Torben Eskerod
Born 1960. Lives and works in Copenhagen
Studies in Architecture, Fine Art and Photography, 1987-1991 / MA of Science Engineering, University of Aalborg, 1980-1986
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, USA
Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Nessim Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Karen Blixen Museum, Rungsted, Denmark
Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Selected Group Exhibitions
Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Museum of Fine Art Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Lolland, Denmark
Kunstmuseet i Tønder, Tønder, Denmark
The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark
Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA
Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland
Technisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden
Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Amos Andersons Konstmuseum, Helsinki, Finland
Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Nikolaj Kunsthal, Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleria Nazionale d´Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburg, Scotland
South East Museum of Photography, Florida, USA
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Selected Collections
The Royal Library, Photographic Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark
Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Odense, Denmark
South East Museum of Photography, Florida, USA
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Yamanashi, Japan
Museumof Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA
Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Prizes and Awards
Fogtdals Fotografpriser, Rejselegat, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
Brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s Portrait Award, Contemporary Nordic Portrait Award, 3rd Price, Copenhagen, 2007
The National Photographic Book Prize of Denmark, 1997
The National Portrait Gallery, John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, London, 1994, 1996 & 1997
Grand Prix de la Ville de Vevey, images 98, Jury's Special Mention, Ville de Vevey, Switzerland, 1998
Awards for the book Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment:
Margaret Mead Award, Society for Applied Anthropology and American Anthropological Association, 2007
Anthony Leeds Prize, Society for Urban, National, Transnational and Global Anthropology, 2006
Stirling Prize, Society for Psychological Anthropology, 2006
Outstanding Book Award, Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, 2006
Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, Society for Medical Anthropology, 2005
Honorable Mention, Victor Turner Prize, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, 2005
Awards for the book Will to Live:
Welcome Medal for Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britainand Ireland, 2008
Diana Forsythe Prize of the Committee on Science, Technology and Computing and the Society for the Anthropology of Work, American Anthropological Association, 2008
Books - Monographs
Campo Verano, Kehrer Verlag, Germany,2009
Will to Live (by Joao Biehl and Torben Eskerod), Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, 2007
Vita (by Joao Biehl and Torben Eskerod), University of California Press, USA, 2005
Register, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001
Ansigter, Kulturministeriets Fotografiske Bogpris, Forlaget Rhodos, Denmark, 1997