Aksel Haagensen
Born 1993 Sydney, Australia
akselhaagensen@gmail.com
Education
2018 – 2020
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn; contemporary art, MA
2014 – 2015
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel (exchange studies)
2012 – 2017
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn; fine art, department of installation and sculpture, BA
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Kuhu me lähme? / Off we go! with Triin Kerge, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
Põgeneme? / At Sea with curator Saskia Lillepuu, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn
Maintenance is a Drag (It Takes All the Fucking Time) with Katrin Enni, Kaisa Maasik and Kati Ots, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
2016
Out of Shot, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2015
Truth has died. Will she live again?, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
2014
Adre G. Friedmann – Tallinn War, Raja Gallery, Tallinn
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
lahtiÜhtimine with Ulvi Haagensen, (curated by Jana Huul & Reet Varblane), Võru County Museum, Võru
2019
At the End of the Workday, Vent Space, Tallinn
Future Relics, Vector Festival, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada
ALC VideoArt Festival, Albacete, Spain
REALITY?, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
Body and Soul Studio, Kanuti Guild Hall cellar, Tallinn
ARS Film Festival – AFF 2019, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
The Future was Yesterday, Pärnu Fotofest, Pärnu City Gallery
2018
MARA:TONE, BINNAR, Mosteiro de Arnoso, Famalicão, Portugal
Little Islands Festival, Sikinos Island, Greece
The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival series, AWEsome Art Space, Art Week Exeter, Exeter, UK
Kontenporanea, Plaza San Juan Arria, Irun, (Basque Country) Spain
Thresholds, Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017
Estonian Photographic Art Fair 2017, Telliskivi Creative City, Green hall, Tallinn
EnterCITY - TURINvideo, Cavallerizza Reale, Turin, Italy
Artist Film Festival III, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
International Short Silent Film Celebration, Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2016
Terra Incognita: Familiar Infinity, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
Of the sea, The Historic Dockyards Chatham, UK
Gallery Mihhail/näitus Mихаил, Tallinn
2015
Estonian Music Days Sound Installations, public space, Tallinn
artists@WAR, curated by John Ros, GalleryELL (online gallery)
Black and White, 5th Tallinn Drawing Triennial, Architecture and Design Gallery, Tallinn
2014
Portrait of Unseen, Young sculptors’ prize show, ISFAG@EKKM, Tallinn
2013
Landscape Escape (curated sculpture and installation exhibition), Tartu Art Hall
Dimensions Variable, Young sculptors’ prize show, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2012
Taste of Spirit, 4th Tallinn Drawing Triennial, Experimental Gallery, Tallinn
CURATING AND EXHIBITION ORGANISING
2018 – 2019
team member of Vent Space project space (30 exhibitions), Tallinn
2019
I can't be fucked, curated with Kati Ots, Vent Space, Tallinn
ARTICLES
2019
Foto on surnud. Elagu Foto!, Sirp
Jimmy Nelson at Fotografiska museum of photography in Tallinn, KUNST.EE, autumn 2019
Juhan Kuusi mitte-mustvalge vikerkaare riik, Vikerkaar, 7-8/2019
2016
Antropoloogiline dokumentalist (Anthropological documentarian), Sirp and ERR News
2015
The Gap between ‘Contemporary’ and the ‘Avant-garde’, Echo Gone Wrong
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
2019
Eduard Wiiralt Scholarship
2014
Young Sulptor's Prize, second place
Born 1993 Sydney, Australia
akselhaagensen@gmail.com
Education
2018 – 2020
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn; contemporary art, MA
2014 – 2015
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel (exchange studies)
2012 – 2017
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn; fine art, department of installation and sculpture, BA
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Kuhu me lähme? / Off we go! with Triin Kerge, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
Põgeneme? / At Sea with curator Saskia Lillepuu, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn
Maintenance is a Drag (It Takes All the Fucking Time) with Katrin Enni, Kaisa Maasik and Kati Ots, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
2016
Out of Shot, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2015
Truth has died. Will she live again?, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
2014
Adre G. Friedmann – Tallinn War, Raja Gallery, Tallinn
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
lahtiÜhtimine with Ulvi Haagensen, (curated by Jana Huul & Reet Varblane), Võru County Museum, Võru
2019
At the End of the Workday, Vent Space, Tallinn
Future Relics, Vector Festival, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada
ALC VideoArt Festival, Albacete, Spain
REALITY?, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
Body and Soul Studio, Kanuti Guild Hall cellar, Tallinn
ARS Film Festival – AFF 2019, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
The Future was Yesterday, Pärnu Fotofest, Pärnu City Gallery
2018
MARA:TONE, BINNAR, Mosteiro de Arnoso, Famalicão, Portugal
Little Islands Festival, Sikinos Island, Greece
The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival series, AWEsome Art Space, Art Week Exeter, Exeter, UK
Kontenporanea, Plaza San Juan Arria, Irun, (Basque Country) Spain
Thresholds, Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017
Estonian Photographic Art Fair 2017, Telliskivi Creative City, Green hall, Tallinn
EnterCITY - TURINvideo, Cavallerizza Reale, Turin, Italy
Artist Film Festival III, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
International Short Silent Film Celebration, Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel
2016
Terra Incognita: Familiar Infinity, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
Of the sea, The Historic Dockyards Chatham, UK
Gallery Mihhail/näitus Mихаил, Tallinn
2015
Estonian Music Days Sound Installations, public space, Tallinn
artists@WAR, curated by John Ros, GalleryELL (online gallery)
Black and White, 5th Tallinn Drawing Triennial, Architecture and Design Gallery, Tallinn
2014
Portrait of Unseen, Young sculptors’ prize show, ISFAG@EKKM, Tallinn
2013
Landscape Escape (curated sculpture and installation exhibition), Tartu Art Hall
Dimensions Variable, Young sculptors’ prize show, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2012
Taste of Spirit, 4th Tallinn Drawing Triennial, Experimental Gallery, Tallinn
CURATING AND EXHIBITION ORGANISING
2018 – 2019
team member of Vent Space project space (30 exhibitions), Tallinn
2019
I can't be fucked, curated with Kati Ots, Vent Space, Tallinn
ARTICLES
2019
Foto on surnud. Elagu Foto!, Sirp
Jimmy Nelson at Fotografiska museum of photography in Tallinn, KUNST.EE, autumn 2019
Juhan Kuusi mitte-mustvalge vikerkaare riik, Vikerkaar, 7-8/2019
2016
Antropoloogiline dokumentalist (Anthropological documentarian), Sirp and ERR News
2015
The Gap between ‘Contemporary’ and the ‘Avant-garde’, Echo Gone Wrong
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
2019
Eduard Wiiralt Scholarship
2014
Young Sulptor's Prize, second place