Rose Eken
1976 Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
1997 – 2001 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2001 – 2003 Royal College of Art, London, UK
Curated Shows
2024
The Fool’s Journey, Eighteen, Copenhagen, DK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Songs from the Second Story, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2024 Christmas Window, Magasin du Nord, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Rose Eken Bronzes, Nørgaard på Strøget, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Aftermath, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, DK
2021 And the Forests Dream Eternally, Eighteen, Copenhagen, DK
2020 What Makes Nancy So Great By Sidney, Outpost Gallery, Copenhagen DK
2019
Rose Eken – New Works, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
Pogo, Nørgaard på Strøget, Copenhagen
2018
Afterbeat, Horsens Artmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Resistance, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
In Residence – Rose Eken , MOCA Tuscon, Arizona USA
2017
The Show, Huset i Asnæs, Asnæs, Denmark
Kitchen Confidential, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
2016
CAN, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Artefakt, Hjorts Fabrik, Bornholms Keramik Museum, Bornholm, Denmark
2015
Tableau, V1 Gallery, KøbenhavnTableau, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2014
Remain in Light, The Hole Gallery, New York, USA
On The Road, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK
Friday’s Child, Politikens Forhal, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Murder One (working title), V1 Gallery, 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 Gallery, 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, Copenhagen, DK
Falling and Laughing, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Fortune Teller II, V1 Salon, Copenhagen, Denmark
Diana, Copenhell, Copenhagen 2025
Is This Thing On, Abject Gallery, Sunderland, UK
2024
Fortune Teller, V1 Salon, Copenhagen, Denmark
CHART in Tivoli, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Light Your Shine, Rose Eken, Mie Olise Kjærgaard, Gammelgaard, Herlev, DK
Det Materielle Liv, Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby, DK
Onions, Outpost, Copenhagen, Denmark
Business in the Front, Party in the Back, V1 II, Copenhagen, Denmark
Keramikkens Sprog, Museum CLAY, Middelfart, DK
2022
Don’t Worry, Everything’s Cool, Rose Eken, John Copeland, Erik Brunetti, Adda Søby, Alchemy, New York, USA
I See a Darkness, Rose Eken, Maximillian Brown, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
VI XX – Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, København DK
Chew, Scroll NYC, New York City, USA
Æg og Aske – Slim og Krystal, Rose Eken, Camilla Reyman, Sidse Carstens, C4
Projects, Copenhagen, DK
Always and Almost Never Open pt. II, Outpost Gallery, København, DK
2021
Beyond, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
2020
Eros Unlimited, Emma Kolman, Rose Eken and Daniel Orchard, Eighteen, Copenhagen, DK
Billboard Festival, Istanbul Biennial 2020, Istanbul, Turkey
FED LER, Gammelholte Gård, Copenhagen, DK
Norman Fucking Rockwell, CHART ARTFAIR, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
New Domestics, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnisota, USA
Look Both Ways, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, DK
T!NG, Janus – Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Today’s Special #7, curated by Ariane Mercier, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
Work Hard Play Hard, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp Belgium
Paris – Londres, Music Migration (1962-89), Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, FR
8. Marts, Collaborations, Copenhagen
Ting og Sager, Mariagerfjord Kunstforening, Hobro, DK
2018
European Ceramic Context 2018, Bornholm Art Museum, Gudhjem, Denmark
Interdimensionale 1, Gammelgård, Copenhagen, Denmark
D7 Retrospektiv / The Star Show, Projektrummet D7, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Aloud, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC, USA
New Wave, Red Bull Arthouse, Detroit, USA
Horses, V1 Gallery,Copenhagen
Look at Me! A curatorial experiment with the collection Hansen-Schmidt, Kupferstich-Kabinet der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE
EN GROS – skulptur på Grønttorvet i Valby, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Black/White’ish, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
Nyt kapitel, Svends Bibliotek i Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen
No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses, Aros Museum of Contemporary Art
Bokkunst, Bomulds Fabrikken Konsthal, N
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES, IT’S ALL GOOD, Varbergs Kunsthall, Göteborg, Sweden
Love is the Drug, PopUp at Unspeakable Projects in New York, New York, USA
100 Kvinder på Kro (BEERS), Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro
50x50x50, Kastrupgaard, Copenhagen
2015
Debut, ApArt, Copenhagen Denmark
Women in Horsens Art Museums collection, Horsens Art Museum, Denmark
Dejavu, Skagen Odde Naturcenter, Denmark
Mallorca, Format artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
Something…. In The State of Denmark, Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
Det Milde Vesten, m.gallery, Kandestederne, Skagen, Denmark
5 Danes, HURRA! POP-UP, Venice, California, USA
ART & MERCHANDISING, Das KUNSTBÜRO, Aarhus, Denmark
Paperwork, HURRA! POP-UP, Venice, California, USA
2013
