birgitte moos chalcraft
Curriculum VITAE
E d u c a t I o n
2017 - 2020 .University of Aarhus, Copenhagen. Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MOPP)
Qualifications: .Mastery training which is explicitly based on my work experience within interdisciplinary set design, visual arts, research, and artistic project management, using theories, methods, models, and concepts from positive psychology to perspective my practice
Thesis: .»How to bring an interdisciplinary team of theatre artists in team flow?«
Building on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
1993 - 1998 .The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design and Preservation, Copenhagen. Master (Cand. Design)
Qualifications: .Spatial design that crosses the boundaries of architecture, landscape, interior and set design, as well as public art. Specialized and in-depth knowledge of theatre and performance history, and methods
Thesis: .»The Hamlet Machine«. Interdisciplinary set design, including costume and lighting design, inside Valby Gas Container
1997 .Berlin University of the Arts (Hochschule der Künste), Institute for Performing Arts, Berlin, in Professor Achim Freyer ́s master class
Qualifications: .Scenography and painting, »Gesamtkunstwerk«, postdramatic-theatre, Greek tragedies, opera and interdisciplinary art
1995 - 1996 .Berlin Weissensee Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin. Interdiscplinary set design and visual arts
S u P P l e M e n t a r y T r a I n I n G
2021 Center for Human Potential. Scholarship. Transcend course: The New Science of Self-Actualization. Certified by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
2016 The Danish School of Media and Journalism, Copenhagen. Specialized Journalism
2000 The Multimedia Institute, Copenhagen
Qualifications: 4 1/2 months full-time training in virtual visualization and digital design. Web design, digital imaging, 3D modeling and animation (AutoCad, 3D StudioMax, Dreamweaver and Photoshop)
SOLO E x h I b I T I o n s /// A r T E v e n T s
2015 Brick Lane Bookshop, London. Boscombe Revolution Issue 3: Gender & Revolution, »White Cows«
Duke of York, Bristol. Boscombe Revolution Issue 3: Gender & Revolution, »White Cows«
2014 Jess Projects, L.A. Site-specific pop-up installation done in recycled materials, »White Cows«
The Mike Kelley Gallery (Beyond Baroque), Venice Beach, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«. With Bob Branaman (Barbitol Bob)
2013 .Downtown Art Walk Lounge, Maldef Building, L.A. »The Featured Artist of LA«. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
2012 - 2013 .LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix. Street art, »White Cows«
2012 Zip Fusion, The Arts District, Downtown L.A. Site-specific permanent installation, »Sampled Asia«. Set design, visual art, and light staged as a performative space using recycled materials
Caporale Bleicher Gallery, L.A. »Anachronious Mind Tree«. Audience interactive 3D paintings, simulating neural connection networks used in AI modeling
Novel Gallery, The Arts District, Downtown L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
2007 - 2014 .Skid Row, Downtown L.A. Site-specific audience interactive performance installation, »People Come Back, Transformed«. The urban location planned at street level in Skid Row created real-time performances, in documentary theatre. Participants are homeless in Skid Row and pedestrians passing by the installation
2011 Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, L.A. Driven to Abstraction. Paintings, »My bloody Black Valentine«
2009 Edgar Varela Fine Arts, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
2008 Galleri Westphall, Copenhagen. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«. Three-person show
Hotel Fox, Copenhagen. Paintings
2007 Bedlam Gallery, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
Santa Fe Art Colony, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
Phantom Galleries, L.A. Painting installation, »The Memory Palace Series«
2006 410 BOYD, L.A. Paintings, »Dopamine Love« (»Repulsive Repetitions Series«)
2004 Spring Arts Tower, L.A. Paintings, »Fallen Angels«
2003 Nikolaj Church, Copenhagen. Paintings, »Fallen Angels«
Langelinje Pavillion, Copenhagen. Paintings, »Fallen Angels«
1997 The Video Gallery, Berlin. Video, »be-long-island« with Susanne Nissen
