Karin Hald holds a MFA from Malmö Art Academy as well as a MFA from Literary Composition from HDK-Valand. She is a curator and editor within Forlaget Gestus (Gesture Press), which she co-founded in 2015.
Hald works between publishing technologies, bodies, politics, performance and writing.
Hald has an activist approach to art and literature, and is continuously searching for subversive methods of undermining existing hierarchies.
Contact:
krnhald@gmail.com
Upcoming:
Soloexhibition at The Round Tower, Copenhagen, May 2024, curated by Paola Paleari
Education:
2022: MFA, Artistic Research, Konsthögskolan i Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sverige
2018: MFA, Literary Composition, Academy Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015: MFA, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
2013: BFA, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Selected exhibitions:
2023: Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig (The Artist Book: Unique and Diverse), Kristiansand Kunsthall, groupshow, curateret af Codex Polaris, Kristiansand
2022: Kroppens Umulige Sprog (The Bodies Impossible Language), together with Filip Vest and Stina Strange Thue, Teater FÅR302 in collaboration with HAUT
2022: Hjorterod, Seglblad, Salepgøgeurt, Stor Gyvelkvæler og Opret Kobjælde, KunstØ, groupshow, Samsø
An Echo Calling Out to Myself, groupshow, Inter Arts Center, Malmö
2021: Blomst, buket, solo performance, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
Blomst, buket, Performative reading, Havebiennalen, Herlev
2020: I see you are (not) there, c4Projects, curated by Rikke Ehlers Nilsson, Stine Gro, Katrine Skovsgaard & Karin Hald
2020: Emotional Check-in, C.off, Stockholm, In collaboration with dancer Katrine Staub, curated by Izabella Borzecka
2019: Volymer, DELFI, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Filip Vest
2018: Spooning, with Ingrid Furre, Gesture Press, Copenhagen
2019: Between Signal and Noise, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, curated by Marina Dubia
2018: Show up, Røm, Copenhagen, curated by Anne Torpe
2018: Riso, Bladr, Copenhagen, curated by Stine Friis Møller
2017: Kunstnerbøger (Artist books), Lunds Konstmuseum, curated by Thomas Millroth
2016: Periplum, Gallery Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Magdolna Szabó
2016: Griddy Grit, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Skanör, Sweden, curated by Mattias Tönnheim
2015: Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne, Uppsala Castle, Uppsala, Sweden, curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson
2015: Edstranska Stiftelsen Stipendiater 2015, KHM Gallery, Malmø, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist
2015: We will push the ship from shore and let it drift towards the darkest of oceans, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist, Joachim Koester and Emily Wardill
2015: The Hot Show, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, curated by Rasmus Stenbakken
Publications:
2020: Blomst, buket (Flower, bouquet), novel. published by Antipyrine, editor Mathias Kokholm
2019: Dobbeltportræt, Tydningen, edited Filip Lindberg
2018: Vi skriver i munden på hinanden, Mr. Antipyrine # 4, edited by Mikkel Thykier and Mikkelt Bolt
2018: Afsmitning, Nordic Book Art Project, edited by Megan Adie and Imi Maufe
2018: Hvordan vil jeg genkende mig selv?, afterword in “ikkööhäik – I'm ok”, Forlaget Gestus
2017: Palimpsest, Kritiker # 44, edited by Ylva Gripfelt
Forlaget Gestus, as curator and editor:
2020: I see you are (not) there, c4 Projects, Copenhagen
2020: In hindsight I will continue to have continuous insights, with Abbas Zahedi, Samara Sallam, Monia Sander, Marina Dubia, Nathanael Araújo & Sofia Niazi, Bladr, Copenhagen
2019: Backward sway, Upper Beam, Forward swivel, Lower bound, Marie Raffn, TeaK Dance Studio, Helsinki
2018: ikkööhäik – I'm ok, Maarit Mustonen & Anne Naukkarinen, Forlaget Gestus, Copenhagen 2018: Spooning, Ingrid Furre, Copenhagen
2017: Kroppens Kalke, collaboration with bookshop Minus1, with Rasmus Halling Nielsen, Maarit Mustonen, Gideonsson/Londré, Copenhagen
2017: Wasting my grammar, Cia Rinne, The Basement, Copenhagen
2016: Niveauer af usikkerhed, Marie Bonfils, Hawaii Bio, Copenhagen
Other:
2022: Residency at The Danish Institute in Rome
2020: Residency at Anne Grethes Hus, Provence, France
2019: Residency at Statens Værksteder for Kunst, January 2019
2018: Part of The Artistic and Curational Thing, Sixtyeight Art Institute, Copenhagen
2018: Part of MABB, Malmö Artist´s book Biennial, Malmö
2018: Part of panel discussion at Malmö Konsthall entitled Artist books so what?
2017: Part of Lille Bogdag (independent publishers day), Copenhagen
2017: Recipient of Gustaf Packeléns Fond grant for Forlaget Gestus
2017: Recipient of Knud Højgaards Grant for Forlaget Gestus
2017: Residency at Göschenen, Göschenen, CH
2016: Recipient of Danish Art Councils 2-year workgrant for Forlaget Gestus
2015: Co-founder and editor at Forlaget Gestus, with Cecilie Meng
2015: Recipient of Edstranska Stiftelsens scholarship
2015: Recipient of Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne scholarship
Hald works between publishing technologies, bodies, politics, performance and writing.
