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Visual artist, born in 1979, Gentofte, Denmark.
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS
Kunstnersamfundet
VISDA
KKS


EDUCATION
2006 – 2007 MA HISTORY & CRITICAL THINKING under prof. Mark Cousins (1957-2020) and Marina Lathouri Architectural Association, London, UK
2003 – 2006 BA FINE ART – Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2005 ART INTERNSHIP, Matthew Barney Studio, New York, NYC, US
1999 – 2002 BA ARCH – The Royal Academy, School of Architecture, CPH, Denmark


HONORARY AWARDS
2023: Dansk Tennis Fond Legatbolig
2022: Legat Anne Marie Telmányi født Carl-Nielsens Fond til Støtte for Kvindelige Billedkunstnere over 40 år
2007: Emerging Artist 2007, awarded by Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2006: Excellence Award, awarded by the Visual Art Department, Goldsmiths College, London, UK 


Atla works @ PUBLIC and major private ART COLLECTIONS
The Danish Art Council, Denmark
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The Danish Parliament, Denmark
Dimitris Daskalopoulou, Greece
Via Farini Collection, Italy


SOLO SHOW and PERFORMANCE
2024
Art & Democracy. Solo show, The Italian Institute, Denmark
Art & Democracy, Women Italian Artists. Two performance lectures, The Italian Institute, Denmark
Art & Politics. Three performances/stand-up shows, Sophienholm Kunsthal, Denmark

2022
The Artist’s Cave. Solo show. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Wild Strawberries (online solo show). Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016 
VER SACRUM. Solo show. Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark

2015
HELIOS. Solo show. Banja Rathnov Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Les oiseaux souterrains. Performance. PAO Festival, Oslo, Norway

2014 
Mnemosyne. Performance. Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
I AM COLOR. Solo show. Sterna Residency, Nysiros Greece

2013 
YGGDRASIL. Solo show. REMAP4, Contemporary Art Festival, Athens, Greece
Sensations # 02. Solo show /performance. Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece
Sensations # 01. Solo show /performance. Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece

2012 
Sexualities. Performance. Melanithros Gallery, Athens, Greece
VIVA ARTE – AUGUSTA ATLA. Solo show. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark

2011 
Objet de Femmes. Solo show. The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens, Greece
Objet de femmes
. Performance. Dora Stratou Collection, Athens, Greece

2010 
A Gesamtkunstwerk by a Female Expressionist. Solo show/ performance. Montana, CPH, Denmark
My Female Theatre. Solo show/ performance. Tptp Space, Paris, France
A Female Artist. Solo show/ performance. Volta6 Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

2007 
A Prayer. LMN Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Performing Sculpture. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark

2009 
Self-Portraits. Solo show. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Composition and Body. Performance. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2008 
Augusta Atla. Solo show and performance. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poetic Lecture. Performance. Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy

2007 
Atla. Solo show/ performance. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark (Award Exhibition)
A Prayer. Performance. LMN Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2006 
Atla. Solo show/ performance. Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
Poetic Lecture. Performance. Uni. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Everyday Poetics III. Performance. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Prayer. Performance. Castles Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Everyday Poetics II. Performance. Urban Performance, London, United Kingdom
WOWOW. Performance, London, United Kingdom

2005 
Everyday Poetics I. Performance, London, United Kingdom

2004 
Urban Object. Performance. Numbers Gallery, London, United Kingdom


GROUP SHOW
2023
Fri Form. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Guldalderen set i nyt lys. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
ONE SIZE FITS ALL XL. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022
ONE SIZE FITS ALL XL. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021
ONE SIZE FITS ALL XL. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Astrid Holm & Co. Rønnebæksholm, Denmark
ONE SIZE FITS ALL XL. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
ONE SIZE FITS ALL 4. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark

2018
ONE SIZE FITS ALL 3. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hommage to Celia Daskopoulou. CAN GALLERY, Athens, Greece
Akvarel. Huset i Asnæs, Asnæs, Denmark
Summertime. Christoffer Egelund Gallery, KBH, Denmark
Supernova. Christoffer Egelund Gallery, KBH, Denmark
Velvet Ropes. David Risley Gallery, KBH, Denmark

2017
ONE SIZE FITS ALL 2. Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
50 års Jubilæum udstilling. Hørsholm Kunstforening, Hørsholm, Denmark

2016 
En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo. Drawing Biennale. Oslo, Norway
I am so horny. Snetha, Group show, Athens, Greece

2015 
Kvindernes ABC. Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark
KENOPHOBIA. CAN GALLERY, Athens, Greece
The Misfits. CAN GALLERY, Athens, Greece
ART ATHINA ART FAIR. Athens, Greece
KVINDER. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2014 
Opening event of MAISON MACA. Athens, Greece
Memory of Color. Group show curated by Augusta Atla. Vingt Paris event, Paris, France
GamingGaming. New Shelter Plan, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013 
Wintershow 2013. Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Den Hvide Udstilling. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Re.act.feminism#2. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Venneforeningens 20 års jubilæumsudstilling. Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2012 
Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Gallery Christoffer Egelund, CPH, Denmark
Re.act.feminism#2. Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain 
Re.act.feminism#2. Tallinna Kunstihoone, Estonia
Re.act.feminism#2. Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark

