curriculum vitae

Asbjørn Skou

Phone: +45 6061 8397
E-mail: mail.armsrock@gmail.com
Web: www.armsrock.blogspot.com
Archive for Danish Visual Artists: www.kunstdk.dk/kunstner/armsrock

Born: 1984 in Copenhagen
Member of BkF og DBF.

Education

2004–2009 Educated at ‘Hochschule Für Kunst’ in Bremen, Germany.

Solo exhibitions

2011
-”Impossible Society”, Vejle Museum of Art. Vejle, DK

2010
-”Nocturne On A Drainpipe Flute”, WAS-Wonderland Art Space. Copenhagen, DK.
-”Markeringer”, Temporary light installation in the urban space. Sjaeloer Hot spot and the municipal of Copenhagen. Sjaeloer, DK.
- ”Drawn Towards the Present”, Signal Gallery. London, UK.
- ”Registreringer”, Temporary light installation in the urban space. Sjaeloer Hot spot and the municipal of Copenhagen. Sjaeloer, DK.
-”ZettelKasten”, We Are Related. Copenhagen, DK.
– ”Passage/værker”, LYSLYD, Copenhagens International theatre and
the municipal of Frederiksberg. Copenhagen, DK.

2009 - ”A Horrible Jungle”, I.D Gallery. Berlin, DE.
- “The end of the world came and went without mr. Jones noticing a single thing.” Andenken Gallery. Denver, USA.

2007 - ”That Dog Called Hope”, 5INone Gallery. New York, USA.

Selected group exhibitions

2011
-”XMAS 11 / The Big Winter Show”. Gallery Christoffer Egelund.
Copenhagen, DK.
-”Art Copenhagen”, represented by MOHS. Copenhagen, DK.
-”Walk This Way”, KØS – Museum for Art in Public Spaces. Køge, DK.
-” BYOB”, Magazin-Verein zur Entwicklung und Erschließung der Künste.
Vienna, A.

2010
”Evolution ID”, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, GR.
-”OWS10”, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE.
-”Small Acts Of Resistance”, Black Rat Gallery. London, UK.
-”Wunderkammern – Lichtrouten Ludenscheid 2010”,
Temporary light installation in the urban space, Curated by Bettina Pelz and Tom Groll. Ludenscheid, DE
”Art Copenhagen”, Represented by Wonderland Art Space. Copenhagen, DK.
- ”Streets of Cairo”, Collaboration between danish and egyptian artists in public space. Cairo, EG.
- ”Nytt Nordisk Arkiv”, Gallery Oro. Gothenburg, SE.
- ”Reservedele”, Wonderland Art Space, Øksenhallen & We Love People Gallery. Copenhagen, DK.
- ”Refuge”, Thinkspace Gallery. Los Angeles, USA.

2009
- ”Mixed Signals”, Signal Gallery. London, UK.
- ”People of Day and Night”, GLOW 09. Eindhoven, NL.
- ”Man, Dream and Fear”, Museum of Cycladic Art. Athens, GR.
- ”The Thousands,” Village Underground , London, UK.
- ”Aktion auktion”, Group exhibition/benefit auction for Iraqi asylum seekers. Kødbyen, København, DK.
- ”I Know There Is Love”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA.
- “Street Art. Inspiration”, Vejle Kunstmuseum. Vejle, DK.

2008
- ”Mostly Memory”. Thinkspace Gallery. Los Angeles, USA.
- ”Thinkspace at Gen Art Vanguard”, Art Basel Miami Beach. Miami, USA.
- ”The Big Issue Benefit Show”, Group exhibition/benefit auction. Black Rat Press. London, UK.
- ”Poets of the Paste”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA.
- “Thieves Ladder”, Black Rat Press. London, UK.
- “RockFace d’Arm”, Fifty24SF Gallery. San Fransisco, USA.
- ”Washington Projects of the Arts Auction”, Katzen Arts Center. Washington DC,
USA.
- “NYC FREEART benefit show”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA.
- “The Print Show”, Black Rat Press. London, UK.

