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| Armsrock | |||
| Biographical dates | |||
| Armsrock was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1984. He
lived in Bremen, Germany between 2003 and 2009 and is educated at
the Hochschule fur Kunst, Bremen. He currently lives and works in Copenhagen. |
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| Long term projects | |||
| Since 2005 | “Citizen Shades”, A continuous series of interventions in common space consisting of hundreds of individual works. | ||
| Selected exhibitions and murals | |||
| 2009 | Athens, Gr. Museum of Cycladic art. In
connection with the exhibition “Man, dream and fear. Works by
Palle Nielsen”. New York, USA. Ad Hoc Art gallery. Collaborative
show w. Chris stain, “I know there is love” Berlin, DE. I.D Gallery. Solo show, “A Horrible Jungle”. Denver, USA. Andenken gallery. Solo show, “The end of the world came and went without mr. Jones noticing a single thing. Vejle, DK. Vejle Museum of art. Group show, “Street-art Inspiration”. |
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| 2008 | Los Angeles, USA. Thinkspace gallery. Collaborative
show w. Elbow-toe. “Mostly Memory” Miami, USA. Thinkspace gallery at Gen-art vanguard, Art Basel Miami. Group show. London, UK. Black Rat Press gallery. Group show/ benefit auction, “the big issue benefit show”. New York, USA. AdHoc Art gallery. Group show, “poets of the paste”. London, UK. Black Rat Press gallery. Collaborative installation w. Chris Stain and Poncho, “thieves ladder”. Rome, IT. “International poster art 2008”. Group show. San Fransisco, USA. Fifty24SF gallery. Group show, “RockFace d*Arm”. Washington DC, USA. Katzen Arts Center. Washington Projects of the Arts Auction. New York, USA. AdHoc Art gallery. Group show/ benefit auction, “NYC FREEART benefit show”. London, UK. Black Rat Press gallery. Group show, “the print show”. |
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| 2007 | Aarhus, DK. Charlotte Fogh Contemporary
gallery. Group show, “coupling”. London, UK. Black Rat Press gallery. Group show, “White Noise”. New York, USA. 5INone gallery. Solo show, “that dog called hope”. Bremen, DE. Moks Kinder und Jugend theater. Mural in staircase and foyer. |
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| 2006 | Copenhagen, DK. Pressens Hus. Group show,
“Ungeren Udstiller”. New York, USA. Spring Street Project. Group show, “Wooster on Spring Street”. New York, USA. Holasek-Weir Projects. Group show/ benefit auction, “Miss Rockaway Amada benefit-art-auction”. Bilbao, ES. “periferika 06”. Intervention in public space in collaboration w. Swoon. Bremen, DE. Mural in public space in Tenever. Organized in cooperation with “Quartier kultutbüro” as part of the project “Tenever / Paradies”. New York, USA. ABC No Rio. Group show/ benefit auction, “art auction in benefit for Daniel McGowan”. New York, USA. Electric Artist office. Mural in office space. “travelling people”. |
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| 2005 | Frederecia, DK. Forma Nova sound festival
and culture project. Live mural in collaboration w. Byraev, Afex Ventura
and Die. Berlin, DE. City Of Names. collective installation/intervention in public space. Collaboration w. Jan Danebod. Copenhagen, DK. Bumzen- cultural centre and living space. Mural in staircase, “twenty years of resistance”. |
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| Selected Publications | |||
| 2008 | Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo. “brooklyn
Street Art”. Cover and page no. 6, 95,96 Published by Prestel. Munich, DE. |
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| 2007 | A survey of the work of Armsrock. “All
my friends are made of paper”. A collection of pictures and
essays by Armsrock with an introduction by Swoon. Published by Wooster
Collective. New York, USA. Armsrock. Magazine with 31 illustrations from a riot.“CPH16:12:06”. Published by Armsrock. Bremen, DE. |
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| Referentiell Press Documentation | |||
| 2009 | Athens News. http://www.athensnews.gr/articles/13357/26/09/2009/2727 Athens, GR adam gilard interview, portraits by mathew novak. Illiteratemagazine.com http://www.illiteratemagazine.com/featured/29 Denver, USA. Walrus tv artist portrait. Shot and Edited by Alexander Tarrant. Interview by Shaun Roberts. Music by Jarrod Bryan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8mR2EYdVb8&feature=channel_page San Fransisco, USA. Vibeke Kruse interview, photos by Benny F. Nielsen, Vejle Amts Folkeblad. 20 jan. page 1 and 8. Vejle, DK |
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| 2008 | Alex Klein interview. Portrait by Jon Dragonette.
Juxtapoz art and culture magazine. no. 95 dec. page. 68 – 81.
San Fransisco, USA. The Citrus report. Interview. The Citrus report online magazine . http://www.thecitrusreport.com/story/armsrock_765 Daniel Lahonda. Video interview. Jetset graffiti. http://www.jetsetgraffiti.com/2008/06/03/armsrock-preview-part-1/ http://www.jetsetgraffiti.com/2008/06/05/test-yt-post/ Alan Bernard. Interview. Alan Bernard/ F'knmayhem. www.alanbernard.com/mayhem/interviews/interview-armsrock/#more-349 Mr. Burrows. Interview. Underspray. http://www.underspray.com/armsrock.html |
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| 2007 | Fumi Nagasaka. Video interview. Flasher.com.
www.flasher.com/view_profile.phd?profile_id=430 Ane-Sophie Hansen.interview in context of article on street art in copenhagen.”Et laerred af jern og beton”. MetroXpress. 01.11.07. Copenhagen, DK. Ralf Schneider. “Armsrock Streetart”. VIER, Hochschule magazine. HFK-Bremen. Bremen, DE. Deana Bianco and Nina Mouritzen. Portrait and interview, “Great Danes”. Anthem Magazine. Issue number 27. Los Angeles, USA. Eiken Bruhn. Artist portrait. “ comicwesen aus einer anderen welt”. Die Tageszeitung, 06.01.07. Bremen, DE. |
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| 2006 | Ulli Wuttke. Article and artist portrait.
“Stadtbilder: Rettung durch Irritation”. Weser Kurier,
24.07.06. Bremen, DE. Norbert Caspar. Television interview. “Buten
und Binnen”. Radio Bremen, NDR. 250606. Bremen, DE. |
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| Workshops and lectures | |||
| 2007 | Bremen, DE. Gesamntschule Mitte. Lecture.
“Examples of art in public space”. New York, USA. 5INone gallery. Artist talk. Marc Schiller/ Electric Artists. |
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| 2006 | Bilbao, ES. Periferika 06. “why don’t we get together and give this grey big bubble a kick?”. Lecture and workshop given in collaboration w. Swoon. Periferika culture festival 2006. | ||
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