Born 1953 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
EDUCATION
1992 – Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989 – University of Barcelona, Department of Fine Arts, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Floden vi bader i, Skovhuset, Værløse, Denmark
2021
VILLAR en face, SMK Thy, Doverodde, Denmark
KØLVAND, Bureau For Kunst, Svendborg, Denmark
2020
Villar, Nivaagaard Samlingen, Nivå, Denmark
2019
waterFront, Regelbau 411, Thyholm, Denmark
Eva Koch, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba City, Australia
2018
Skålen og Perlen, permanent installation in Kokkedal, Kokkedal, Denmark
Den Drøm om Fred, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden
Ese sueño de paz, CAP Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2017
Note to self, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
On a Line, SKF, Stockholm, Sweden
Den Drøm om Fred, Cisternerne, Søndermarken, Denmark
Permanent installation: Legeskulpturen, Sankt Annæ Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark
Duer I Tårnet, the Tower of Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
RayGun Lab, Toowoomba, Australien
2013
FITRY waiting, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
I Am The River, Kunsthal Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Photo Museum at Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Eva Koch, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
Red Poppies, Evergreen, Bryggen, Vejle, Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
SCA Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Gallery 300m3, Gothenburg, Sweden
Galeria Magda Bellotti, Madrid, Spain
2008
Pixel, Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Women, Skagens Museum, Skagen, Denmark
2007
Gothenburg Museum of Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
2006
The Nordic House in the Faeroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Galeria Magda Bellotti, Madrid, Spain
2005
VOX, The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
VILLAR, Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza, Spain
2003
Galeria Magda Bellotti, with Fernando Baena, Madrid, Spain
VILLAR, Museo de Teruel, Spain
VILLAR, CGAC, Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2002
Odd Weeks, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
X-Room, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001
GUK, Exhibition Place, Denmark, Germany, Iceland
VILLAR, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Oha Kunst, Wasserturm, Eutin, Germany
1999
Gallery Stalke, Copenhagen Denmark
1998
Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
CRUCE, Madrid, Spain
1997
Portrait of a Woman, Bill Board series of 9, Oslo, Norway
1995
Saga II, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
Mind the Gap, sound installation, Pavilion, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991
Wurst Showroom 1991, Copenhagen, Denmark
Traneudstilling, Gentofte Art Library, Gentofte, Denmark
Kongo, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990
CIEJ, Fundació Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
1988
Baghuset Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Nål of Tråd, Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cosmic Connection, Gallery Møller-Witt, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
RØD, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Den Frie, Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Flowers In Art, Arken Museum Of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
NYT LYS 21, Sophienholm, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro, Skovhuset, Værløse, Denmark
Concepts and Objects, Gammelgaard, Herlev, Denmark
Grønningen 2021, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
ELEMENTUM Singular Positions In The CCA Collection, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
FemLink-Art: Agression And Wonder, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Grønnningen, Den Frie Centre Of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Through Other Eyes, NeMe, Limassol, Cyprus
9th Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt
Grønningen, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Video, KH7 Artspace, Aarhus, Denmark
Fællesskaber Mellem Murene, DAC, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Through Other Eyes, NeMe, Limassol, Cyprus
9th Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt
Grønningen, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Video, KH7 Artspace, Aarhus, Denmark
Fællesskaber Mellem Murene, DAC, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, WARP, Sinkt-Niklaas, Belgium
Writers Block, Huset For Kunst og Design, Holstebro, Denmark
Höhenrausch, Imoö kulturquartier, Linz, Austria
Red Poppies #2, Airspace Project, Sydney, Australia
EMAP 2018, Seoul, Korea
2017
Samtidskunst på hospitaler, KØS, Køge, Denmark
2016
VENSKABER, Nivaagaard Malerisamling, Nivå, Denmark
2015
The Bus Project, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark
Ophelia, Kunstenhuis Marktstraat, Harelbeke, Belgium
Naturmøder, J.F. Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund, Denmark
Summer in the City no.10, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
PHOTOGRAPHY, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Limits landscape, Gallery Process / Contemporary Art Culture House, Core of Azuay. Cuenca, Ecuador
2014
Art festival GANGART, Næstved Bycentrum, Næstved, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reflex, Samtidskunst i Dragør, Dragør, Denmark
You Imagine What You Desire, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2013
Social Videoscapes from the North, Care of DOCVA, Milan, Italy
Social Videoscapes from the North, Artibus, Ekenäs, Finland
Nordic Art Between Miracles, Center for Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
Zeigen, an audiotour through Copenhagen, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Desire Lines, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
Mas al Sur, Galleria Magda Bellotti, Madrid, Spain
Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
VIDEO, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Tjörnedala Konsthall, Baskemölla, Simrishamn, Sweden
Krannert Museum, Illinois, United States
Inauguration of Nordic Art, Azerbaijan
2010
American Scandinavian Foundation, Norge
51th October Salon, Beograd, Serbia
Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Seascapes, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum, Germany
La Vie en Rouge”, Center for Contemporary Art, Icherisheher, Baku, Azerbaijan
Listen to your eyes, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
2009
Skanstull, Stockholm, Sweden
Aluminium, Baku, Azebaijan
Northwave, videoscreening during the opening of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
A Winter’s Tale, Gl Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
2008
Modern India, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France
Grønningen, The Art Museum of Bornholm, Gudhjem, Denmark
Audio/Video, Gimsinghoved, Struer, Denmark
From Place to Place, Museum of Sketches, Lund, Sweden
The City as Screen, Roskilde, Denmark
Tangled Up In You, 21c Museum, Louisville, United States
Untamed Paradises, CAAC, Seville, Spain
Untamed Paradises, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Phenomena, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Danish Devils, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
QueretaroInterfaz, Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, Mexico
The Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
Subtle Whispering, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Underground – Sound & Vision, Warp, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Global Cities, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Rome in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Signs, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.
Of the One and the Many, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Bombay Maximum City, Lille, France
PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spanien
Mixed Emotions, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
Artspace, Sydney, Australia
Steps, Gl. Holtegård, Holte, Denmark
Videopulsiones, Tecnologias do Sentimento, Lisbon, Portugal
2005
Irreducible, Miami Art Central, Florida, United States
Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
The Danish Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2004
Heimweg/The Way Home, Galerie Zink & Gegner and Frankfurter Buchmesse, Germany
VideoZone2, Video Art Biennial, Tel Aviv, Israel
BLICK 04, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
MAD03, Madrid, Spain
Sound and No-sound, LAB, Copenhagen, Denmark
Clandestine, 50th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2002
Body and Soul, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2001
Project Room, Galleria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
CoMa, Sala de Exposiciones de Plaza España, Madrid, Spain
2000
Embassy, Körners Office, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sublime, an hARTware project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Close-Ups, NIFCA, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Trace, Liverpool Biennial Exhibition, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Women’s Worlds 99, Tromsö Kunstforening, Tromsö, Norway
Gallery Valle Quintana, Madrid, Spain
Mix – Blended Spaces, Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark
En Face, Gallery North, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Stretch, Tensta Konsthall, Galley Index, Stockholm, Sweden
Medialization, Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden
Leeräume – Nothing but Space, an hARTware project, Dortmund, Germany
The City, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1997
Transit, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Louisiana Exhibition, Humlebæk, Denmark
1995
MTG III, Sound installation, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1993
Brandts Klædefabrik and Eventyr Haven, Odense, Denmark
1992
Norrsken, Biennal for Contemporary Nordic Art, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Propuesta 92, Circulo de Bellas Arte, Madrid, Spain
1990
Madrid Minimixer, Casa del Reloj, Madrid, Spain
1989
September Exhibition, Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark
Sculpture Project, Lodsparken, Hvidovre, Denmark
PUBLIC WORKS
2019 – Red Poppies, public commission at Vrinnevi Sjukhus, Sweden
2016 – Wheel, public commission at Skt. Annæ Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 – Sound sculpture, Karensminde, Sydhavnen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010 – Azerbaijan Art Stations, permanent video installation, The Culture House of Bina, Baku, Azerbaijan.
2009 – The video “CROWDS” installed permanently in “ORKANEN”, Malmö University, Sweden.
2006 – Sculpture for Lyshøj School, Kolding, Denmark
2003 – Video altarpiece in the chapel in Söder Sjükhus, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 – Outdoor Video installed permanently at Sickla Udde, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 – Winter Light. With Flemming Brandtbjerg, Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 – Sculpture by the Library Square and Park, Skanderborg, Denmark.
1997 – Earth Sculpture, with landscape architect Steen Høyer, Esbjerg, Denmark
1994 – Sculpture in The King’s Gardens, Odense, Denmark.
1993 – The Danish Arts Foundation, “Temporary Sculpture Project”, Valby, Denmark.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
“VILLAR – Los hijos de Manuela”, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos CAB, Burgos, Spain
“Hera” Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
“IFITRYwaiting”, Centre d’Art Contemporain Essaouira, Essaouira, Morocco.
“Crowds”, The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
“Span”, The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
“Shine”, The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
“Evergreen”, Gothenburg Art Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Postcard”, The New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Laekjum”, The New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Evergreen”, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Approach”, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark.
“Many and One”, Collection Gentofte Art Library, Gentofte, Denmark
”NoMad”, ”White Noise/Wave”, ”Haji Ali”, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain
“Approach”, Caja Sol, C/ Cardenal Cisneros 5, Sevilla, Spain
“Postcard to a Ballerina”, Centro de Arte, Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
“VILLAR”, CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostella, Spain.
“Approach”, 21 C Museum, Foundation, Louisville, United States
OTHER PROJECTS
Video for Michael Felberbaum Band, Koncertkirken Blågårds Plads, Hanska Projekt. 2018
Video for the play Dissection of a snowfall, by Sara Stridsberg, Brazil and Sweden, 2015
CPH:DOX AUDIO:VISUALS – Mike Sheridan vs. Eva Koch, a concert, Øbro Hallen, Copenhagen, 2011
VILLAR – Manuela’s Children, Gyldendal, Spanish educational version, 2007
With the architect studio Preben Skaarup, winner of the landscape competition, Stige Ø, Denmark, 2006
Artspace #3, an internet project, 2003
Architect on Seeing the world Anew, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002
CoMa curated with Fernando Baena, 2001.
VILLAR – Manuela’s Children an interactive dvd, 2001
MTG IV, a Radio Programme with Morten Carlsen, 1996
67 Danish Female Artist, an Internet site, 1996
TEACHING
Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India. 2016
Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB), Norway, guest professor, 2009, 2016
Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Gent, Belgium, guest lecturer, 2008
WARP, Portfoliodays, Sint. Niklaas, Belgien, 2008
Valand Art Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden, guest lecturer, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Department of Photography and Film, Gothenburg University, Sweden, professor, 2004 – 06
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, (HGKL), Luzern, Switzerland, 2004, 2010
The Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden, guest professor, 2003
The Jutland Art Academy, Denmark, guest lecturer, 2002
The Royal Danish Art Academy, guest lecturer, 2000
The Royal Danish Academy, The Landscape Department, guest lecturer, 1996, 1997
