Miriam Kongstad
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OverviewMiriam Kongstad (b. 1991) is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen. Expanding from a background in choreography and performance, her practice is anchored in artistic research on embodiment and the human body, whilst materialising as images, installations, performance, sculpture and sound. Her work takes place in a social realm, depicting cultural and political structures surrounding the human body while honing in on themes such as identity, sexuality, health, desire, pain and pleasure. Miriam’s work questions how currents and societies are changing bodies and ideals; and how bodies and ideals are changing societies, by exploring the metaphysical, organic, social and spiritual aspects of inhabiting a body - the extended experience of being flesh.Miriam Kongstad originally trained as a choreographer at Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT) and subsequently completed an MFA in Fine Arts from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam in 2020. Kongstad has exhibited and performed internationally, most recently at Glyptoteket (DK), Bergen Kunsthall (NO), Het Hem (NL), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), KØS - Museum of Art in Public Spaces (DK), Kunsthal Aarhus (DK), MMAG Foundation (JO), Fundación Botín (ES), Hamburger Bahnhof (DE), PPL (USA) and Sophiensaele (DE). In 2022 and 2023, Kongstad's works were acquired by The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) and in October 2023, she will premiere a newly commissioned performance at The Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Works
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Miriam KongstadHigh-Octane (II), 202485 x 70 cmUV print, spray paint on aluminium
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Miriam KongstadBattery K, 2024157 x 23 x 23 cmSteel pipe, leather laces
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Miriam KongstadBattery L, 2024197 x 23 x 23 cmSteel pipe, aluminum pipe, insulating tape, straps
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Miriam KongstadHigh-Octane (III), 202485 x 70 cmUV print, spray paint on aluminium
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Miriam KongstadPowerhouse (corset II), 202440 x 40 x 1,5 cmUV print on aluminum
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (nude in labour), 2023180 x 300 cmPainting: aluminium, enamel paint, spray paint, varnish, aluminium artist-frame
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (strike), 2023180 x 150 cmPainting: aluminium, enamel paint, spray paint, varnish, aluminium artist-frame
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (3), 202328 x 28 cmPhoto transfer on aluminium, gel medium, paint, varnish
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Video
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Exhibitions
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SPRING SHOW
13 Apr - 25 May 2024It is our great pleasure to be able to welcome you all to the gallery's first SPRING SHOW, which is a group exhibition with all the gallery's represented artists: Maiken...Read more -
Miriam Kongstad: Heart of Steel
11 Aug - 23 Sep 2023A heart of steel is something of a paradox. The beating heart is fleshy and warm – it aches, pines and breaks, it overflows with emotion. This outpouring has been...Read more
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Institutional exhibitions
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MIRIAM KONGSTAD: POWERHOUSE
SOLO EXHIBITION, RINGSTED GALLERIET, RINGSTED, DK April 28 - June 8 2024POWERHOUSE BY MIRIAM KONGSTAD Ringsted Galleriet, Bøllingsvej 15, 4100 Ringsted Through photo collages printed on aluminum, the exhibition examines the word 'powerhouse,' a word covering a power plant or... -
MIRIAM KONGSTAD + IDA MARIA HEDE: GHOSTS
CO-EXHIBITION, GL. HOLTEGAARD, HOLTE, DK September 19 - October 27 2024GHOSTS BY MIRIAM KONGSTAND AND IDA MARIE HEDE Gl. Holtegaard, Attemosevej 170, 2840 Holte Artist and choreographer Miriam Kongstad and writer and playwright Ida Marie Hede have come together to... -
MIRIAM KONGSTAD: SHOWCASE
The Danish Pavillion at the 15th Gwangju biennale, Gwangju, KR September 7 - December 1 2024SHOWCASE WITH MIRIAM KONGSTAD SEEUM, 26-12 Seoseopyeong-gil, Nam-gu, Gwangju, Korea Miriam Kongstad is exhibiting her new video work 'Wallop' at the 15th Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. The biennale is...
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