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