London-based Danish artists Nina Beier and Marie Lund both studied at the Royal College of Art, and have worked as a duo since 2003


Education

MA Royal College of Art, London


Exhibitions

Solo

2008
Two Women, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, September - October
All The Best, Gallery one one one, London Co-curated with incent Honore for David Roberts Foundation, September - November
A Circular Play, Braunschweig Kunstverein, curated by Ursula Schondeling, August - November
Good Fences, solo show with Chosil Kil, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway, September
A Circular Play, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, June

2007
Dance Like I Do, Århus Kunstbygning, Center for Contemporary Art, Aarhus, February – March, Curated Thorsten Sadowsky
Dance Like I Do, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, January - February, Curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer

2006
You Us Or You Me, M+R Gallery, London, October - November, Curated by Cecile Nusselein Graversen
You Us Or You Me, Spacex - Center for Contemporary Art, Exeter, May - July, Curated by Nicola Hood
Socialny Pokusy, Display Gallery, Prague, January
Do You Ever Think Of Me Naked, Bank Gallery, Paris, December – January, With artist Chosil Kil

2005
It’s Not Me, It’s You, M+R Gallery, London, April
I’m Like You, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, November - January and M+R Gallery, London, November - December

2004
Drums Or Guitars I, Hockney Gallery, London, May
You Like Me, M+R Gallery, London, February


Selected Group

2008
For The Future, Event, Gallery Sora, Tokyo, October - November
Behind, Monitor Gallery, Rome, curated by Ilaria Gianni, from 15 September
Oppositions & Dialogues, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland, curated by Matthew Packer November - February
Isoluables Solides, Betonsalon, Paris, curated by Cyril Dietrich, November - January
Oh, A Show, Showroom Platform, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Annette Amberg, June
Symphony for People, Event programme at Zoo Art Fair, curated with Collecting Live Art, October
Laughing In A Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, January - April, curated by Mami Kataoka
Nought To Sixty, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, May
Nordic Artand Experimental Film, Malmo Konsthall, film programme curated by Johanna Billing, Malmo, 27 September
Playtime, Betonsalon, Paris, curated by Melanie Bouteloup and Gregory Castera, September
I have nothing to say and I am saying it, Platform Seoul, Contemporary Art Festival curated by Sunjung Kim, Seoul, October
Weisses LAcheln, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, June
All The Best, Gallery one one one, co-curated with Voncent Honore, September
U-Turn, Quadriennale in Copenhagen, Autumn
Notes Concernant les Objects qui sont sur la Table de Cuisine, guest in show by Sean Edwards, Super,Paris, June
Euresia, MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, June
Weisses Lächeln, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, June
Past Forward, 176 Gallery, London, May
Participation, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, April
Presence, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, April
When I Was A Little Boy…, guest in solo show by Jiri Kovanda, curated by Mami Kataoka Klatovy, March
Video Sequesce 3, la Maison des Arts de Malakoff, France, March
The Self-To-Other Ratio, TWS, Tokyo, 16 March
The Unfair Fair, Rome, March, Curated by Vincent Honoré and Cecilia Canziani
This Way (Danish Contemporary Photography), Brandts Museum for Photography, Odense, November – February, works from the National Danish Photography Museum Collection
From a Distance, Wallspace, New York November - January, Curated by Vincent Honore

2007
Reminiscence of a Strike Action and We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid, Scolthead, London, November 2, Curated by Isobel Harbison and Vanessa Desclaux
The Parralax Crew, Museo Internazionale della Musica, Bologne, July, Curated by Xana Kudrjavcev-DeMilner and Lupe Nunez-Fernandez
I & Me Too, Cubitt, London, July, A screening and workshop from the series ‘Bands, Families and other Parties’
Actions & Interruptions, Tate Modern, London, March 10, Curated by Catherine Wood
The Play Me Series, Bergen Kunsthal Landmark, Bergen, May, event and film commissioned by Anne Szefer Karlsen of Flaggfabrikken
The Play Me Series, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, January – February, Curated by Harrell Fletcher
The Difference Between Humans & Walls and The Division, Tate Britain, London, Nov 2, Curated by Heidi Reitmaier
Spitting Image, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, November, Curated by Peter Funch
Collectivity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, April, Curated by Joseph del Pesco
Abstract Things, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London January – March, Curated by Harrell Fletcher
This Modern Life, Senko, Viborg, January, Curated by Faye Dowling

