Pelle Brage
Danish artist based in Kristiansand, Norway · born Copenhagen, 1978
pellebrage@gmail.com · +47 413 32 927 · pellebrage.com · jampublic.no
Education
1999–2005 MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Artist Collectives, Platforms & Organisational Roles
2020–present JAM PUBLIC — co-founder, with Julia Bruun
2020–2021 — BATFLIX — founder
2017–2019 — Nørrekær Biennale — curator/member of organising group
2000–2013 — Parfyme — co-founder and member
1 — Public Commissions / Competitions
2026 — Reversed Zoo, OpenArt, Örebro, Sweden — large-scale interactive public sculpture by JAM PUBLIC
2026 — Living Billboard, Tarup-Davinde Nature Park, Odense, Denmark — temporary public intervention/sculpture; listed as Pelle Brage
2026 — Fjære Barneskole, Grimstad, Norway — permanent indoor and outdoor public art commission, completed; listed as Bruun & Brage
2026 — Klepp Kommune, Norway — selected for commission for rebuilt town hall; listed as JAM PUBLIC
2024 — Højmeskolen, Odense, Denmark — permanent commission, completed; listed as Pelle Brage
2020 — Haderslev Public Library, Denmark — permanent works; supported by the Danish Arts Foundation; listed as Pelle Brage
2020 — Bøger til Alle, Kristiansand Rådhus, Norway — permanent public artwork, commissioned by Avfall Sør and Kristiansand Municipality
2018 — Skien Videregående Skole, Telemark, Norway — temporary commission; remains standing; listed as Pelle Brage
2018 — Fjerritslev, Denmark — closed competition hosted by the Danish Arts Council — won; not completed; listed as Pelle Brage
2017 — Bakkelandet Kindergarden, closed competition hosted by the Danish Arts Council — sketch proposal delivered; listed as Pelle Brage
2010 — Alger i Baljer, Lolland, Denmark — temporary public intervention; in collaboration with Lolland Municipality; Parfyme
2008 — Hygum Kunstmuseum, Lemvig, Denmark — new entrance installation; Parfyme
2 — Institutional Solo Exhibitions
2020 — Udsmyknings Festival, Kunsthal 6100, Haderslev, Denmark — Brage & Co
2018 — Grand Prix, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway — curated by Karl Olav Segrov Mortensen; Brage & Co
2017 — Aalborg Eksperimentet, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark — Brage & Co
3 — Self-Initiated Projects
2026 — P-ART-Y Festival: Reversed Zoo, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2025 — P-ART-Y Festival: Starship, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2024 — Fuglepolitikk del 3 / Torgeteater, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway — public-space performance in collaboration with Harpefoss Kunstarena
2024 — P-ART-Y Festival: Colosseum, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2024 — Mini Kunst, Odderøyveien 32, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2024 — Propaganda Klubb, Odderøyveien 32, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2024 — Fastest Art in Town, Kristiansand, Norway — ten sculptures racing each other — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2023 — P-ART-Y Festival: Pyramid, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2022 — Grønn Kunst Expo, Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand, Norway — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2022 — Hva syns du? / Kunst på Torvet, Kristiansand, Norway — public-space discussion and art-production project; organised by JAM PUBLIC
2021–present — The Inflatable Museum — mobile/public art project initiated by JAM PUBLIC
2021 — Living Billboard, Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen, Denmark — temporary public intervention; in collaboration with Another Public
2020–2021 — BATFLIX, Instagram — self-initiated platform for collaborative films, animations and experimental digital productions
2020 — Inflatable Speech Bubble, Kristiansand, Norway — public art project — organised by JAM PUBLIC
2019 — Nørrekær Biennale, North Jutland, Denmark
2017 — Fremtidens Lekeplass, Kristiansand, Norway — KORO project – Brage & Co
2016 — Welcome Norwegians, Kristiansand, Norway — KORO project; collaboration with Douglas Paulson
2015 — Handmade, Istanbul, Turkey — collaboration with Julia Bruun and YNKB; research with Oda Projesi
2007–2009 — Peoples Museum, Birzeit, Palestine — Parfyme with YNKB, Majdi Hadid and local Palestinian collaborators
2007 — Tower Project, Festival of Extreme Building, Birmingham, England
2007 — Cinema, Dar al-Kalima College, Bethlehem, Palestine — collaboration with YNKB
2007 — Deluxe / Flux Factory, Flux Factory, Queens, New York, USA — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Sculptural Campaign Tour About Malaria, touring Denmark
2005 — Tutkia Suomi, three-week expedition around Finland — collaboration with AiPotu
2004 — The Office of the Future, Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark — collaboration with N55
2003 — Construction Team, Lejre, Denmark, in collaboration with GUK+
2001–2002 — Parfyme: The Big Tour Around Denmark
2000 — Mobil Scene, Copenhagen, Denmark — two mopeds, 24 public locations and more than 80 participants
4 — Group Exhibitions / Festivals
2026 — Reversed Zoo, Haderslev, Denmark — temporary festival/public-space version
2023 — Mycelium, Harpefoss, Norway — presentation of Fuglepolitikk del 1, JAM PUBLIC
2023 — Bastard Festival, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim, Norway — JAM PUBLIC
2021 — Værk din Verden 2, Ærø, Denmark — curated by Another Public