2007
- “Coupling”, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary. Aarhus, DK.
- “White Noise”, Black Rat Press. London, UK.
- ”Expanding stages”, Mural in foyer and staircase, Moks Kinder und
Jugend Theater. Bremen, DE.

2006
- “Ungeren Udstiller”, Pressens Hus. Copenhagen, DK
- “Wooster on Spring Street”, Spring Street Project. New York, USA.
- “Miss Rockaway Amada benefit-art-auction”, Holasek-Weir Projects. New York,
USA.
-“Periferika 06”, Interventions in public space in collaboration with Swoon.
Bilbao, ES.
– “Citizens of Paradies”, Intervention in public space in the area “Tenever”,
organized by “Quartier kultutbüro” as part of the
project “Tenever/Paradies”. Bremen, DE.
- “Art auction in benefit for Daniel McGowan”, ABC No Rio. New York, USA

2005
-”Forma Nova lyd festival og kultur projekt”. Temporary mural in collaborationwith med Byraev, Afex Ventura and Die.
Forma Nova Festival. Fredericia, DK.
-”BarricadA/S”, Collactive intervention and installation in public space, in
collaboration with Jan Danebod. City Of Names. Berlin, DE.

Long term projects

2011-12
-Part of Idea development group for The Danish Arts Agency. One of Twelve representatives selected from artists and institutions.

2011-
-”Relocating Architecture”. A continuous series of interventions in public space, using drawings in combination with mobile dia projection technology.

-Woodcuts, etchings and monotype in cooperation with Schaefer’s Graphic Workshop. Copenhagen, DK.

2010 –
-” Light Works”. A continuous series of interventions in public space, using drawings in combination with mobile dia projection technology.
2005 -
“Citizen Shades”. A continuous series of interventions in public space,
consisting of hundreds of individual works.

Residencies

2011
- The Danish Art Workshops. May 1st – July 27th. Copenhagen, DK.
-Quartier 21. Museums Quartier Wien. Januar. Vienna, A.
2010
-Print Workshop Hjoerring. October. Hjoerring, DK.

Selected publications

2011
-”Asbjørn Skou / Armsrock – Impossible Society”. Vejle Museum of Art. Vejle, DK.

-”LYSLYD – In the cross field between art, urban development and innovation”.
Page 90-99. Edited and published by KIT (Copenhagens International Theatre).
Copenhagen, DK.

”Dansk Gade Kunst”. Lasse Korsemann Horne. Side 119, 176-181. Copenhagen, DK.

-”Walk This Way”. Katrine Ring. Page 38, 39. Forlaget Radius. DK

-”Street Art – Compiled and introduced by Ket”. Page 88, 89. Michael O’Mara Books Limited. London, UK.

2010
-”Trespass – A history of uncommissioned urban art. Ethel Seno, Carlo McCormick, Marc and Sara Schiller/Woostercollective. Page 95,95. Published by Taschen. Cologne, DE.

-”VISAVIS No.3”. Frontpage, page 3, 50 and back cover. Www.visavis.dk. DK.

-“Street Art Cookbook, A guide to techniques and materials”, Benke Carlsson and Hop Louie. Page 16, 111, 126-128. Published by Dokument Press, Årsta. SE.

- ”Untitled. 3”. Page 41 and 146. Carpet Bombing Culture. UK

- ”Street Art New York”, Jamie Rojo og Steven P. Harrington. Inner sleave,
page 1,165 and backcover. Published by Prestel. Munich, DE.

2008
- “Brooklyn Street Art”, Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo. Front page and 6 and 95f. Published by Prestel. Munich, DE.

2007
- “All my friends are made of paper”, Marc Schiller og Sara Schiller “Woostercollective”. A collection of pictures and essays,
with an introductionby Swoon. Published by Wooster Collective.
New York, USA.

Grants.
Statens Kunstfond (Danish Arts Foundation) Prize for the exhibition ”Impossible Society” 2011.
Beckett Fonden. Support for publication of exhibition catalogue. 2011
Ole Haslunds kunstnerfonds rejselegat. 2011.
Akademirådet / Carl Møllers Rejselegat. 2011.

