Yvette Brackman born in New York City, NY, USA.
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Mail: mail@yvettebrackman.info
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2012
Extreme Crafts, Freies Museum, Berlin, DE curated by Ulrike Solbrig
Svendborg Kunstforening, Svendborg, DK
2011
The Poor Farm Project, Little Wolf, Wisconsin, curated by Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam
Group Show, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, NO
Art in the Parking Space, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Trade, UNKB, Copenhagen, DK
2010
3rd annual unofficial Nobel Peace Prize, www.nobelprize.no curated by Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas
A Flag for Every Occasion, Wonderland Art Space, curated by Mathias Kreuger and Thomas Lagermand Lundme
Astronomical Frontiers, curated by Astronomical Frontiers Collective, BKS Garage, Copenhagen, DK
Gestures, curated by Sanne Kofod Olson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, DK
Collective Matters, curated by Hilde Methi, Trøndalag Contemporary Art Center, Trondheim, Norway
Barents Spectacle, curated by Luba Kornikova, Kirkenes, Norway
Yvette Brackman and Annika Lundgren, Grafikernes Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Becoming Foreign, Ringsted Galleri, curated by Anita Viola, Ringsted, Denmark
2009
Catalyst XII, (performance) Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Open Performance Festival, Bejing, China curated Jane Jin Kaisen
Topaz, Martin Æsbek Gallery, Copenhagen, DK, curated by Ebbe Stub Wittrup and Ulrik Heltoft
Collective Spirits, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, DK, curated by Johanne Løgstrup
Den Permanente, Irma Mørch Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Transborder, OK Kulturhus, Linz, Austria, curated by Luba Kuzovnikova
2008
The Catalyst VIII, Psi Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Technically Sweet, curated by Maria Finn and Yvette Brackman, Overgaden-Institute for Contemporary Copehagen, Denmark
Stray Terrain, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven. Connecticut, curated by Vladimir Shpitalnik (solo exhibition)
Technically Sweet, Participant and Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY, curated by Yvette Brackman and Maria Finn
Models of Influence, Astrup Fernley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Curated by Rakett
2007
Curating Degree Zero, Bergen, Norway, curated by Rakett
Meta Comics presents a Conversation with Yvette Brackman, What is to Be Done Newspaper, presented at Documenta XII, publications section, Kassel, Germany, collaboration with Michael Baers
Sørfinnset Skole, Sørfinnset, Norway organized by Geir Tore Holm and Søssa Jørgensen
Border-Crossing Exercises, curated by Luba Kuzovnikova, Harstad, Norway
Surface Tension, curated by Brandon LaBelle and Nis Rømer, Copenhagen, DK
V-effekten - (tid til foranding!), Nikolaj Udstillingsbygning, curated by Sanne Kofod Olsen, Copenhagen, DK
2006
Anisya Sleeping, Norilk Museum, Norilsk, Russia organized by Luba Kozovnikova
Border Dialogues, Katve Gallery, Rovenemi, Finland curated by Hilde Methi and Maria Huhmarniemi
Translation, Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, Norway curated by Siri Austeen and Hilde Meithi
Esplanaden, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, DK curated by Lars Bent Larsen and Klaus Thejll
2005
Deserted Lot, South First Gallery, curated by Maika Pollock, New York, NY
Borders, Kirkenes, Norway, Lovozero, Russia curated by Hilde Methi
2004
Lot Ten, 16 mm film part of Instant Herlev, curated by Anya Franke, Herlev, Denmark
Forskudte Hverdagsobjekter, Trapholdt Museum, Kolding, Danmark, curated by Kathrine Bolt Rasmussen
2003
Something about Love, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, curated by Enrico Lunghi
Contingent Living, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, Illinois, curated by Michelle Grabner
School is Out, Southfirst Gallery, NY, NY, curated by Michel Auder
Produkt, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, curated by Søren Jensen
From Object to Objectiv, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by Finn Reinbothe, Per Bak Jensen and Karen Juul
2002
Super Mover Photofest, Video projections from Trucks, Housten, Texas curated by Florian Zeyfang
Je t’aime….moi non plus, Le Fresnoy, Studio National Tourcoing, France curated by Hilde Teerlink
2001
Land, ex-rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark curated by Marianne Torp (solo exhibition with accompanying catalogue)
Making the Making, Apex Art, NY, NY curated by Charles Goldman
A table standing perfectly in the way, curated by Jack Jaeger, Galleri
van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Show, Tommy Lund Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Husrum, Vordingborg, Denmark
03, Zero, Piacenza, Italy
Fall Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
Novaya Zemlya, permanent installation/design, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
Camp, (solo exhibition)Tommy Lund Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Monument, Temporary Services, Chicago, Illinois