Hald has an activist approach to art and literature, and is continuously searching for subversive methods of undermining existing hierarchies.
Contact:
krnhald@gmail.com
Upcoming:
Soloexhibition at The Round Tower, Copenhagen, May 2024, curated by Paola Paleari
Education:
2022: MFA, Artistic Research, Konsthögskolan i Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sverige
2018: MFA, Literary Composition, Academy Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015: MFA, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
2013: BFA, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Selected exhibitions:
2023: Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig (The Artist Book: Unique and Diverse), Kristiansand Kunsthall, groupshow, curateret af Codex Polaris, Kristiansand
2022: Kroppens Umulige Sprog (The Bodies Impossible Language), together with Filip Vest and Stina Strange Thue, Teater FÅR302 in collaboration with HAUT
2022: Hjorterod, Seglblad, Salepgøgeurt, Stor Gyvelkvæler og Opret Kobjælde, KunstØ, groupshow, Samsø
An Echo Calling Out to Myself, groupshow, Inter Arts Center, Malmö
2021: Blomst, buket, solo performance, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
Blomst, buket, Performative reading, Havebiennalen, Herlev
2020: I see you are (not) there, c4Projects, curated by Rikke Ehlers Nilsson, Stine Gro, Katrine Skovsgaard & Karin Hald
2020: Emotional Check-in, C.off, Stockholm, In collaboration with dancer Katrine Staub, curated by Izabella Borzecka
2019: Volymer, DELFI, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Filip Vest
2018: Spooning, with Ingrid Furre, Gesture Press, Copenhagen
2019: Between Signal and Noise, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, curated by Marina Dubia
2018: Show up, Røm, Copenhagen, curated by Anne Torpe
2018: Riso, Bladr, Copenhagen, curated by Stine Friis Møller
2017: Kunstnerbøger (Artist books), Lunds Konstmuseum, curated by Thomas Millroth
2016: Periplum, Gallery Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Magdolna Szabó
2016: Griddy Grit, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Skanör, Sweden, curated by Mattias Tönnheim
2015: Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne, Uppsala Castle, Uppsala, Sweden, curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson
2015: Edstranska Stiftelsen Stipendiater 2015, KHM Gallery, Malmø, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist
2015: We will push the ship from shore and let it drift towards the darkest of oceans, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist, Joachim Koester and Emily Wardill
2015: The Hot Show, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, curated by Rasmus Stenbakken
Publications:
2020: Blomst, buket (Flower, bouquet), novel. published by Antipyrine, editor Mathias Kokholm
2019: Dobbeltportræt, Tydningen, edited Filip Lindberg
2018: Vi skriver i munden på hinanden, Mr. Antipyrine # 4, edited by Mikkel Thykier and Mikkelt Bolt
2018: Afsmitning, Nordic Book Art Project, edited by Megan Adie and Imi Maufe
2018: Hvordan vil jeg genkende mig selv?, afterword in “ikkööhäik – I'm ok”, Forlaget Gestus
2017: Palimpsest, Kritiker # 44, edited by Ylva Gripfelt
Forlaget Gestus, as curator and editor:
2020: I see you are (not) there, c4 Projects, Copenhagen
2020: In hindsight I will continue to have continuous insights, with Abbas Zahedi, Samara Sallam, Monia Sander, Marina Dubia, Nathanael Araújo & Sofia Niazi, Bladr, Copenhagen
2019: Backward sway, Upper Beam, Forward swivel, Lower bound, Marie Raffn, TeaK Dance Studio, Helsinki
2018: ikkööhäik – I'm ok, Maarit Mustonen & Anne Naukkarinen, Forlaget Gestus, Copenhagen 2018: Spooning, Ingrid Furre, Copenhagen
2017: Kroppens Kalke, collaboration with bookshop Minus1, with Rasmus Halling Nielsen, Maarit Mustonen, Gideonsson/Londré, Copenhagen
2017: Wasting my grammar, Cia Rinne, The Basement, Copenhagen
2016: Niveauer af usikkerhed, Marie Bonfils, Hawaii Bio, Copenhagen
Other:
2022: Residency at The Danish Institute in Rome
2020: Residency at Anne Grethes Hus, Provence, France
2019: Residency at Statens Værksteder for Kunst, January 2019
2018: Part of The Artistic and Curational Thing, Sixtyeight Art Institute, Copenhagen
2018: Part of MABB, Malmö Artist´s book Biennial, Malmö
2018: Part of panel discussion at Malmö Konsthall entitled Artist books so what?
2017: Part of Lille Bogdag (independent publishers day), Copenhagen
2017: Recipient of Gustaf Packeléns Fond grant for Forlaget Gestus
2017: Recipient of Knud Højgaards Grant for Forlaget Gestus
2017: Residency at Göschenen, Göschenen, CH
2016: Recipient of Danish Art Councils 2-year workgrant for Forlaget Gestus
2015: Co-founder and editor at Forlaget Gestus, with Cecilie Meng
2015: Recipient of Edstranska Stiftelsens scholarship
2015: Recipient of Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne scholarship