Workshops and lectures

2011
-”Re-Think History”. Three day workshop. Aarhus Art Academy. Aarhus, DK.

-”Impossible Society”. Folkeuniversitetet, Vejle Museum of Art, Vejle, DK.

-”How do we view the city? On artistic practice and intervention” Department for social anthropology v. Peter Bengtsen, Lunds University. SE.

-”Lecture on practice and theory”. Grundtvigs hoejskole. Hilleroed, DK.

2010
-”Light, Art and Urban Space”. Talk in context of seminar on urban planning and development. Organized by the municipal of Frederiksberg.
Copenhagen, DK.

-”Projekt: Passage / Works”. Talk in context of city seminar organised by Copenhagens International Theatre, in connection with LYSLYD.
Copenhagen, DK.

2007
- “Examples of art in public space”, Lecture. Gesamtschule Mitte. Bremen, DE.

- ”Armsrock Artist talk”, Lecture. Organised by
Marc Schiller/Electric Artists.
5INone gallery. New York, USA.

2006
- ”Why dont we get together and give this grey bubble a kick?”, lecture and workshop i samarbejde med Swoon. Periferika 06. Bilbao, ES.

Press

2011

Politiken. 27.10.11. 2 Section, page 2. ”Iscenesat Iscenesættelse”. Rune Engelbreth Larsen. DK.

http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?vejle+kunstmuseum+impossible+society+asbjoern+skou

http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?impossible+society+armsrock+asbjoern+skou+vejle+kunstmuseum

http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?vejle+kunstmuseum+asbjoern+skou+armsrock+impossible+society

http://svfk.dk/dk/Service/Nyheder/V%c3%a6rker+p%c3%a5+vej/Museet+som+spejl

Århus Stifttidende. 02.10.11. http://stiften.dk/aarhus/kunstakademiet-graffiti-ja-tak

Vejle Amts Folkeblad, 19.08.11. Interview Vibeke Kruse, foto Mette Mørk. Frontpage, 1.sektion side 14. Vejle, DK.

Vejle Amts Folkeblad. 09.08.11. Page 9. Vibeke Kruse. Vejle, DK.

Information, 19.06.11. Page 14, 15. DK

Information, Weekend 16-17.06 2011. Frontpage, 1.section page 14, 15. 2.section Page 10, 11. DK.

http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?walk+this+way+koes+street+art

Zett. nr. 07/08 2011. interview af Jens Uthoff. Page 7. Bremen, DE.

Kunst+Unterricht. nr. 351. Page 10. Frankfurt, DE.

Køge Dagbladet, 2. Section, 17.01.11. Page 6. Køge, DK.

2010

”Out of the box”. Armsrock- light works on vesterbro. 1 of 6 web-films for Third Ear.
Instruction and photography – Miriam Nielsen.
Editing – Michael Aaglund. Sound mix and music -Tim Hinman. signs – Sara Laub.
http://thirdear.dk/boxen/armsrock/

Kunst+Unterricht. nr. 351. Page 10. Frankfurt, DE.

Byplan Nyt, nr. 5. Frontpage, page 9 and 13.

Information, Billeder sektion, 16.12.10. Page 3.

Berlingske tidende, AOK sektion, 10.12.10. Page 21.

Politiken, IBYEN sektion, 10.12.10. Page 9 and 18.

TV2 Lorry. IBYEN TV. 09.12.10
http://www.tv2lorry.dk/arkiv/2010/12/9?video_id=44519

Michail Rakov, Interview.
http://www.mymoleskine.ru/2010/11/noch-ulica-fonar-kartina/

Benke Carlsson, Interview.
http://www.gatukonst.se/2010/10/25/armsrock-making-a-catalogue-of-city-people/

Chitra Kalyani, interview. Daily News Egypt. 29 june. 2010. http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120423&catid=1&Itemid=183
Cairo, EG.

Daily News Egypt. 9 June. 2010. Page 8. Cairo, EG.

Community Times Magazine. 10 June. 2010. Page 32. Cairo, EG.

Campus Magazine. June. 2010. Cairo, EG.

Al Shorouk El Gardid Newspaper. June. 2010. Cairo, EG.

Politiken, I Byen sektion. 4. June. 2010. Page 4. Copenhagen, DK.

Politiken, I Byen sektion. 1. April. 2010. Page 9. Copenhagen, DK.

Byens Puls. March. 2010. Page 8 og 9. Copenhagen, DK.

F5, 02 (44). Jan. 2010. Page 30. Moskva, RUS.

Politiken, 22. Feb. 2010. Page 2. Copenhagen, DK.

Claes Furstenberg, Interview. Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 18. Feb. 2010. Page A14. SE.

Karina Edlund Jensen, Interview. Urban, 19. Feb. 2010. Page 18. Copenhagen, DK.

DR 1 Nyhederne 21.00, 17. Feb. 2010. Copenhagen, DK.

Nørrebro / Nordvest Bladet. 17. Feb. 2010. Page 7. Copenhagen, DK.

Frederiksberg Bladet. 16. feb. 2010. Copenhagen, DK.

Sarah Glanowski, Interview. Politiken, 5. Feb. 2010. Front page and Ibyen section frontpage, Page 10, 11, 12, 13. Copenhagen, DK.

TV2 Lorry Nyhederne 19.30, 4. Feb. 2010.Copenhagen , DK.

2009

The Street Art Journal. Issue 4, November 2009. Side 11. Los Angeles, USA.

Michalis Baboussis, interview.
www.mixtape.gr/t.asp?sub=4&sec=4&uid=20
Athen, GR.

Aaron Hunt, interview.
www.thefourohfive.com/articles/2141
London, UK.

Athens News.
www.athensnews.gr/articles/13357/26/09/2009/2727
Athens, GR.

Daphne Tolis, Video interview (part 1)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXN8qFFRW9g
Athens, GR.

Adam Gilard, interview.
www.illiteratemagazine.com/featured/29
Denver, USA.

Walrus TV portrait. Alexander Tarrant,
Shaun Roberts. Music by Jarrod Bryan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8mR2EYdVb8&feature=channel_page
San Fransisco, USA.

Vibeke Kruse, interview. Vejle Amts Folkeblad, 20 jan. 2009, front page and Page 8. Vejle, DK.

2008

Alex Klein, interview. Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine. No. 95, december 2008,
Page 68–81. San Fransisco, USA.

The Citrus Report. Raymond Brown, Interview.
www.thecitrusreport.com/story/armsrock_765
San Francisco, USA.

Daniel Lahonda. Video interview.
www.jetsetgraffiti.com/2008/06/03/armsrock-preview-part-1/
www.jetsetgraffiti.com/2008/06/05/test-yt-post/
Los Angeles, USA.

Alan Bernard. Interview.
“www.alanbernard.com/mayhem/interviews/interview-armsrock/#more-349”:

Mr. Burrows. Interview.
www.underspray.com/armsrock.html

2007

Fumi Nagasaka. Video interview.
www.flasher.com/view_profile.phd?profile_id=430

Ane-Sophie Hansen, interview. I sammenhæng med en artikel om street art i København. ”Et lærred af jern og beton”. MetroXpress. 01.11.07. Copenhagen, DK.

Ralf Schneider; interview. “Armsrock Streetart”. VIER, Hochschule magazine. HFK-Bremen. Bremen, DE.

Deana Bianco, interview. “Great Danes”. Anthem Magazine. Issue number 27. Los Angeles, USA.

Eiken Bruhn, interview. “ Comicwesen aus einer anderen welt”. Die Tageszeitung, 06.01.07. Bremen, DE.

2006

Ulli Wuttke, interview. “Stadtbilder: Rettung durch Irritation”. Weser Kurier, 24.07.06. Bremen, DE.

Norbert Caspar; Fjernsyns interview. “Buten und Binnen”. Radio Bremen, NDR. 250606. Bremen, DE.