Flaming June, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Sarah Gavlak)
Models of Resistance, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark (curated by Simon Sheikh, Peter Holst Henkel, Cecelie Hoegsbro)
1999
No Standing, Rhizome, Aarhus, Denmark (curated by Sanne Koefod)
Interplay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuscon, Arizona (curated by Caitlin Masley)Plagiarism, Pratt, NY, NY
Motion Studies, Brandts Kunstfabrik, Odense, Denmark curated by Tommy Lund and Michael Darling
Locked Groove, curated by David Kaiser, Doozer, Chicago, IL
Highbridge Project, Mayday Productions, NY, NY curated by Barbara Clausen and Anton Vidokli
Greatest Show on Earth, curated by Anton Vidokle, Apex Art, NY, NY
Free Coke, GreeneNaftali Gallery, NY, NY
Good Vibrations, Gallery Tomio Kuyama, Tokyo, Japan curated by Sarah Gavlak
Wander Worker (The New Land), Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, NY, NY
View, The Suburban, Chicago, Illinois
1998
The Cause, Up & Co., NY, NY curated by Usha Pohl
Group Exhibition, Icebox, Liste, Basel, Switzerland
Inglenook, Feigen Conemporary, NY, NY
Video Library, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY curated by Michael Ballou
SupaStore Delux, Up & Co, NY, NY
Odyssey, GreeneNaftali Gallery, NY, NY
Super Freaks; Post Pop & the New Generation, The Greene Naftali Gallery, NY, NY
1997
Yvette Brackman/Mary Beth Edelson, curated by Heike Munder
halle für kunst, Berlin, DE
1995
Group Show, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Radius. The Radius Group, Chicago, Illinois
1994
Investigations into the Physical and Metaphorical Hole. Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois.
Profiles. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.More Famous Artists. Sotheby's, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Laboratory. Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois.
1993
Yvette Brackman and Sara Whipple. Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Group Show, Peter Pakesch, Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois
Curatorial Projects
2007-9 Co-Curator with Maria Finn, Technically Sweet, Participant, New York, NY
2000 Michel Auder: A Certain View, Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
The Good Life, Symposium, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
1999 Agora, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
1999 Curator, Inglenook II, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1998 Co-Curator, Inglenook, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Hollywood Realism, with Jeremy Blake and Michel Auder, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Co-Curator, People - Going Places - Doing Things, N.A.M.E., Chicago, Illinois
Curator, Heaven is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac, N.A.M.E., Chicago, Illinois
1994 Curator, The Ecstasy of Limits, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Writing
“Inez van Laamswerde interview”, Deichterhallen catalogue essay, Hamburg, November, 1999
“Hanneline Rogeberg”, Henie-Onsted Museum catalogue essay, October, 1999
“Through the Viewfinder into the Field”, catalogue essay on Michel Auder, Halle Für Kunst, Luneberg, Oct. 1999
"Comme de Garcon and Outerspace" FlashArt, May/June 1999
"On a Shifty Plain with Laura Owens" New Art Examiner, April 1999
"Interview with Inez van Lamsweerde", Flash Art, March 1999, pg. 92-94
"Maximizing the Pastoral: Jorge Pardo's House" Artbyte, March 1999
"The Subject of Desire", Very Magazine, Fall 1999
“'How Did We Get Hans Christian Andersen to This?' or a Short and Discontinuous
History of Danish Iconcloclasm" The New Art Examiner, July/August 1998, pg. 29-33
"Elizabeth Hawes" Very, Issue 4, Spring 1998
"John Wesley" ,"Rudolf Steiner" Time Out New York, Issue 130, pg. 57
"Dara Friedman and Mark Handforth" Time Out New York, Issue 128, pg. 49
"Alieghero Boetti" Time Out New York, Issue 123, pg. 45
"Rachel Berwick" Time Out New York, Issue 120, pg. 43
"Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol" Time Out New York, Issue 117, pg. 46
"Tobias Rehberger Time Out New York, Issue 111, Nov 17-24. pg. 46
"Cora Cohen Review" Time Out New York Issue 109, Oct 23-30, 1997, pg. 44
"Rosemarie Trockel Preview" Time Out New York Issue 103, Sept. 11-18, 1997, pg. 46
"Elizabeth Hawes, Varvara Stepanova and Andrea Zittel: Designing Women Crafting Alternative Realities Through Dress" Graduate Thesis in Art History, 1997
"Art School Since 1990" Art Fan No. 6, Summer 1996/7, pg. 10
"God-Marked for Greatness" Pink Volume II, No. 6, Winter 1996. pg.12
"In Search of the Village" Zing Autumn/Winter 1996/97, pg. 30
"Review of Charles Ray and Martin Margiela" Frieze Issue 34, May 1997, pg. 85
"People-Going Places and Doing Things" Co-curated exhibition and exhibition brochure
Essay for exhibition, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995
"The Ecstasy of Limits" Curator and catalogue essayist. Gallery 400, Chicago, IL 1994
Reviews
Trine Ross, “Blandet kunst I den kinesiske butik”, Politiken, Kultur, May 2, 2009, pg. 11
Kari Fausanger, “Hvem har rett til forfedrenes ideer?” Interview with Yvette Brackman in Bergens Tidene, Kultur, Oct. 7 2007, pg. 32-3.
