Maja Malou Lyse
b. 1993 in Aarhus, Denmark
Works and lives between Copenhagen and New York City​
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Education
2022 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (BFA+MFA)
Prizes/Grants
Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Prize 2023
Danish Arts Foundation work grant 2023-25
Poul Erik Pech Fondation Art Prize 2022
Residencies
2025-26 Time Square Residency NYC
2024 ISCP: The International Studio & Curatorial Program NYC
2023 ArtHub Copenhagen Residency
Other
Television Host "Sex With Maja" - The National Danish Broadcast, DR2
Exhibitions (*solo)
2024
9-5, 5-9, RoomRoom, ArtHub Copenhagen, DK
*MM, O-Overgaden DK
*Bombshell, Boom!, Politikens Forhal DK
*Bombshell Boom!, public commission, Baunehøj Byfornyelse, DK
2023
Bodies and Antibodies, INDEX kunsthal, SE
Public Announcements, Museet for samtidskunst & Roskilde Festival, DK
Charlottenborg Bienalle, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, DK
Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, DK
On Circlusions, Collega, DK
2022
Art in a Day, Copenhagen Contemporary, DK
Afgang, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, DK
2021
Another Map To Nevada, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, DK
Cryptographics, Miami Art Basel, US
2020
*Revenge Body, Brandts Kunstmuseum, DK
2019
Art & Porn, Aros Kunstmuseum, DK
Art & Porn, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, DK
2018
ALT_CPH 2018, Fabrikken for kunst og design, DK
She Stares Back, Kendal Collage of Art, MI, USA
.GIF, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, DK
2017
Mediated Matter, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, DK
Art & Activism Roskilde Festival, DK
Institute for Success, SMK, National Gallery of Denmark, DK
Pocket Privacy, V&A, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Den Frie Udstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
Budoir Silk, Olso10, Basel, CH
Sexual Hacking, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, DK
Herselves, Blueproject Foundation, Barcalona, ES
A Queen Within, Miami Art Basel, Miami, US
You can’t fake this monument of movement , Copenhagen Contemporary,DK
2015-2016
Statens Museum for Krop, Køn og Kusse, National Gallery of Denmark, DK
Il Tempo delle Donne, La Triennalle Di Milano, Italy, IT
Into You, ATM Gallery, Texas, US
Institute for Success, Kunstforeningen GL. Strand, DK
After Babel / 89plus, MODERNA Museet, Stockholm, SE
Offprint, TATE, Modern London, UK
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling, Kunsthal Aarhus, DK
