Davide Hjort Di Fabio, born 1990 in Popoli, Abruzzo, Italy, lives and works in Copenhagen.

Education

  • 2021 – 2024: MFA at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture school
  • 2022 / 2023: Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Program for Art in Public Space at Funen Art Academy
  • 2022: Exchange at Oslo National Academy of the Arts
  • 2018 – 2021: BFA in Fine Arts at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
  • 2016 – 2018: BA in Italian language and culture at København Universitet
  • 2011 – 2014: BA in Socialpedagogy at Pestalozzi Fröbel Haus, Berlin

Selected group and solo exhibitions/performances

Solo and duo exhibitions

  • Métal, duo with Anna Rettl, Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen, 2024
  • The Beast and the Beast, Foyer contemporary, Park bio, Copenhagen 2024
  • Perfect tense : we pronounce everything, Italian Embassy in Copenhagen, 2024
  • Vivavoce, Italian Institute of culture, Copenhagen, 2024
  • Increasing tenderness, public work in Ansgar Kirke, Odense, 2023
  • Satellites, OUTPOST, Copenhagen, 2022
  • Liminal gravity, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, 2022
  • New Shells, Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen, 2020
  • Amniota, duo with Julie Nymann, Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen, 2019

Group exhibitions

  • (upcoming) Frederikshavns Kunstmuseum , 2025
  • (upcoming) Brigade Gallery, Copenhagen, 2025
  • Afgangsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 2024
  • Small Sculptures, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, 2024
  • Kunstnerkeramikken nu, Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen, 2023
  • It’s the tip of the iceberg, MASSIMO space, Milan, 2023
  • Alle mulige ting, sculptural performances curated by Heine Klausen Kjærgaard, VEGA, Copenhagen, 2022
  • Bachelor Exhibition, Festsalen, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2021
  • Soil.Sickness.Society, Kunsthal Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, 2021
  • Always coming home, Gøta, Faroe Islands, 2021
  • Et iels vécurent heureu.x.ses, Dragono, Paris, 2021
  • If given my body, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, curated by Arrangetheants, Copenhagen, 2021
  • Forårsudstilling 2020, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2020
  • Pulsar, Sound festival, Royal Danish Conservatory and Royal Danish Academy, 2020
  • Hermitage: pastoral concert in G-rindr minor, performance, Arcway Jennife-See alternate, Copenhagen, 2020
  • Kunstnernes Efterårsudstillings 2020, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, 2020
  • Førsteårsudstilling, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 2019
  • Amniota, Duo exhibition with Julie Nymann, Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen 2019
  • Roboart, group show at Kunstbygning Filosoffen, Odense, 2019
  • The leaving do, group show at Henriette Heise’s office, Copenhagen, 2019

Awards, grants and residencies

  • Residency at the Danish Institute in Rome, 2025
  • Residency at CCA Andratx, Mallorca, 2025
  • Anne Marie Carl Nielsen talent award for sculptors, Copenhagen, 2023
  • AIDS Fondet, 2023
  • Månsson Fond, 2022
  • Norske Bildende Kunstneres pris (BKH), Oslo, 2022
  • Kunstnernes Efterårsudstillings pris, The autumn exhibition’s award, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, 2020