (USA)
SOLO: "THIS HOUSE IS MY BODY" Tongewölbe T25, Ingolstadt (DE)
“One eyed date” curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Autocenter, Berlin (DE)
“Vexations at Northrop Auditorium” curated by Amara Antilla & Sandra Teitge, Minneapolis, (USA)
2013
New contemporaries with PSM, Cologne (DE)
"U-Turn" ArteBA with PSM, Buenos Aires (AR)
“THE ORACLE - WHAT IS YOUR PROPHECY FOR THE FUTURE?” curated by Melissa Steckbauer and Mathilde ter Heijne, The Wand Gallery, Berlin (DE)
“Signals and codes” Tete, Berlin (DE)
“PRO-CHOICE” curated by Petunia, Fri Art - Centre d’art de Fribourg / Kunsthalle Freiburg (DE)
2012
SOLO: "Primordial eternity" New Contemporaries at Art Cologne with PSM, Cologne (DE)
“Imaginary travels” curated by Laurie Dechiara, AMERIKAHAUS, Berlin (DE)
"Higher Atlas" curated by Carson Chan & Nadim Samman, 4th Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech (MAR)
Boessner Art Award, Märkisches Museum Witten (DE)
2011
SOLO: "THIS HOUSE IS MY BODY" PSM, Berlin (DE)
"Metrospective 1.0. A cross section survey" presented by Future Gallery and PROGRAM - initiative for art and architectural collaborations, Berlin (DE)
“Life in a house with wooden billows” PSM@Dohyanglee Gallery, Paris, (FR)
2010
“Icons silent auction” patroned by Victoria Miro gallery, London (UK)
“No food, no drink, no sticky lollies" curated by Franziska Leuthäusser, Stattbad Wedding, Berlin (DE)
“Induction” featuring: John Coletti, Sophie Erlund, Kensuke Koike, Nathan Peter, Marco thiella, Angeliki Tsotsoni, Chiara Zanella, Berlin (DE)
“Hostile aestetik takeover" curated by Hannes Gruber, Amelie Grözinger, Lotte Møller, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Apartment, Berlin (DE)
“THRILLER” curated by Xavier Mazzarol and Eric Stephany, Studio Mazzarol, Berlin (DE)
“Step toward home" curated by Rebecca A. Layton, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Berlin/New York (DE/US)
“The kindness of cronies” featuring: Eric Legris, Gitte Schäfer, Xavier Mazzerol, James Krone, Daniel Jackson, Delia Gonzalez, Sophie Erlund, Paolo Chiasera, Marit Neeb, Yorgos Sappountis, Louis-Philippe Scoufaras, Nathan Peter, Saadane Afif, Wiley Hoard, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Arne Glauche, Øystein Aasan, Maeghan Reid, Ryan Mclaughlin, Benja Sachau, Anastasia Douka, Marcus Knupp, Ignacio Uriarte, Brent Wadden, Stefan Pfeiffer. HOMEWORK, Berlin (DE)
“Dialogues w/ Agnieszka Stone” Forgotten Bar Project/ Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin (DE)
2009
SOLO: "Udvandring" PSM, Berlin (DE)
“Cronies” HOMEWORK, Berlin (DE)
“7x2” PSM and Katarina Bittel Gallery, Berlin/Hamburg (DE)
2008
SOLO: "Newa" PROGRAM - initiative for art + architectural collaborations, Berlin (DE)
2006
“A TIMELY REVIVAL” Biorama-Projekt, Joachimsthal (DE)
“Sophie Erlund & Nobuhiro Fukui” Joachim Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2005
SOLO: "THIN CITIES" Joachim Gallery, Berlin (DE)
“SPRING SALON BERLIN” Salon AG, Berlin (DE)
2004
“ITS PERSONAL” Red Gate Gallery, London (UK)
2003
“Degree show” Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London (UK)
2001
SOLO: "SELF-TITLED" Gallery R21, Copenhagen (DK)
2000
“Grand Opening Show” Gallery R21, Copenhagen (DK)
AWARDS & PROJECTS:
CCA International art residency, Andratx, Spain, November (2022)
Nomad residency, Rovinj, Croatia, September (2019)
CCA International art residency, Andratx, Spain, November (2017)
NCCA International art residency, St. Petersburg, Russia, October (2017)
Danish Arts Council 1 year work grant (2009, 2015, 2018)
Danish Arts Council project stipends (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Norwegian Arts Council project stipends (2016)
Boessner Art Award Nominiert (2012)
SECRET WEST PRESS - limited edition books of Hole Drawings, edition of 30 (2006)
C0-founder of R21 exhibition and work space in central Copenhagen, DK (99-00)
EDUCATION:
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK.
