Morten Steen Hebsgaard
Works by Artist
Available Works
CV
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Segmented Form on Knowledge, 2011, , Modified Eames table, model: Segmented. Friedrich Fröbel wooden blocks, series: Form of Knowledge, 73x130 cm.
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Segmented Form of Knowledge, 2011 (detail), Modified Eames table, model: Segmented. Friedrich Fröbel wooden blocks, series: Form of Knowledge, 73x130 cm.
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Untitled (A), 2010, Modified IKEA furniture’s, 55x55 cm,
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Untitled (B), 2010, Modified IKEA furniture’s, 77x77 cm,
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Untitled (C), 2010, Modified IKEA furniture’s, 55x55 cm,
Morten Steen Hebsgaard, Untitled (D), 2010, Modified IKEA furniture’s, 62x54 cm,
Ontemporary Rt #110 / 2009, 90x90x85 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #101 / 2009, 81x47x100 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #159 / 2009, Installation in variable size / floor: 8x81x65 cm, wall: 38x58x8 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #42 / 2009, 51x51 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #80 / 2009, 180x78x76 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #61 / 2009, 73x76 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #67 / 2009, 78x76 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #63 / 2009, 76x76 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #62 / 2009, 76x76 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #130 / 2009, 162x40x28 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #16 / 2009, 101x48x28 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #32 / 2009, 78x66 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #34 / 2009, 74x68 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
Ontemporary Rt #44 / 2009, 53x73 cm / Modified IKEA furnitures
The Beginning of a Masterpiece / 2008., 175x190x75 / installation in two pieces.
Preview Berlin / 2008, Site-specific installation / furnitures made out of standart wooden walls.
Preview Berlin / 2008, Site-specific installation / furnitures made out of standart wooden walls.
Preview Berlin / 2008, Site-specific installation / furnitures made out of standart wooden walls.
Ladder Bike - Bike Ladder (made in China/ remade in Denmark) / 2007, 130x100x50 cm / ready made re-made.
Ladder Bike - Bike Ladder (made in China/ remade in Denmark) / 2007, 130x100x50 cm / ready made re-made.
Buying Billy freeing Willy / 2007, Installation / made with IKEA furnitures / 2007
Re-production of an IKEA Bookshelf / 2007, 78x180x120 cm / Installation two pieces / Original Piet Hein Super Elipse table modified / 35x120x28 cm / IKEA bookshelf modified.
Forgery of a toboggan / 2007, 77x126x95 cm / Mahogany veneer and walnut.
Survival of the fittest / 2006, 140x60x50 cm / made in 3 original colours pink, red, blue.
Art Copenhagen / 2006, Installation view / furnitures made out of standart wooden walls.
Art Copenhagen / 2006, Installation view / furnitures made out of standart wooden walls.
Mad owl sled / 2008, 123x100 cm / High pressure lamin on chipboard.
From my african mask collection / 2007, 129x104 cm / high pressure lamin on chipboard.
The pentagon pope lamp / 2007, 118x80 cm / High pressure lamin on chipboard.
Forgery of a Rocking Horse / 2007, 75x128x90 cm / Table & Kay Bojesen’s rocking horse modified. 
Kiss photography / 2007, Installation view / sculpture & two unique photos
Kiss photography / 2007, Installation / sculpture & two unique photos
Kiss photography / 2007, 50x70 cm / sculpture & two / unique photos.
Bench Bench / 2007, Installation public
Camp Handyman / 2006, I Can do it / installation / mixed media.
Camp Handyman / 2006, I can Do It to / Installation / mixed media.
Rundt om bordet (made in Denmark remade in China) / 2005, Installation view / Playing All Day / GCENo available works.
MORTEN STEEN HEBSGAARD
BORN 1977 / DENMARK / LIVES AND WORKS IN COPENHAGEN
EDUCATION:
2001-2007: MFA, Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
2005-2006: Städelschule [by prof. Simon Starling], Frankfurt DE
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2009:
Sep. Group Show curated by Søren Lose Fulgsang Kunstmuseum, Toreby, DK.
Aug. Group show at Rebecca Kormind, Copenhagen DK.
Aug. Materieal Boy. Sole, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
Summertime. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
2008:
Xmas. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
Plan B. Bologna IT.
