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Rose Eken works with a distinctive sensitivity to the traces left behind by people and cultures. Her practice moves across sculpture, installation, and ceramic painting. The starting point for her work can be found in the remnants of Copenhagen punk concerts, which she helped clean up after as a teenager. Cigarette butts, beer cans, scraps of clothing, forgotten phones, and other fragments of nightlife became, for her, symbols of the energy and community of punk culture. This fascination has since evolved into a broader exploration of the material and emotional imprints of everyday life, expressed through detailed recreations of often overlooked objects in hand‑painted ceramics. Clay in particular, with its unpredictable nature and inherent imperfections, plays a central role in her artistic process.
She shapes and paints objects from concert venues, kitchens, studios, and other everyday spaces, often arranging them in systematic grids reminiscent of scientific catalogues. In doing so, her works take on an anthropological or archaeological character, preserving the fleeting and informal as cultural-historical relics.
EDUCATION
2001
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003
Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
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, Denmark
2020
What makes Nancy so great by Sidney, OUTPOST, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Rose Eken – New Works, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
POGO, Mads Nørgaard Paa Strøget, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
In Residence – Rose Eken, MOCA Tucson, Arizona, United States
Resistance, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
The Show, Huset i Asnæs, Asnæs, Denmark
Kitchen Confidential, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2016
CAN, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Artefakt, Hjorts Fabrik, Bornholms Keramik Museum, Bornholm, Denmark
2015
Afterbeat, Horsens kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Tableau, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
Remain in Light, The Hole Gallery, New York, United States
Friday’s Child, Politikens Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
On The Road, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2013
Murder One, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Love Is the Drug, Munch Gallery, New York, United States
2012
Everything Louder than Everything Else, MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hit The Lights!, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, California, United States
2011
Forever is a Slow Moment, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus, Denmark
Tomorrow Is A Long Time, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
There is a light that never goes out, Die Raum, Berlin, Germany
Art Copenhagen, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus, Denmark
2010
Sindet Har Ingen Tid (Time Out Of Mind), Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Falling and Laughing, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
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
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, DK
Æg & Aske, with Camilla Reyman & Sidse Carstens, C4Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Beyond, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Egg and Ash, Rose Eken, Sidse Carstens, Camilla Reyman, C4 Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
Eros Unlimited, with Emma Kohlmann and Danielle Orchard, Eighteen,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Billboard Festival, Istanbul Biennial 2020, Istanbul, Turkey
New Domestics, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota, United States
Look Both Ways, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
T!NG, Janus – Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tistrup, Denmark
Norman Fucking Rockwell, V1 Gallery II, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
FED LER, group show at Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
Today’s Special #7, curated by Ariane Mercier Beau, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Work Hard Play Hard, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Paris – Londres, Music Migration (1962 – 89), Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, France
8.Marts, Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ting og Sager, Mariagerfjord Kunstforening, Hobro, Denmark
2018
European Ceramic Context 2018, Bornholm Art Museum, Gudhjem, Denmark
Interdimensionale 1, Gammelgård, Copenhagen, Denmark
D7 Retrospektiv / The Star Show, Projektrummet D7, Copenhagen, Denmark
On Booze, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen,Denmark.
TABLES, POTS AND PLANTS – A song for Matisse, Volta 14, V1 Gallery, Basel, Copenhagen
2017
New Wave, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, United states
Aloud, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC, United states
Horses, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Look at Me!, a curatorial experiment with the collection Hansen-Schmidt, Kupferstich-Kabinen der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden,
Dresden, Germany
Bean Bone, Market Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
ENGROS – skulptur på Grønttorvet i Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Black/White’ish, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Nyt Kapitel, Svends Bibliotek i Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses, Aros Museum of Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark
Bokkunst, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES, IT’S ALL GOOD, Varbergs Kunsthall,
Göteborg, Sweden
Love Is the Drug, PopUp at Unspeakable Projects in New York,
NY, United States
100 Kvinder på Kro (BEERS), Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro, Denmark
50x50x50, Kastrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Debut, with Anika Lori & Fryd Frydendahl, ApArt, Copenhagen, Denmark
CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
Mallorca with Søren Behncke, Format Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
ALAC, The Hole Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
Art Cologne, V1 Gallery, Germany
2014
Det Milde Vesten, M. Gallery, Kandestederne, Skagen, Denmark
5 Danes, HURRA! POP-UP, Venice, California, United States
ART & MERCHANDISING, Das KUNSTBÜRO, Aarhus, Denmark
Paperwork, HURRA! POP-UP, Venice, California, United Sates
Volta10, V1 Gallery, Basel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, Denmark
NADA New York, The Hole Gallery, New York, United States
CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
NADA Miami, The Hole Gallery, Miami, United States
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, Denmark
See You at The Show / The Show / Afterparty, Unspeakable Projects,
San Francisco, United States
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, NY, US
Devils & Dust, MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmar
Grand Opening, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Multiples, Skulpturi, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fokus videoart Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolai, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thank You for the Music, KIASMA Museet for Samtidskunst, Helsinki, Finland
Art Copenhagen, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus, Denmark
ArtPadSF, Unspeakable Projects Armory Show, New York, United States
The Armory show, New York, United States
Overgaden Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Berlin Klondyke 2011 #2, ACLA – Art Center Los Angeles, United States
Enter, 2011, Brandts Kunsthal, Odense, Denmark
Halleluwah, ABTART, Stuttgart-Möhringen and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, BerlinBackstage Rider, Berlin, Germany
Diktatur Charlottenburg, Babette, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Klondyke 2011, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
STING! Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norway
Stodderpral, GalleriC7, Copenhagen, Denmark
Unfolding Book Objects, Overgaden – Institut for Samtidskunst,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fokus videokunst Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolai, Copenhagen, Denmark
Beers3, Byens Kro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zoo Art Fair La Flaca Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2010
Eagle & Eken, Transition, London, United Kingdom
Forårsudstillingen, Pakhuset, Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
Go West, DUNK!, Galleri Kant, Esbjerg, Denmark
2009
People in a Room, Spanien 19C, Aarhus, Denmark
Chairs Missing, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmark
The Party, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Over the Bridge, DUNK, Cirkulations Centralen, Malmö, Sweden
Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
We meet under tables, Esplanaden 3, Copenhagen, Denmark
Through The Looking Glass, DUNK! at SVG3, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Scotland Won’t Get Fooled Again, Café Gallery, London, United Kingdom
John, I’m Only Dancing, The John Jones Project Space, London, United Kingdom
Into the Fold, Standpoint Gallery, London, United Kingdom
COMMISSION
2018
Museum Ragnarock, Roskilde
2017
Møllevang Tandpleje, Aarhus2014-16 Skt. Anna Gade School, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
2014-2016
Skt. Anna Gade Skole, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus
RESIDENCIES
2020
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2019
Bedstuyarts Residency, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2015
Statens Værksteder for Kunst, lerværkstedet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2013
Point B Worklodge, New York, United States
2012
ISCP- international studio and curatorial program, Brooklyn, New York, US
2012
Can Serat, Barcelona, Spain
2012
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
2009
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, Denmark
Braziers International Artist workshop, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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
The New Carlsberg Foundation
Royal College of Art Collection
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