Gitte Ørskou
Born in 1971

Education

2001, mag.art., Aarhus University

Career to date

2009- Museum director, KUNSTEN – Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
2008-09 Head curator, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
2001-07 Assistant curator, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
2000-01 Assistant curator, Esbjerg Art Museum
1993-2000 Editor, Passepartout – Skrifter for Kunsthistorie
1996-2000 Reviewer, Dagbladet Information

Honorary offices

2007-2011 Member of Danish Arts Council's Committee for International Visual Arts    
2001-2010 External examiner, Department of Aesthetic Studies, Aarhus University
2010- Member of the board, Aalborg Kulturskole
2009-  Member of the board, the Aarhus Festival  
2008-2010 Member of the Faculty of Humanities Employer Panel, Aarhus University
2006- 2009 Deputy chairman of the board,  The Jutland Art Academy
2005-2009 Member of the steering group for TEKNE – Netværk for digital kunst og oplevelser, the Alexandra Institute, Aarhus University  
2003 Comissioner for the Danish Pavillion, the Venice Biennial
2001- External examiner, Department of Art and Cultural Studies, the University of Copenhagen

Other activities

Curator of various exhibitions
Author of numerous books and articles