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Sofie Thorsen Biography
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1971 |
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Born in Århus, Denmark
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1993 - 1994 |
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School of Visual Arts, Budapest
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1995 - 2001 |
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Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, København
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1997 - 2001 |
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Cofounder of the artist run exhibition-space OTTO, København (with Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Jeppe Hein, Eske Kath, Marie Rømer Westh og Tine Bundgaard)
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1999 - 2001 |
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Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien
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1997 - 2003 |
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Collaboration with Elsebeth Jørgensen
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2000 - 2005 |
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Collaboration with the feminist artist group A Room of One’s Own
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2005 - 2009 |
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Teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Department of Performative Arts and Sculpture
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Space Oddity - kuratiert von Friederike Nymphius, Andratx, Art Foundation Mallorca
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2010 - 2011
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Die Welt als Kulisse, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
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2010 - 2011
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Leuchtend Grau, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
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2009
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Sofie Thorsen, Krobath, Vienna (solo)
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2009
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The Colourless Island, The Aarhus Art Building, Århus Krobath, Vienna (solo)
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2009
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PROVISORISCHES YOGA, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (group)
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2009
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Forschungsstationen, Kunstverein Langenhagen e.V., Langenhagen (group)
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2009
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SOZIALER RAUM – KünstlerInnen und der Wiener Gemeindebau, Temporary Space, Vienna (group)
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2009
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FIFTY FIFTY Kunst im Dialog mit den 50er-Jahren, WIEN MUSEUM Karlsplatz, Vienna (group)
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2009
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STILL / MOVING / STILL – Internationaal VIDEO FOTO festival KNOKKE HEIST, Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist, Belgium (group)
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2009
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fake or feint – sechs Szenarien zu taktischen Markierungen: Scenario 2 Kaucyila Brooke, Sofie Thorsen / Katharina Lampert, Berlin Carré, Berlin (group)
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2008
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The Artist as Troublemaker, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York (group)
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2008
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Wunderkammer Lüneburg - Jahresgaben 2008, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany (group)
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2008
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Wenn wir da sind, Projekt Freizeichen, Mürzzuschlag, Austria (solo)
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2008
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Overdragelse, Overgaden. Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen (group)
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2008
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Zero Gravity – The architecture of social space, Center for contemporary art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (group)
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2008
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Land of Human Rights: At the Limits of the Thinkable, Galerie Emil Filla, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (group)
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2008
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Bela Kolárová, Falke Pisano, Janice Kerbel, Sofie Thorsen, Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna (group)
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2008
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Nothing to Declare - 4. Triennale Zeitgenössische Kunst Oberschwaben, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany (cat./group)
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2008
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Post-it cities, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (cat./group)
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2008
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Land of Human Rights: An der Grenze des Denkbaren, Rotor, Graz, Austria (group)
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2007
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NMWA’s 20th Anniversary Festival of Women's Film & Media Arts, NMWA, Washington DC (group)
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2007
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Wandmalerei, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Landmark, Oberleiserberg, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich, Austria (solo)
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2006
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Public Dreams, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic (group)
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2006
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10. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (group)
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2006
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Fourth Annual San Diego Women Film Festival, San Diego, USA (group)
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2006
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15. dokumentART, Neubrandenburg, Germany (group)
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2006
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Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien? Beziehungen zwischen Tourismus, Neokolonialismus und Migration. Drittes Kapitel, Shedhalle, Zurich (group)
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2006
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STORYLINES, Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany (group)
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2006
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Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany (group)
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2006
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Crossing Europe 06, Linz, Austria
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2006
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Best of Diagonale, Graz, Austria
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2006
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Diagonale 06 – Festival des Österreichischen Films, Graz, Austria
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2006
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Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien? Beziehungen zwischen Tourismus, Neokolonialismus und Migration. Zweites Kapitel, Shedhalle, zurich (group)
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2006
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STORYLINES, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany (group)
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2006
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STORYLINES, Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest, France (group)
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2005
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162 von 172 Häusern stehen an der Hauptstraße…, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (solo/cat.)
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2005
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The Golden Castle That Hung in the Air, Raster, Warszawa, Poland (solo/cat.)
