Rolf Nowotny (b. 1978) lives and works in Copenhagen. He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2009 and has since exhibited widely in Denmark and abroad, including at Arken in Ishøj, Kunsthal Aarhus, Museo Pietro Canonica in Rome and at Momentum – 9th Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art in Moss, Norway. In 2014 he received the Niels Wessel Bagge Art Fund’s Legacy and in 2021 the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen’s Legacy. Rolf’s works are included in the public collections of The National Gallery of Denmark, the Municipality of Copenhagen, Nonas Foundation of Italy, and the New Carlsberg Foundation. Nowotny was also the recipient of the Franciska Clausen Medal of Honour for his exhibition NOCLIPLILT at Simian (DK).

Education
2003-2009
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Master of Fine Arts, M.F.A.

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Huset for Kunst og Design – Holstebro (upcoming)

Garthim – Los Angeles (upcoming)

Light-Harvesting Complex – Vantaa (upcoming)

NOCLIPLILT – Simian – Copenhagen

2021
RAED SAA RAED SAARET SAA SAARET – Kunsthal Ebeltoft – Ebeltoft

2020
ALKOVE – Christian Andersen – Copenhagen

2019
Frieze Focus, London – Christian Andersen

Dementia – David Dale Gallery – Glasgow

2018
What Slick Rock Broke Open – Museo Pietro Canonica – Rome

2016
CONKCLOACA – Christian Andersen – Copenhagen

2015
Sur Pollen – Tranen – Copenhagen

Støbt Ustøbt Støbt Igen – Fauna – Copenhagen

2013
Liste Art Fair, Basel – Christian Andersen

How Can I Sleep – Christian Andersen – Copenhagen

2012
Sex – Antechamber – Copenhagen

2011
Full Frontal Nudity – Overgaden – Copenhagen

2010
Mouthbreather – Christian Andersen – Copenhagen

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Drafts of Ecology: URD – CCI Fabrika – Moscow

2021
5 lydbøger af 5 kunstnere – Museum of Contemporary Art – Roskilde

Life Trails – Arken Museum of Modern Art – Ishøj

MAMAN妈妈 – Rhizome Parking Garage and Underground Flower – Online

2020
Ghosthouse – Den Frie Udstillingsbygning – Copenhagen

skulpterat språk / sculptured language – Elastic Gallery – Stockholm

2019
Fundament – darkZone – New Jersey

beneath the beach, seamless paving stones – Rhizome Parking Garage – Online

iwillmedievalfutureyou1 – Artsonje Center – Seoul

Future Primitive – Gossamer Fog – London

Deeper Than Inside – High Art – Paris

2018
StickerSUV – PANE Projects – Milan

iwillmedievalfutureyou6 – Kunsthal Aarhus – Aarhus

SUV, Werkschauhalle – Spinnerei Leipzig – Leipzig

Vibrant matter : i dialog med Kai Nielsen – SAK Kunstbygning – Svendborg

2017
Alienation, Momentum – 9th Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art – Moss

2016
Techniques and Vision, curated by Marie Kølbæk Iversen – Pivô – São Paulo

Disappointment Island – Griffin Art Space – Warsaw

2015
Too Much of a Good Thing – Nordic Contemporary – Paris

2014
Ditte Gantriis & Rolf Nowotny – Die Raum – Berlin

2013
Flat Bed – Joe Sheftel Gallery – New York

SANDY ISLAND (A section of AB. A project by Gabriele De Santis) – Nomas Foundation – Rome

2012
F for Freedom – Galeria Filomena Soares – Lisbon

2011
Lake of Fire – Den Frie Udstillingsbygning – Copenhagen

2009
Med Tiden Bliver det Mahogni/ Oak is IT! – Pladsen – Copenhagen