b. 1981, Denmark
‘Work’ by Magnus Frederik Clausen at Claas Reiss in September 2022 is Clausen's first solo show in the UK and forms part of three solo presentations of his recent body of works, all titled ‘Work’, at C.C.C. (Copenhagen) and Braunsfelder (Cologne).
Clausen is also curator and co-founder of Jir Sandel in Copenhagen, editor of books and writings, and the recipient of the prestigious Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond honorary (2020) and Danish Arts Foundation grants (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017).
Recent and upcoming solo/duo exhibitions include Braunsfelder, Cologne (forthcoming 2022), Freddy Gallery (with Mads Lindberg), Harris (forthcoming 2022), C.C.C., Copenhagen (2022), Rinomina (with Claus Haxholm), Paris (2021), Spazio Orr (with David Ostrowski), Brescia (2021), AGA Works/Tørreloft (with Sónia Almeida), Copenhagen (2020), The Uffizi (with Mads Lindberg), NY (2020), CGK, Copenhagen (2018), Magasin Lotus, Copenhagen (2018), JIR SANDEL, Copenhagen (2018), Matèria Gallery (with Giulia Marchi), Rome (2018), Years, Copenhagen (2015), Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi (2014). Group exhibitions and film screenings include Haus Wien, Vienna (2021), Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2021), Kunsthal Aarhus, Århus (2021), Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen (2019), Heine Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden (2018), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2016), Ringsted galleriet, Ringsted (2016), 56th Venice biennale collateral events, Venice (2015), Bruch & Dallas, Cologne (2015), Luma, Arles (2015), Kunstraum, London (2014), Accademia di Romania, Rome (2012), Arti, Amsterdam (2011), Kenya International Film Festival, Nairobi (2011), Maison du Danemark, Paris (2010), Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin (2010).
Clausen lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.