ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Josephin Bovién is an Energetic Explorer and Visionary Storyteller of Danish, English, and Ghanaian heritage. Currently based on the outskirts of the Danish city, Aarhus.

Background

At age 3, Josephin became involved with music and performance through ballet dance. She danced to European classical music until age 10. When rejected by the Royal Academy of Ballet (DK), she quit dancing and turned her poetic passion strictly to music.

At age 11, she applied to the Danish Children's Melody Grand Prix 2011 and was selected as one of the ten contestants for the televised show. Her songwriting and participation generated funds, enabling her to later invest in a personal laptop and musical gear to cultivate her journey as an autodidact songwriter, vocalist, and electromagnetic music composer and producer.

Josephin flew from the nest at age 17, moved to Aarhus, and made her independent artist debut in 2018. With the support of talented free jazz and neo-soul musicians embodying her live band, such as singer Julie Pavon (DK/HN), bass player Philip Akrofi (DK/GH), and the Improv duo Yellow Spoon consisting of Rasmus Sitarz (DK) and Christoffer Holm Clausen (DK), Danish media named her one of Denmark’s most promising, upcoming R&B and Neo-soul artists. Her minimalistic yet experimental productions, authentic poetry, and ethereal live performances were critically acclaimed by Clash Magazine (UK), Politikken (DK), BBC Radio 6 (US), and Worldwide FM (UK). Performing festivals in Denmark, Norway, and Germany and immediately booked for Roskilde Festival 2020 after her first headline show in Copenhagen in the autumn of 2019.

Turning 20, Josephin was a selected artist and chosen front cover for the feminist portrait series and book “50/50” created by photographers Merle Mejlby and Chris1million. An artistic and anthropological response to the Danish music industry’s gender inequality when booking, airing, and signing Danish musicians. In 2025 the book was designated as Danish cultural heritage.

Mental Movement

Despite her professional momentum, at age 21, Josephin retired from her work to prioritize her breath and creative integrity. As a result of experiencing, and, nonetheless, unintentionally morphing herself into, the egocentric and imperialistic ideologies of the music industry, together with COVID-19’s scarcity-driven and turbulent shutdown of the entire cultural sector, an undeniable alienation had taken form in her sense of self and artistic practice. She then sought to redefine her self-concept and began her artistic research on harmonic ecology, regenerative community, and the anatomy of a fertile, artistic service.

Josephins work has received funds and grants from, among others, KODA, the Danish Ministry of Culture, Aarhus Municipality, Aarhus Film Workshop, and the Danish Film Talent Fond.