curriculum vitae

Asbjørn Skou

Phone: +45 6061 8397
E-mail: mail.armsrock@gmail.com
Web: www.armsrock.blogspot.com

Born: 1984 in Copenhagen
Member of BkF og DBF.

Education

2004–2009 Educated at the Art Academy / ‘Hochschule Für Kunst’ in Bremen, Germany.

Solo exhibitions

-”Science Fiction Archaeology”, SDU/ Art and Science. Odense, DK. 2013.
-”Should The Light Not Take Us”, Galleri Profilen. Aarhus, DK. 2012.
-”Impossible Society”, Vejle Museum of Art. Vejle, DK. 2011.
-”Nocturne On A Drainpipe Flute”, WAS-Wonderland Art Space. Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
-”Markeringer”, Temporary light installation in the urban space. Sjaeloer Hot spot and the municipal of Copenhagen. Sjaeloer, DK. 2010.
- ”Drawn Towards the Present”, Signal Gallery. London, UK. 2010.
- ”Registreringer”, Temporary light installation in the urban space. Sjaeloer Hot spot and the municipal of Copenhagen. Sjaeloer, DK. 2010.
-”ZettelKasten”, We Are Related. Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
- ”Passage/værker”, LYSLYD, Copenhagens International theatre and
the municipal of Frederiksberg. Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
-”A Horrible Jungle”, I.D Gallery. Berlin, DE. 2009.
-“T e o t w c a w w m J n a s t.” Andenken Gallery. Denver, USA. 2009.
-”That Dog Called Hope”, 5INone Gallery. New York, USA. 2007.

Selected group exhibitions

”Noget gammelt, noget nyt, noget lånt”. Marianne Friis Gallery. Copenhagen, DK. 2013.
-”Rock-Paper Scissors”. Gallery LARM .Copenhagen, DK. 2012.
-”Rauma Biennale Balticum 2012 – Human Nature”. Rauma Art Museum. Rauma, FL. 2012.
-”Stedfortrædere” A collaboration with Sif Itona Westerberg. MOHS Exhibit.
Copenhagen, DK. 2012.
-”Art Copenhagen”, MOHS. Copenhagen, DK. 2012.
-”Art Herning” V. Galleri Christoffer Egelund & MOHS. Herning, DK. 2012.
-”XMAS 11 / The Big Winter Show”. Gallery Christoffer Egelund.
Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
-”Art Copenhagen”, MOHS. Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
-”Walk This Way”, KØS – Museum for Art in Public Spaces. Køge, DK. 2011.
-” BYOB”, Magazin-Verein zur Entwicklung und Erschließung der Künste.
Vienna, A. 2011.
”Evolution ID”, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, GR. 2010.
-”OWS10”, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE. 2010.
-”Small Acts Of Resistance”, Black Rat Gallery. London, UK. 2010.
-”Wunderkammern – Lichtrouten Ludenscheid 2010”,
Temporary light installation in the urban space, Curated by Bettina Pelz and Tom Groll. Ludenscheid, DE, 2010.
”Art Copenhagen”, Wonderland Art Space. Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
- ”Streets of Cairo”, Collaboration between danish and egyptian artists in public space. Cairo, EG. 2010.
- ”Nytt Nordisk Arkiv”, Gallery Oro. Gothenburg, SE. 2010.
- ”Reservedele”, Wonderland Art Space, Øksenhallen & We Love People Gallery. Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
- ”Refuge”, Thinkspace Gallery. Los Angeles, USA. 2010.
-”Mixed Signals”, Signal Gallery. London, UK. 2009.
- ”People of Day and Night”, GLOW 09. Eindhoven, NL. 2009.
- ”Man, Dream and Fear”, Museum of Cycladic Art. Athens, GR. 2009.
- ”The Thousands,” Village Underground , London, UK. 2009.
- ”Aktion auktion”, Group exhibition/benefit auction for Iraqi asylum seekers. Kødbyen, København, DK. 2009.
- ”I Know There Is Love”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA. 2009.
- “Street Art. Inspiration”, Vejle Kunstmuseum. Vejle, DK. 2009.
-”Mostly Memory”. Thinkspace Gallery. Los Angeles, USA. 2008.
-”Thinkspace at Gen Art Vanguard”, Art Basel Miami Beach. Miami, USA. 2008.
-”The Big Issue Benefit Show”, Group exhibition/benefit auction. Black Rat Press. London, UK. 2008.
- ”Poets of the Paste”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA. 2008.
-“Thieves Ladder”, Black Rat Press. London, UK. 2008.
-“RockFace d’Arm”, Fifty24SF Gallery. San Fransisco, USA. 2008.
-”Washington Projects of the Arts Auction”, Katzen Arts Center. Washington DC,USA. 2008.
-“NYC FREEART benefit show”, Ad Hoc Art Gallery. New York, USA. 2008.
-“The Print Show”, Black Rat Press. London, UK. 2008.
-“Coupling”, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary. Aarhus, DK. 2007.
-“White Noise”, Black Rat Press. London, UK. 2007.
-”Expanding stages”, Mural in foyer and staircase, Moks Kinder und
Jugend Theater. Bremen, DE. 2007.
-“Ungeren Udstiller”, Pressens Hus. Copenhagen, DK 2006.
-“Wooster on Spring Street”, Spring Street Project. New York, USA. 2006.
-“Miss Rockaway Amada benefit-art-auction”, Holasek-Weir Projects. New York,USA. 2006.
-“Periferika 06”, Interventions in public space in collaboration with Swoon.
Bilbao, ES. 2006.
– “Citizens of Paradies”, Intervention in public space in the area “Tenever”,organized by “Quartier kultutbüro” as part of the
project “Tenever/Paradies”. Bremen, DE. 2006.
-“Art auction in benefit for Daniel McGowan”, ABC No Rio. New York, USA.2006.
-”Forma Nova lyd festival og kultur projekt”. Temporary mural in collaborationwith med Byraev, Afex Ventura and Die.
Forma Nova Festival. Fredericia, DK. 2005.
-”BarricadA/S”, Collactive intervention and installation in public space, in collaboration with Jan Danebod. City Of Names. Berlin, DE. 2005.