2011 
Placement – Replacement – Misplacement. AD gallery, Athens, Greece
Athens Video Art Festival. Athens, Greece

2010 
Wintershow. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
This Way 10. Brandts, Odense, Denmark

2009 
Wintershow. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Body, Souterrain Amsterdam. Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, NL
Til Vægs. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2008 
Incizione. Stamperia del Tevere, Rome, Italy
Wintershow. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dialogue As Antidote. Change and Partner Gallery, Rome, Italy

2007 
Wintershow. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Night of A 1000 Drawings. Artists Space, New York, USA
Photo. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Against The Modern World. LMN Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2006 
Snow White. Castles Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Explorers From Overseas. Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005 
Wowow. Exhibition with the performance group ‘Wowow’, Camberwell, London, United Kingdom

2004 
Dividing Lines. Numbers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Snow White. House Gallery, London, United Kingdom


2003 – 2016 EUROPE / ART RESEARCH
2014 – 2016 
I lived in Athens, Greece. I founded and ran the contemporary art space MACA.
Research trips to Delphi, Chios, Ydra, Elefsina, Epidaurus, Naplio.

2013 – 2014
I lived in Paris, France.
Research trips to Aix-en-provence, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Vence and Nice, France.

2008 – 2012
I lived in Venice, Milan, Paris, Athens and Rome – Research trips to Turin, Florence, Bologna, Viterbo, Asolo, Capri, Verona, Padova, Lucca, Pisa, Treviso, Mantova, Pompeii, Paestum, Parma, Cremona, Ferrara, Naples, Arezzo, Ravenna, Possagno, Genova, Siena, Cortona, Vinci, Scala.

2003 – 2007 
I lived in London, UK and an internship for 3 months at Matthew Barney Studio in NYC, US in the summer of 2005.
Research trips to Bern and Zurich, Switzerland.



CURATED BY AUGUSTA ATLA
2014 – 2015
Les Soirees. Group show, Atelier Athens, Athens, Greece
MAISON MACA. Group show, Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece
ADAM CHRISTENSEN. Solo show, Atelier Athens, Athens, Greece
MAISON MACA. Group show, Atelier Athens, Athens, Greece
Memory of Color. Group show. Vingt Paris event, Paris, France


DONATED ARTWORKS TO AUCTIONS
2023 Red Cross for Ukraine
2013 Artwork donated to Atelier September, DK, profit going to homeless people in Denmark.
2013 Artwork donated to Dignity, profit to org helping people suffering from experienced torture.
2013 Artwork part of Paddle8 auction for next Remap4, Athens, Greece.


AWARDS & FUNDING
2023 Dansk Tennis Fond Legatbolig

2022
Hæderslegat, Anne Marie Telmányi født Carl-Nielsens Fond til Støtte for Kvindelige Billedkunstnere over 40 år
Awarded Artist-in-Residency / atelier at Læsø Air, Læsø, DK. 2 June – 9 July 2022
Awarded Artist-in-Residency / atelier at Ræveskiftet, Hornbæk, DK. 17 September – 1 October 2022
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Legat

2021
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Legat

2019
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Legat
Beckett Fonden
The Danish Art Council

2017
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Legat
P.J Lassen travel award

2016
Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, travel award
P.J Lassen travel award
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Legat, travel grant

2015
The Danish Embassy in Athens, residency funding

2014
The Danish Art Council, travel grant
Ascea Residency, Ascea, Italy
Cité Internationale des Arts & Ville de Paris (artists housing in Paris)
The Danish Institute at Athens 

2012
Work grant, The Danish Art Council
Ragnvald & Ida Blix’ Fond
Danish Academy Council, Travel grant

2011 
The Danish Art Council (art production for public project ODF)
The Danish Art Council (travel grant for exhibition at Athens, Gr), Denmark
The Danish Art Council (production of book), Denmark
Montana Travel Grant, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (art production for exhibition at Athens, Gr), Denmark
Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske.Stiftelse, travel award, Denmark
Bugge & Lund Legat, Denmark 
Work Grant, The Danish Art Council, Denmark
Artist-in-Residency, The Danish Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece
Artist-in-Residency, Cite International des Arts, Paris, FR, Award, the Danish Art Council, DK
The Danish Art Council (exhibition at Athens, Gr), Denmark
The Danish Art Council (art production grant for www.atla.dk), Denmark
Artist-in-Residency, The Danish Institute in Rome, Rome, Italy

2010 
Montana Travel Grant, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (travel grant for exhibition in Paris, Fr), Denmark
The Danish Art Council (for exhibition in Paris, Fr), Denmark
Arne Meyers Stipendium, Denmark
Artist-in-Residency, San Cataldo, Scala, IT

2009 
Montana Travel Grant, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (art production grant for exhibition abroad), Denmark

2008 
Montana Travel Grant, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (art production grant for exhibition in DK), Denmark
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Scholarship, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (travel grant for Fine Art research in Italy), Denmark

