Curriculum Vitae

Jens Axel Beck

1976  Haderslev, Denmark

Education

2002-2008  The Funen Academy of Fine Arts, Odense, Denmark

2005-2006  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, department of media art, Copenhagen, Denmark 

Selected exhibitions

2010  Koh-i-noor in Sea & Space Explorations, Sea & Space Explorations, Los Angeles, California, USA

        2^-1/4-n/2 x 2^1/4-n/2, Artists in Dialog, in collaboration with Heidi Hove, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2009  Berlin, poor but sexy, Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, USA

        Friends, Comrades, Colleagues, Galleri Gl. Lejre, Lejre, Denmark 

             S/M/L/XL/XXL, Galleri Image - Demoroom, Århus, Denmark

             S/M/L/XL, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark  

2008  Site Specific, Odense harbor, Odense, Denmark

        Urban Pedestal, exibition in public space, Helsinki, Findland

        In Case We Die - The 08 Graduate Exhibition Of The Funen Art Academy, Brandts, Odense, Denmark 

        Oblivion, X-bunker, Sønderborg, Denmark

        Deadpan Exchange III, The Lab, San Francisco, California, USA

        Space Convention, Köpenicker Strasse 10, Berlin, Germany

2007  From Sculpture Through Painting To Object, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark 

        Deadpan Exchange II, Super Bien, Berlin, Germany

2006  Blinded By Words, exhibitionin connection to a theatre play, Plex, Copenhagen, Denmark

        Blind Spots, in collaboration with Morten Ernlund Jørgensen, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

        Entry phone, sound art project, Gudrun Hasles flat on Sjællandsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark

        60 Seconds, short film festival in the Copenhagen Metro, Denmark    

2005  Buffet, Førstetilvenstre, Copenhagen, Denmark

        The Folkelighed - A Danish Word That Cannot be Translated, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany

        Crossing Now!, Masteskurene, Copenhagen, Denmark

        Selected Videos, Pixel, Copenhagen, Denmark

        Pro-art, Randers Museum of Art, Randers, Denmark

        Changing, in collaboration with Morten Espersen, Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark

2004  6 In 60, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

        5000 C, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark

        Spaces, DFKU, Odense, Denmark

        Fetish Collection, Tidens Samling, Odense, Denmark

2003  Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002  KP, The Artists Easter Exhibition, Kunstbygningen, Århus, Denmark

Selected curatorial work

2008  Flexible Identities, in collaboration with Heidi Hove and Mille Winther, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

        Flexible Identities, video competition, in collaboration with Heidi Hove, Botnik Space Off 08, Hamburgsund, Sweden  

Grants

2010  The Danish Art Council Committee for Visual Arts

        The Danish Art Council Committee for International Visual Art, in collaboration with Heidi Hove

2009  The Danish Art Council Committee for International Visual Art 

        The Danish Arts Foundation, Art in the public space, in collaboration with Anne Bennike and Heidi Hove

2008  The Danish Art Council Committee for Visual Arts

Sponsorships

Publication

2009  Vitavrap - Lifestyle 2009, Granat

        Temporary Urban Structures, * Asterisk, ISBN 978-87-991703-0-2 

Other

2010  SIMRES, residency program, stipend from Kulturkontakt Nord, Reykjavik, Island

2004  Co-founder of Koh-i-noor, an exhibition site in Copenhagen