1992 Art Hall Charlottenborg’s Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen. Performance, »Corpus In C« Synthetic Realism. Performance art, audience interactive and implementing the exhibition's other works
G r o u p E x h I b I T I o n s
2015 Art Share Gallery, L.A. Root Systems. Paintings, »White Cows«
2014 Room & Board, L.A. Art Benefit for Los Angeles Family Housing. Paintings, »People Come Back, Transformed«
Art Share Gallery, L.A. MUSE-ings. Painting, »People Come Back, Transformed«
2013 Art Share Gallery, L.A. Christmas Show. Paintings, »Transformed Memory«
Art Share Gallery, L.A. The Arts District Winterfest. Painting, »Deconstructed Sunflower«
Jubilee Music and Arts Festival, The Arts District, Downtown L.A. Painting, »Molecule of Your Spirit«
2012 7th BERLIN BIENNALE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 2012, open call. ArtWiki. Internet Installation, »People Come Back, Transformed«
Crewest Gallery, L.A. Top of the Dome 9. Sculpture, »Skull Bank Hamlet«
Art Share LA, LOT 613, Downtown, L.A. The Arts District Winterfest. Paintings, »SugarShock«
2011 Veletrzni Palace, Czech National Gallery, Prag. Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. Drawings
Højbygaard Sugar and Paper Factory in collaboration with Museum Lolland Falster. Light Over Lolland. . Set design as Art. Site-specific installation, »SugarShock«
Project Room, Berlin. The Fridge Project. Photography
2010 Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, L.A. Micro Gestalt, and Burned Fingers. Paintings, »BlackOut«
Art Share LA, Downtown, L.A. Arts District Winterfest. Paintings, »Memory«
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. Transit Station DE. Performance, »Mani-Fest«.
Optical Allusion Gallery, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
Spring Arts Tower, Downtown Artwalk, L.A. Site-specific installation, »Cunt-Fetti«. Collaboration with Trine Koester and Tilde Bay
2009 410 Boyd, L.A. The Rat Pack. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
Stella Dottir Gallery, L.A. 1st Annual Sunflower Festival. Painting, »Deconstructed Sunflower«
Zirrat Bankasi Museum, Ankara. Trade Show. Object, »Made in China«
ISIK University Gallery, Istanbul. 11th International Istanbul Biennial Parallel Exhibition. Trade Show. Object, »Made in China«
City of Brea Art Gallery, Orange County, CA. Open Call. For Love or Money. Paintings, »Dopamine Love«
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Barnsdall Art Park, L.A. Open Call. Painting
Pershing Square (L.A. Town Spuare), L.A. Autumn Lights. Site-specific paintings, »Fake it Till You Make it«
Factory Place Gallery, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
Katalyst Foundation for the Arts, L.A. Ma Vie Erotique. Paintings, »Pleasure Guilt Syndrome Series«
The Hive Gallery, L.A. Girls Drawin’ Girls. Drawings, »Viking Woman«
Contemporanea Gallery, L.A. Paintings, »Bio Tele Vision«. With Robert Reynolds and Gottfried Helnwein
2008 .I-5 Gallery, The Brewery, L.A. Drawings, »Greek Myths«
Pershing Square (L.A. Town Spuare), L.A. Art Squared. Paintings, »Dopamine Love« (»Repulsive Repetitions Series«)
Lacy Street Arts Complex, L.A. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«
2007 Goethe Institute, Brussels. Visual Arts and Politics. Paintings, »Untitled«
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Barnsdall Art Park, L.A. Open Call. Painting, »White Cows«
Two07 Gallery, NYC. History of Conspiracy Theories. Object, »Conspiracy Puzzle«
The Biscuit Factory, L.A. LA Magazine Event. Paintings, »The Memory Palace Series«. With Richard Ankron, Robert Reynolds, Shepard Fairey, and Cyril Helnwein
Hangar 1018 Gallery, L.A. Where is LA? Painting, »White Cows«
Junglerush Gallery, L.A. The Love Show. Paintings, »Pleasure Guilt Syndrome Series«
Hive Gallery, L.A. Paintings, »Pleasure Guilt Syndrome Series«
2006 Regent Gallery, L.A. Book Illustrations, and Books as Illustrations. Drawing, »Centaur«
M.J. Higgins Gallery, L.A. Far and Wide. Paintings, »Dopamine Love« (»Repulsive Repetitions Series«) and »Pleasure Guilt Syndrome Series«. With Richard Godfrey and Moris Tepper
Bedlam Gallery, L.A. Spy Versus Spy. Painting, »Element of Crime«
Santa Monica Art Studios, L.A. Paintings, »Site-specifics«. With Trine Wejp Olsen
Caltrans Plaza, L.A. Grey Gardens. Paintings, »Pleasure Guilt Syndrome Series«
