Education
| 2019 –24 | Mads Øvlisen PhD fellow in artistic practice at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Copenhagen University, Denmark |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. Comparative Media Studies/Writing, visiting PhD fellow |
| 2008 – 09 | Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program, New York, USA |
| 2001 – 06 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, MFA |
| Department of New Media and Department of Walls & Space | |
| 2000 – 01 | Funen Academy of Fine Arts, Odense, Denmark |
| 1997 – 99 | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Free Media Department |
Residencies
| 2024 | Arts at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2015 | Museum of Contemporary Art MSU, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2012 | International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP,) New York, USA |
| 2010 | The National Workshops for Art and Crafts, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2008 | Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands |
| 2007 – 08 | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency Program, New York, USA |
Solo and duo exhibitions
| 2024 | One pixel is imagined. One thread is dreamt, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Picture the Sky, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 2022 | Pattern Machines, Til Vægs, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| The Artist’s Book as Mycelium, PhotoBook Week Aarhus, Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 2020 | To Speculate with Clouds, Annual Reportt, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Stellar Spectra, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2018 | Cloud Behavior, Ofelia Plads, The Royal Danish Playhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2017 | NATURE (RE)TURNS, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark |
| 2016 | I imagined that things were speaking, MSU Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2014 | In Your Words, (w. Brendan Fernandes), MacLaren Art Centre, Canada |
| Street Haunting, New Shelter Plan, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 2013 | Night Map, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, USA |
| 2012 | The Sound of P’, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, USA |
| 2011 | Street Haunting, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA |
| City Grammar, (w. Liz Linden), Bureau, New York, USA |
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| In Your Words (w. Brendan Fernandes), Karen Blixen Museet, Denmark |
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| 2010 | Looking for Donkeys, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada |
| 2009 | Picture History, Kunsthallen Brandts, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark |
| 2007 | Measuring the Distance Between Exotism and Exorcism, (w. Ylva Westerlund), Galleri Box, Göteborg, Sweden |
| 2006 | Thinking Aloud, (w. Tamar Guimaraes), Overgaden – Institue of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2003 | 4 Constructed visits, Oslo Kunsthall, OCA studio, Oslo, Norway |
Selected group exhibitions
| 2024 | To the Moon and Back, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden |
| Poetics of Encryption: Art and Artificial Intelligence, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Celestial Ripples – Corporeal Rythms, SixtyEight Art Institute, inter.pblc, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2023 | Grønningen Focus, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Exposing Space – Making the Universe Visible, Turbulence Building, Aix-Marseille University, Fance | |
| Tårup Dark Sky Festival, Kunstrum Fun, Tårup, Denmark | |
| 2022 | En uregerlig natur, Bloom Explore |
| 2021 | New Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark |
| 15th Busan International Video Art Festival, Space HEEM, Busan, Korea | |
| Sammenstød, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmark | |
| Gadebiograf, Lokale, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| A Speculation, Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, Sweden | |
| 2020 | Fra støvkort til kosmos, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark |
| Space Works: Our relationship with the cosmos, Tampere Art Museum, Finland | |
| Silver Girls. Retouched History of Images, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia | |
| Patterns in Resistance, alt_cph_2020, online biennial | |
| 2019 | Danish Conceptual Photography, FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Moonlight – 50 Years of Photographing the Moon, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden | |
| Encounters: Nordic Photography Beyond Borders, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden; Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Iceland | |
| Apologia della Storia – The Historian’s Craft, ICA Milano, Italy | |
| 2018 | The Moon, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark |
| Så’ der samling, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark |
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| 2017 | Cool, Calm, and Collected, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark |
| Herbarium – Photography and Botany, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Blind Spots. Images of the Danish West Indies Colony, The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Unravelings, Udstillingsstedet Meter, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2016 | Artists’ Books, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden |
| Opslag Nedslag – Danish Artists’ Books, The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Crisis of Presence, Pori Art Museum, Finland | |
| Dispel the Lack of Context, Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden | |
| Bucharest Biennial, BB7, Bucharest, Romania | |
| Art & Nature: Walking With Senses, Merano, Italy | |
| 2015 | In Practice: Under Foundtations, SculptureCenter, NewYork, USA |
| TRUST, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Survival K(n)it, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia | |
| Rewriting Histories, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2014 | Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, USA |
| Secret Garden III, Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark | |
| The Beginning Is Always Today,Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden | |
| 2013 | The Beginning Is Always Today, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway |
| Imaginary Friends, Interstate Project, New York, USA | |
| Paths to Pier 42, Pier 42, New York, USA | |
| Secret Garden II, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark | |
| There is No Place Like Home, Westfälischen Kunstverein, Münster, Germany | |
| Welcome to the Real, TEMP, New York, USA | |
| Let’s Talk About Love Baby, Printed Matter, New York, USA | |
| 2012 | Force Fields, T.S.A., Philadelphia, USA |
| Salvajes – Digesting Europe Piece by Piece, Traneudstillingen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Bag facaden, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA | |
| Never Odd or Even, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark | |
