Miriam Kongstad
About
Miriam Kongstad (b. 1991) is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen. Expanding from a background in choreography and performance, her practice is anchored in artistic research on embodiment and the human body, whilst materialising as images, installations, performance, sculpture and sound. Her work takes place in a social realm, depicting cultural and political structures surrounding the human body while honing in on themes such as identity, sexuality, health, desire, pain and pleasure. Miriam’s work questions how currents and societies are changing bodies and ideals; and how bodies and ideals are changing societies, by exploring the metaphysical, organic, social and spiritual aspects of inhabiting a body - the extended experience of being flesh.
Miriam Kongstad originally trained as a choreographer at Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT) and subsequently completed an MFA in Fine Arts from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam in 2020. Kongstad has exhibited and performed internationally, most recently at Glyptoteket (DK), Bergen Kunsthall (NO), Het Hem (NL), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), KØS - Museum of Art in Public Spaces (DK), Kunsthal Aarhus (DK), MMAG Foundation (JO), Fundación Botín (ES), Hamburger Bahnhof (DE), PPL (USA) and Sophiensaele (DE). In 2022 and 2023, Kongstad's works were acquired by The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) and in October 2023, she will premiere a newly commissioned performance at The Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Works
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Miriam KongstadHigh-Octane (II), 202485 x 70 cm
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Miriam KongstadHigh-Octane (III), 202485 x 70 cm
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Miriam KongstadBloom of Flesh (BW), 202328 x 41 cm
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Miriam KongstadBloom of Flesh (MK), 202328 x 41 cm
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Miriam KongstadBloom of Flesh (MN), 202328 x 41 cm
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Miriam KongstadBloom of Flesh (NS), 202328 x 41 cm
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Miriam KongstadGeneral Anaesthesia (Barrel Organ), 202380 x 112 cm
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Miriam KongstadGeneral Anaesthesia (Monkey), 202380 x 112 cm
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Miriam KongstadGeneral Anaesthesia (Music Roll), 202380 x 112 cm
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (II), 2023approx. 250 cm (dimensions variable)
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (light my fire), 2023180 x 200 cm
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (nude in labour), 2023180 x 300 cm
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (strike), 2023180 x 150 cm
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Miriam KongstadHeart Of Steel (Venus unhinged), 2023180 x 150 cm
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (1), 202328 x 28 cmKr 12,000.00 + 5 % kunstnermoms
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (2), 202328 x 28 cmKr 12,000.00 + 5 % kunstnermoms
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (3), 202328 x 28 cmKr 12,000.00 + 5 % kunstnermoms
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (4), 202328 x 28 cmKr 12,000.00 + 5 % kunstnermoms
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Miriam KongstadSoft Values Hard Techniques (5), 202328 x 28 cmKr 12,000.00 + 5 % kunstnermoms
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Miriam KongstadBeyond domination (release), 2022146 x 100 cm
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Exhibitions
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SPRING SHOW
13 Apr - 25 May 2024It is our great pleasure to be able to welcome you all to the gallery's first SPRING SHOW, which is a group exhibition with all the gallery's represented artists: Maiken...Read more -
Miriam Kongstad: Heart of Steel
11 Aug - 23 Sep 2023A heart of steel is something of a paradox. The beating heart is fleshy and warm – it aches, pines and breaks, it overflows with emotion. This outpouring has been...Read more