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: