Rose Eken
Eken methodically replicates the multifarious detritus of everyday life, often arranging it into taxonomic grids of narrative display. Her arrangements and sheer amount of production assume an anthropological quality, documenting and preserving the relics of a culture and celebrating a history in process. While Eken produces embroideries, drawings, and sometimes even videos, she favours clay for its versatility and clumsy form, as shaping and firing warp the object along the way, resulting in unforeseen and unpredictable imperfections.
Born in Denmark, Rose graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. She has received critical appraise in US for her solo exhibition ‘Remain In The Light’ at The Hole gallery in New York as well as her more recent solo show ‘Tableau’ at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, which was acquired and displayed at Aros Museum of Modern Art in Aarhus, Denmark. Recent work includes ‘Aftermath’ at Horsens Art Museum, Denmark.