Maj Hasager

Maj Hasager is Rector of Malmö Art Academy.

Maj Hasager is also a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. She studied photography and fine arts in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK, earning an MFA from Malmö Art Academy. Hasager’s artistic approach is research and dialogically based, and she works predominantly with text, sound, video, and photography.

She has exhibited her work internationally in events and at institutions such as Lunds Konsthall; Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome; Critical Distance, Toronto; GL STRAND, Copenhagen; Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark; FOKUS video art festival, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen; Moderna Museet, Malmö; Cleveland Institute of Art; Red Barn Gallery, Belfast; Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gda ńsk; Liverpool Biennial; Al-Hoash Gallery, Jerusalem; Al-Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem; Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center; Ramallah; Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; and Guangzhou Triennial. Hasager is the recipient of several international residencies and fellowships, most recently at 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles.

She has been awarded grants in support of her work from Edstrandska, Danish Arts Council, Danish Arts Foundation, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Beirut), and ArtSchool Palestine. Additionally, Hasager is a guest lecturer at the International Academy of Art Palestine; Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Bethlehem; Barbados Community College, Bridgetown; Sacramento State University; and University of Ulster, Belfast. She occasionally writes essays, catalogue texts, and articles.