Jakob Kudsk Steensen

Jakob Kudsk Steensen (b. 1987, Køge, Denmark) studied painting and new media at the University of Aarhus before completing a master’s degree in art history from Copenhagen University and a master’s in fine art at Central Saint Martins in London. He has held solo exhibitions at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2025); Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Cisternerne, Copenhagen (2025); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2024); ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (2022); Halle am Berghain / LAS Art Foundation, Berlin (2021) and Serpentine, London (2020, 2019). He has par­tic­i­pat­ed in group exhibitions and biennials at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2025); the 15^th Gwangju Biennale (2024) and LUMA Foundation, Arles (2021). His work is held in the collections of Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; LUMA Foundation, Arles; KADIST, Paris/​San Francisco; LAS Art Foundation, Berlin; ARKEN Museum of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Ishøj; ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum and SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. He received the Prix du Jury at Les Rencontres d’Arles (2019); the Webby Award – People’s Choice VR (2018) and the Games for Change Award – Most Innovative (2018). He lives and works in Copenhagen.