CURRICULUM VITAE


JETTE HYE JIN MORTENSEN
 
b. 1980 in South Korea.


EDUCATION

2007-2010 - MFA   The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
School of Sculpture and Conceptual Art - Professor Katya Sander
School of Media Arts - Professor Ann Lislegaard
Guest professors: Natascha Haghighan, Aernout Mik, Matthew Buckingham
2004-2007 - BFA    The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Performance Arts - Professor Yvette Brackmann
Guest professor: Adrian Piper

2003-2004 - Aeroe Art School

2003-2002 - IM - Rythmic Music Center

2001-2001 - Billedskolen Art School

2000-2000 - Vestegnens Film- and Drama School

1999-1999 - The Odin Theatre


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

- "Between Cultures" - The 5th Socle Du Monde Biennale, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporarty Art, Denmark, 2010
curated by Holger Reenberg

- Group show, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010

- ”LUX INTERNUS: VOX, EMANCIPARE", solo performance, Kopenhagen Contemporary Art Weekend, Denmark, 2010
curated by Charlotte Sprogøe

- Cellsbutton #4, New media art festival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2010 
organised by House of Natural Fiber

- ”AFGANG 2010” , MFA graduation show, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Denmark, 2010

- Nordic Art Triennial 2010, Eskilstuna Art museum, Sweden, 2010
curated by Kathrine Bolt Rasmussen

- ”Astronomical Frontiers”, BKS Garage & Henningsen Contemporary, Denmark, 2010
co-curator and co-organiser

- ”Boarding Bridges”, Kring Art Space, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
curated by Lee Min young

- Surabaya International Video Work festival, Surabaya, Indonesia, 2009
organised by Benny Wicak

- U-Turn Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Judith Schwarzbart & Charlotte B. Brandt

- “Cast Some Light”, Intl. Academy of Art, Ramallah, Palestine, 2008
curated by Helen de Main & Maj Hasager

- “7 Curators/7 Artists/ 7 Days/ 7 Events”, Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
curated by Nanna De Hemmer Widding

- The 4thYogyakarta International Videofestival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2008
curated by House of Natural Fiber

- "Black & White Transcending Partiture", Wohnung Felix Rehfeld, Bremen, Germany, 2008
curated by Birte Endrejat

- ”Cast Some Light”, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Scotland, 2008
curated by Helen de Main & Maj Hasager

- ”Adoption – Palimpsest of Identity”, Gallery Korea, New York, USA, 2008
curated by Jeehey Kim

- KAHI International Film Festival, Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008

- LOOP 08 Video Art Festival, Hotel Rambla Catalonia venue, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
curated by Gerardo Peral

- The World Oneminutes, The Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2008
curated by The Oneminutes Foundation

-”Re-Vision Bangkok”, 5th ASEF International Art Camp, Bangkok, Thailand, 2008

- ”Legend Today”, Xi´an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi´an, China, 2008

- “Exquisite Crisis & Encounters”, New York Univ. A/P/A institute, USA, 2007
curated by Yong Soon Min

- ”New Songbooks”, Dygong concert at Literaturhaus, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

- ”Le Futurs de l´Ecrit”, Bandits Mages, Noirlac, France, 2007
curated by Béatrice Rettig, Jean-Baptiste Bayle and, Isabelle Carlier

- PULSAR Festival for New Music, The Royal Danish Music Conservatory, 2007

- Ufolab Performance, Seoul Race Track, Seoul, South Korea, 2007

- ASK, filmscreening, Seoul, South Korea, 2007
curated by Kim Stoker

- "The Girl and the Karaokemachine" Dygong concert, Literaturhaus, Denmark, 2007

- ”Machinepower”, Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, 2007
curated by Dorte Bundesen & Mette H. Michelsen

"Distant Visions", Roskilde Museum of History, Denmark, 2007
curated by Dorthe Bundesen & Mette H. Michelsen

- ”Adoptee and Alien: Visions from the periphery”, Kyunghee University Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2007
curated by Kim Stoker, Eleana Kim & Maya Weimer

- Copenhagen Ladyfest, Verdenskulturhuset, Denmark, 2007
curated by Nanna De Hemmer Widding

- The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea, 2006
co-curated by Christina Ricupero

- ”The Oneminutes Festival”, Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006

- ”Dynamo”, Kultorvet, Cph., Denmark, 2006
curated by Frans Jacobi & Yvette Brackman

- BanditsMages Video Festival, Bourges, France, 2006
curated by Isabelle Carlier & Jean Pascal Vial

- The 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art, Bourges, France, 2006
curated by BanditsMages

- ”Made in video”, Overgaden, Cph. Denmark, 2006
curated by Kassandra Wellendorf & Khaled D. Ramadan & Staffan Schmidt

- ”New songbooks”, PULSAR Festival for New Music, Cph. Denmark, 2006

- ”New songbooks” concert, Royal Danish Music Conservatory, Denmark, 2006

- ”No Stills”, Le Café Central, Brussels, Belgium, 2006
curated by Estelle Caille

