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Marie Jager (b. 1975, Copenhagen) received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California in 2004.
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She was selected to present work in the 2006 California Biennale.
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Her work has been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery, London; Sculpture Center and Artists Space, New York; the
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Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; MAK Center, Los Angeles among others.
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Jager's practice is a combination of conceptual and contextual gestures exercised through film, photography,
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painting, collage and installation.

Marie Jager
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Born 1975, Copenhagen, Denmark

Education

2004 University of Southern California, Master Fine Arts, Los Angeles

Solo exhibitions

2011 L'Heure Bleue, Art in General, New York

2011 The Magic Mountain, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles

2010 L'Heure Bleue, Hayward Gallery, London

2007 The Purple Cloud, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

2005 R.U.R., Artists Space, New York

2004 Exposition and Flower, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Group exhibitions

2011 Everything must go, Casey Kaplan, New York

2010 S-N-W-O, Drei Raum, Cologne
 
2009 Days of the Eclipse, Mercer Union, Toronto
 
2008 Landscape and Affect, Sculpture Center, New York
 
2007 design by accident, Croy Nielsen, Berlin

2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
 
2005  Imaginary is potential, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki

2004 3 fireplaces and 2 bathtubs, MAK Center, Los A ngeles

Other projects

2007 created series of 26 film programs 'The abc of cinema: Deleuze from A to Z' Mandrake (with Hedi El Kohlti)

2007 curated film program 'Purple Night' Northwest Film Forum, Seattle

2001 curated film program 'The films of Jean Painleve' American Cinematheque, Los Angeles

2000 conducted series of interviews with Jean Rouch, Paris (with Christopher Williams)

Bibliography

2010 Mizota, S. 'The Big Nowhere' Los Angeles Times Friday May 21, pD13

2010 Sandals, L. ‘Days of the Eclipse’ National Post January 28

2007 Turmlir, J. ‘Sci Fi historicism' Flash Art April p. 102-103   2006

2007 Kushner, R. ‘The best of 2006’ ArtForum December   

2004 Holte, M. (2004) ‘3 Fireplaces & 2 Bathtubs' Critic's pick Artforum February 

Awards

2009 LA25, Hammer Museum/ Skadden

2006 The Durfee Foundation Grant

2002 16mm film grant, Fotokem/University of Southern California

Lectures and teaching engagements

2010 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, visiting faculty

2007 University of Washington, Seattle, lecture

2006 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, lecture

2001 Art Center College, Pasadena, lecture