Emil Westman Hertz
Works
Solo exhibitions
Biography & CV
Emil Westman Hertz (1978-2016) was born in Gudhjem, Bornholm. He lived and worked in Gudhjem and Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied Eskimology at the University of Copenhagen (1999-2000) and recieved his MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2008). Solo exhibitions include Bornholms Kunstmuseum (2016), Holstebro Kunstmuseum (2013) and Horsens Kunstmuseum (2014) in Denmark. Among awards he has received The Danish Art Foundation’s 3 Year Work Grant (2012) and Niels Wessel Bagge’s Art Grant (2013). In 2014 he was rewarded Horsens Kunstmuseums Venners Kunstnerpris (Horsens’s Art museum’s Friends’ Art Prize).
Selected solo exhibitions
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2016
UNDER BJERGET, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Bornholm, Denmark
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2015
NINE OF WANDS, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm, Sweden
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2014
alt hvad der var er nu væk, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Denmark
Chambres des pleurs, Oluf Høst Museet i Gudhjem, Bornholm, Denmark
Prinsens Have, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark -
2013
De smukke drømmes lagune, Holstebro Kunsmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
Sømandens grav, AnnaElleGallery, Stockholm, Sweden -
2011
The Gathering, Lothringer 13, München, Germany
Forever Altered, Space of Drawings, Copenhagen, Denmark
Feber, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark -
2007
Velcronesien (with Søren Petersen og Christian Bretton-Meyer), Henry Heerup Museet, Copenhagen, Denmark