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2005
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Scanbul Connection, Istanbul, Turkey (group)
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2005
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GU.Sicht - Graz Umgebung– Produktion einer Rurbanen Landschaft, Grazer Kunstverein, Austria (group)
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2005
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STORYLINES, Public>, Paris, France (group)
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2005
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Moving Target (with Mads Lynnerup), Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki (group)
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2005
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Festival der Regionen, Oberösterreich, Austria (cat./group)
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2005
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TRAVELLING EYE – fotografie im urlaub (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Quartier 21 im MQ, Vienna (group)
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2005
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Opacity, UKS, Oslo (group)
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2005
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Ude og hjemme, Overgaden, Copenhagen (group)
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2004
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Stafet, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark (group)
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2004
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Paravent, Artothek, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (group)
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2004
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Non-Standard Cities, Schlachthöfe, Berlin (cat./group)
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2004
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Backstages, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria (cat./group)
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2004
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Shrinking Cities, KunstWerke, Berlin (cat./group)
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2004
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Born to be a Star (with A Room of One's Own), Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (cat./group)
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2004
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bb3 (with A Room of One's Own) , KunstWerke, Berlin (cat./group)
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2003
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Mothers of Invention (with a Room of One's Own), Mumok Factory, Vienna (group)
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2003
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Trautes Heim, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany (group)
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2003
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Out to Grass, Koch und Kesslau, Berlin (group)
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2003
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Drinnen ist’s anders, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (group)
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2003
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Total motiviert – ein soziokulturelles Manöver, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany (group)
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2003
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Boring Boring Boring, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (group)
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2003
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Home Sweet Home (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Århus Kunstmuseum, Denmark (cat./group)
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2002
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Public Plaiv – Art contemporauna illa Plaiv, Gegenwartskunst im Landschafts- und Siedlungsraum La Plaiv, Czech Republic (group)
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2002
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site-seeing: disneyfizierung der städte? (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna (group)
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2002
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Artchitecture, Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera, Prague (group)
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2002
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Sub-Urban, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin (group)
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2002
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Ingrepp (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden (cat./group)
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2002
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Brøl, København Zoologisk Have, Denmark (cat./group)
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2002
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Art Primeur, CBK Dordrecht, Netherlands (cat./group)
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2002
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Fotofest, Houston, USA (group)
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2002
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Sub-Urbane Modelle, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria (group)
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2002
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Non-places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (cat./group)
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2002
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Das Experiment 2B (with a Room of One’s Own), Secession, Vienna (cat./group)
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2001
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KOSMOS, Rooseum, Malmø, Sweden (group)
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2001
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Sous le pont, le long de la rivière (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg (cat./group)
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2001
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What's an Academy, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (group)
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2001
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Exit 2001, degree show, (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen (group)
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2001
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Das Experiment 2A (with a Room of One’s Own), Secession, Vienna (group)
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2001
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Agitpop, Posterprojekt, arranged by Nam Nam Beauty, Copenhagen (group)
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2000
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Efterårsudstillingen (with Elsebeth Jørgensen) , Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (cat./group)
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2000
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På Hovedet, curated by Thorgej Hansen and Sophus Ejler Jepsen, Hovedbiblioteket, Copenhagen (group)
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2000
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Use your illusion (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England (group)
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2000
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Her er værket – OTTO i Rhizom, Rhizom, Århus, Denmark (group)
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2000
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Just Like a Movie (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Copenhagen (group)
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2000
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Zeit im Bild, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (group)
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2000
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Models of Resistance (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), arranged by Globe, Overgaden, Copenhagen (group)
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2000
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Artgenda 2000 (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Helsinki (group)
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2000
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1.maj (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), arranged by AV-mobil, Stockholm (group)
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1999
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Dispensing with Formalities (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), arranged by Recent Works und Brett Bloom, Copenhagen (group)
