Curatorial team
Behind U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art are the three Danish curators Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Charlotte Bagger Brandt and Judith Schwarzbart.
Solvej Helweg Ovesen
(1974)
Is trained as a curator at De Appel, ICP, International Curatorial Program, Amsterdam, 2003-04. Here she co-curated the exhibition 'Quicksand'. She was as a curator involved in the independent space Sparwasser HQ in Berlin from 2000-2002. From 2004-2006 she worked as a curator at Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, Germany, and was a co-curator of Werkleitz Biennalen, 2006, Halle, Germany.
Through travel activity and work she has focused on art from the former Eastern Europe. The projects include: 'Cordially Invited', '7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe', 2004, at bak (basis voor actuele konst), Utrecht, Holland and 'Collective Creativity', 2005, at Kunsthalle Fridericianum. Here she also curated the exhibition 'undo redo', 2006, about performativity and repetition, and together with René Block and Marina Abramovic she organised the conference 'How to perform?', 2006.
Is trained as a curator at De Appel, ICP, International Curatorial Program, Amsterdam, 2003-04. Here she co-curated the exhibition 'Quicksand'. She was as a curator involved in the independent space Sparwasser HQ in Berlin from 2000-2002. From 2004-2006 she worked as a curator at Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, Germany, and was a co-curator of Werkleitz Biennalen, 2006, Halle, Germany.
Through travel activity and work she has focused on art from the former Eastern Europe. The projects include: 'Cordially Invited', '7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe', 2004, at bak (basis voor actuele konst), Utrecht, Holland and 'Collective Creativity', 2005, at Kunsthalle Fridericianum. Here she also curated the exhibition 'undo redo', 2006, about performativity and repetition, and together with René Block and Marina Abramovic she organised the conference 'How to perform?', 2006.
Charlotte Bagger Brandt
(1968)
studied History of Art and Ideas in Denmark and Germany. Curator at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall since 2000 and deputy director/curator since 2006.
Since 2000 the curator and from 2005 - summer 2006 working director of Charlottenborg Exhbition Hall, Copenhagen. Here among other things she curated 'Taking Place...', 'Fundamentalisms of the New Order', 'Disturbance', and 'Midlertidige rum'. She co-initiated collaborative projects such as Mirror's Edge (with Okwi Enwesor and University of Umea), Organising Freedom (with David Elliot, Moderna Museet, Stockholm), 'My head is on Fire but my heart is full of love', (with Toby Webster og Will Bradley, Modern Institute, Glasgow). Moreover she was co-curator on 'Coup de Coeur', CRAC (Center d'Art Contemporain, Alsace) and lectured in contemporary art and curating at University of Copenhagen, art history and open university. Earlier she worked at Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand and Danish Design Centrer, and was in addition involved in the Exhbition Space 1% as well as an editor of The Art Magazine 1%.
studied History of Art and Ideas in Denmark and Germany. Curator at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall since 2000 and deputy director/curator since 2006.
Since 2000 the curator and from 2005 - summer 2006 working director of Charlottenborg Exhbition Hall, Copenhagen. Here among other things she curated 'Taking Place...', 'Fundamentalisms of the New Order', 'Disturbance', and 'Midlertidige rum'. She co-initiated collaborative projects such as Mirror's Edge (with Okwi Enwesor and University of Umea), Organising Freedom (with David Elliot, Moderna Museet, Stockholm), 'My head is on Fire but my heart is full of love', (with Toby Webster og Will Bradley, Modern Institute, Glasgow). Moreover she was co-curator on 'Coup de Coeur', CRAC (Center d'Art Contemporain, Alsace) and lectured in contemporary art and curating at University of Copenhagen, art history and open university. Earlier she worked at Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand and Danish Design Centrer, and was in addition involved in the Exhbition Space 1% as well as an editor of The Art Magazine 1%.
Judith Schwartzbart
(1972)
She has studied Creative Curating at Goldsmiths College in London and Art History at University of Copenhagen. She was involved in establishing the education programme at Tate Modern in London 2000-01, and was co-ordinator at 'Fundamentalisms of the New Order' at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall 2002. Schwarzbart taught Art Theory at The Academy of Funen 2002-03.
In 2003-04 she was part of the curatorial team at Kunstverein München together with Maria Lind and Søren Grammel. She co-curated 'Deutschland sucht...' i Kölnischer Kunstverein 2004. She has curated independent projects in London, Berlin and Copenhagen latest senest 'Städtische Zirkulationen' in Berlin-Lichtenberg 2005.
She was a curator at The Fruitmarket Gallery and researcher at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland in 2005 to spring 2006. Moreover, she has contributed to Magazines such as Altantica, Journal for Northeast Issues, Passepartout and Øjeblikket. Schwarzbart has since 2006 been a guest professor at The Art Academy of Umea, Sweden, where she teatches Art Theory.
She has studied Creative Curating at Goldsmiths College in London and Art History at University of Copenhagen. She was involved in establishing the education programme at Tate Modern in London 2000-01, and was co-ordinator at 'Fundamentalisms of the New Order' at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall 2002. Schwarzbart taught Art Theory at The Academy of Funen 2002-03.
In 2003-04 she was part of the curatorial team at Kunstverein München together with Maria Lind and Søren Grammel. She co-curated 'Deutschland sucht...' i Kölnischer Kunstverein 2004. She has curated independent projects in London, Berlin and Copenhagen latest senest 'Städtische Zirkulationen' in Berlin-Lichtenberg 2005.
She was a curator at The Fruitmarket Gallery and researcher at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland in 2005 to spring 2006. Moreover, she has contributed to Magazines such as Altantica, Journal for Northeast Issues, Passepartout and Øjeblikket. Schwarzbart has since 2006 been a guest professor at The Art Academy of Umea, Sweden, where she teatches Art Theory.