Cecilie Beck is a Danish musician and audiovisual artist based in New York City, United States. She began playing the piano, her main instrument, at the age of six. In 2016, she released her debut album, Here is Now, on her own label Sound Vision Lab Inc.
In May 2013, Cecilie Beck earned an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. At the Academy's department 'School of Walls and Space', Beck studied Art-as-Activism and art in public spaces.
Cecilie Beck claims that she can âÂÂsee soundâ and âÂÂhear lightâÂÂ.
BeckâÂÂs music spans across a variety of music genres. She paints and draws her songs in a series called âÂÂSongs without SoundâÂÂ. Other aspects of her practice include installation, performance art, video projections, books, costumes/sculptures, experimental archiving and field work.
Beck has showcased her work at various venues in New York City, such as Nublu, Rockwood Music Hall, The Knitting Factory, Paper Box, Red Door, Arlene's Grocery, Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, La Bodega Studios, Platos Cave/Eidia House, Lesley Heller Gallery, Pianos and many more. Internationally, she has presented her music at Spikersuppa Sound Gallery in Oslo, The Artist House (Museum) in Oslo, Basso in Berlin, Litteraturhaus in Copenhagen and more. Among other public recognition, she received a "work grant" from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2017. In 2017, she was also put on the Danish ambassadorâÂÂs "Super Danish" list along with other acclaimed artists and culture contributors abroad.
Beck has lived in five different countries - Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Indonesia, the United States. She now lives and works as an artist in New York (since 2012).