Department of X (2019)
Generative 8-channel sound installation
Loudspeakers, arduino, LED, plexiglass, wood, fabric
Department of X (2019)
Generative 8-channel sound installation
Loudspeakers, arduino, LED, plexiglass, wood, fabric
Department of X (2019)
Generative 8-channel sound installation
Loudspeakers, arduino, LED, plexiglass, wood, fabric
In Search of Nothing (2020)
Text on plastic cards
CV
Education:
2019 Master of Fine Arts, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, NTNU (NO)
2017 Kunstskolen Spektrum, Copenhagen, (DK)
2015 Bachelor of Arts in Aesthetics & Culture (AU) and Art & Technology (AAU), DK
2011 Fotografisk Skole, Byhøjskolen, Aarhus (DK)
Solo /duo exhibitions:
2020 'Department of X', Spanien 19C, Aarhus (DK)
2020 'Carriers of Meaning', Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim (NO)
2020 'OSX' w. Jacob Jessen, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, CPH (DK)
2020 'Department of X', Lydgalleriet, Bergen (NO)
2019 ‘Tilblivelser’ Galleri Blunk, Trondheim (NO)
2018 ‘It’s Growing’, Galleri KiTX, Trondheim (NO)
2018 ‘Fragile Realities’, Kunsthall 15, Trondheim Open Art Biennale (NO)
2014 ‘An opening’, Institut for X, Aarhus (DK)
2014 ‘Marselis Slugs’ with Kristian Buhl, Galleri Mødestedet, Aarhus (DK)
Group exhibitions (selected):
2022 (Upcoming) Ung Dansk Samtidskunst 22, Kunstbygningen i Vrå (DK)
2022 Alter Festival, Aarhus (DK)
2021 (Upcoming) Pixel/Frames/Beats/Drones, Surnadal Billag (NO)
2020 (Cancelled) Pixel/Frames/Beats/Drones with Jeremy Welsh, Meta.morf (NO)
2020 (Cancelled) Pixel/Frames/Beats/Drones with Jeremy Welsh, SAR Conference, Bergen (NO)
2020 Alliance of Women in Media Arts & Science, conference, Santa Barbara (US)
2019 ‘Bridges are Burning’, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim (NO)
2018 ‘I/EARTH/MACHINE/DRIVER’, Switch, Galleri KiT, Trondheim (NO)
2018 ‘BxxNGS l-lll’, Framed Unframed, Gallery KiT, Trondheim (NO)
2017 ‘Im/possibilities of Non/being”, Gallery KiT, Trondheim (NO)
2017 “Sense of Dimensional Time & Space”, Gallery KiT, Trondheim (NO)
2017 ‘Almost Nothing’, Examination of Invisible Spaces, Trondheim (NO)
2017 Festival of Endless Gratitude, Copenhagen (DK)
2016 ‘Subtus’, Andetsteds, Museum Ovartaci, Aarhus (DK)
2015 ‘96 percent’, ArT Spring Exhibition, Aalborg (DK)
Collaborations:
2018 Chicks On Speed, Meta.morf - Trondheim Biennale for Art & Technology (NO)
2015 ‘Midnight Ceremony’ with Joëlle Dubé and Morten Poulsen, Galleri Tomrummet, Aalborg
2012 ‘Live-writing’ with Jonas Eika and Bolette Søs, Galleri Lunch Money, Aarhus (DK)
Public works:
2017 Kulturnatten, Huset-KBH, Copenhagen (DK)
2016 Spillestedet Tape, Aarhus (DK)
Curation:
2017- Curator and founder, Examination of Invisible Spaces, Kunstarken, Trondheim (NO)
2014-16 Director, curator and founder, Mørke Dage, Transdisciplinary Art and Music Festival (DK)
2015 Curator and founder, Galleri Tomrummet, Aalborg (DK)
2014- Founder, Foreningen Underfladen
2013 Curator and founder, Container Art Project, Aarhus (DK)
Internships:
2017 Billedskolen for Børn, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (DK)
Publications:
2019 Department of X, Artist Book
2018 BxxNGS, Artist Book
Stipends/scholarships/grants:
2021 One-year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2020 One-year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Norway
2019 Art student stipend, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Norway // Department of X
2019 Stipend for new art graduates, Arts Council Norway
Memberships:
BKF / Billedkunstnernes Forbund
UKS / Unge Kunstneres Samfund
NBK / Norske Billedkunstnere
LKV / Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder
VISP / Produktsjonsenhet for visuell kunst
Other:
2021 Artist assistant, Christian Skjødt Hasselstrøm (DK)
2019 - Artist assistant, Jacob Jessen, Trondheim (NO)
2017-19 Board member, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim (NO)
2018-20 Drummer, YDMYG
BIO
Nanna K. Hougaard (b. 1988) is a Danish artist currently based in Trondheim, Norway. Her interdisciplinary artistic research combines various materials, intuition, technology and scientific elements, often in dialogue with scientists. The works study Nature as a whole, across the organic and the cultural, while simultaneously drawing attention to the methods we create in order to understand it. In her recent works, she uses algorithms, both as a material and a tool, to investigate how technology transforms the world, as well as our perception and access to knowledge. Hougaard holds an MFA from Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts (NTNU 2019) and a BA in Aesthetics & Culture and Art & Technology (AU/AAU 2015). She is the founder and curator of Underfladen, a platform for interdisciplinary events across art, music and science.