2016 — Landshape Festival, Blokhus, Denmark — collaboration with Mogens Otto Nielsen and Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment
2013 — Unten am Havn, Interpol+-, Hamburg, Germany — Parfyme
2012 — Conflux, Barney Building Gallery, New York University, New York, USA
2012 — Involver / Socle du Monde Biennale, HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark — curated by Holger Reenberg; Parfyme in collaboration with Light Partner
2012 — Visit Tingbjerg, Tingbjerg Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 — Art Reach, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark — Parfyme
2011 — Double Take Triple Give, Museums of Bat Yam, Israel — curated by Chen Tamir
2010 — Arts Assembly, Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain — Parfyme; part of the Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS) curatorial project; Pelle Brage also served as Arts Assembly jury member
2010 — Tumult, Vordingborg, Guldborgsund and Lolland, Denmark — curated by Christian Skovbjerg Jensen; Parfyme
2010 — Snapshots of Tourism, Gallery Augusta / HIAP Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland — curated by Marita Muukkonen and Maaretta Jaukkuri; Parfyme
2010 — Meta-Realities, Nordic Pavilion, Dak’Art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal — curated by Marita Muukkonen and Power Ekroth; Parfyme
2009 — Fixing History, CAT Cologne, Germany — Parfyme
2009 — Rethink – Information, Moesgård Museum / public space / online, Denmark — curated by Anne Sophie Witzke; Parfyme
2009 — Sequences Real-Time Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland — curatorial board: Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir, Klara Þórhallsdóttir and Erling Klingenberg; Parfyme
2009 — Works at Work, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark — curated by Charlotte Bagger Brandt
2009 — The New Tribe, Heerup Museum, Rødovre, Denmark — Parfyme
2008 — Havnelaboratorium / The Harbor Laboratory, U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark — curated by Charlotte Bagger Brandt, Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Judith Schwarzbart; Parfyme
2008 — Power to the People, Pančevo Biennial, Serbia — Parfyme Deluxe
2008 — Consider These Policies, WIP, Stockholm, Sweden — Parfyme
2008 — Bergen Boss, Volt, Bergen, Norway — curated by Maria Nerland; Parfyme
2007 — Open City Hall, Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark — U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art — Parfyme, pre-programme
2007 — The Happiness of Objects, SculptureCenter, Queens, New York, USA — curated by Sarina Basta; part of a team inhabiting Ward Shelley’s work
2007 — Ideas to Better Surroundings, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea — Parfyme
2007–2008 — Manual CC, Kronika Gallery, Bytom / Uqbar Project Space, Berlin / CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw — curated by Sebastian Cichocki, Marianna Dobkowska and Magdalena Lipska; Parfyme
2007 — The Tent Show, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark — major group exhibition curated and organised by Perfume Deluxe
2007 — The Guy Debord Show, New General Catalogue, online from Brooklyn, New York — Parfyme Deluxe
2007 — Come One Come All, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Radio: The Cave, Dasein Studio, Paris, France — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Street Canoes / Knock Knock Picnic, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, New York — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Public Hair Department, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria — group exhibition; Parfyme
2006 — Playspots, School of Architecture, Copenhagen — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Sequences – Real Time Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland — Parfyme Deluxe
2006 — Sit Down, Mimersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark — curated by Christian Skovbjerg Jensen; Parfyme project: Bakkelandskab
2006 — Reality 10’55, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark — curated by Lene Burkard and Maia Damianovic; working title: Homage to the Scooters
2006 — Mountains in Danish Art, Herning Art Museum, Denmark — curated by Erik Steffensen; group exhibition
2005 — Oslo Mobile Kunsthal, Oslo, Norway — group exhibition
2005 — Biennial of Town and Townplanners in Europe, Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 — Dobbeltop, Køge Skitsesamling, Køge, Denmark
2004 — Monument, Halmtorvet, Copenhagen, Denmark — curated by Christian Skovbjerg Jensen, Tine Vindfeld and Kristine Agergaard; Parfyme
2004 — Boys & Girls, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2002 — New Religious Art II, Liverpool Biennial, Independent section, Liverpool, England — Parfyme project: Decentralised Activities
2002 — Small Hut for the EU Summit, Architecture School at Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 — The Autumn Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 — Contemplation Rooms, Overgaden + actions in the city, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 — The Autumn Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
5 — Teaching & Workshops
2026 — Workshop for Eksellent Talent, Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Kristiansand, Norway — workshop for a talent programme for visual artists with disabilities
2025–present — Kunst Nå!, DKS production