2006
Indica, Riflemaker Gallery, London, November – February, Curated by John Dunbar and Tot Taylor
There Is A U, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, December
This Is A Gettogether, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, August, Curated by Dunja Kukovec and Josephine Michau
Scarcrow, Evangelos Averoff Museum, Metsovo, July, Curated by Olga daniylopoulou, Nico de Oliverira, and Nicola Oxley
This Wish List, M+R Gallery, London, June, Curated by Rupert Blanchard and Josephine Michau
Plans For Other Days, Space/Priestor Gallery, Bratislava, January, with artist Chosil Kil, Curated by Juraj Carny


Residences
Tokyo Wondersite, Tokyo, Japan,February – April 2008
Kunstnerprojekt Suldahl, Artist residency in Sand, Norway, May, 2008
Croy Nielsen, Artist residency in Berlin, Summer 2008


Bibliography

Catalogues

2008
'Eurasia', MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Treto e Rovereto, Italy, June
'ABC', Berlin, with Croy Nielsen
'A Circular Play', Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan
'Past Forward', 176 Project Space, London
'Nought to Sixty', Institute of Contemporary Art, London
'U-Turn', UTurn, Denmark, September
'Laughting In A Foreign Language', Hayward, England, January
'Nina Jan Beier & Marie Jan Lund', Readymade, Japan, January

2007
'This Way', Brandts Museum for Fotokunst, Denmark, December
'Ny Dansk Kunst 2007', Kopenhagen, Denmark, December
'This Is Not Fiction', by Christian Skovbjerg Jensen, Copenhagen, October
'Actions and Interpretations', Tate Modern, London, May

2006
'This is a Gettogether', Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, August
'Scarecrow', Evangelos Averoff Museum, Metsovo, July


Artist books

2005
Janfamily - Plans for other days, Booth-Clibborn Editions

2004
How these things live, Janfamily publishing
You like me, Janfamily publishing


Selected press

2008
Preview, Art World, London, October
Focus London, Flash Art, Italy October
The Glue and the Wedge - Conversation with Beier and Lund, Arte e Critica, Italy, March
Nina Beier and Marie Lund, So-en, Japan, March
Nina Beier and Marie Lund, NO, Norway, February

2007
2007, Catherine Wood, Artforum, December
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Paperback, England, September
Miranda July Collaborates with Jan Family, Nancy Waters, AnOther Magazine, 13th Issue Bi-Annual Autumn/Winter
Performance and its appropriations, Melanie Gilligan, Artforum, June
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Laser magazine, Germany, Summer
Say the same thing together, Arc, England, June
Clap in time, Harpers Bazaar, Korea, March
Nina Jan Beier, Tema Celeste, Italy, February
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Flasher, January
Dance Like I Do – Århus Kunstbygning, Kopenhagen.dk, Denmark, February
Dance Like I Do - Overgaden, Kopenhagen.dk, Denmark, February
Stills from, Textfield, USA, Winter
Når ferniseringen..., Politiken, January
Janfamily, Nick Currie, ID Magazine, New York, January

2006
Indica, Contemporary, December
This is a Get together, Flash Art, Czech and Slovak Edition, Autumn
You Us Or You Me - M+R Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark, November
This is a Get together, Slovene National TV, Ljubjana, August
Janfamily, Le Monde2, Paris, Autumn
You us or you me, The Guardian, England, June
Janfamily, Nina Jan Beier y Marie Jan Lund, Celeste, Mexico, Summer
Janfamily, Harpers Bazaar, Korea, May
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Dazed&Confused, England, June
Plans for other days, Sugo Magazine, Venice, Spring
I’m like you Mm - I like you, Sugo Magazine, Venice, Spring
Janfamily in Priestor Gallery, SME daily newspaper, Bratislava, February
Janfamily in Priestor Gallery, Slovak National Radio, Bratislava, January

2005
la Bank - Do you ever think of me naked, Beauxarts, France, December
Janfamily, Do you ever think of me naked, Le Monde, France, December
Janfamily, Do you ever think of me naked, Paris-Art, Paris, December
Plans for other days, Art Review, October
Hej jeg hedder Jan, Weekendavisen, Copenhagen, September
Nina Jan Beier, Eurowoman, Denmark, September
Janfamily, Marmelade Magazine, England, April
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Bantdergi, Istanbul, March
Critics pick - Nina Jan Beier, Artforum, USA, February
Janfamily, So-En, Japan, January

2004
En sammenbundet stak papir, Louisiana Magasin, Denmark, November
Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, Kulturnyt, Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, September
How these things live, IDEAmagazine, Japan, October
Hvordan tingene lever/How things live, Romeo+Juliet, Denmark, October
Janbooks, Ryuko Tsushin, Japan, October
You like me - Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Portfolio, Edinburgh, June
Escondidas, Nina Beier y Marie Lund, Celeste, Mexico