O – Overgaden seeks an intern for the autumn semester 2025

Join O – Overgaden in a study-related internship focusing on curation and communication

Application deadline Thursday May 1, 2025

O – Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, uniquely housed in former industrial premises along Christianshavn Canal, presents around eight major exhibitions each year, as well as a range of artist talks, performances, film screenings, and debates focused on spreading knowledge of new and experimental artistic practices. As an intern at O – Overgaden you will become part of a gallery that produces contemporary art exhibitions and events at a fast pace, and a small team that works together to get things done.

We can offer

During the internship period you will become a permanent part of our small core team and therefore included in all daily tasks, important conversations, and weekly meetings. You will gain insight into the varied tasks found in the art space, and you will have the opportunity to try tasks within communication, event work, assisting with curatorial tasks, exhibition coordination, and administration at the art space – depending on your profile and interests.

We offer a wide range of tasks, experiences and opportunities where your engagement can truly make a difference. We are a dynamic house with a short path from idea to action, and we will be able to steer tasks toward what you would like to focus on developing.

Specific tasks focusing on curation could be

• Research and planning of exhibitions, events, and new initiatives
• Exhibition production, especially in the week leading up to openings
• Planning, marketing, and execution of events
• Funding applications work
• Various forms of exhibition communication

Specific tasks focusing on communication

• Communication and communications tasks (newsletters, social media, promoting events on external platforms, etc.)
• Development of new marketing initiatives and collaborations at O – Overgaden
• Audience analyses
• Planning, marketing and execution of events
• Exhibition production, especially the week before openings

We imagine that you…

• Are currently pursuing higher education, as the internship is unpaid but part of the education.
• Have knowledge of or interest in contemporary art.
• Are eager to engage and have the courage to tackle many new and diverse tasks.
• Are proactive, organized, service-minded, and you are motivated by a daily life with many changing projects and varying deadlines

Send us your application and CV (max. one page each) to Vera Østrup, [email protected] and Asta Kjærulff Bay, [email protected] with the subject line “Internship Application” no later than Thursday May 1.