Björn Ross, Blegdamsvej 2, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark - bjornross (a) gmail.com


CURRICULUM VITAE

Björn Ross
born 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden, living and working in Copenhagen since 1982




EDUCATION

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1982-88
Forum Collage of Fine Arts, Malmö, Sweden, 1978-82



STAGE
PRODUCTIONS & PERFORMANCES

2015 Sanct Stefano - visual concerts (w. Agnethe Christensen, Leah Stuttard, Elizabeth Gaver), 2016
2015 Lovtal til Intet/Glories to Nothingness - Performance installation with Elisabeth Belgrano,
2015 -
2014
Apollo & Daphnes kærlighed, opera by F. Cavalli, Hofteatret, Copenhagen - producer, stage designer
2012 Vice & Virtue, opera collage, Palladium Baroque, Malmö/KoncertKirken, Cph/Lundabarock - stage designer
2011 Poppæas Kroning, opera by Monteverdi, Københavns Musikteater, Copenhagen - producer
2010 Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo, opera, Blågårds Kirke, Copenhagen - producer, stage designer
2009 Laude Illustre, concerts, Oslo (w. Agnethe Christensen, Gro Siri Johansen and Elizabeth Gaver) - video
2008 CLOSER, dance performance, Roskilde (
w. Simon Christensen & Åben Dans) - video setting
2007
L'ORFEO, opera by Monteverdi, Hofteatret i Teatermuseet, Copenhagen - producer, stage designer
2007 VideoDanceConcert, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (w. Simon Christensen & Åben Dans) - video
2006
ORGAN [chicago], an incomplete map of everything, Links Hall, Chicago, 2006 - video performance
2005 Konstruktion Menneske, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (w. L. Forslund & Åben Dans)



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 PlayDead/Landskrona, Landskrona Konsthall (w. L. Forslund)
2003 PlayDead/Albertslund, Albertslund Rådhus (w. L. Forslund)
2002
PlayDead/Vollsmose, Skulptur i Eventyrhaven, Center Øst, Vollsmose, Odense (w. L. Forslund)
2000 s/z [mapping aarhus], www.stedet3.dk, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen
1997 ORGAN [The Dead], Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, København
1996
The House, Editors Gallery, www2.dk-online.dk/users/petcar
1995
Dörrprincipen, Gino, Stockholm, Sweden (w. L. Forslund)
1995
ABC, Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden (w. Claire Savoie)
1995
Montre, Box, c/o Rieloff, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
Private dele, Cafe Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen, Denmark (w Leonard Forslund)
1993
Winterreise, Atelier Suedois, Montreal, Canada
1993
H.O.M.E., Atelier Suedois, Montreal, Canada
1992 Galleri Engström, Stockholm, Sweden
1991 Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1988 Galleri Bernhardsson, Malmö, Sweden
1988 Galleri Gari, Copenhagen, Denmark *
1987 Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden
1987 Galleri Sten Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Galleri Bernhardsson, Malmö, Sweden
1986 Galleri T.V., Malmö, Sweden
1985 Centralbadet, Stockholm, Sweden (w Brita Carlens)
1984 Galleri Lång, Malmö, Sweden
1983 Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden (w Anders Kappel)
1983 Rådskælderen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 KoncertKirken Sound Art Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
Dallas Biennial DB14, Dallas, Texas
2013 B-DAY micro sound art festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Polyfoni, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
2012
Dallas Biennial Vol I, Dallas, Texas
2009 Art After Work: OPENING - a micro festival, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö
2005 Sound Facts, Museo della Musica, Bologna
2004 "folk kan godt li noise, de ved det bare ikke", Lydkunst i Ridehuset, Århus (w. Mark Booth)
2004
publikation, Traveling Magazine Table, Art in General, New York
2002 publikation, Publish and be Damned, Cubitt Gallery, London
2002 Samling publikation ( ), Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad, Sweden
2002 publikation (20), www.rollon.net, Malmö
2001 SHIFTE - det postmoderna genombrottet i Sverige, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
1998
Samtid, Östergötlands Länsmuseum, Linköping, Sweden
1998 Multiples, rum46, Aarhus, Denmark
1998
Längs Strömmen, open competition, Norrköping, Sweden
1995 Comp i Box, Box, c/o Rieloff, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Forum Final, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1995 Forum Final, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden
1994 Projekt Art Pit, Galleri Isidor, Malmö, Sweden
1993 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Schweden/ Art Suedois Contemporain, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
1993 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Schweden/ Art Suedois Contemporain, Musee Rath, Geneve, Switzerland
1992 Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Engström, Stockholm, Sweden
1991 Borås-Stockholm, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1991 Art Against Aids, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1990 Nordic Art Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990 Sommeratelier, Deutsche Messe, Hannover, Germany
1990
Neoscandia, The Museum of Fine Art, Norrköping, Sweden
1990
Neoscandia, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland
1990
Neoscandia, Kunstforeningen, Bergen, Norway
1989 Neoscandia, The Museum of Fine Art, Borås, Sweden
1989
Fotoskulptur, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
1989 Galleri Gari, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 Six Swedes, Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
1987
Sydnytt, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
1987 Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden
1987 Galleri Gari, Copenhagen, Denmark
1986 Subrosa, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1986 Exil, The Museum of Fine Art, Norrköping, Sweden
1985 The Museum in Varberg, Varberg, Sweden
1985 Galleri Basilisk, Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 Galleri Bernhardsson, Malmö, Sweden
1982
Lundabiennalen 1, Lunds Konsthall



PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
The Museum of Fine Art, Malmö, Sweden
The Museum of Fine Art, Borås, Sweden
The Museum of Fine Art, Norrköping, Sweden
The Museum of Fine Art, Kalmar, Sweden
The Swedish Art Council, Sweden
Astra Draco, Lund, Sweden
Convector Art Collection, Stockholm, Sweden



SELECTED GRANTS

Danish Art Council, Copenhagen, Project Grants 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati, Recidencies 2000, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015
Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Laurens Bogtman Foundation, Copenhagen 2006
3-year Working Grant, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen, 1999
Project Grant, NKKK, Helsinki, 1999
Project Grant, Kulturministeriets Udviklingsfond, Copenhagen, 1999
Project Grant, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm, 1997
Studio Grant, Montreal, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm, 1993
Studio Grant, Nordic Art Centre, Sveaborg, Helsinki, 1990
Edstrands Foundation, Malmö, 1988



CURATING, ORGANISATION & PRODUCTION

KoncertKirken Organ Sound Art Festival, Copenhagen, 2016 - curator, organiser
KoncertKirken Sound Art Festival, Copenhagen, 2014 - curator,
organiser
Art After Work - american sound and video art, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, 2014 - curator
B-DAY micro sound art festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013 - curator, organiser
Dallas Biennial Vol II - online show, Dallas, Texas, 2012 - curator
micro film festival, Literaturhaus' Undergrund Kino, Copenhagen, 2009 - curator
Art After Work: Opening - a micro festival, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, 2009 - curator
"Scandinavian Sound Art" @ an incomplete map of everything, Links Hall, Chicago, 2006 - curator
"Scandinavian Sound Art" @ Sound Facts, Bologna, 2005 - curator
Overgaden Sound Art Festival, Overgaden, Copenhagen, 2004 - curator, organiser
Runme-Dorkbot City Camp, Read_me Software Art Festival, Århus, 2004 - organiser
Forum Final, exhibitions, Malmö/Lund, 1995 - organiser
Fotografi: Forum - Malmö, Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen, 1993 - curator
Michael Elmgreen & Henrik Olesen, Forumgalleriet , Malmö, 1992 - curator
Young Danish Artists, Galleri Helene Hertzum, Copenhagen,1990 - curator



CONSULTANCE

Overgaden, Copenhagen, 2005-2007 - IT-consult, maintenance
Break the ICE, Nordscen, Iceland, 2005 - project consultant, observer, report writer



TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS

Teacher at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark, 1998-2003
Teacher at Forum Collage of Fine Arts, Malmö, Sweden, 1990-1995



LECTURES & TALKS

"Re-inventions of Early-European Performing Arts and the Creative City, Civic Regeneration and Cultural Tourism" @ The Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 2012
Artist talk at Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, 2007, 2010
Guest lecturer at The Funen Academy of Fine Arts, Odense, Denmark, 2007
Guest lecturer at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2006
Guest lecturer at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark, 2005
Workshop at Folkuniversitetet, Malmö, Sweden, 1995 (with Elisabeth Toubro)
Guest lecturer at Folkuniversitetet, Malmö, Sweden, 1994
Guest lecturer at Helsinki Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 1990



JURY & COMMITTES

International Competition Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli, Centro Studi e Ricerche Santa Giacinta Marescotti, 2012, 2013, 2016
International Singing Competition Francesco Provenzale, Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini, Napoli, 2012
External censor, Virtual Reality Projects, Aarhus University, 2002
Art Gallery Committee member, NIC 2001, Bella Center, Copenhagen, 2001
Artistic censor at Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1999-2000
Board member, The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark, 1998-2001
Censor at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark, 1998-2003



EARLY MUSIC NETWORKS & PROJECTS

Sanct Stefano - visual concerts (w. Agnethe Christensen, Leah Stuttard, Elizabeth Gaver), 2016
Lovtal til Intet/Glories to Nothingness - Performance installation with Elisabeth Belgrano,
2015 -
REMA - European Early Music Network, board member, 2010 -
Laude Illustre - visual concerts (w. Agnethe Christensen, Gro Siri Johansen and Elizabeth Gaver), 2009 -
Koncertkirken - ex Blågårds kirke, Copenhagen, 2009 - , dircetor
Early Monday - early music café, Literaturhaus, Copenhagen, 2009 - , curator, organizer
Musica Ficta, vocal ensemble, Copenhagen, administrator, 2009-2015
NORDEM - Nordic Early Music Federation, general secretary, 2009-20ª16
Early Sound - network for early music in denmark and around, administrator, 2008-2015
Nordic Network for Early Opera
, initiator, administrator, 2007 -
Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival, curator, organizer, 2006 -
Custos - magazine for early music, layout and editing, 2003-2016



