CV

EDUCATION

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1982-88

Forum Collage of Fine Arts, Malmö, Sweden, 1978-82

POSITIONS

Director of KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2014 – present

Teacher at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark, 1998-2003

Teacher at Forum Collage of Fine Arts, Malmö, Sweden, 1990-1995

STAGE PRODUCTIONS & LIVE PERFORMANCES

2024 Hear the Voice - music theatre production, Estampie (DE), München, stage design

2023 Hear the Voice - music theatre production, Estampie (DE), Festival van Vlandeern Mechelen, stagedesign

2021 Johannisklang - concert w. A. Christensen, L. Stuttard, E. Gaver, Via Medieval, Worms - light design

2019 Rakel, Modus Middelaldermusikksenter/Grusomhedens Teater, Oslo - stage design

2019 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Performance Philosophy, Amsterdam

2019 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Inter Arts Centre, Malmö - visuals

2017 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Palazzo Grimani, Venice - visuals

2017 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Giudecca, Venice - visuals

2017 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Vetenskapsfestivalen, Gothenburg

2016 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen - visuals

2016 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, IFTR, Stockholm -visuals

2016 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, Galleri A-venue, Gothenburg - visuals

2016 Sanct Stefano - concert w. A. Christensen, L. Stuttard, E. Gaver, Via Medieval, Bechtheim - visuals

2015 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen - visuals

2015 Laude Illustre, Medieval semistaged concert, KoncertKirken / Gamlebyen Kirke, Oslo - video

2015 Laude Illustre, Medieval semistaged concert, Rovigno / Pesaro / Circolo Scandinavo, Rome / Castello Ruspoli, Vignanello - video

2015 Glories to Nothingness - performance installation w. E. Belgrano, 13Festivalen, Gothenburg

2014 Apollo og Daphnes kærlighed - opera by F. Cavalli, Hofteatret, Copenhagen - producer, stage design

2013 Laude Illustre, Medieval semistaged concert, Historisk Museum, Oslo - video

2012 Laude Illustre, Medieval semistaged concert, Meldorf, Germany / Skalholt Summer Festival, Iceland

2012 Vice & Virtue, Palladium Baroque, Malmö - stage design and video

2011 Poppæas Kroning, opera by C. Monteverdi, Københavns Musikteater – producer, stage design

2010 Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo, Koncertkirken Blågård – baroque opera - producer, stage setting

2009 Laude Illustre, Medieval semistaged concert with A. Christensen, GS. Johansen, E. Gaver, Modus, Oslo

2008 CLOSER, Åben Dans, Roskilde – dance performance - video setting and live video mix

2007 L'Orfeo, opera by C. Monteverdi, Hofteatret, Copenhagen - baroque opera - producer, stage setting

2007 VideoDanceConcert, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (w. Simon Christensen & Åben Dans) - video

2006 an incomplete map of everything, Links Hall, Chicago – video/sound performance

2005 Konstruktion Menneske, Inter_Aktion, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (w. Forslund & Åben Dans)

2005 Placard, Sound Facts, Neon Gallery, Bologna (sound performance w. Brandon LaBelle)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS - selection

2004 PlayDead/Landskrona, Landskrona Konsthall (w. L. Forslund)

2003 PlayDead/Albertslund, Albertslund Rådhus (w. L. Forslund)

2002 PlayDead/Vollsmose, Skulptur i Eventyrhaven, 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 (w L. Forslund)

1995 ABC, Krognoshuset, Lund (w Claire Savoie)

1995 Montre, Box, c/o Rieloff, Stockholm

1994 Private dele, Cafe Krasnapolsky, Copenhagen (w Leonard Forslund)

1993 Winterreise, Atelier Suedois, Montreal

1993 H.O.M.E., Atelier Suedois, Montreal

1992 Galleri Engström, Stockholm

1991 Galerie Leger, Malmö

1988 Galleri Bernhardsson, Malmö

1988 Galleri Gari, Copenhagen

1987 Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping

1987 Galleri Sten Eriksson, Stockholm

1984 Galleri Lång, Malmö

1983 Rådskælderen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - selection

2021 Art against Aids, Malmö Konsthall

2016 Organ Sound Art Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen

2014 Sound Art Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen

2014 Dallas Biennial 4, Dallas Texas

2013 Polyfoni, Thomas Wallner Gallery, Simris, Sverige

2012 Dallas Biennial 1, Dallas Texas

2009 AAW: OPENING, one day micro festival, Rostrum Gallery, Malmö

2005 Sound Facts, Museo della Musica, Bologna (installation)

2004 "folk kan godt li noise, de ved det bare ikke", Lydkunst i Ridehuset, Århus

2004 Traveling Magazine Table, Art in General, New York

2004 Overgaden Sound Art Festival, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2002 Publish and be Damned, Cubitt Gallery, London

2002 Samling Publikation ( ), Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad

2002 publikation (20), www.rollon.net, Malmö

2001 SHIFTE - det postmoderna genombrottet i Sverige, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö

1995 Forum Final, Galerie Leger

1993 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Schweden/ Art Suedois Contemporain, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau,

1993 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Schweden/ Art Suedois Contemporain, Musee Rath, Geneve,

1991 Art against Aids, Galerie Leger

1990 Nordic Art Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS - selection

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

MAJOR GRANTS & RESIDENCIES - selection

Statens Kunstfond, project and working grants, 2003 - present

Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati, Rome, residencies, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015

Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Copenhagen 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013

3-year Working Grant, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen, 1999

Project Grant, Kulturministeriets Udviklingsfond, Copenhagen, 1999

Studio Grant, Montreal, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm, 1993

Studio Grant, Nordic Art Centre, Sveaborg, Helsinki, 1990

CURATING & ORGANISATION - selection

Organ Sound Art Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2016 - present, curator, producer

Copenhagen World Music Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2015 - present, curator, producer

Copenhagen Jazz Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2014 - present, curator, producer

Vinterjazz Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2014 - present, curator, producer

Sound Art Festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2014-2015 - curator, artist

AAWAA: one day festival, Rostrum Gallery, Malmö, 2014 - curator, organiser, artist

B-DAY micro sound art festival, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2013 - curator, artist

Dallas Biennial 1, Dallas Texas, 2012

micro film festival, LiteraturHaus Kino, Copenhagen, 2009 - curator, organiser

AAW: OPENING, one day micro festival, Rostrum Gallery, Malmö, 2009 - curator, organiser, artist

Scandinavian Sound @ an incomplete map of everything, Links Hall, Chicago, 2006 – curator, presenter

Sound Facts, Bologna, 2005 – curator, presenter, artist

Break the ICE, cross-art symposium, NordScen, Reykjavik, 2005 – curator, consultant, moderator

Overgaden Sound Art Festival, Overgaden, Copenhagen, 2004 - curator, organiser, artist

Runme-Dorkbot City Camp, Read_me Software Art Festival, Århus, 2004 - organiser

Forum Final, exhibitions, Malmö/Lund, 1995 – initiator, organiser, artist

Michael Elmgreen & Henrik Olesen, Forumgalleriet , Malmö, 1992 – curator, organiser

CONFERENCES

Performance Philosophy Biennial, Amsterdam, 2019 - participant, artist

"Glories to Nothingness" - a performance research seminar, Palazzo Grimani, Venice, 2017 - organiser, host

Research Pavillion of the University of the Arts, Giudecca, Venice, 2017 - participant

"Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne", Copenhagen,Feb 2014 – organiser, host

"La clemenza di Tito", Stockholm,Aug 2013 – organiser

"Cimarosa", Stockholm,May 2013 – organiser

"Early Early Music", Copenhagen,Nov 2012 – organiser, moderator

"Early Music in the Northern countries", Copenhagen,Nov 2012 – organiser, moderator, host

"Cavalli on Stage", Stockholm,June 2012 - organiser

Nordic & Baltic Music Festivals, Reykjavik, 2011 - participant

"Poppæas Kroning", LiterturHaus, København, 2011 - organiser, host

"Sacred Representation in Music - from Medieval Drama to Early Opera", København, 2010 - organiser

"Mozart's Don Giovanni - in its original context", Stockholm,2010 - organiser

"Rhetoric in the Service of Artistic Expression - from Monteverdi to Mozart" Göteborg,2010 - organiser

"New Perspectives on Poppea", Stockholm,2009 - organiser

"Caccini's Euridice & The Birth of Opera", København, 2008 - organiser, host

"Monteverdi's Orfeo & The Baroque Theatre", København, 2007 - organiser, host

EARLY MUSIC FESTIVALS, CONCERT SERIES & ENSEMBLES

Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival, organiser and curator, www.renaissancemusik.dk, 2006 – present

Early Monday – early music cafe, organiser and curator, Literaturhaus, Copenhagen, 2009 – present

European Day of Early Music, KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, 2013 - present

Fransk Cembalofestival, producer, København/Frederiksberg/Holte 2012

Musica Ficta, Vocal Ensemble, general manager, 2009 - 2014

MUSIC NETWORKS

REMA – The European Early Music Network, 2009 - present

Nordic Network For Early Opera, administrator, 2007 – present

NORDEM – Nordic Early Music Federation, general secretary, Board member, 2009 – 2021

Associazione Ascanio Mayone, administrator, 2009 – 2019

Early Sound, administrator, 2009 – 2012

SINGING EXPERIENCE

Church singer - Skt Johannes Kirke, Copenhagen, 2009 - 2016

Church singer - Anna Kirke, Samuels Kirke, Copenhagen, 1998-2013

Concerts and performances – ensembles and solo, 1999 - 2017

Singer and administrator - vocal ensemble Kantus København, 1999-2007

JURIES, BOARDS & COMMITTEES

KoncertKirken Blågårds Plads, Founding Board member,  2013 - present

Circolo Scandinavo, Board member 2017 - 2023

Musikhuset København, Founding Board member 2019 - 2021

"International Competition Prince Francesco Maria Ruspoli", Vignanello, Jury member 2012-2018

"IX International Baroque Singing Competition Francesco Provenzale", Napoli, Jury member 2012

NORDEM – Nordic Early Music Federation, Board member 2012 - 2020

REMA – The European Early Music Network, Executive Board member 2010 - 2016

Aarhus University, Virtual Reality Projects, External censor 2002

NIC 2001, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Art Gallery Committee member 2001

Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Artistic censor 1999-2000

Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Board member 1998-2001

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

Artist talks at Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati, 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

PUBLICATIONS, TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS - selection

"L'Orfeo - en opera og tre opførelser", review, Custos, sept. Copenhagen, 2007

break the ICE, evaluational report on cross-art symposium held in Reykjavik, NordScen, aug. 2005

"Vad kan man lära av samtidskonsten?", text by H. Illeris, translation to swedish, Konstperspektiv 2002

publikation (20), www.rollon.net, artist book, Malmö, 2002

"Det lille jeg…", text by L. Forslund and J. Gassilewski, translation to danish, Leonard Forslund, 1999

"Forum - The Final Years 1990-1995", conversational essay, Forum Final, Malmö, 1995

"Introduktion till en fotoskulptur", essay, Katalog, Magazine on Photography, nr 1, Odense, 1989

"Björn Ross - Galleri Gari", exhibition catalogue, Copenhagen 1988

"Fotografiet - ett verkligt avtryck?", essay, Kalejdoskop nr 2, 1985

"Non multa sed multum" essay by Roland Barthes, translation to Swedish, Kalejdoskop nr 6, 1983

BIBLIOGRAPHY - selection

Kristin Veel: "Cybercitizen: Urban identity in net art" in Christian J. Emden and David Midgley (eds.), 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

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

PROJECTS by AREA

EARLY MUSIC

2010 - 2015 REMA - European Early Music Network - executive board member
2009 - 2015 Associazione Mayone - Administrator
2009 - 2014 NORDEM - Nordic Early Music Federation - General Secretary
2009 - 2014 Musica Ficta - vocal ensemble - Administrator
2008 - 2014 Early Sound - early music network in Denmark and around - Administrator
2007 - Nordic Network For Early Opera - Administrator, producer, stage designer
2003 - 2018 renaissancemusik.dk - early music webportal and production platform - Administrator
2000 - 2007 Kantus København - vocal ensemble - singer, administrator

STAGE PRODUCTIONS

2023 - 2024 The Karma Project w. Estampie (DE) - video and stage designer
2015 - 2019 "Glories to Nothingness" - performance installation w. Elisabeth Belgrano - stage designer
2014 "Apollo og Daphnes kærlighed" - Cavalli (1640) - producer and stage designer
2012 "Vice & Virtue" - baroque opera collage - stage designer and video
2011 "Poppæas Kroning" - opera by Claudio Monteverdi (1643) - producer
2010 "Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo" - opera by Cavalieri (1600) - producer and stage designer
2008 "Closer" - dance performance w. Åben Dans - video and stage design
2007 "L'Orfeo" - opera by Monteverdi (1607) - producer and stage designer

SOUND ART
2015 - Organ Sound Art Festival - KoncertKirken, Copenhagen - curator and organiser
2014 Sound Art Festival - KoncertKirken, Copenhagen - curator and organiser
2009 Art After Works: OPENING - a micro art festival - Galleri Rostrum, Malmö - curator and organiser
2006 An incomplete map of everything, Links Hall, Chicago - performer, curator and artist
2005 Sound Facts, Bologna - curator, artist, speaker, performer
2004 Overgaden Sound Art Festival, Copenhagen - curator, producer and organiser

INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2006 ORGAN [chicago requiem] - preformance @ Links Hall, Chicago
2005 Konstruktion Menneske - dance performance installation, collaboration w. L. Forslund and T. Eisenhardt
2005 ORGAN [museo] - installation @ Museo della Musica, Bologna
2002-04 PlayDead - site specific multimedia installations in collaboration with Leonard Forslund

NET ART
2012 Dallas Biennial 2012 Vol I. - Dallas, Texas
2000-02 s/z [mapping aarhus] - stedet3.dk, Statens Kunstfond, Copenhagen

CONTACT
Björn Ross
Blegdamsvej 2, 2.th.
DK-2200 Copenhagen
bjornross [a] gmail.com