Bio

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.

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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, GudhjemDenmark
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

Selected Works
Locust Star, 2025
Glazed Ceramic Tiles
45 x 30 cm
By The Tears of Heaven, 2025
Glazed Ceramic Tiles
80 x 60 cm
Metallica - Damaged Justice. 2020
Glazed paper clay
69 x 54 x 8 cm
Veronica Rose. 2019
Glazed paper clay
30 x 32 x 34 cm
Fruit Basket. 2017
Glazed paper clay
30 x 30 x 20 cm
Hunting Tableau. 2019
Glazed paper clay
(5 elements) Various dimensions
Builder's Tray. 2015
Glazed paper clay
Total dimensions: 24 x 44.5 x 42 cm
RESISTANCE. 2018
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery
RESISTANCE. 2018
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery
Newmark Record Player with Pære Punk Record. 2018
Glazed paper clay
Record player: 31 x 30 x 8 cm / Pære Punk Record: 28 cm (dia)
Paris Folies G. Michel Molotov Cocktail. 2021
Glazed paper clay
32 x 8.5 x 8 cm
The Sugar Cubes - Life's Too Good. 2012
Glazed paper clay
29 x 29 x 0.5 cm
Goo, Sonic Youth. 2012
Glazed paper clay
30 x 30 cm
TABLEAU. 2015
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery
King's Cigarettes. 2019
Glazed paperclay
10 x 6 x 1 cm
Still Life With Globe. 2016
Glazed paper clay
Various dimensions
Burberry Pumps with Rivets. 2016
Glazed paper clay
15 x 18 x 8 cm
Shuangxi Cigarettes (Squashed). 2014
Glazed paper clay
10 x 6 x 1 cm
High Heeled Shoes. 2015
Glazed paper clay
19 x 12.5 x 8 cm
Makeup Collection, 2015
Glazed paper clay
Various dimensions
AND THE FORESTS DREAM ETERNALY. 2021
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery
Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppies). 2021
Glazed paper clay
74 x 47 x 40 cm
Helianthus Annus (Dying sunflowers). 2021
Glazed paper clay
74 x 35 x 35 cm
Datura Stramonium (Thorn Apple). 2021
Glazed paper clay
70 x 50 x 45 cm
Belladonna Nest. 2022
Glazed Paper Clay
42x38x28 cm
AND THE FORESTS DREAM ETERNALY. 2021
INSTALLATION VIEW
v1 gallery