Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen (1972)

Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen was born in Denmark 1972. He grew up in Sweden and after high school moved to San Francisco. There he went to school at the San Francisco Academy of Art University. He continued his education in New York at The International Center of Photography.

While living in New York he has worked as an artist, photographer, DJ, gallery director and event coordinator at various cultural institutions in the city. He was the artist in residence at Gershwin Hotel, which is also an art museum, gallery, performance and event space. Jacob has organized many successful exhibitions and cultural festivals („Catcher in the Eye”, „Danish Newave”) which were held on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building and on top of The World Trade Center.

In collaboration with The Danish Cultural Institute, Jacob has worked on creating a relationship between Copenhagen, New York and Istanbul. This not only to create a network and exchange activity between Copenhagen and Denmark in connection to the plans to establish a Institute in Istanbul, but also as a integration project between Turks and Danes. The largest populations in Denmark besides the Danes are the Turks and the immigration in connection to the potential membership in EU for Turkey, would increase drastically. The project is called The Triangle Project, where Copenhagen, Istanbul and New York are the three points of the triangle.

While working on the Triangle Project, Jacob was asked by the General Secretary of the Danish Cultural Institute, Finn Andersen, to come up with a Climate Project. The CO2 E – Race Project is a natural progression of Jacob’s earlier work, to create awareness and information about issues in society with the tools of art and culture.