Sofie Bird Møller

SOFIE BIRD MØLLER


Born in Denmark in 1974, lives and works in Berlin.


EDUCATION

2007 
Master in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London

2005 
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München, ved Professor Guenther Förg, Diplom

2004 
Mesterelev

1999-2001 
Gæstestuderende ved det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi, København, ved Professor Peter Bonde


SOLO SHOWS

2016

Ex Biblia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Christliche Kunst (DG Galerie), Munich

VT Artsalon with Alexander Laner, Taipei/Taiwan

Apartment der Kunst / Apartment of Art, Munich/Germany

2015
Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark 

2014
Sofie Bird Møller & Alexander Laner, (2 x solo show) Nusser & Baumgart, München
48, Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin 
Sofie Bird Møller, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copehagen, Denmark

2013

Beat Around The Bush, Jancar Gallery - Los Angeles, USA

2012 

Art Berlin Contemporary (abc), Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin

2011 
'Catch Me if You Can', Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
'Die Tanzende Königin', Galerie Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin

2009 
'Paint the White Horse Black', Galerie Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin

2008 
'Ich will nicht nur, dass ihr mich liebt', Galerie Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin
FIAC, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Sassa Trülzsch, Paris

2006 
'Made In Denmark', Lothringer 13/Laden/Apollo 13, Munich

2005 
'Blowup', Galerie Florian Sundheimer, Munich


GROUP SHOWS

2016
Trods Alt - Nyerhvervelser i samlingen, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, DK
Portfolio One, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles

2015Summer in the City no.10, MartinAsbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Berlin Artists' Statements, Klub7, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Artist”s Statements, Kunsthalle BWA, curated by Christoph Tannert, Katowice, Poland Le Souffleur - Schürmann trifft Ludwig, Ludwig Forum AachenBetween Crinkles", curated by Caterina Avataneo, Torino, ItalyPlaygrounds, curated by Anders Moseholm, Kunstforeningen Det ny Kastet, Thisted, Denmark

2014Jahresgaben, Kunstverein, München
"Empty Space", Hommage á Günther Förg, Gallery Braun - Falco, Munich
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sofie Bird Møller - Alexander Laner, Nusser & Baumgart, München, Germany
Was bedeutet den für Immer, Annette Oechsner, Nürnberg

2013
Spiral, Bar Babette, Berlin
East of Encino, North of Moca, Group Show, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles

2012

’Zu Gast (3) EAST’, Vier Räume der Sammlung Schürmann, Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany

’Matter of Choices’, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

'Verlangsamte Performance', curated by Wilhelm Schürmann, Van Horn, Düsseldorf, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark'The Very Eye of Night', Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
'Foreign Excursions', McKee Gallery, New York, USA
'Sofie Bird Møller & Bettina Buck', Hopstreet, Brussels
'recits des trios perverses femmes seulement' - (Narratives of the Perverse III), Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Arte Flor, Chanf, Schweiz
'The Sound of Downloading Makes Me want to Upload', curated by Wilhelm Schürmann at 'Photography Calling', Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany 'Close Encounter', Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin, Germany 
'The Killer Rabit Ranch Rodeo', curated by Klaus Auderer, 'nationalmuseum', Berlin, Germany 

2011 
PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
Nullportrait, Galerie Zink, Berlin, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
From Berlin, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark
Free Poems, Podium, Oslo, Norway
10/4 - A Private Collection, Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
De Kooning, De Kooning, De Kooning...', curated by Dexter Dalwood, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark


2010 
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Berlin Box, Centro Cultural Andratx Kunsthalle, Mallorca, Spain
Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Apartment, Berlin, Germany
The Mentor Show, Larm Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark


2009 
Das Gespinst’, Schürmann Collection in Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, cat.
'Zeigen, eine Audiotour durch Berlin by Karin Sander’, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany cat.
'From the Sublime to the Ridiculous’, Sammlung Angela Lyra, Athens 
'I thought, we were supposed to meet in Paris’, Galerie Lucile Corty, Paris, France
'Entropie zu Hause’, Schürmann Berlin, Germany

2008 
'Altbau oder Neuland’, Neuland, Munich, cat.
'Freier Eintritt’, Die Änderei, Munich
'The annual Christmas Card, University of the Arts Collection, London
'Too Hot Not To Be Naked’, Galerie Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin
'Desert Music’, the Cube, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen

2007 
'Hüben wie Drüben’, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen
'Baby, You Can Drive My Car’, Marienlyst Slot, Elsinore (DK)
'Degree Show, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
'StopOver’, Daad-Stipendiaten, Ada-Street-Gallery, London, cat.
'Future Maps 2007’, University of the Arts Collection, London

2006 
'Serve and Volley’, Häusler Contemporary, Munich

2005 
'Lo Spazio’, Galleria Elisabetta Bresciani, Salò, Italy
'Anne Sofie Bird Møller–Anders W.Ö. Larsen’, Galleri Tom Christoffersen,Copenhagen 

2004 
'ArtCubicle’, Galerie Mathias Kampl, Munich
'5’, Luisenstr. 55, Munich 

2003 
'My-Thai’, Raum Q, Copenhagen, cat.
'Department of Freetime’, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
'Stadt ohne Einwohner’, Galerie Florian Sundheimer, Munich, cat.


GRANTS, PRIZES, RESIDENCIES 

2012 
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (Residency)

2011 
Niels Wessel Bagges-Fond

2010 
Danish Art Council, travelstipend
Steiner-Stiftung, Munich (catalogue)
LfA-Bank, Munich (catalogue)

2009 
Danish Art Council, travelstipend

2008
L. F. Foghts Fond (catalogue)
Danish Art Counsil

2007 
L. F. Foghts Fond (London)
Ragnvald og Ida Blix Fond (London)

2006 
'Accademia di Danimarca’, Rom, three-month residency with travel stipend, Dronning Ingrids Fond
DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service, MA in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London University of the Arts (2006/07)
Nordea Fonden (London)
Beckett Fonden (travel - London)
Frimodt-Heineke Fonden (travel - London)

2005 
Glashandler Johan Franz Ronge’s Fond

2002 
Stipendium des Bayrischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst für ausländische Studierende (stipend for foreign students at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich


It is difficult to categorize my work. I work along several art hisrical -isms like surrealism, abstract expressionism, body- and pop art, (Asger) Jorn-like modifications and feminist art. If someone were to interpret my work, it would definitely be possible to connect it to a feminist and a political context and see the work as a critical remark to the traditional role models, the body cult of this era and the overall, ever present, superficial aesthetics of the advertisement world. Basically I am questioning authenticity and the relation between the surface of the work and the underlying meaning of art in general.