2007 
Krista og Viggo Petersens Scholarship, Denmark
Grosserer L.F.Foghts Scholarship, Denmark
The Danish Art Council (art production grant for museum exhibition), Denmark
The Danish Art Council (travel grant for a conference abroad), Denmark 
Bugge & Lund Legat, Denmark 
Nordea Danmark Scholarship, Denmark 
Berlinaut, The Danish Art Council, Denmark 
The Danish Art Council (travel grant for exhibition abroad), DK
The Danish Art Council (art production grant for exhibition abroad), Denmark
Grosserer L.F.Foght’s Scholarship, Denmark

2003 – 2006 
Grosserer L.F.Foght’s Scholarship, Denmark 
Grosserer L.F.Foght’s Scholarship, Denmark
Student Hardship Bursary, Goldsmiths – University of London, UK


ART FAIRS
CODE ART FAIR, Copenhagen, DK
ART ATHINA, Athens, GR
ART HERNING, DK
SWAP, Barcelona International Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, ES
VOLTA6, Basel, CH


PRESS
JULIET (IT)
ATHINORAMA (GR)
LIFO (GR)
MAGASINET IN (DK)
Kristelig Dagblad (DK)
Dagbladet Information (DK)
Jyllandsposten (DK)
ELLE (DK)
MAGASINET KUNST (DK)
Kunsten.nu (DK)
Kopenhagen.dk (DK)
themachine.gr (GR)
Magasinet RUM (dk)
Kunstavisen (dk)
3pointmagazine.gr (GR)


ARTIST IN RESIDENCY 2006 – 2024
Dansk Tennis Fond Legatbolig (2024)
LÆSØ AIR (2022)
Ræveskiftet AIR (2022)
Athens School of Art, Residency in Crete, Greece (2018)
The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens, Greece (2013)
Sterna Residences, Nysiros Greece (2014)
Ascea Residency, Ascea, Italy (2014)
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (Ville de Paris, FR) (2013-2014)
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (The Danish Art Council) (2011)
The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens, Greece (2012)
The National Workshop for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015)
VIR Via-Farini-in-residence, Milan Italy (2012)
Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, Greece (2012)
The National Workshop for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2012)
The Danish Institute in Rome, Rome, Italy (2012)
The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens, Greece (2012)
San Cataldo Residency, Scala, Italy (2010)
Montana Residency, Denmark (2008)
The National Workshop for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)
The National Workshop for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006)


ARTIST-TALKS, TEACHING & LECTURES
Sophienholm Kunsthal, Denmark
LÆSØ AIR, Denmark
Via Farini Residency, Milano, Italy
The Danish Royal Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Manitoba University, Architectural Faculty, Canada
Tou Scene Art Institution, Stavanger, Norway
Projektskolen Art School, Oslo, Norway
Princeton University, Architectural Faculty, New Jersey, USA
Venice Art Academy, Venezia, Italy
Krabbesholm Kunstskole, Denmark
TPTP SPACE, Paris, France
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Banja Rathnov Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Denmark
BKF Nordsjælland, Copenhagen, Denmark
PAO Performance Festival, Oslo, Norway
The Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark
Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
The Danish Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark


ART RESEARCH ON SITE
2019
Delos, Greece. Art RESEARCH: Ancient Greek Art
Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan. Art RESEARCH: wood cut print and silk painting 

2014 – 16 
Athens, Greece. 2 years ART RESEARCH: Greek Ancient sculpture & mythologies – living i Athens with trips to Delphi, Elefsina, Epidarus, Naplio

2015 
Torino, Italy. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Arte Povera 

2014 
Nisyros, Greece. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Colour & Greek folk art
Ascea & Napoli, Italy. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Colour and Baroque Architecture
Paris, France. 1 year ART RESEARCH: Colour & textiles traditions

2013 
Athens, Greece. 2 months ART RESEARCH: Ancient Greek Mythology and Tragedy

2012
Milan, Italy. 3 months ART RESEARCH: Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper, italian folk art / textiles
Athens, Greece. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Greek folk art
Venice, Italy. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Byzantine art

2011
Rome, Italy. 3 month ART RESEARCH: Baroque art
Paris, France. 4 months ART RESEARCH: Collection of Louvre, Feminism, Picasso
Athens, Greece. 3 months ART RESEARCH: Ancient Greek Sculpture, Feminism

2010 
Pompeii, Italy. 1 month ART RESEARCH: Pompeii archaeological site
Paris, France. ART RESEARCH: Impressionism, Symbolism
South of France. ART RESEARCH: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Matisse, Chagall, Cezanne

2007 – 2008 
Venice & Rome, Italy. 1 year ART RESEARCH: Byzantine, Gothic, Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classicism 
– living in Venice and Rome, with trips to Padova, Cremona, Parma, Pisa, Verona, Bologna, Florence, Lucca, Arezzo, Viterbo


Art clubs:
Rockwool Kunstforening (DK), Kromann-Reumert Kunstforening (DK), Topdanmark Kunstforening (DK), SL Kunstforening (DK), Red Cross Denmark Kunstforening (DK), Bech & Bruun (DK), Industriens Hus (DK) Novo Nordisk (DK)