Bedlam Gallery, L.A. Beauty & the Beast. Paintings, »Dopamine Love«
Junglerush Gallery, L.A. Red. Painting, »Every Day has it's Price«
2005 M.J. Higgins Gallery, L.A. New Orleans Katarina Tsunami Fundraiser. Painting, »Katarina & the Waves«
Spring Arts Tower, L.A. CREATE FIXATE. Paintings, »Low, or No Profile«
Kings Street Gallery, Amsterdam. Paintings, »2020 Visions«
Danish Furniture Design Showroom, Culver City, L.A. Paintings, »Retro pro Spective«
Carolina Gallery, Studio City, L.A. Paintings, »Fallen Angels«
Dannerhouse, Copenhagen. Open call. Photography, »Women Focusing«
Don O'Melveny Gallery, Hollywood, L.A. Buddha Lounge. Paintings, »Fallen Angels«. Three-person show
University of Southern California, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, L.A. Stereoscopic 3D animation, »Dreamwaves
1998 Øksnehallen, Copenhagen. Graduate exhibition from the Royal Danish Academy of the Arts, »Hamletmachine«
Cafe Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen. Objects, »Three Dimensional Paintings - Pixel Art«. With Sabina Mlejnek
1997 Glassalen, Copenhagen. Site-specific audience interactive installation, »Time is Now/ALT2000«
1991 Brøndsalen, Frederiksberg Gardens, Copenhagen. Performance, »Corpus in C - Synthetic Realism«
Borups Highschool, Copenhagen. Performance, »Corpus in C - Synthetic Realism«
A w a r d s, N o m I n a t I o n s, S c h o l a r s h I p s, G r a n t s, & A r t I s t I n R e s I d e n c I e s
2021 Dr. Scott Barry Kaufmann, Scholarship to his Transcend course
2013 Downtown Artwalk, The Maldef Building, L.A. The Featured Artist of LA
2012 Saatchi Online, London. Open Call for Abstract Art. Nominee, shortlisted. Paintings, »SugarShock«
2011 THE 32ND ANNUAL LA WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS OF BEST THEATRE IN LA. Nominated for best set design of the year in LA: Birgitte Moos, »The Arsonists«, The Odyssey Theatre
Stage and Cinema. THEATER IN LOS ANGELES NOMINEE: THEATER OF THE YEAR
Los Angeles Times. Critics Choice for set design: Birgitte Moos, »The Arsonists«, Odyssey Theatre
2010 The Watermill Center (Robert Wilson), Southhampton, NY, Artist/Scholar in Residence
Rogue Monk, L.A. Winner of Rogue Monk T-shirt print design competition
2003 University of Southern California, Division of Digital Arts, L.A. Scholar in Residence during 6 months Research in VR, Stereoscopic Animation, Maya, Director and After Effects
Beckett Foundation, Travel Grant
Knud Højgårds Foundation, Travel Grant
Nordic Film Foundation, Travel Grant
Denmarks Nationalbank's Jubilee Foundation, Travel Grant
2002 Augustinus Foundation, Travel Grant
Danish Set Designers Rights Foundation, Travel Grant
Nordea Denmark Foundation, Travel Grant
Danish Employers' Jubilee Foundation, Travel Grant
2001 Knud Højgårds Foundation, Travel Grant
1999 Grand Prize Winner of Close-Up Shorts Competition, »Lack of Oxygen«. Director Christian Fonnesbech. Set- and costume design
1996 Danish Design Foundation, Scholarship for studying abroad
DAAD, Scholarship
S e t D e s I g n
2014 Jess Projects, L.A. Video, »Thieves«. Director Jessica Shokrian. Set designer, concept and performer
2013 Son of Semele Theater, L.A. »Civilization«. Director Don Boughton. Interdisciplinary set design as a fusion between set design, interactive installation art and paintings
2012 The Burning Opera Company, L.A. »The Sufferings of Joe Bean«. Set design concept
2010 Odyssey Theater, L.A. »The Arsonists«. Director Ron Sossi. Set design
Cantabile2 Theater, Copenhagen. Kaleidoskop K2. »The Beggars Opera«. Director Nullo Facchini. Set and costume design
2007 - 10 LA Edge, L.A. Production designer at several webisodes
2006 Ark Theater, L.A. »Sexual Perversities in Chicago«. Director Paul Wagar. Set design
Ark Theater, L.A. »The Death of an Anarchist«. Director Georgia Harell. Set design
2005 Ark Theater, L.A. »Frozen«. Director Paul Wagar. Set design
Ark Theater, L.A. »The Fox«. Director David Grammer. Set design
2004 TV-2 (Danish National TV), Copenhagen. Visual concept developer
2003 - 04 Media City Stages, Set Masters, Universal Studios, VPS Productions, Glendale Studios, L.A. Production designer assistant for Roger C. Ambrose on many commercials and music videos
2003 Stage design to Alien Chatter´s »Music For Aliens« tour, for Satnam S. Ramgotra (Co-composer of Film scores with Hans Zimmer, amo.)
