Jesper Just

Jesper Just (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974), lives and works between Berlin, New York and Copenhagen. His works are, more often than not, large, aesthetic, sculptural video installations with an enigmatic and immersive quality, in which the viewer is invited to move around. The almost surreal, ambiguous trajectories and encounters of his figures, which transcend the usual codes and stereotypes, are an enthralling experience. Although his works have a cinematic quality, they diverge from film in their rhythm and the artist’s tendency to shift from narrative to total experience. In his recent productions, Jesper Just has created ecosystems that combine technology, the body and nature, using electrodes connected to dancers’ bodies, aquaponic systems, and networks of tubes, cables and LED screen panels. Technology and nature converge and merge in what the artist himself calls techno-poetics.
He represented Denmark at the 55th Venice Biennale and has been the subject of numerous solo presentations including Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon, Lyon (2023); ARS FENNICA, Finland (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (2020); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2019); Museo Anahuacalli, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México (2018); Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (2017); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015); National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2014); Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2011); Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2009); Liverpool Biennial (2008); MoMA, New York (2008); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2006); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2006); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2006) and Performa, New York (2005).
His work is included in permanent public collections such as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; ARoS – Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus; Busan Museum of Art, Busan; Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit; ESSL Museum – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg bei Wien; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; MoMA, New York; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon; SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen; Tate Modern, London and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.