Filip Vest (they/them, DK, b. 1995) holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy. Through performances, installations and film, they explore subjects as identity, performativity and work. Vest's works negotiate the social scripts and structures we take for granted, to see if there are other possible stories to tell, other ways of being in the world. 

Filip Vest has previously shown their work at SMK The National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen Contemporary, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Arken Museum for Contemporary Art, Den Frie, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Roskilde Festival, Tallinn Art Hall, MMCA Seoul, Museum of Modern Art Zagreb and at Manifesta13 as well as The 15th Gwanju Biennale. Vest’s work is in the collection of Moderna Museet.
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Selected projects:

Ruinerne / The Ruins (2026)
Self Tape (2024-2025)
Prøvedage / The Tryouts (2024)
Resort (2023)
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (2022)
Bunk (2022, 2024)
Filmkys / Movie Kiss (2022)
Bed Made To Look Like Body (2021)
Foot Fault (2021)

Foot Fault (2021)

In 1917, the Danish tennis player Leif Rovsing (1887-1977) was banned from all tournaments because rumours about his homosexuality had begun to circulate. During the following years, he tried to contest the decision again and again, but with no luck. Eventually he ended up building his own tennis court that opened its doors in 1921.

“Foot Fault” is a reimagining of Rovsing’s tennis court. It’s an exhibition about rules, sex, queer bodies, (tennis) fields of one’s own, and losing as a form of winning.

Exhibition companion: 
Foot Fault - essay by Filip Vest