- ”SPRING”, Århus Kunstbygning, Denmark, 2006
censored by Pia Rönicke, Nis Römer, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Else Ploug Isaksen, Gillion Grantsaan, Per Mølgaard & Rigmor Bak Frederiksen

- ”Unge Kunstnere”, Palæfløjen, Roskilde, Denmark, 2006

- ”På vej”, Galleri NakkeHage, Cph. Denmark, 2006

- ”Burnvideoartondemand.dk”, Culture Box, Cph. Denmark, 2005
curated by Malene Rattcliffe

- BanditMages videofestival, Bonnets D´or jury prize, Bourges, France, 2005
curated by Isabelle Carlier

- ”Ung Konst 05”, Mazetti Art, Malmö, Sweden, 2005
curated by Richard Wendt

- Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Cph. Denmark, 2005   

- ”Videodrooome”, Edison cinema and public space, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- ”Kunstfragt”, YNKB, Stadens Museum of Art, Denmark, 2005

- ”Messhall”, Artville, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- Kunstfragt Festival, YNKB, co-organiser, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- ”UFOlab”, Gallery Pixel, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- ”UFOlab”, Gallery Q, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- ”UFOlab”, YNKB, UFOlab with korean artgroup MixRice, Cph. Denmark, 2005

- Kvindernes Internationale Kampdag, tv tv, Kanal KBH, Denmark, 2005
curated by BOGT

- ”Pro-Art”, Randers Museum of Art, Denmark, 2005

- Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling, Århus Kunstbygning, Denmark, 2005

- Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Cph. Denmark, 2004

- International Adoptee Gathering 3, Seoul, South Korea, 2004
curated By Jane Jin Kaisen & Hyosung Bidol

- ”Neo Vessel”, Kyoto Museum of Art, Japan, 2004
curated by AREUM, Japan

- Ung Konst 04, the Jury grant: Gallery Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden / Frederiks Bastion, Cph. Denmark, 2004
censored by Lene Crone Jensen, Kerstin Bergendal & Tor Billgren

- ”IntroAveAbstract”, Gallery16, Farsoe, Denmark, 2004


RESIDENCIES

HONF - House of Natural Fiber, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2008

Stipendium Wohnung Felix Rehfeld – Bremen, Germany, 2008

 

CURATING

”Astronomic Frontiers”  5 days collective event with international artist and groups. Co-organiser with: Sonja R. C. Akulinin, Mette Hersoug and Lea Porsager, 2010

Co-organiser and curator of ”ARTgathering 2007” with UFOlab, Sofitel Ambassador Hotel, South Korea, 2007

Co-organizer and curator of ”UFOlab”, international exhibitions, screenings, seminars and artist talks at 3 venues: Galleri Pixel, Galleri Q and YNKB, Denmark, 2005

Co-organiser and curator of ”Kunstfragt Festival” with YNKB, Fragtmandshallerne, Denmark, 2005

Co-organiser of "Videodrooome", with Florian Zeyfang, activistic screenings of new videoart, Edison cinema and public spaces, 2004

 

PRIZES & GRANTS

2010  The Danish International Arts Council – project grant

2010 The Danish International Arts Council – "Astronomical Frontiers" project grant

2009  The Danish International Arts Council – project grant

2008  The Danish Arts Council – production grant

2008 The Danish International Arts Council – production grant

2008 The Danish Arts Council – production grant

2008 The Danish International Arts Council – travel grant

2008 Asia Europe Foundation – ”Re-Vision Bangkok” travel grant

2008 Stipendium Wohnung Felix Rehfeld – travel grant

2008 The Danish Filminstitute - DOX Connected – production grant

2007  The Danish Filminstitute - DOX Connected – research grant

2007 The Danish International Arts Council – research grant

2007 The Danish International Arts Council – travel grant

2006  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – production grant

2005  ”Le Bonnets D´or”, Bandits Mages – Award grant

2004  The Nordic Culture Foundation – "UFOlab" exhibition grant

2004 The Danish Arts Council - "UFOlab" exhibition grant

2004 ”Ung Konst 04”  The Jury Grant – Award grant

 

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

”Når man laver kunst ud fra sin dna", Peter Michael Hornung, Politiken, 2010

”De Ufuldendte”, Torben Weirup, Berlingske Tidende, 2010

”Nybryderne kommer!”, Mathias Hvass Borello, Kunsten.nu, 2010

"De Professionelle”, Pernille Albrethsen, Kunstkritikk, 2010

”Der er håb”, Michael Jeppesen, Information 2010

”Nordic Art Triennial at Eskilstuna Art Museum”, Anders Olosson, Konsten, 2010

”Variety, depth and variation at Nordic Triennial”, Henrik Holmberg, Folket, 2010

”Nordic Art Triennial 2010”, Niels Hebert, Omkonst, 2010

”AFGANG 2010”, catalogue 2010

”Nordic Art Triennial 2010”, catalogue 2010

“Boarding Bridges”,  catalogue 2009

“Danish Art” – L´Arte magazine for contemporary art, Luisa Santos, 2009

“Fader Fogh til minne”, Vagant - tidsskrift for litteratur og kritik, 2009

“Agenda” DR1, Danmarks Radio, 2009

“Kraftigt Inspireret”, Torben Madsen, Politiken, 2008

”Adoption - Palimpsest of Identity, Korea Times, 2008

Reportage , YTN, Korean national tv, 2008

”Song of My Great Grandfather", songbook/partiture, 2008

”U-Turn Quadrennial for Contemporary Art" , catalogue and shortguide, 2008

”On Cultural Translation or the Ongoing Translations of culture”, SUM – Magazine for Contemporary Art, Judith  Schwarzbart, 2008

