Born 1962 in Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen
Member of The Danish Society of Artists|Kunstnersamfundet www.akademiraadet.dk 


REPRESENTED BY

Blind Spot, New York
Bie & Vadstrup Galleri, Copenhagen


EDUCATION

MA in Visual Culture and BA studies in Art History, University of Copenhagen, 
Dep. of Arts and Cultural Studies, Dep. of Media, Cognition and Communication, Dep.of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

School of Arts, Crafts and Design, Copenhagen, Department of  Scenography 	

Kawashima Textile School and SHARP Corp. International Design Center, Japan 	

School of Arts, Crafts and Design, Kolding, Department of Textile design



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Strofer fra første sal (Hommage á Roy Andersson), SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg

2012
Albertslund Rådhus

2010	
S-scape, Galerie Bie & Vadstrup, Copenhagen

2008	
Troubled Water, Galerie Bie & Vadstrup, Copenhagen

2006	
eXtension, Galerie Bie & Vadstrup, Copenhagen

2005	
A Ship Comes Loaded, Esbjerg Art Museum
Matrix of Imagination, The Ringsted Gallery

2002	
Pre-Ooze with Lone Larsen, The Center for Contemporary Art, Kristianstad Konsthall, Sweden

2001	
Galerie Bie & Vadstrup, Copenhagen 
Saltworks – infrared notes from a pilgrimage, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
CODEX2000, The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Odense, Denmark
The Buzz 2.0, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland, curated by Mika Hannula (NU:/The Helsinki Art Academy) 
in cooperation with Gallery 1%, Copenhagen and NIFCA, Sveaborg, Finland
By rotation Søren Martinsen, Jakob Kolding, Mads Gamdrup, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and Linda Orloff

1999	
Sphere, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
Substructure, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland

1997	
40 Days in The Wilderness, Centre of Creative Photography, Jyväskylä, Finland
Hommage to a wounded angel, Photographic centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
Saga Blot, Billedhusets Galleri, Copenhagen
Handskfack, Gallery Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden

1996	
Saga Blot, award exhibition in connection with The Ministry of Culture ‘s Photgraphic Book Prize
The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Odense, Denmark

1995	
Amnesia, Traneudstilling with Ulrikka Gernes, Gentofte Art Library

1993	
Platformen, The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Odense , Denmark



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
Hvad kameraet så, Brandts, Odense, Denmark

2016
15 år!, Kristianstad Konsthal

2015
Ind i skabet, Svends Bibliotek, Bakkehusmuseet, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2014
Lige i skabet, Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen
Ud af skabet, Svends Bibliotek, Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå, Denmark

2009	
FotoGrafia 2009 (Festival Internazionale di Roma) International festival of photography. 8th edition
International platform organized by Foreign Academies and Cultural Institutes, Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Who we are, Contemporary Nordic photography and video by Miki Jacobsen, Lauri Astala, Hanna Brotherus, 
Linda Orloff, Elina Brotherus og Esko Männikkö

2007	
One Shot Each, Brandts|Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

2005	
Labyrinths – The Spaces of Art (Labyrinter – Kunstens Rum), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Forgänglighet Stilla Kaos, Rydal Museum, Sweden
Photo Espana Madrid, Spain

2004	
www.AK47.tv, web exhibition, London

2003	
www.women2003.dk, Nordic billboard project, Denmark and Sweden

2000      
FotoFest 2000, FotoFest International, Houston, Texas. Art Board: dir. Anne Tucker, Museum of Fine Art, Houston
Earth Sky, Jackson fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, with Thomas Joshua Cooper, Kiki Smith, a.o.

1998
Blind Spot, New York
Art Directors Gallery, New York
SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York
The Full Monty, Gallery Edwynn Houk, New York, with Sally Mann, Andy Warhol. a.o.
Polaroid as Art – The Polaroid Collection, The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Odense, Denmark
Unikum, AfsnitP, (poetry gallery ), Copenhagen, by Christian Yde Frostholm and Danish Literature Council
Time, photo performance with Lone Larsen (S), The Swedish National Arts Foundation	

1997	
Landscape ’97, Centre of Creative Photography, Jyväskylä 
Landscape ’97, Photographic Center Pere, Turku, Finland
Inside – Outside, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland

1993	
The Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen
The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen

1992	
Gnadenbilder, with the author Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, Nikolaj Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen
Catalyse, Rencontre Art Temporain, Galerie la Lisiere, Reims, France
Galerie Caroline Corre, Paris

1991	
VÆXT, The Botanical Gardens, Copenhagen
KP, The Århus Art Hall

1990	
Open Doors to Scandinavia, Le Genie de la Bastille, Paris

1988	
Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
The Jens Nielsen and Olivia Holm-Møller Museum, Holstebro, Denmark


	
PROJECTS

2017
The Work of Seeing - Visuality, Film and Photography in Paul Austers Works. 
Theoretical research project, Master of Arts, University of Copenhagen

2006|07
KIOSHK, The Danish Arts Council, The New York project DaNY Arts 2006|07. Research|collaboration with curator Alison Nordström, 
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (Kodak Eastman), USA


ARTISTS’ BOOKS

Saga Blot, The Ministry of Culture ‘s Photgraphic Book Prize. Rhodos Publishing  1996	
Amnesia with Ulrikka S. Gernes. Brøndum Publishing 1995	


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Danish National Arts Foundation 
The Swedish National Arts Foundation 
The Finnish Museum of  Photography, Helsinki, Finland 
The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Odense, Denmark 
The National Museum of Photography, The Royal Library, Copenhagen 
Blind Spot Artists Representation, New York
Private collections in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and USA