SINGER

Sankt Johannes kirke, Copenhagen, 2009-2015
Anna kirke, Copenhagen, 2006-2013
Kantus København, renaissance vocal ensemble, 1999-2007
Samuels kirke, Copenhagen, 1998-2013
Lindevang kirke, Frederiksberg, 1997-1998
Musikhøjskolens Kammerkor, Copenhagen, 1994-2002



WEBSITES & INTERNET PROJECTS

www.earlyopera.org, webmaster, 2007 -
www.renaissancemusik.dk, webmaster, 2003 -
s/z [mapping aarhus], art project, Statens Kunstfond, 2000-2002

Kantus København, webmaster, 2000-2008
Det Jyske Kunstakademi, webmaster, 1999-2003
The House, art project, 1996



PUBLICATIONS & WRITINGS

"APOLLO & DAPHNE", program, Hofteatret i Teatermuseet, Copenhagen, Feb. 2014
"POPPÆAS KRONING", program, Københavns Musikteater, Copenhagen, Aug. 2011
"L'ORFEO", program, Hofteatret i Teatermuseet, Copenhagen, Nov. 2007
"L'Orfeo - en opera og tre opførelser", Custos, Copenhagen, Sep. 2007
"Custos", magazine for early music, layout and editing, 2003 -
publikation (20), www.rollon.net, Malmö, 2002
"Forum - The Final Years 1990-1995", a conversational essay, Forum Final, Malmö, 1995
"Forum i Mellersta Förstadsskolan", w. White Arkitekter, Malmö, 1994
"Introduktion till en fotoskulptur", essay, Katalog, Magazine on Photography, nr 1 1989,
"Björn Ross - Galleri Gari", exhibition catalogue, Copenhagen 1988
"Fotografiet - ett verkligt avtryck?", essay, Kalejdoskop nr 2 1985
Roland Barthes: "Non multa sed multum", translation to swedish, Kalejdoskop nr 3 1983



BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kristin Veel: "Cybercitizen: Urban identity in net art" in Christian J. Emden and David Midgley (ed.), Imagining the City, vol. 1: The Art of Urban Living, Oxford: Lang, 2006 (www.peterlang.com)
Martin Schibli: “En uppmaning att acceptera nuet”, Helsingborgs Dagblad, 20. Jan 2004"
SHIFTE - det postmoderna genombrottet i Sverige", Lars O. Ericsson/Malmö Konstmuseum, 2001
Jelena Zetterström: "Med ryggen mot publiken", Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 18. Sep 1995
"
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Schweden/Art Suedois Contemporain", catalogue text by Bo Nilsson, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau / Musee Rath, Geneve, 1993
Lars O Ericsson: "Suddig yta - Björn Ross osäkrar verkligheten", Dagens Nyheter, 2. Oct 1992
Sven-Olov Wallenstein: "Björn Ross - Galleri Engström", Material nr. 11, årg. 2, 1992
Åsa Nacking: "Om ambivalens och figuration i måleriet", Material nr. 10, årg. 2, 1992
Jörgen Gassilewski: "Det är på bildens kropp det händer", IDag, 12. Oct 1991
Jörgen Gassilewski: "Ögat förlorar sin oskuld". IDag, Apr 1991
Ingamaj Beck: "På jakt efter nya värden", Aftonbladet, 13. Jan 1990
Crispin Ahlström: "Ny skandinavisk konst - Slitstark skönhet", Göteborgs-Posten, 17. Dec 1989
"Neoscandia", catalogue texts by Lars O Ericsson and Per Aage Brandt, Borås Konstmuseum, 1989
Björn Ross: "Introduktion till en fotoskulptur", Katalog, Magazine on Photography, nr 1, 1989
Poul Erik Tøjner: "Og Dybbøl Mølle maler", Information, 9. Nov 1988
Henrik Wivel: "Kunst fra hinsidan og det hinsides", Berlingske Tidende, 28. Oct 1988
Gunnar Bråhammar: "Bildtext", Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 19. Sep 1988
Bo Nilsson: "Teckningen, målningen och skulpturen", Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 3.Dec 1987
Peder Alton: "Jakt på avvikelser och bortglömda former", Dagens Nyheter, 29. May 1987
"
Sydnytt", catalogue texts by Bo Nilsson and Björn Springfeldt, Malmö Konsthall, 1987
Bo Nilsson: "Konstnären en Skapare?", Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 19. Apr 1986
"Fotografiets gåta", Aftonbladet, 27. Sep 1985



updated Sep, 2016