Nicolai Risbjerg (DK) (b. 1994) (he/him)
Visual Artist
nicolairmn@gmail.com
instagram.com/nicolai_risbjerg
Selected exhibitions:
2026/2027:
Spikersuppa Lydgalleri, Oslo (NO)
SAK, Svendborg (DK)
Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK)
TAP1, Copenhagen (DK)
2025:
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO) Høstudstillingen
Roskilde Municipality (DK) Du er sød - skal vi være kærester?
Roskilde Festival (DK) Action Man Collecting Sweethearts at RF25
GRASP festival, Roskilde (DK) Action Man Collecting Sweethearts at GRASP
Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) Mission: Kærligehedsarkitektur
Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) A Cursed Cabaret
Kirsten Kjærs Museum, Frøstrup (DK) Vandrende Hjerte
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO) Kunstbok Oslo
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen (DK) 14,8 x 21
Galleri Vindue, Copenhagen (DK) Manifesto x Galleri Vindue
Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki (FI) Alien
VEGA ARTS, Copenhagen (DK) Headline Flip: Action Man Collecting Sweethearts at VEGA ARTS
Abattoir, Copenhagen (DK) Free Range
Galleri Seilduken, Oslo (NO) Very Open Call
Annaborg Kunsthus, Hillerød (DK) Sculpture Park 2025
2024:
Sydhavn Station (DK) Is There Love on Mars? – Solo exhibition
SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg (DK) 100 året for Kai Nielsens død
Allerød Skulpturpark (DK) Skulpturpark Allerød
Galleri Sapare Aude, Copenhagen (DK) Køn
Kirke og kunstvandring, Østerbro (DK) Tro og myte
Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Holstebro (DK) Holstebro festuge
2023:
Enter Art Fair x Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) Timelapse
Pride Art Copenhagen (DK) A Part of Us
Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK) Treasure Hunt
Ølgod Skulpturpark (DK) Den polykrome skulptur
Kulturdistriktet (DK) I’ll Give it to Someone Special
Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus (DK) Juxtapose
Detroit, Stockholm (SE) Queer Cohesion #2
Galleri Toll, Stockholm (SE) Attachment - of Might and Magic
2022:
Lille Vega x Art Hub Copenhagen (DK) Alle mulige ting
Copenhagen Contemporary, (DK) Kærlighedsaffæren på Reffen
Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen (DK) Playtime
Fincken, Bergen (NO) PAB Local - The Queer Edition
Springbrættet, Copenhagen (DK) Life is a Roller Coaster
Prøvestenbroen Syd, Cph(DK) Prøvestenen Skulpturpark
2021:
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK) Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
Aalborg Kommunes Kunstfonds Skulpturpark (DK) Kunst i 9.400
Hjorten Skulpturpark, Stockholm (SE) Hjorten Skulpturpark
Bunkerz Klitmøller, Thy (DK) SelvGlad, havARTi
Prøvestenen 3A, Copenhagen (DK) INTRO
2020:
Sommer Skulptur Søby, Ærø (DK) Tværsnit
Bergen Academy of Fine Art, Bergen (NO) Odd Growth
Vestland Kunsthal, Bergen (NO) Adventure
Galleri Flig, Bergen (NO) Kære
2019:
Bergen Kunsthal, Landmark, (NO) I Wanna Know What Love Is
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK) A Little Thing Called Love
Gammelgaard Kunst og Kultur, Herlev (DK) Everything We Have Is Now
Galleri Bokboden / Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO) Collective Banalities
2018:
Danish Culture Institute, Beijing (CN) The New Districts
Galleri Blunk, Trondheim (NO) The Guides For The Train Are Drowned
Big Shark, Aalborg, Denmark (DK) We Don’t Speak About Bird
Finken, Bergen (NO) Mask and Manifestos
University of Bergen (NO) Regarding Changed Toilet Conditions
Bokboden, Bergen (NO) Sommer Skulpturpark Bokboden
Blank Space, Oslo (NO) Bad Art
Rom 8, Bergen (NO) Everybody Is Welcome
Gallery Watch, Søby, Ærø (DK) Time’s Up
2017:
Sommer Skulptur Søby, Ærø (DK) SommerSkulpturSøby
Halmtorvet 11, Copenhagen (DK) Vi tager intet ansvar
Kunst & chili, Bergen (NO) Intelligence
Selected performance collaborations:
2018-2022:
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Rønnebæksholm (DK)
Bank og Rau (DK), Næstved city center (DK)
Erick Beltràn (MX), Volt, Bergen City Center (NO)
R. Bardziukaitè (LT), V. Grainytè (LT), L. Lapelytè (LT), 58th Venice Biennale (IT)
Heine Klausen (DK), Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin (GE)
Every Ocean Hughes F.K.A Emily Roysdon (US), Volt, Cornerteatret Bergen (NO)
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Strada Nova, Venice (IT)
Tine Adler (DK), Bergen Kunsthal, (NO)
Sara Arenfeldt (DK), Big Shark, Aalborg (DK)
Kaeto Sweeney (UK), USF Verftet, Bergen (NO)
Mary Coble (US), Splab, Aarhus, (DK)
Brandon Labelle (US), Bergen International Culture Center (NO)
Curating jobs / organizing / jury
2022-202: Curator and board member at Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
2022-2025 : Arranger of Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
2025: Curator at Abattoir, Copenhagen
2024: Curator of performance-event “Is There Love on Mars?” at Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
2024: Curator at film exhibition in public space “Re-Union“ in colab. w. Sydhavn Teater
2023: Organizer and curator of group exhibition SKATTEJAGT at Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
2023 Organizer and curator of performance-event at Sydhavn Station
2023: Curator at “Efterglød” film exhibition in 7 different public spaces in Sydhavn, Copenhagen
2022: Organizer and curator of “Skulpturpark Prøvestenen Syd”, Copenhagen
2029-20: Committee Jury Member, Bergen Art Academy’s BA admission program
2017-19: Curator at Galleri Fisk’s exhibition program, Bergen, Norway
Education:
2025-2027: MFA Art and Public Spaces, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (NO)
2023: Art consultant - post educational course by Billedkunstneriske Fagforbund (DK)
2023: Art in public spaces - post educational course at Fabrikken for Kunst og Design (DK)
2017-2020: BA, Bergen Academy of Fine Arts - University of Bergen, Institute of Contemporary Art (NO)
2016-2017: Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø (DK)
Boards:
2022-2025: Boardmember/Deputy Chairperson/Chairperson, Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
2022-2025: Boardmemer, Sydhavn Station
2022-2025 : Boardmember, extended board, Kunstnernes Fagforening, KUFA
2017-2019: Boardmember, Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO)
Working grants:
2025: Statens Kunstfond
2024: Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen - Talent Prize
2024: Hielmstierne Rosencroneske Stiftelse
2023: Hielmstierne Rosencroneske Stiftelse