Ane Bulow, “Glo ikke så Romantisk!’, Information, Kultur, February 26, 2007, pg
Esa I. Jarvinen, “Taiteellisia dialogeja ympariston ehdoilla”, Lapin Ransa, March 14, 2006, pg. 9
Mai Misfeldt, “Nyt land”, Berlingske Tidende, 2. Section, October 16, 2001, pg 3.
Henrik Wivel, “Siberien min elskede”, Weekendavisen, Kultur, KUNST, Kunstrevy, November 23-29, 2001, pg 9.
Annette Brodersen, “Sommer I Sibirien”, Politiken, Section 2, Kunst M.M., November 17, 2001, pg. 3.
Birger Thøgersen, “Kunstnerens lang rejse”, Politiken, Kultur, Section 2, October 10, 2001, pg. 2
Alice Creischer, “Yvette Brackman and Mary Beth Edelson", Springer, Spring 1998
Ben Kinmont, 3rd Sculpture, Document, Summer 2000
Ken Johnson, “Flaming June”, New York Times,
Michelle Grabner, Camp, Purple Prose, Number 5, Summer, 2000, Pg. 288-9
Jan Estrup, Camp Review, New Art Examiner, February, 2000, pg. 46
Sanne Kofod Olsen "No Standing" Catalogue Essay, Fall 1999
Gregory Volk, "The Cause", Art in America, February, pg. 117
Roberta Smith, "The Cause" New York Times, October 23, 1998, pg. E37
Jenny Southlynn, "Inglenook II," The Octopus, August. 14, pg. 9
Ken Johnson, "Inglenook," The New York Times, July 17, pg.
Kim Levin, "Critics Picks," The Village Voice, July 21, 1998, pg. 70
Theresa Duncan, "The Cause", Very, Issue #4 (Fall 1998) pg. 14-17
Nathan Mason, "What's Love Got To Do With It" Subnation Volume 3, Issue 13, 1995, pg. 24.
Deborah Wilk, "The Ecstasy of Limits" The New Art Examiner, February, 1995, pg. 38.
Brad Killam, "Chicago Roundup," Art Muscle, December 2, 1994, pg. 35.
Kathy O'Mally, "Youth reigns at MCA's bash," Chicago Tribune Newspaper, October 1994.
Kristen Brooke Schleifer, "Trial by Fire: Graduates of the MFA Program of The University of Illinois at Chicago Take the Scene," New Art Examiner, May 1994, pg. 23-27.
Michael Muster, "Sarah Whipple, Yvette Brackman," New Art Examiner, April 1994, pg. 42.
David McCracken, "The good, the bad and the gross at 10 in 1," Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1994, pg. 52.
Esther Grisham, "Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists," New Art Examiner, October, 1993, pg. 45.
David McCracken, "Local artists shine in summer 'experiment'," Chicago Tribune, July 23, 1993, pg. 46.
