About
Nina wengel was born 1979, Aarhus, Denmark and based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an artist working in many medias and what is represented on this website is only a few projects of this artists' production. Mainly though, Nina Wengel works with contemporary landscape painting and light healing events, sometimes under the name GOOD WORK Productions. GOOD WORK Productions is an self invented organization working to improve urban atmosphere and strives to do projects, mainly in public space, which by the use of art affect themselves, interpersonal relations, society and the universe in a positive way.
contact: mail@ninawengel.com
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2008, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Studied the two years basic course, followed by two years at The School of Media, Professor Ann Lislegaard, one year at The School of painting, Professor Tumi Magnusson and Graduated from the School of Time based media, professor Gerard Byrne
EXHIBITIONS
2017 All at once, Galerie Bridget Stern, Faktor, Hamborg
2017 Solvognen, pop up event, Vestjylland, Denmark
2017 Opposite 2017, SuperDelux, Tokyo
2017 Yelp, The Danish embassy, Tokyo
2017 Heading for a land of eternal sunshine, Xpon-art, Hamburg
2016 Emergency room, Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen
2016 pop- up exhibition, Nordhavn, Copenhagen
2016 Schizo Archive, Museum Ovartaci, Risskov, Denmark
2016 Vestjyllandssamligen, Janusbygningnen, Tistrup, Denmark
2016 Emergencyroom, MOAD, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016 Trance for a change, Pustervig, Göteborg, Sweden
2016 The ignorant school master, Vera, Copenhagen
2016 Naboskab, Tibberupparken, Espergærde
2016 Crepúscolo con Queso // Twilight with Cheese, Cristo Salvador, Havana, Cuba
2016 Beers, Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro, Denmark
2016 Gone, Nicolai kunst og design, Kolding, Denmark
2015 Helping healing KUA, Copenhagen
2015 Beers, Byens kro, Copenhagen
2015 Alt_cph, Fabrikken for Kunst og design, Copenhagen
2015 Imago Mundi, travelling exhibition
2015 All red, Frederiksholms kanal, Copenhagen, SOLO SHOW
2015 Langt ude, Anholt, Denmark
2015 Oh, what a beautiful eternity, KIKshh, Roskilde, SOLO SHOW
2015 Guattari Reading Circle’s 2nd exhibition, The Danish National Art Library, Copenhagen
2015 Interventions, ApArt, Copenhagen
2015 Emergency Mobil, Copenhagen
2014 Vi tar intet ansvar 2, Galleri Q, Denmark
2014 Urgent light healing of Christiansborg, Denmark
2014 In wake of the storm, Roj forlag, SØ, Denmark
2014 City Link, Frappant, Hamburg
2014 Following Eternity, Ikast Kunstpakhus, Denmark
2013 Open Studios, LMCC, New York
2013 REAL, H.C. Ørstedsvej, Denmark
2013 Residencias Coop, Lisbon
2013 Voices for the Future, Rio de Janeiro
2013 Imprint, gallery Kant, Denmark
2012 Changing tides, Amager Strand, Denmark
2012 Installation at Roskilde Festival, Denmark
2012 “Sweet love voodoo lounge”/ inauguration of GOOD WORK Productions new space, Denmark
2012 “KEEP UP GOOD SPIRIT”, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Art Copenhagen, The Nordic Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 “Ladies of Sorrow”, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 “The Ticker Tape Step”, The Work Office, Times Square, New York
2011 “Did you mean person”, ApArt, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 “Design Weekend” /, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 “I Might As Well Have Been A Ball”, ApArt, Copenhagen, Denmark, SOLO SHOW
2011 ”Landscapes”, DAMP, Copenhagen, Denmark, SOLO SHOW
2010 “The world wears off tomorrow”, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 “Monkey King – Journey to the East”, Koh-i-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 “The 10th Open International Art Performance Festival”, Beijing, China
2008 “Dance As Collaboration”, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 “Soft performance”, Det hemmelige galleri”, Herning, Denmark
2008 “Wight Biennial”, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles
2008 “G. C. Awards”, Galleri Q, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 “EXIT08”, Exhibition space Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 “Open Pole Copenhagen”, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 “LOOP” video festival, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Yalu River Art Museum, Dadong, China
2007 “Light of the year 2007”, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2006 “Coloured language”, The National Museum of Art, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 “Fitting the couch”, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 “HOHOT-COPENHAGEN”, Hohot, Inner Mongolia
2003 ”Real presence”, Muzej 25. Maj, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 ”Recycling the Future”, VV2, The Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Dagmar og Karl Thyrres legat
2015 The Danish Arts Council
2014 The Danish Arts Council
2013 Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
2013 Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Danish Arts Council
2011 Nordea Foundation, Amager Local Councils, Copenhagen City Arts Council, The Danish Arts Council
2010 Scholarship stay, San Cataldo, Italy
2010 Travel grant Danish Art Council
2009 Travel grant + production grant, Danish Arts Council
2008 Travel grant, Danish Arts Council and Oticon