1943 Born in Copenhagen Education & Career 1960-1964 Denmark’s Design School (former ”Skolen for Brugskunst”) 1964-1970 Attached to Bing & Grøndahls Porcelain Factory 1978-1982 Attached to Royal Copenhagen 1968- Establishing own workshop in Copenhagen 1992-1996 Head of the Department for Ceramic and Glass, Denmark’s Design School 1992-1997 Member of the National Bank of Denmark Jubilee Fund of 1968 Committee 1999-2001 Member of the Danish Arts Foundation Committee for Applied Art and Design Exhibitions 1967 - Bing & Grøndahl, Amagertorv, Denmark 1971 - Jönköping Läns Museum, Sweden 1975 - "12 Keramiske Værksteder", Viborg Stiftsmuseum, Denmark 1976 - Spring and Autumn Exhibitions, Charlottenborg Art Gallery, Denmark 1977 - Danish Applied Arts, Marienlyst Palace, Denmark 1981 - The Danish Arts Foundation 1978-81, the Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ** 1982 - "Danish Ceramic Design" Pennsylvania State Museum, USA 1984 - Galerie Heidi Schneider, Zürich, Switzerland ** - Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark - "K" Gallery for Applied Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark ** 1985 - "Keramiske Veje", Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark - Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan 1986 - Gummesons Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (with Jane Reumert) 1987 - Céramique Danoise, Royal Danish Embassy, Paris, France - Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria - "Keramiske Veje", Copenhagen, Denmark 1988 - Galerie "L", Hamburg, Germany 1989 - "Keramiske Veje", Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark - The Danish Arts Foundation 25th Anniversary, Rosenkjærhallen, Denmark - Graham Gallery, New York, USA (with Jane Reumert) 1990 - "Danish Ceramics Artists", Singer Museum, Holland - Næstved Museum, Boderne, Denmark ** - Gammel Dok - The Danish Craft Council Award ** 1991 - "5 Artists from the Nordic Countries", Tallinn, Estonia - "Europäisches Kunsthandwerk", Stuttgart, Germany - "10 Danish Women in the Arts", The National Museum of Women, USA 1992 - Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany ** - "Keramiske Veje", Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark - Danish Ceramics, Århus Kunstbygning, Denmark 1993 - Gotlands Art Museum, Sweden 1994 - Trapholt Art Museum, Denmark - Heimatmuseum Eckernförde ** 1995 - Det Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), Trondheim, Norway - Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark - Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland 1996 - Gallerie b15, Munich, Germany - Gallerie b15, Munich, Germany - Saarländisches Kunstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, Germany - Oxford Gallery, England ** 1997 - ”Junta”, Andersens Vandtårn, Copenhagen, Denmark - Contemporary Danish Ceramics, Sophienholm, Denmark - Clausens Art Gallery together with Sys Hindsbo, Denmark - ”Keramiske Veje”, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark - "The Contemporary Teapot", Grimmerhus Ceramic Museum, Denmark 1998 - "Images of Africa ", Ghana - Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet, Belgium - “Women in Europe”, Galerie für Englische Keramik, Heidelberg, Germany - International Academy of Ceramics, Waterloo/Toronto, Canada - “The-tid”, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark ** 1999 - “Corner” Charlottenborg Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark - Galleri Björnen, Stockholm, Sweden ** - Scandinavian Crafts Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, USA 2000 - Corner, Charlottenborg Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark - ”Keramiske Veje” with Japanese artists, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark - ”Blue” – 10 Scandinavian Experts, Grimmerhus Ceramic Museum, Denmark - ”Dansk Form – Design vom Nachbarn”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany 2001 - Corner, Charlottenborg Art Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark - Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London, UK - ”Indhold” together with Ole Palsby, the Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark - ”Dansk Form – tur retur”, Dansk Arkitekturcenter, Gammel Dok, Copenhagen 2002 - Gallery Puls, Brussels. From the Kilns of Denmark in The US, Paris and Berlin. Continues until 2004 2003 - Galleri Nørby ** 2004 - Galerie Carlin, Paris - "Corner", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - European Ceramics, Fiskars, Finland - Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh - Cultural Connections 2005 - "Corner", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - Puls 2005, Bruxelles ** - "Collect", Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Cultural Connection 2006 - "Corner", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - "IAC", Riga, Latvija - "SOFA", Chicago - The art museum of Bornholm, Bornholm - "Collect", Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Cultural Connection 2007 - "Corner", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen - "Collect", Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Cultural Connection **) Solo exhibitions Memberships - The Danish Arts and Crafts Association - The Danish Artists Association - The Board of the ”Académie Internationale de la Céramique”, Switzerland - The Board of IAC, International Academy of Ceramists Represented at Stockholms Nationalmuseum, Sweden; Jönköping Läns Museum, Röhsska Kunstslöjdmuseum, Sweden; Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Germany; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Ny Carlsbergfondet, Copenhagen; Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway; The Palmer Museum, Pennsylvania, USA. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany. Scholarships, Awards 1983 Spezial-Preis Saltzbrand '83, Koblenz , Germany 1985 Danish Arts Foundation working scholarship for 3 years 1990 The Danish Craft Council Award 1991 The Estonian State Culture Prize 1997 Royal Danish Academy Award (the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal) 2005 Grant from Inga & Ejvind Kold Christensen's Foundation 2005 The Formland Prize for the dinner set Distinction

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