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Rose Eken
1976 Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
1997 – 2001 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2001 – 2003 Royal College of Art, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Murder One (working title), V1 Gallery, Kødbyen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Love is the Drug , Munch Gallery, New York, USA
2012 Everything Louder than Everything Else, MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hit The Lights!, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, California, USA
2011 Forever is a Slow Moment, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus
Tomorrow is a Long Time, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
There is a light that never goes out, Die Raum, Berlin, Germany
2010 Sindet Har Ingen Tid (Time Out Of Mind), Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen
Falling and Laughing, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense
2009 Lost, Blue and other Songs, Aica Armenia; Subcultural Centre, Yerevan
Electric Ladyland, DUNK! Copenhagen
2008 Song with No Name, Sølyst Artists in Residence Center, Jyderup
2007 Everybody knows this is nowhere, Spark, Copenhagen
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 See You at The Show / The Show / Afterparty, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, USA
Den der Ler Sidst…, Copenhagen Ceramics, Copenhagen, Denmark
Berlin-Klondyke, Werkschau der Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Fan ATTITUDES: Images De l’adoration/Adoring Images, Rouen, France
2012 Wintershow, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Paper Match, Halmlageret, Carlsberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
RE-Cover, Alt_Cph 2012, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
Exotica Tremens, Det Blå Hus, Bornholm, Denmark
Open Studios, ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York City, NY, USA
Devils & Dust, MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark
Grand Opening, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus C, Denmark
Multiples, Skulpturi, Copenhagen Denmark
Fokus videoart Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolai, Copenhagen
Thank You for the Music, KIASMA Museet for Samtidskunst, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Berlin Klondyke 2011 #2, ACLA – Art Center Los Angeles, USA
Enter 2011, Brandts Kunsthal, Odense
Halleluwah, ABTART, Stuttgart-Möhringen and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Backstage Rider, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Diktatur Charlottenburg, Babette, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Klondyke 2011, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
STING! Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norge
Stodderpral, GalleriC7, Copenhagen
Unfolding Book Objects, Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen
Fokus videokunst Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolai, Copenhagen
Beers3, Byens Kro, Copenhagen
2010 X-MAS 10, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen
Eagle & Eken, Transition, London
Forårsudstillingen, Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland
Go West, DUNK! at Galleri Kant, Esbjerg
2009 People in a Room, Spanien 19C, Århus
Chairs Missing, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted
The Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen
Over the Bridge, DUNK at Cirkulations Centralen, Malmö
Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2008 We meet under tables, Esplanaden 3, Copenhagen
Through The Looking Glass, DUNK! at SVG3, Glasgow
Won’t get fooled again, Café Gallery, London
John, I’m Only Dancing, The John Jones Project Space, London
Into the Fold, Standpoint gallery, London
Selected artfairs:
Art Copenhagen 2012/Charlotte Fogh Contemporary
ArtPadSF/Unspeakable Projects
Armory Show, New York City/Overgaden Institut for Samtidskunst
Art Copenhagen 2011/Charlotte Fogh Contemporary
Art Herning 2011/GalleryChristoffer Egelund
Alt_cph 2006/07+09/Kabine and DUNK!
Zoo ArtFair 2004/Flaca
Residencies
2012 ISCP- international studio and curatorial program, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Can Serat, Barcelona, Spain
The Danish Art Workshops, Ceramic, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2010 The Danish Art Workshops, Ceramic, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Aica Armenia: Subcultural Centre and Gallery One, Yerevan, Armenia
Institutionen San Cataldo, Scala, Salerno, Italy
2008 S·A·I·R Sølyst Artists in Residence Center, Jyderup, Denmark
2007 Backstage Berlin – Kultur hinter den Kulissen, Berlin, Germany
Braziers International Artist workshop, Oxfordshire, UK
Selected Publications
2011 REmake/REmodel, Rose Eken 2008 – 2010, Reprint 2011©
2010 Gemmebogen (The Book of Secrets), artistbook, a collaboration with author Cecilie Eken
Leporello, a collaboartion with author Lars Frost, Forlaget Arena©
2009 Friendly Fire; Interviews with ten contemporary artists, Magasinet Øjeblikket
2008 Cakes, Embroidery and Cardboard Guitars. Rose Eken Takes on the Theatre of Rock, Rachel Potts: Garageland, Art,
Culture and Ideas, issue7, ed. Cathy Lomax, nov. 2008
Song with No Name, artistbook/catalogue, REprint 2008©
2007 alt_cph 2007, Rose Eken og Julie Boserup, Mikkel Niemann, Kabinetryk©
2006 Meine Höhepunkte Mit Rosemarie, artistbook, Limited Edition, Kabinetryk©
Kolonihave 7A, exhibition catalogue
2005 Peripheral Visions, exhibition catalogue Cork Film Centre
Memphis, exhibition catalogue, Flaca, London
Daydream Nation, Rose Eken og Julie L. Boserup, Kabinetryk©
2004 The Flaca Annual, Edition 2004, Flaca London.
2003 Kvinden Adskilt i Hoveddele; Drawings illustrated by prose by Jens Blenstrup, Brøndums Forlag ©
2001 A Small Town Hero Never Dies…, artistbook, Limited edition, Rose Eken©
Essential Classics, artistbook, Limited edition, Rose Eken©