ENVIRONMENTAL|PUBLIC ART

Ringkøbing Bank, Denmark 2007	
Hvide Sande Skole, Denmark 2007	


STAGED

Hvide Sande Skole|Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune in collaboration with Kaospiloterne, Århus
CoolTour, co-ordination and directing Linda Orloff og Helle Fuglsang/Wilma Version 2009	
The Center for Contemporary Art, Kristianstad Konsthall, Sweden	
De:vernissage Pre-Ooze, with Lone Larsen, performed by Helle Fuglsang & Johnny Ewald 2002
Københavns Sommerunderholdning, artperformance VÆXT, The Botanical Gardens, Copenhagen 
idea, scenography, visual co-ordination and directing Linda Orloff, performance by Helle Fuglsang 1991	
Next Stop Sovjet, synchronic concert Moscow/Copenhagen, Lars H.U.G.a.o. scenograpyh Iben Ravn and Linda Orloff 1989	
Teater Kulturfabrikken, 1000 dage og nætter, direction Kjeld Løfting, scenography Linda Orloff 1987	
Teater Kulturfabrikken, Gadens Børn, direction Peter Aude, scenography Linda Orloff 1987	
Danish Film Institute, RESET, direction Ole Larsen, scenography Linda Orloff 1986	


GRANTS, AWARDS

The Danish Arts Foundation 1996, 2001, 2008, 2009	
The Danish Arts Foundation, two year scholarship 1999|2000
The Danish Arts Council, The New York Project DaNY Arts 2006|2007 
The Danish Arts Council 2004, 2005, 2009
The Anne Marie Telmanyi, née Carl-Nielsen, Foundation 2003	
Ministry of Culture Development Fond 2000	
Danish Center of Art (DCA) 1998, 2000
Nordic Artists’ Centre (NKD) 2000			
Danish Literature Council 1998, 1999	
The Ministry of Culture ‘s Photgraphic Book Prize 1996
Nordic Arts Centre (NIFCA) 1996	
The Academy of Arts Council 1996
Sleipnir, Nordic Council of Ministers 1995
The Ministry of Culture, The Danish Writers’ Association 1994
Association of Danish directors, stage designers and film workers 1994	
The Ministry of Culture 1990	
The Architect Fr. Borup Grant 1987	
Rigmor Skades Foundation 1986	
The Knud Højgaard Foundation 1985	
The Carl and Eline Bremer Foundation 1985	
The Kolding school of Arts and Crafts Anniversary Grant 1984, 1986	
The National Workshops for Arts and Crafts 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2009


RESIDENCIES

Skandinavisk Forenings Kunstnerhus (Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati), Rome, Italiy 2009
Nordic Artists’ Centre, Dale (NKD), Norway 2000
Nordic Arts Centre (NIFCA), Sveaborg Finland 1996


OTHER ACTIVITIES

Censorship, the VK Exhibition Holbæk, Denmark 2009, 2010	 	
Artists talk, Ringstedgalleriet, Denmark (Matrix of Imagination) 2005	
Board, Wilma Version (production company for performance, dance and film) 2002-	
Artists talk, Finnish Museum of Photography (The Buzz 2.0) 2001	
Artists talk, Brandts|Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark (CODEX2000) 2001	
Artists talk, FotoFest 2000 FotoFest International, Houston, Texas (students of Houston University) 2000	
Artists talk, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland (Substructure) 1999	
Censorship (photography and media art), the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen 1996, 1997	
Board, Fotografisk Galleri, Copenhagen 1996	
Course committee, Association of Danish directors, stage designers and film workers 1995	


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Linda Orloff: The Work of Seeing-Visuality, Film and Photography in Paul Auster’s Works. MA thesis, University of Copenhagen 2017
One Shot Each Brandts|Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark 2007    
Linda Orloff: A Ship Comes Loaded, Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark 2005	
www.AK47.tv, Third Issue London 2004	
History of Danish Photography (Dansk fotografi historie). By Rune Gade and Mette Sandbye, Gyldendal, Denmark 2004	
www.women2003.dk
About the Photography of Linda Orloff (Om Linda Orloffs fotografi) by Pontus Kyander, art critic and editor of the Swedish television 
programmes Culture News (Kulturnyheterne) and Picture Journal (Bildjournalen), ARTES #2, Stockholm, Sweden 2002	
CODEX2000, interview by Bjarne Bækgaard, Culture News (Kulturnyt) Danish radio programme 2001	
CODEX2000, KATALOG/Autumn, The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Denmark 2001	
ARTnews/June, New York 2000	
The Mind’s Eye, by Barré Bullard, Spot Magazine, Houston Center for Photography 1999	
Blind Spot #11. New York 1998	
Blind Spot Artist Representation, www.blindspot.com 1998	
Creative Camera, London 1998	
North Gueststar, North Debat no.35., Denmark 1995	
Amnesia, KATALOG, The Museum of Fine Art Photography, Denmark 1994	
Hvedekorn, issue 1, 2, and 3. Vol. 68, Denmark 1994	
Zoom. Life, Death, and Colour Explosions (Zoom. Liv, død og farveeksplosioner), interview by C. Olrik, Weekendavisen, Dk 1993
Charismatic Pictures (Karismatiske Billeder) by Tove Hansen Thage, Øjeblikket, Denmark 1992	
Vis A Vis International No.8, Paris 1990     







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