Long term projects

-”PSIARCH. Institute for spatial research, future projection and topographical critique”. In connection with IN SITU / META. 2012-2016

- “Citizen Shades”. A continuous series of interventions in public space,
consisting of hundreds of individual works. 2005-2011.

Residencies

- ”Writing side by side”. INSITU, Zbiroh Castle. November, Prag. CZ. 2012.
- The Danish Art Workshops. May 1st – July 27th. Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
-Quartier 21. Museums Quartier Wien. Januar. Vienna, A. 2011.
-Print Workshop Hjoerring. October. Hjoerring, DK. 2010.

Selected publications

-”Asbjørn Skou / Armsrock – Impossible Society”. Vejle Museum of Art. Vejle, DK. 2011.
-”LYSLYD – In the cross field between art, urban development and innovation”.
Page 90-99. Edited and published by KIT (Copenhagens International Theatre).
Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
-”Dansk Gade Kunst”. Lasse Korsemann Horne. Side 119, 176-181. Copenhagen, DK. 2011.
-”Walk This Way”. Katrine Ring. Page 38, 39. Forlaget Radius. DK. 2011.
-”Street Art – Compiled and introduced by Ket”. Page 88, 89. Michael O’Mara Books Limited. London, UK. 2011.
-”Trespass – A history of uncommissioned urban art. Ethel Seno, Carlo McCormick, Marc and Sara Schiller/Woostercollective. Page 95,95. Published by Taschen. Cologne, DE. 2010.
-”VISAVIS No.3”. Frontpage, page 3, 50 and back cover. Www.visavis.dk. DK. 2010.
-“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. 2010.
- ”Untitled. 3”. Page 41 and 146. Carpet Bombing Culture. UK. 2010.
- ”Street Art New York”, Jamie Rojo og Steven P. Harrington. Inner sleave,
page 1,165 and backcover. Published by Prestel. Munich, DE. 2010.
-“Brooklyn Street Art”, Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo. Front page and 6 and 95f. Published by Prestel. Munich, DE. 2008.
-“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.2007.

Grants.
Statens Kunstfond (Danish Arts Foundation) work grant 2012.
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

-”The City – Boundary Transgressions and Visual Expressions”. Study of Social anthropology v. Peter Bengtsen, University of Lund. SE. 2013.
-”Beyond The Pages”. Lecture in connection with seminar by Annemette Lichtenberg. Danmarks Designskole, DKDS.
Copenhagen, DK. 2013.
-”Writing side by side”. INSITU, Zbiroh Castle. November, Prag. CZ. 2012.
-”The City – Boundary Transgressions and Visual Expressions”. Study of Social anthropology v. Peter Bengtsen, University of Lund. SE. 2012.
-”Beyond The Pages”. Lecture in connection with seminar by Pulsk Ravn. Danmarks Designskole, DKDS.
Copenhagen, DK. 2012.
-”Re-Think History”. Three day workshop. Aarhus Art Academy. Aarhus, DK.
2011.
-”Impossible Society”. Folkeuniversitetet, Vejle Museum of Art, Vejle, DK. 2011.
-”How do we view the city? On artistic practice and intervention” Department for social anthropology v. Peter Bengtsen, Lunds University. SE. 2011.
-”Lecture on practice and theory”. Grundtvigs hoejskole. Hilleroed, DK. 2011.
-”Light, Art and Urban Space”. Talk in context of seminar on urban planning and development. Organized by the municipal of Frederiksberg.
Copenhagen, DK.
2010.
-”Projekt: Passage / Works”. Talk in context of city seminar organised by Copenhagens International Theatre, in connection with LYSLYD.
Copenhagen, DK. 2010.
- “Examples of art in public space”, Lecture. Gesamtschule Mitte. Bremen,
DE. 2007.
-”Armsrock Artist talk”, Lecture. Organised by Marc Schiller/Electric Artists. 5INone gallery. New York, USA. 2007.
-”Why dont we get together and give this grey bubble a kick?”, lecture and workshop in collaboration with Swoon. Periferika 06. Bilbao, ES. 2006.

Press.

2012
-http://blog.ekosystem.org/2012/03/armsrock-stedfortraedere-exhibition/
-http://arrestedmotion.com/2012/03/studio-visit-armsrock/
-http://arrestedmotion.com/2012/02/showing-armsrock-should-the-light-not-take-us-galleri-profilen/
-http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?asbjoern+skou+armsrock+galleri+profilen
-http://www.kunsten.nu/artikler/artikel.php?ugens+kunstner+asbjoern+skou+armsrock
-http://lips.daskunstburo.dk/#post6
-http://lips.daskunstburo.dk/#post7
-http://lips.daskunstburo.dk/#post8
-http://lips.daskunstburo.dk/#post9
- http://www.myartspace.dk/www/Articles/showArticles.asp?id=115
-Aarhus Lokalavisen Syd. 14.02.12. Side 35. ”Gadekunstnerens kritiske kulstreger”. Af Louise Bull Nyvang.
-JP Aarhus. 05.02.12. Side 9. ”Gadekunstnerens kritiske kulstreger”. Af Louise Bull Nyvang.
-Århus Stifttidende. 04.02.12. Side 14 og 15. ”Han deler sine skitser med folk på gaden” Af Hans Petersen.

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
-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.