2024 — Fuglepolitikk del 2, workshop and performance with Sør-Fron Barneskole, Norway, in collaboration with Harpefoss Kunstarena
2021 — Grænsen, Astrid Noacks Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 — Guld, Astrid Noacks Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 — Lykten, Harpefoss Hotell, Harpefoss, Norway — workshop
2015–present — University of Agder (UiA), Kristiansand, Norway
2015 — Win with Wind, Hanstholm Friskole and Toppedalskolen, Løgstør, Denmark — workshops
2009 — Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, Denmark
2008 — BGK Holstebro, Denmark
2008 — BGK Esbjerg, Denmark
2007 — BGK Symposium, Engelsholm, Denmark
2007 — Vera School of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 — University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History, Denmark
2006 — Funen Art Academy, Denmark
2006 — Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark
2006 — Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, Denmark
2004 — University of Copenhagen, Department of Landscape Architecture, Denmark
2002 — Aalborg University, Department of Industrial Design, Denmark
2002–2006 — Ærø Art School, Denmark
6 — Talks, Seminars & Presentations
2024 — Small and Large Art Institutions, panel participant, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway — organised by Kulturrådet
2023 — Beriker kunsten virkelig byen vår?, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway — seminar/panel participant; presentation of Hva syns du? Kunst på Torvet
2022 — Arts in Context Symposium, University of Agder, Norway
2018 — Criticism and Dissent in Art Education for Children and Young People, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
2017 — Ind i kunsten – ud i byen, Odense, Denmark — invited speaker; organised by Børn, Kunst & Billeder
2016 — Art and Sustainability, Landshape Festival, Blokhus, Denmark — presentation
2016 — Meget Gernes, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2014 — Making the City, Danish Architecture Centre / Roskilde Festival / Orange Innovation, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 — Open Engagement, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
2009 — The New Metro Line in Copenhagen — organised by The Metro Company
2008 — Consider These Policies, WIP, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 — Byliv & Havneliv, Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
2008 — Doings or Not, Muhu Island, Estonia
2008 — What We Know of Our Past – What We Demand of Our Future, Messhall, Chicago, USA
2007 — Local Interaction, Charlotteager, Hedehusene, Denmark
2007 — Visioner for Købmagergade, Kultorvet and Hauser Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 — Tea Party, Hjallerup, Denmark
2006 — Kvarterpark NV, Copenhagen — organised by Birknielsen Landscape Architects
7 — Scenography
2023 — Nissen Børge, Kristiansands Kongelige Teater / Ulrik Grimstad, Kristiansand, Norway
2023 — Teateret sin død og lova sin fødsel?, Det Norske Teatret, Oslo, Norway — scenography, with Julia Rosa; Blae & Poppy
2021–2024 — The Trial Against Ourselves, Blae & Poppy — Kilden, Kristiansand; Stamsund Teaterfestival, Lofoten; Det Norske Teatret, Oslo — scenography and costume design with Julia Rosa
2020 — Cleos Fremtid, by Jeppe Kristensen, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway — scenography
8 — Awards, Grants & Residencies
2026 — Working Grant, Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK)
2024 — One-Year Working Grant, Statens kunstnerstipend / Other Artist Groups
2022–2023 — Two-Year Working Grant, Statens kunstnerstipend / Visual Artist
2018 — Working Grant, Danish Arts Foundation
2010 — HIAP, Artist-in-Residence, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
2010 — CAT, Artist-in-Residence, Cologne, Germany
2009 — Berlin, Artist-in-Residence, supported by Danish Arts Council
2009 — RADAR, Artist-in-Residence, Loughborough, England
2008 — Working Grant, Danish Arts Council
2008 — Honorary Grant, Aage og Yelva Nimbs Fond
2007 — National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 — Grant, Klara Karolines Fond, founded by Aase and Poul Gernes
2006 — DaNY Arts Cultural Exchange Grant
9 — Publications
2020 — “Kunstinstitutionerne er stagnerede og tager ikke samfundsansvar!”, debate article, Kunsten.nu
2012 — Peoples Museum, Rimal Publications, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010 — “Gedser: Time to Move Your Butt!”, in Tumult: Vordingborg, Guldborgsund and Lolland, Denmark
2009 — Power to the People — Project Documentation, 13th Art Biennial, Pančevo, Serbia; also published in Temporary Urban Structures
2006 — “Et psst fra Parfyme”, text published for Reality 10’55, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
2002 — Parfyme, booklet documenting the tour around Denmark — self-published
2001 — Mobil Scene, booklet — self-published
10 — Selected Texts About the Work
2020 — “Hele min praksis handler om at samles. Og det må man ikke indtil videre”, Art Matter
2018 — Kristina Ketola Bore, “Velmenende samfunnseksperiment på Sørlandets Kunstmuseum”, Periskop
2017 — Matthias Hvass Borello, “Værket som demokratisk arena”, Art Matter
2017 — Helene Illeris, “Subjectivation, Togetherness, Environment”, InFormation
2009 — Stuart Tait, Becoming Multiple: Collaboration in Contemporary Art Practice, PhD thesis
2008 — Matthias Hvass Borello, “Der ligger noget stort i en lille mands idé”, Art Matter
2006 — Christian Skovbjerg Jensen / Publik, “Sid ned!”, project publication