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1999
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¡Hasta La Vista! (with OTTO), Copenhagen (group)
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1999
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I love nature (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), arranged by OTTO, Copenhagen (group)
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1999
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Polka Project (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), arranged by Volume, Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen (group)
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1999
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Dispensing mit Formalities, Kopenhagen (with Elsebeth Jørgensen) (arranged by Recent Works und Brett Bloom) (group)
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1999
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I love nature, arranged by OTTO, Kopenhagen (with Elsebeth Jørgensen) (group)
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1999
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OTTO&, xart hybrid, Kopenhagen (arranged by OTTO)
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1998
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Undskyld hr. Frikadelle (with Jes Brinch, Mads Stehen, Peter Holmgård), Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen (group)
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1998
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Windowsill (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), rum 46, Århus, Denmark (group)
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1998
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Bad Hash, Clausens Kunsthandel, Copenhagen (group)
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1998
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Kørners Kontor, Kørners Kontor, Copenhagen (group)
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1998
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Den Store Perlekæde, Kunstakademiets Udstillingsted, Copenhagen (group)
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1998
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Kontor, Kørners Kontor (with Åsa Frankenberg), Copenhagen (group)
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1998
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Boomerang (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen (cat./group)
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1997
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Kælder, OTTO, Copenhagen (group)
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1997
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Den Skøre Skov (with Jes Brinch, Mads Sten, Peter Holmgård), Kom de Bagfra, Copenhagen (group)
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1997
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In and around the woods + The Screen (with Elsebeth Jørgensen), Sørup, Denmark, Kom de Bagfra, Copenhagen (group)
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1997
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Alle kanonerne, Rådskælderen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (with Åsa Frankenberg) (group)
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| Literature |
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2009
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Verena Doerfler: “Village fig.” - Lebens(t)raum im Kunstformat. Zur Werkreihe Village fig. der Künstlerin Sofie Thorsen. In: Architese 3.2009
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2009
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Pigiarniq 05/09, Wien | Vienna
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2009
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Sofie Thorsen – The Expert. Afternoon in the Uganda Forest, Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen
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2008
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Pist Protta, nr. 62., Space Poetry, Copenhagen
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2007
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Sofie Thorsen - Village fig., ed. by Sofie Thorsen, Julia Schäfer, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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2006
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Nybrud – dansk kunst i 1990erne, Rune Gade & Camilla Jalvig Aschehoug, Copenhagen
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2006
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Leap into the City. Chisinặu, Sofia, Pristina, Sarajevo, Warsaw, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Ed. Katrin Klingan and Ines Kappert, DuMont, Cologne, Germany
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2006
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Art and its Institutions, Ed. Nina Möntmann, Black Dog Publishing, London
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2005
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The Golden Castle That Hung in the Air, ed. by Marianka Dobkowska, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski + Raster, Warsaw, 2005
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2005
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Brigitte Schulz: 162 von 172 Häusern stehen an der Hauptstraße... In: Bauwelt 39/05
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2005
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Festival der Regionen 2005 – Geordnete Verhältnisse, Ed. Martin Fritz and Peter Arlt
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2005
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Trautes Heim, Ed. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, Germany
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2005
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Gesammelte Drucksachen, Ed. Kunstverein München, Revolver, Munich, Germany
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2005
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Sønke Gau: Sofie Thorsen. Fertighausträume / Prefab Dreams. In: Camera Austria, issue 92/05
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2004
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Dansk Fotografihistorie, Ed. Mette Sandby, Gyldendal, Denmark
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2004
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Udsigt. Feministiske strategier i dansk billedkunst, Ed. Kvinder på Værtshus, Informations forlag, Copenhagen
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2004
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3. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Ed. Ute Meta Bauer, Verlag der Buchhandlung König, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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Schrumpfende Städte. Band 1: Internationale Untersuchung, Ed. Philipp Oswalt, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit
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2004
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Julia Schäfer: Trautes Heim / Cosy Home: Interviews mit Pia Lanzinger, Moira Zoitl, Isa Rosenberger, Sofie Thorsen and Dorit Margreiter. In: n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal, Nr. 13 Domestic Politics, January
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2003
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Drucksache Fall 03, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
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2002
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Public Plaiv – Art contemporauna illa Plaiv, ed. Christoph Schenker, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich
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2002
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Migrants, Ed. Ivana Keser
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2001
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Window-sill, ed. by Sofie Thorsen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Space Poetry Reol, ed. by OTTO, Borgen, Denmark
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2000
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nu er det nok, så er det sagt!, Rosinante, Copenhagen
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2000
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Mare Articum – The Baltic art magazine, issue 2 (7)
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2000
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Pist Protta, Nr. 38, Space Poetry, Copenhagen
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1997
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Magasin Schäfer, Nr. 6 + 7, Copenhagen
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1996
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Magasin Schäfer, Nr. 5, Copenhagen
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1996
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Art-land, vol. 2 + vol. 3, Copenhagen
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