V1 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Meatpacking District of Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] It was founded in 2002 by designer Jesper Elg and photographer Peter Funch.[2] V1 Gallery gained international notability by being the first art gallery in Scandinavia to exhibit international street art pioneers such as Banksy (UK) and Eine (UK),[1] the Faile artist collective (US/JAP), Futura 2000 (US), Zevs (FR) and OBEY / Shepard Fairey (US).[3] The gallery has been listed as "Copenhagen's coolest art gallery"[4] by The New York Times, and listed in ArtNet's "Best contemporary galleries in Europe".[2]

The gallery's best known projects include:

• The Boredom Project by Faile in 2002
• Banksy VS EINE by Banksy and EINE in 2003[1]
• The Hunt For Your Family featuring artists such as Devendra Banhart, Adam Green (musician), and Chris Johanson curated by Galleri Loyal in 2004
• OBEY by Shepard Fairey in 2004[4]
• Futura - Year In Pictures by Futura 2000 in 2005
• Random Happenings with Dash Snow in 2005
• Coup de Theatre by Jakob Boeskov in 2005
• MuhameDansk by HuskMitNavn in 2006
• Highmath curated by Arkitip in 2006
• V-B by Dearraindrop in 2006
• Super Fortress by Richard Colman in 2006
• Rehearsal For Death by Neck Face in 2007
• Trouble by Todd REAS James in 2007
• Babel Tales by Peter Funch in 2007

External links

• Gallery Website

References