Grants and Awards
2011 The State Art Fund Work Grant
The Danish Art Agency Production Grant
2010 The Danish Art Agency Production Grant
2009-10 Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Center Residency
2009 Bar International Grant and Residency
2009 The Danish Art Agency Production Grant
2007 The State Art Fund Work Grant
2006 The Danish Art Agency Production Grant
2004 The Danish Art Agency Production Grant
2001 Schloss Bleckede Artist Grant and three month Residency, Bleckede, Germany
1999 Artist in Residence, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
1998 The Kitchen Video Grant
1997
Ella Jackson Memorial Scholarship
1993-95
UIC Full Graduate Grant and Assistantship
1993
Polk Brothers Fellowship
1992
UIC Teaching Assistantship and Juror's Prize, 8th Annual Illinois Graduate Exhibition
1987
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Scholarship to Yale Summer Painting Program
1986
Merit Scholarship to Oxbow, Saugutuck, Michigan
1984
Ella Jackson Memorial Scholarship
1983
Metropolitan Museum of Art Scholarship and Internship
Public Collections
Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain,
Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
Sami Science Center, Kautikaino, Norway
Publications
The Catalyst, play by Yvette Brackman, 2010
Exhibition catalogue for V-effekten , Nikolaj Kunsthalle, Copenhagen, 2007
Post-Production, Royal Danish Art Academy, 2006
Relationel Æsthetik, Royal Danish Art Academy 2006
Digitel Forbindelser , editor, Royal Danish Art Academy 2006
Udsikt, A book about Art and Feminism in Denmark by Kvinde På Værtshus 2004 (essay)
Kvindejubilaeum 96, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi 2004 (essay)
Mur og Rum Bog, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, 2004 (introduction)
The Suburban, The Early Years 1999-2003, 2003 (group catalogue)
Land, Statens Museum for Kunst 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
Yvette Brackman: Imagined Communites, Krabbesholm Højskole, 2001 (cataloguewith essays by Frances Richard)
Conference Organiser
The Good Life, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark, June 2000
Digital Connections, The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2004
Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
2010
“Common Knowledge” Artist’s Talk, part of seminar “The Flying Carpet” organized by Rakett and Hans Hamid Rasmussen at Oslo Art Academy, Textile Department, November 22
Oh My Word: A Seminar on Artist Writing, November 2010, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, DK
Artist talk with Terence Gower and curator, Laura Mott in connection with Terence Gower’s opening at Galleri Rotor, Valand Art School, Gothenberg, Sweden, Dec. 3, 2010.
‘Opening Conference’ at Barents Institute, Kirkenes, Norway, February 1-2,
'Integrity of Cultural Space or Sum of Territories? The Notion of a Border in
2006
Historical and Contemporary Contexts' within the long-term research project LOCAL HISTORIES: Academic, Arts and Educational Approaches to Local Studies
November 2-5, 2006, Norilsk History Museum, Norilsk, Russia
1999
Krabbesholm Højskole (Fall)
The School of The Art Institue of Chicago, IL (November)
Boston Museum School, Boston, MA, jury panelist
Krabbesholm Hojskole, Skive, Denmark
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February)
Hunter College, New York, NY, (April)
Hunter College Panel Discussion, ‘The Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York’
1998
Danish Royal Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark (November)
Krabbesholm Hojskole, Skive, Denmark (November)
Saint Mary's College, New York, New York (October)
Inglenook, Panel discussion, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1994
Lecture, “Untimely Ripped: An Analysis of Conception and Birthing in Science Fiction Films” by Yvette Brackman and Rachel Lyon
Board/Jury member
2009-13
Curatorial Committee, Den Free Center for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007-2009
Board Member, Warehouse 9, Copenhagen, DK
2000-06
Board Member Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
2007
Novonordisk Committee member for Phd in Artistic Research
2004
CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival, New Vision Award Jury Member
1993-5
Exhibition Committee member, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2010
Visiting Artist, The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, DK
2009 & 2010
Visiting Artist, Valand Academy of Fine Art, Gothenburg, SE
2008
Visiting Artist, Tromsø Academy, Tromsø, Norway
2007-9
Advisor, Phd in Find Art, Valand Academy of Fine Art, Gothenburg, SE
2007-8
Guest Professor, Oslo Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway (November-February)
2000-07
Professor, Head of Department, School of Walls and Space, The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
Visiting Artist, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark
1997-99
Lector, Art History, Saint John’s College, New York, New York
1993-5
Assistant Curator, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois at Chicago
1995-5
Teaching Assistantship Art History, The University of Illinois at Chicago
1993-4
Emerson House Visiting Artist and Art Lecturer, Chicago, IL
1993
Figure Drawing Instructor, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Curatorial and Publishing Experience
Very Magazine, Contributing Editor, 1997-9
Time Out New York, Critic, 1997-8
Parkett Magazine, Research and Development, 1995-1997
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, Exhibitions Intern, 1986-1987
Education
1993-97
MA Art History, The University of Illinois at Chicago
1993-95
Graduate Cerificate in Woman’s Studies, The Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
1991-93
MA Studio Art, The University of Illinois at Chicago
1984-88
BFA Studio Art, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1982-87
Coursework Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut in French, Classics, Anthropology and Fine Art (30 credits)