To an unknown degree in a transitional phase between human and medium




Extended Bio

Hugo Chang Coffey, b. 2001 

Based in Copenhagen.
Contact: hugochangcoffey@gmail.com 




Hugo Chang Coffey’s praxis revolves around otherness, transformations, ties and disconnections. Through visual arts and mixed media he aims to convey the entanglements between people, land and systems. 

In his works he explores folklore and speculative fiction as a technology to imagine other realities. Working with borderlands he merges digital, physical and emotional landscapes into a joint imagery. 


 






EDUCATION

BFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts   -  Copenhagen, Denmark, Graduated 2025
Konstskolan 2, Ölands Folkhögskola  -  Öland, Sweden, Graduated 2022
Painting department, Dômen Art School  -  Gothenburg, Sweden, Graduated 2021
Project leadership, course in event organizing - Gothenburg, Sweden, Graduated 2019




PROJECTS & RESIDENCIES

Upcoming:
Oreum, Oreum Residency, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2025
Residency and exhibition.

Nostalgic Exile by Jasmin Aiche Mahallati, Rum for Æstetik, Copenhagen, 2025
Presentation of artist praxis and works.

Betwixt and Between, HAUT Scene, Copenhagen, 2025
In process residency adn work sharing presentation. 

Past:
Shapers, sing the songs of speculation, ODP3, Copenhagen, 2025
Residency and exhibition.

THE HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST, Issue 1, Copenhagen, Malmö, Gothenburg, 2024
Printed Zine and event. Co-founder and visual designer.




GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Ripple, Bachelor Exhibition, Brønshøj Vandtårn, Copenhagen, 2025
NODE - a place of connection, a meeting point, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, 2024
We Run Together Through The Virual Quarries, Basement, Copenhagen, 2024
THE HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST, Gallery Q, Copenhagen 2024
Artworks created in relation to Agathe Lemaitre’s “Le Livre de Liane”, United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023

This could be us but you’re so hardcore, Basement, Copenhagen, 2023
Ver Sacrum, Galleri Den Fantastiska Platsen, Stockholm,  2023
How to dig a tunnel, Kalmar Museum of Arts, Kalmar, 2022
Socker, spice and everything nice, Zocker, Öland, 2021





MAGAZINE FEATURES


Magasinet Røvspir, Issue 1, 2025
Majin Magazine, Issue 2, 2024
Where We Are Now, Issue 1, 2024
KURT Magasin, Issue 1, 2024
Luftslott Magazine, Issue 2, 2023




RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Intern at Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, 2025-26

Artist’s assistant for Lydia Ö. Diakité, Copenhagen, 2024-26

Model, Freelance, Stockholm & Copenhagen, 2019-Now

Young Ambassador, Arena 29 Culture House, Gothenburg 2024-22
Representative and event organizer.

Kultursommarjobb, Göteborgs Stad, Gothenburg 2018
Public performance art for Göteborgs Stad.