| Video Storefront, Possible Projects, Philadelphia, USA | |
| 2011 | Work in Progress, Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nordic Art Today, Etagi, St. Petersburg, Russia | |
| Never Odd or Even, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany | |
| Kroppen i fokus, Tjörnedala Konsthall, Sweden | |
| Contemporary Art Archipelago, Turku, Finland | |
| INGE, Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| What is Contemporary Art?, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark | |
| 2010 | Lunds Konsthall Presentation, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden |
| Paradise Lost, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands | |
| Becoming a Copenhagener, Museum of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Lush Life – Whistle, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Lush Life – She’ll Be Apples, Eleven Rivington, New York, USA | |
| Shallow Graves, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, USA | |
| The Listening Act, Walden affairs, Den Haag, The Netherlands | |
| Let’s Talk about Nationalism!, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 2009 | Black Atlantic, Ar/Ge Kunst, Bozen, Italy |
| The 6th Busan International Video Festival, Busan, Korea | |
| Kurs: The Square, Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark | |
| Whitney ISP Studio Exhibition, Art in General, New York, USA | |
| Theoretical Practice, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA | |
| Facing Locality, Caribbean Museum Center, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, USA | |
| VideoStudio, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, USA | |
| 2008 | Possibility of Change, Åland Art Museum, Åland, Finland |
| Between the Images, Rumänska Kulturinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Enter, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark | |
| Overdragelse, Overgaden – Institue of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Socle du Monde Biennial, Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark | |
| 2007 | Tourist’s Tale, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark |
| The Biennial of Young Artists, Tallinn, Estonia | |
| Subtle Whispering, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Cabaret – Tribunale, Judson Memorial Church, New York, USA / Plex, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Speak Up!, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| BAC 41st International Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA | |
| HELLo, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York, USA | |
| 2006 | House Warming, screening program, Swiss Institute, New York, USA |
| 700% plus, KBH KUNSTHAL_Centenniale, KBH Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Regarding Others, Momentum 2006, Moss, Norway | |
| 2003 | Venice Biennial, Utopia Station (w. Oleanna-group & Martha Rosler). Venice, Italy |
Public collections
| MIT List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | |
| Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden | |
| Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden | |
| Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark | |
| ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Denmark | |
| The National Museum of Photography, Denmark | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark | |
| Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark |
Permanent public commisions
| 2022 | Skyer driver, public art commission (commissioned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, curated by Poul Erik Tøjner, developed in collaboration with Kvadrat), Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark |
| 2020 | Botnizing on the Asphalt, public art commission (curated by In Situ for the Danish Building & Property Agency), The National Police College, Vejle, Denmark |
| 2016 | The Planets, public art commission (in collaboration w. New York School Construction Authority and Percent for Arts), PS163 Queens, USA |
| 2013 | Atlas of Anatomy, public art commission (in collaboration w. Henning Larsen Architects and the Danish Arts Council), Campus Roskilde, Denmark |
| 2010 | Journey to the End of the Night, public art commission (in collaboration w. Henning Larsen Architects and the Danish Building & Property Agency), Ringsted High School, Denmark |
Selected press
Artist’s books
| 2020 | Cloud Behavior, Nanna Debois Buhl. Humboldt Books & Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology. ISBN 978-87-93883-05-5/978-88-99385-76-7 |
| 2017 | intervals and forms of stones of stars, Nanna Debois Buhl. Humboldt Books. ISBN 978-88-99385-31-6 |
| 2016 | Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond, Nanna Debois Buhl. Humboldt Books. ISBN 978-88-99385-07-1 |
| 2015 | Botanizing on the Asphalt, Nanna Debois Buhl. Officin. ISBN 978-87-993595-2-3 |
| 2013 | Atlas of Anatomy, Nanna Debois Buhl. Revolver Publishing. ISBN 978-3-86895-262-9 |
| 2010 | City Grammar, Nanna Debois Buhl & Liz Linden. Revolver Publishing. ISBN 978-3-86895-115-8 |
| A Journey in Two Directions, Nanna Debois Buhl. Revolver Publishing. ISBN 978-3-86895-066-3 |
Selected artist talks
| 2023 | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark |
| The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Cally Spooner) | |
| 2022 | Hasselblad Foundation and HDK-Valand, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| The Trope Tank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA | |
| The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2021 | Processing Community Day, Code & Share, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 2020 | Art Hub Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (w. Enrico Ruiz-Ramirez and Marie Laurberg) | |
| Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Anja Cetti Andersen) | |
| 2019 | Copenhagen University, Department of Art History, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA | |
| 2018 | Manifesta 12 Collateral Event Program, Palermo, Italy |
| 2017 | ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark (w. Camilla Jalving and Nils Bubandt) |
| 2016 | The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Jytte Rex) |
| 2015 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2014 | Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 2013 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany | |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA (w. Brendan Fernandes) | |
| 2012 | ICP-Bard, International Center for Photography, New York, USA |
| International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA (w. Jen Kennedy) | |
| The Armory Show, Open Forum, New York, USA | |
| 2010 | Artbook@MoMA/PS1, Queens, USA (w. Thomas Lax) |
| Overgaden – Institue of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Louise Wolthers) | |
| 2008 | The Whim Museum, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands |
| Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands | |
| 2007 | Copenhagen University, Department of Art History, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2004 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Women Down the Pub) |
| The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark (w. Anu Pennanen) | |
| 2003 | Oslo Kunsthall, OCA studio, Oslo, Norway |