2002 The Other Opera, Copenhagen. »Bridge of Sighs«. Set and costume design concept
2000 - 2001 .Tristone, Copenhagen. Interactive gamification and TV Intertainment. Lead Designer
1999 Cantabile2 Theater, Copenhagen. Kaleidoskop, Junge Hunde Festival, Finland and Sweden. »Agnes«. Director Nullo Facchini. Set and costume design
Nordic Film, Copenhagen. Shortfilm »Kimera«. Director Christian Fonnesbech. Production design
1996 Deutsches Theater, Berlin. »Oedipus«. Director Alexander Lang. Set design Assistant for Professor Volker Pfüller
Art T a l k s /// LecturIng, Research etc ...
2017 Foreningen for Social Innovation (FFSI), Copenhagen
Responsibilities: Key Researcher in positive psychology and new motivational theories
2015 - 2021 .Independent research and artistic development of »hamlet_ex_tender« Further development of my thesis »Hamletmachine«
2014 University of La Verne, Department of Theatre Arts, La Verne, CA, USA Responsibilities: Organising teaching content and lecturing in interdisciplinary set design for performance art and experimental theatre
Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art. Liveart.dk. Critics & Cocktails. Three-day Symposium on The intersection between Live Art, Art Writing & the discursive sphere
Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art. Taking Writing for a Walk. Masterclass during 8 weeks, facilitated by Artist inResidence Mary Paterson
The Mike Kelley Gallery (Beyond Baroque), Venice Beach, LA. Artist Talk »Memory Palace Series«
2004 - 2014 .Station Next, Filmtown, Hvidovre, Denmark Responsibilities: Freelance teacher, workshop facilitator and organizer of teaching content in arthouse film set design for 7-10 class elementary school pupils
2012 - 2014 .University of La Verne, Department of Theatre Arts, Bureau on Social Research Unit, LA. Think Tank Member, Social Art, Performative Architecture & Performance Studies - Interdisciplinarity and Community in Performing Arts
2010 The Watermill Center (Robert Wilson), Southhampton, NY, Artist in Residence
Responsibilities: Research in Robert Wilsons image theatre for a textbook on set design, »Revolutionary Spaces - interdisciplinary set design after post-dramatic theater«. Lecture on the research for Columbia University Alumni and the public
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), LA. Art guide
2003 University of Southern California, Division of Digital Arts, L.A. Scholar in Residence during 6 months
Responsibilities: Research virtual reality as experience environment, 3-D design, stereoscopic animation and immersive art
1998 - 2000 .Public Information Association and Workers' Information Association, Copenhagen Responsibilities: Adult educator and organizer of workshops in artistic methods, drawing and creative techniques
W r I t I n g s
2021 Art Book, »People Come Back, Transformed« (to be published)
2019 Børsens Digital Culture Magazine, article, »The Art Scene of Los Angeles«
2016 - .Docufiction, »Life as an Artist in LA - the real story« (not finished yet)
2011 Columbia University, NYC. Ph.D. proposal »Revolutionary Spaces - interdisciplinary set design after post- dramatic theater«
2010 - The Watermill Center, Southhampton, NY. Text Book »Revolutionary Spaces - interdisciplinary set design after post-dramatic theater« (unpublished)
2009 Citizen Magazine, LA. Review of »The Ring Cycle«, directed by Achim Freyer at LA Opera
2006 Citizen Magazine, LA. Review of »Parsifal«, directed by Robert Wilson at LA Opera
2004 Film manuscript »Endless Rape Romance«
2002 »Transcending images and symbols in the Millennium epoch of Hollywood movies«