Sound On Print, Third Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zeigen – a show by Karin Sander, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Beers4, Byens Kro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Unten am Havn – Copenhagen meets Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Music on My Mind, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus C, Denmark
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, DK
Exotica Tremens, Det Blå Hus, Bornholm, Denmark
Open Studios, ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program, 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
Beers 3, Byens Kro, Copenhagen
2010
X-MAS 10, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen
Eagle & Eken, Transition, LondonUK
Forårsudstillingen, Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland, DK
Go West, DUNK! at Galleri Kant, Esbjerg, DK
2009
People in a Room, Spanien 19C, Aarhus, DK
Chairs Missing, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DK
The Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, DK
Over the Bridge, DUNK at Cirkulations Centralen, Malmö, SE
Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2008
We meet under tables, Esplanaden 3, Copenhagen, DK
Through The Looking Glass, DUNK! at SVG3, Glasgow, UK
Won’t get fooled again, Café Gallery, London, UK
John, I’m Only Dancing, The John Jones Project Space, London, UK
Into the Fold, Standpoint gallery, London, UK
Selected art-fairs CHART 2024/ V1 Gallery // CHART 2022/ V1 Gallery // CHART 2021/ V1 Gallery // CHART 2020/ V1 Gallery // CHART 2019 / V1 Gallery // VOLTA BASEL / V1 Gallery //CODE Artfair 2018/ Charlotte Fogh Gallery //CHART 2018 / V1 Gallery //CHART 2017 / V1 Gallery // Market 2017 / V1 Gallery // Art Herning 17/Charlotte Fogh Gallery //VOLTA 10/ V1 Gallery // CHART 16/V1 Gallery //Art Herning 16/V1 Gallery // CHART 15/V1Gallery // Art Herning 15/V1 Gallery // SWAP Barcelona/Charlotte Fogh Gallery // NADA NYC 2015/The Hole Gallery // Art Cologne 2015/ V1 Gallery // Market 2015/V1 Gallery // ALAC2015/The Hole Gallery // Art Herning 15/V1 Gallery // NADA Miami 2014/The Hole Gallery // SWAP Barcelona 2014/Charlotte Fogh Gallery // CHART 14/V1 Gallery // VOLTA Basel/V1 Gallery // NADA NYC 2014/The Hole Gallery // Art Herning 2014 Charlotte Fogh Gallery and V1 Gallery // CHART 2013 V1 Gallery // ArtPadSF 2013 Unspeakable Projects // Art Herning 2013 Charlotte Fogh Gallery // Art Copenhagen 2012 Charlotte Fogh Gallery // ArtPadSF 2012/Unspeakable Projects// Armory Show, New York 2012/Overgaden Institut for Samtidskunst // Art Herning 2012 Charlotte Fogh Contemporary// ArtCopenhagen 2011/ Charlotte Fogh Contemporary // Zoo Artfair London / Flaca
Selected Residencies
2026 CCA Andratx, Mallorca, ES
2022 Villa Lena, Tuscany, Italy
The Art Residency Pietrasanta, Italy
2020 CCA Andratx, Mallorca, ES
2019 Bedstuyarts, New York, USA
2017 Transformer Gallery DC, Washington DC, USA
2015 The Danish Art Workshops, Ceramic, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2013 Point B Worklodge, New York City, NY, USA
2012 ISCP- international studio and curatorial program, Brooklyn, NYC, 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
Public Commissions
2028: Vitus Bering Monument, Horsens, DK // 2027: Through The Wardrobe – Mary Elizabeths Hospital, Copenhagen, DK // 2024: Sailers Meals, Museet for Søfart, Helsingør // 2018: Ragnarock – Museet for pop, rock og ungdomskultur, Roskilde // 2017: Møllevang Tandpleje, Aarhus // 2016: Skt. Anna Gade Skole, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus
Public Collections:
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Museet for Søfart
Horsens Art Museum
Vejen Artmuseum
CLAY Ceramic museum Denmark
The Danish Art Foundation for Visual Arts
The City Council, Copenhagen (Københavns Kommunes kunstsamling)
Tvillingehallernes Billedskole, Copenhagen
Royal College of Art Collection
The Madame Tussauds Art Collection
Performance/ Artband
Slim & Krystal consists of musician Nils Grøndahl and visual artists Rose Eken and Sidse Carstens. The group works across disciplines and media, with a particular focus on performance and sound.
Slim & Krystal have previously created works such as A Little God in My Hand, V1 Gallery, DK (2025) Udenjordisk Portal at the art venue Skovhuset in Værløse, DK (2024), where permanent organic sculptures transmit the sound work Udenjordisk / Extraterrestrial; the exhibition Æg og Aske in collaboration with artist Camilla Reyman at C4, DK (2022); the performance piece Ground Healing in Vildpark Guldborgsund on Falster, DK (2021); and Satisfying, a performance created with Nana-Francisca Schottländerat Sjællandsgade Bad, DK (2019).
Selected Publications
2025
Scenes From The Second Story, Exhibition Zine, Rose Eken & V1 Gallery 2025©
2024
THE FOOL´S JOURNEY
CONTAINS: BOOK, TAROT CARDS AND TAROT HAND PIN
CURATED AND PUBLISHED BY ROSE EKEN
ISBN: 97887-992410-3-3
2023
SHRINE Monograph, Booklet/ V1 Gallery 2023 ©
ALL ARTWORKS BY ROSE EKEN
TEXT BY MARIA KJÆR THEMSEN, JONATHAN GRIFFIN AND HEINE HANSEN
FOREWORD BY JESPER ELG
ISBN: 9788794091176
2021
And The Forests Dream Eternally, Exhibition Zine, Trojan Horse Press and V1 Gallery 2021©
Ceramic Love Songs, Exhibition Zine, Trojan Horse Press and V1 Gallery 2021©
2018
AFTERBEAT, Exhibition Catalogue, Horsens Art Museum, 2018
ARTEFACTS ROSE EKEN 2012-2018, BookLab 2018
RESISTANCE, Exhibition Zine, Trojan Horse Press and V1 Gallery 2018©
2017
Kitchen Confidential, Charlotte Fogh Gallery 2017©
2015
Tableau, Exhibition Zine, V1 Gallery 2015©
2013
Murder One, Artist book/zine, published in connection with soloshow at V1 galleri, 2013©
Introducing Rose Eken by Stéphane Malfettes, ArtPress NO. 399/2013, p. 72-75
2012
REworks 2012, REprint 2012©
Autels Psychedeliques by Stéphane Malfettes, Mouvement dec. 2012 p. 82-85
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©