BA Fine Art Honors, 3D pathway (2001-2003)
Polytechnical Institute of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK
Projektværkstedet under Per Elbke (2000)
Sculptural Technique under sculptor Karen Højsgaard-Nielsen, Copenhagen, DK (99-00)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA.
Continuing Education, Sculpture Department. (98-99)
PRESS:
Adela Yawitz (September 10, 2018). In a Changing Berlin, Artists Face Rising Costs and an Inflated Gender Pay Gap, Hyperallergic
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Daily Lazy (August, 2018). Tomber at Very / Berlin
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Tili Bensley-Nettheim (April 23, 2018). Celebrating Vol. 09 at the FvF Friends Space. Retrieved May 2, 2018
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Ann-Christin Schubert (May 11, 2018). Unearthing creative spaces with Oak – The Nordic Journal. Retrieved May 15, 2018
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Claudia Grigg Edo (May 15, 2017). Exhibition // New Art Spaces in Schöneweide’s Reinbeckhallen. Retrieved May 20, 2017
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Video In conversation with Sophie Erlund, Kunst am Spreeknie, 2017,
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Video Sophie Erlund for White Rabbit, by Hulda Ros Gudnadottir, Berlin,
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William Stewart (August 19, 2016). Fiction // Self-Narrativization: Sophie Erlund’s ‘Shift’ at Elephant Kunsthall. Retrieved August 20, 2016
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Jens Soneryd (September, 2015). The rationally unattainable certainty. Retrieved October 28, 2013,
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Friederike Ebeling (March 26, 2014). Kunst aus der Steckdose. Retrieved April 2, 2014
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? & Answer with the Artists, in Carson Chan, Nadim Samman (ed.), Higher Atlas: The Marrakech Biennale (4) in Context (2012)
Gauthier Lesturgie (January 13, 2015). Sophie Erlund: La mécanique des fluides. Retrieved January 13, 2015
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Silvia Anna Barillà, Maria Adelaide Marchesoni (November 9, 2015). Artissima: proposta artistica elevata ma transazioni sulla fascia bassa. "Outside Insight" at ARTISSIMA. Retrieved November 15, 2015
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Comunicato Stampa (May 23, 2013). Pro-Choice. FRI ART - Kunsthalle Fribourg. Retrieved May 30, 2013
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Interview with Sophie Erlund by Philippa von Wittgenstein (August 30, 2013). Focus on: Sophie Erlund. Retrieved September 2, 2013
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Enrico (May 8, 2012). Sophie Erlund: Primordial Eternity / PSM Sabine Schmidt Gallery at Art Cologne 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012
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Judith Plodeck (September 9, 2011), Must See: Sophie Erlund bei PSM Sabine Schmidt, THIS HOUSE IS MY BODY, Private Curators
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Matthias Planitzer (September 26, 211). Seufzender Stahlbeton. Wenn Architektur eine Stimme hätte: Aufnahmen von Abrissarbeiten. Retrieved September 27, 2011
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Ana Finel Honigman (September, 2011). Ana Finel Honigman's top 10 shows in Berlin in September.
Joël Riff (February 10, 2011). BERLIN-PARIS 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011
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Comunicato Stampa (February 17, 2011). Metrospective 1.0. PROGRAM, BERLIN. Retrieved February 20, 2011
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Berlinaut news, NO FOOD. NO DRINK. NO STICKY LOLLIES.
Berlinaut (March, 2009). Sophie Erlund, UDVANDRING.
Andreas Schlaegel (2009). Berlin’s new art dealers, in SPIKE art quarterly no. 20.
Interview with Sophie Erlund by Lene Lavtsen (2008). Sophie Erlund, Newa
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Undo.net - l'ecosistema della cultura contemporanea, Sophie Erlund, NEWA
PROGRAM: initiative for art+architectural collaborations (January, 2008). NEWA. Sophie Erlund. Retrieved February 2, 2008
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Interview with Sophie Erlund by Torben Zenth, Interview: Sophie Erlund NEWA, Kopenhagen.dk (February 26, 2008)
Interview with Sophie Erlund by Marie Mamonia, Berlins involde og fortœllinger om steder og mennesker, Kopenhagen.dk, (August 9, 2005)
Interview with Sophie Erlund by Maj Bach Madsen, Tysk er Trend, Klubvœrelset Danmarks Radio P1, (May 4, 2005)
Interview with Sophie Erlund by Finn Slumstrup, EUROPA KLIP - En dansk kunstner i Berlin, Danmarks Radio P1 (July 17, 2004).