Jakob S. Boeskov is an artist based in New York City. His diverse practice spans drawing, text, music, sculpture, and video. Boeskov's innovative approach to artmaking includes early adoption of new technology such as 3D printing, LLM, and social media face filters. Boeskov's work has been shown at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Stedelijk Museum, and the Danish National Gallery.

BOOKS

2025, Wild Victim Unit, 376 pages, Synth Books (fiction)
2016, Face Jagger, 112 pages, A Mock Book (non-fiction)
2015, ID Sniper, 96 pages, A Mock Book (non-fiction)

AWARDS

2011, Danish Dox Award, Copenhagen International Film Festival

FILMS

2018, Roy Camera, Ada Lauder Films, 74 min.
2010, Empire North, Interpretation Production, 58 min.

ALBUMS

2022, Abstract Money Hole, TapeLore
2021, Lord Algorithm, TapeLore
2017, Symbolic And Real Police, TapeLore
2012, T-7, Pork Salad Press

LECTURES (SELECTED)

1999, Architectural Association, London
2004, Städelschule, Frankfurt
2008, Moscow School of Art, Moscow
2016, National Arts Club, New York
2025, Den Frie, Copenhagen

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017, Post Domination, Mulherin Pollard, New York
2014, Fuck The Singularity, Mulherin Pollard, New York
2013, Simulation Day Chaos, Hurrala, Los Angeles
2012, Weekend Futurology, Mulherin Pollard, New York
2011, Thule, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2009, Siggimund, Danish National Galleryt, Copenhagen
2007, Dad, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
2006, Monster Mirror, Otto Dix Haus, Gera, Germany
2005, Coup de Théâtre, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (SELECTED)

2024, Social Photography, Carriage Trade, New York. 2024, Davos Orgone Device (w. Mathias Kessler) π Projects, Frankfurt
2023, Sintesi, LFA Art, Naples
2021, Technoshamanism, HMKV, Dortmund
2020, Very Public, Xi Bing Plaza, New York
2019, Vinter i KA, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
2019, The Stimulation Vortex, The Scandinavian Institute, New York
2018, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Centre Pompidou, Paris / Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2018, Autonomics, Scandinavian Institute, Copenhagen / New York
2017, Shadow Cabinet, Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space, New York
2016, Breaking News, Art 21, Lagos, Nigeria
2016, Solvang, Public Art Project, Copenhagen
2017, Map Car Man, R/L Window, New York
2015, Identity Theft, Scandinavian Institute, New York
2014, The Great Poor Farm Experiment VI, Poor Farm, Wisconsin
2014, Holbæk Art, Holbæk
2013, Reality & Fiction, Villa Schoeningen, Berlin
2013, Social Goth, Scandinavian Institute, New York
2013, Tournament D'Objet, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2012, Textual Pleasures, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
2012, Sunshine and Demented Minds, Mulherin Pollard, New York
2011, Daydreaming Animals, Mulherin Pollard, New York
2011, What is he doing in there?, Fuse Gallery, New York 2010, Dr. Cruel, Creative Time, New York
2010, To The Road Less Travelled, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2008, The Destruction of Atlantis, Union Gallery, London
2008, The Lords, David Lawrence Gallery, Beverly Hills
2008, From Thought to Action, Roskilde Festival, Copenhagen
2008, Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2008, The Flowers Of Evil Still Bloom, Cueto Projects, New York
2007, LA is on Fire, David Lawrence Gallery, Beverly Hills
2007, Love/Sex/War, ExitArt, New York
2007, Eyesore, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2007, Cabaret Tribunale, Judson Memorial Church, New York
2007, The Activist Way, Cueto Projects, New York
2006, Regarding Denmark, Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens
2005, Screening War, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2005, Ersatz Stadt, Volksbühne, Berlin
2005, Populism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Frankfurter Kunstverein / CAC Vilnius / Museum of Modern Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
2004, Desire, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2004, Socle Du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning
2004, A Guide To The Tourist Gaze, K1, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2003, Electric Currents, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
2003, Multiples, Project, Dublin
2003, Turmsturm, Nikolaj Kirke, Copenhagen
2002, Rent-a-Bench, Public Art Exhibition, Los Angeles
2002, Bodydeluxe, Ionic Gallery, London
2002, Artgenda, Hamburg
2000, Pervert Gallup, Momentum Nordic Festival For Contemporary Art, Moss
1999, Pop-Op, Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro
1999, The Party, WMF Club, Berlin
1996, Update, Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen

BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED)

"How a dane tricked the weapon lobby",
Thomas Hillenbrand, Der Spiegel 03. 24.2005

"High tech, high art"
Dean Olsher, New York Public Radio, 04.12.2009

"Wake up, postmodern zombies"
Mette Sandbye, Weekendavisen, 04.12.2009

"Love/sex/war"
Village Voice, 04.11.2007

"The ID Sniper" IDG Media, Japan, 04.28.2004 "The ID Sniper"
Newshour, BBC, 04.28.2004

"Signals, Statistics & Social Experiments"
Brian Holmes, Viper Conference Paper, Basel, 22.11.04

"Hot art"
Lars Bang Larsen, Politiken, Denmark, 16.02.03

"The ID sniper as immanent critique"
Dissertation paper, Dept. of politics and philosophy
Bent Meier Sorensen, Copenhagen Business School, 0303.2004

"Misinterpretations"
K. Olegsky, Membrana, Russia ,16.02.05