Lys Over Lolland. Oreby Slot, Lolland DK.
Summertime. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK.
Udstilling 1. Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland DK.
2007:
Real Inside – Unreal Outside. Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen DK
No resistance. Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen DK
Eyes on the Price. Bendixen Contemporay Art, Valby DK
Welcome to the neighborhood. Asketon IRE
PS2. Skåne SE
Summertime. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
Rundgang. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
EXIT 07. Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen DK
2006:
Papir knald. Fung Sway, Valby DK
Xmas. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
Playspot. School of Architecture, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
Rundgang. Städelschule, Frankfurt DE
Summertime. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
add x to (n). Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde DK
Hafen 2. Offenbach DE
VS. at Stoltzestr. [w/ Jeanette Hillig]. Frankfurt DE
Placing sense. MUU Gallery, Helsinki FIN
PT06. Janus Bygningen, Thisted DK
2005:
Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition. Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen DK
Environmental Harmony [w/ Troels Sandegård]. NR 2, Copenhagen DK
Playing All Day. Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen DK
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition [censored exhibition]. Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen DK
Eight Drawings at Three Walls. San Antonio, Texas US
2004:
KRAT. Frederiksberg Slothave, Copenhagen DK
Dale Biennial. Dale NO
IB Cube Gallery. Ichomya JPN
Mi will Sun. J.F. Willumsen’s House, Hellerup DK
Luleå Winter Biennial. Luleå SE
2003:
Thuis-home-haus-a la maison. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
IB Cube Gallery, Bøvlingbjerg DK
Artsi Artsi on Karot, Copenhagen DK
Thisted Biennial for young Nordic artists, Thisted DK
2002:
KE – Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling [censored exhibition]. Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen DK
Ung Kunst [danish/swedish censured exhibition], Copenhagen DK /Malmö SE
2001:
Ctrl-alt-delete [w/ Dansk Oxin]. The chapel of Assistens cemetary, Copenhagen DK
Lebensraum [w/ Anders Brinch]. Tangsøgade, Copenhagen DK
ART FAIRS BY GALLERI CHRISTOFFER EGELUND:
2008:
Preview Berlin, Germany DE
Bridge NY, The Tunnel, US
2007:
Bridge Miami, Convention Center, Miami US
The Nordic Art Fair, Forum, Copenhagen DK
2006:
Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen DK
Art Chicago in The Park, Chicago US
2005:
Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen DK
GRANTS, HONOURS, ETC.:
2007:
Solar Foundation Honoury grant
EXIT EXTRA-Prisen, Annie og Otto Johs. Detlefs Almennyttige Fond
2006:
Ida & Hans Blix’ Travel grant
Oticon
2005:
BG Fonden
Residency NKD, Dale NO
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
2007:
Co-founder of OEen Group
2005:
Co-founder [w/ Troels Sandegaard] of NR2
2004:
Member of the artist group A Kassen
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ny Dansk Kunst 07. Ed.: Marie Kirkegaard, Torben Zenth og Anne Kathrine Eriksen. Kopenhagen Publishing & Shooting Gallery Press, København 2007
EXIT 07. Ed.: Anne Kielgast. Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand & The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2007
add x to (n). Ed.: Jacob Jensen, Honza, Mikkel Carl. Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde 2006
Dansk Kunst 06. Ed.: Torben Weirup, Aschehoug, Copenhagen 2006
Dansk Kunst 05. Ed.: Torben Weirup, Aschehoug, Copenhagen 2005
STATEMANT:
Observations, experiences and experiments are important points of departure in the artistic practice of Morten Steen Hebsgaard, where the practical or direct relation to everyday life, material and space play a central part in the working process. Just as the scientist in his laboratory, Hebsgaard experiments, dissects and splices objects in an attempt to transform objects into new experiences with new significance and new functions. Morten Steen Hebsgaard is educated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2001-2007.
In the artistic practice of Morten Steen Hebsgaard, the significance of everyday objects is not only transformed into sculptural works, he also gives art a functional value. This practice of interference or displacement between the social and aesthetical space has taken a dramatic turn, as these common everyday objects are processed and turned into obvious sculptural pieces and vice versa. The works of Hebsgaard always seem to balance in a constantly fluctuating change of focus between the formalist linguistic knack of art, and what is actually being communicated through the form of the work, as well as through its function.