”Machinepower”- Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art, catalogue, 2008

”Cast Some Light” – Glasgow Festival of Contemporary Art, catalogue, 2008

”Kunst, adoption og banan magt”, BKF bladet, Lene Myong Pedersen, 2007

”Adoptee and Alien”, The Hankyoreh, interview, Kim Jong Ob, 2007

”Adoptee and Alien”, catalogue, 2008

"Når man ikke føler man passer ind", journalist Elisabeth Arnsdorf Haslund, Berlingske Tidende, 2007

"Årsag og Virkninger: Psykiske effekter af Adoption", Jette Hye Jin Mortensen, Chingu, Korea Klubbens blad, 2007

”Banana Power – for art, society”, Seo Dong Shin, Korea Times, 2006                

”Made in Video”, Overgaden, catalogue, 2006   

”Rasism och Blodsband!” ETC Magazine, Danjel Lindberg, 2005

"New Songbooks" art/song book and DVD film, publication, 2005

"From the far east to the white north”, anthology, Truepenny Publications 2006

”Iljas Feministiska Bildalmanacka”, Normal Förlag AB Publications 2005

“Spring” P2 DR, Danish national radio, ”Lonely Hearts Club” Culture Program, 2005

”O.K.A.Y. book”  volume 4, Star-Kim & One-gook Publication 2004

“3 Talents on the move”, Art Critic Henrik Broch-Lips, review in AArhus Stifttidende, “Spring”, 2006

”Spring 05”, reportage, Kristian Handbjerg, aarhus.nu, 2005

”Jette Hye Jin Mortensen – adoptee and artist”, TV Midtvest/TV2, 2005

”Pro-Art”,  event publication and review in Randers local paper, 2005

”Lullaby soundtrack ” P2 DR, Danish national radio, ”Burnvideoartondemand.dk”

”Beyond Identity: Activism in Korean Adoptee Art”, by Kim Stoker, 2005

”Burnvideoartondemand.dk”, interview, Malene Ratcliffe, Kopenhagen.dk, ”UFOlab”,  Swedish National Radio, Sweden, 2005

"UFOlab i dobbeltcensur", Jette Hye Jin Mortensen, Chingu 2005

“KP 2005”, Artist Pia Rönnicke to journalist Marianne Pilegaard, AArhus Stifttidende, KP 2005

“KE 2004”, journalist Eva Pohl, review in Berlingske Tidende, 2004


TALKS / PANELS / WORKSHOPS

Screening and talk at KUP, Lulitta Invest, Denmark

Artist talk, Gudruns Salon, Copemnhagen, Denmark

Panel organiser/moderator: ”Alternatives meet Alternatives”, ”The Collective and the Individual Geographies”, Astronomical Frontiers, with: HONF, son:DA, The Artist Village, Instant Coffee, Joen Vedel, Gudrun Hasle, Khaled Ramadan, Judith Hopf, Larissa Sansour, UFOlab, Tengal. BKS Garage, Copenhagen 2010

”IKAA International Gathering”, screening, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"Adopnation - a filmproject and building of a community" moderating workshop and paneldiscussion, IKAA Minigathering, New York, USA

Artist Talk, ´New Video Art in Scandinavia, Yogyakarta University, Indonesia

3 Performances, ”Song of My Great Grandfather” public places/Råhuset, Denmark

Performance, ”Song of My Great Grandfather”, U-Turn Quadriennale, Denmark

Artist talk and public discussion, *Residency Wohnung Felix Rehfeld, German

Artist presentation, ASEF International Art Camp, Bangkok, Thailand

Panel discussion moderated by curator Christina Ricupero for the Danish artists  

exhibiting at the 6th Gwangju Biennale, Kunststyrelsen, Cph. Denmark.

Artist talk and presentation at ”Le Futurs de l´Ecrit”, Noirlac, France

Artist talk at Koroot filmscreening, Seoul, South Korea

Artist Talk at The 3rd Biennale of Contemporary art, Bourges Art Academy, France.

Artist Talk at ”UFOlab”, Galleri Pixel, Galleri Q, YNKB.

Artist Talk at Korea Klubbens 15 års jubilæum, Cph. Denmark

Coo–Conversations, artistic and theoretical contributions, Le Futurs de l´Ecrit, France with: Jean-Claude Moineau, Ewen Chardronnet, Shu Lea Cheang, Fran Ilich, Pablo Georgieff, Jane Jin Kaisen, Jette Hye Jin Mortensen, Béatrice Rettig, Jean-Baptiste Bayle and Isabelle Carlier.

Gender Performance with Yoshiko Shimada and Bubu De la Madeleine (Japan) at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts