EDUCATION2023 - 2025 MA Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, DK
2020 - 2023 BA Philosophy, University of Copenhaven, DK
2015 - 2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography with First Class Honours Degree, the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
EXHIBITIONS2022 when the world becomes our body, solo exhibition in collaboration with Amund Bentsen, the Round Tower, Copenhagen, DK
2022 when the world becomes our body, solo exhibition in collaboration with Amund Bentsen, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, DK
2020 Ecognosis, solo exhibition in collaboration with Amund Bentsen, the TaighChearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, North Uist, UK
2019 Locomotion, Degree Show Exhibition, the Glasgow School of Art, Stow Building, Glasgow, UK,
2019 Bodies in Movement, International Group Exhibition, Milipiani, Rome, Italy
2018 Six variations of a movement sequence, Solo Exhibition, the Art School, Glasgow, UK,
2018 Call It Home, Glasgow Why Open House Arts Festival, Group Exhibition, Glasgow, UK
2018 White Rabbit, Group Exhibition, WASPS, Glasgow, UK
2017 On Movement #1, duo-exhibition with Francisco Regalado, Im Burrow, Berlin, Germany, curated by Yolandé Gouws
2017 No prospects, bright future, Group Exhibition, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2016 Like_But Not_, Group Exhibition, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
2014 VERA, Group Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, DK, curated by Søren Lose,
FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS 2019 Festival of Light, Glasgow, UK
2019 Frame Rush: A Place for Screendance, International Screendance Film Festival, The Place, London, UK
2019 9th Athens Video Dance Project (AVDP), International Dance Film Festival, Theater of Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
2018 12th IN OUT Festival, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Gdansk, Poland
2018 LOIKKA dance film festival, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Defining Space, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow, UK
GRANTS AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE2026 Augustinus Fonden, Odense Kommune, Kgs. Enghave Lokaludvalg, grants for the performance Alive
2025 Statens Kunstfond, Den Obelske Familiefond, Sharing Copenhagen, grants for the performance Alive
2024 Klitgaarden residency, Skagen, DK
2022 A. P. Møller Fonden, Københavns Kommune Rådet for Visuel Kunst, grants for the exhibition when the world becomes our body
2019 Can Lis — Luz Sin Sol, residency, Mallorca, Spain
2019 Ecognosis, residency, the Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, North Uist, UK
2018 Connections 2.0, residency with Stretching Roots, Performing Arts Platform, Aarhus, DK
2017 Studio Olafur Eliasson, residency, Berlin, DE
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK2026 Alive (upcoming), associate director for performance, Passage Festival, Helsingør; Kulturmødet Mors, Nykøbing; AFUK SCENE, Vestre Kirkegård, Copenhagen; DYNAMO WORKSPACE, Odense
2019, 2018 Four Transformations of Space and Time, solo performance, Sound Thought, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow, UK (2019) WASPS Studios, Glasgow, UK, (2018), in collaboration with musicians Hannah Joy Newham and Ben Fletcher.
2015 Porøset, performance with composer Louise Alenius, the Royal Danish Theater. concept by Louise Alenius, choreography and performance by Benjamin Skop.
2014 Festival of Future Nows, performance at The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin, with Olafur Eliasson and Steen Koerner.
2014 Plakatapet, solo performance, Charlottenborg Palace, performed with musicians Flemming Quist Møller and Carl Quist Møller.
2014 Libertad, dance performance, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, DK and Bora Bora, Århus, DK, with Selene Munoz and Alexandre Bourdat.
2014 State Dinner, Riddersalen, Christiansborg Palace, DK, performance for the Danish royal family and the Danish Parlament, with Steen Koerner Studio.
2014 EPP 2014 conference (Economy, People and Planet), choreographed by Benjamin Skop, performed with Natural Effects Crew.
2014 Plakatapet, solo performance, Charlottenborg Palace, performed with musicians Flemming Quist Møller and Carl Quist Møller.
2013 H.C. Andersen, theater performance at Tivolis Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013), and at Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China (2014), directed by Steen Koerner
2013 Performance duo with Koichiro Mori, Vetenskapsfestivalen Göteborg (Science Festival, Gothenburg), 3:e Våningen, and at Urban Connection, Dansens Hus (International Scene of Contemporary Dance), Stockholm, Sweden..
2010 E-motion, Copenhagen Choreographers Competition 2010, 2nd Place, choreographed by Benjamin Skop and performed with his group E-motion.
2010 HumanRobot, Dansescenen, Copenhagen, DK (2010), at Roskilde Festival, Cosmopol Stage (2010), at Breakin Convention, London, Sadlers Wells Theatre (2011)
2009 Live your Dream, lead role, produced by Freestyle Phanatix, at Malmö Stadsteater, Sweden
2009 Vampyren Pjerrot [Pjerrot the Vampire], the Pantomime Theatre, Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009 and 2010)
2007 The Nutcracker, Tivolis Concerthall (2006 and 2008) and at Århus Theater (2007), choreographed by Steen Koerner, receiver of the Reumert Theatre Award and added to the Danish Canon of Culture,
2007 Årets Reumert [the Reumert prize], Opening Act, the Royal Danish Theater, Gammel Scene [the Old Stage], transmitted on the national television station, choreographed by Steen Koerner.
2009 Dansescenen Theatre Grand Opening Show, choreographed by Steen Koerner, Dansescenen, DK
2006 Sylfiden [the Sylph], theater Aveny-T, Copenhagen, DK (2006) and at Århus Theater, DK (2009), choreographed by Steen Koerner.
2004 Rock & Royal, performance choreographed by Steen Koerner, Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, DK, in celebration of the upcoming royal Danish wedding of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. Transmitted live at channel TV2.
Contact
Email: benjamin.skop@gmail.com
Phone: +45 60 63 22 15