Louise Hindsgavl (DK)
statement
Louise Hindsgavl graduated from Designskolen Kolding (DK) in 1999 specialising in one-off pieces. Hindsgavl mainly works in porcelain. Her works have a distinctly narrative expression, both when she works with one-off pieces and with more utilitarian items. She wants us to experience the multiplicity of ceramics through her work, while at the same time stimulating our imaginations.
Louise Hindsgavl feels that we often let the pre-determined images of others dictate our taste. She wants to change that tradition and to this end, her works often have surrealist undertones, where she produces a form of alternative reality for the viewer to enter.
Hindsgavl uses several ceramic techniques in her work – such as throwing, modelling and moulding. Her works are represented at several Danish museums including the Danish Museum of Decorative Art, the Museum of International Ceramic Art at Grimmerhus and the Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Applied Art, Design and Furniture Design in Kolding.
In 2004, she received a grant from the Danish Arts Foundation. That year she also won the Danish ‘Biennial Award’ at the Craft and Design Biennial. In 2005 her humorous and original work was featured in two separate exhibitions at Galleri Nørby in Copenhagen and at Puls Contemporary Ceramics in Brussels, Belgium.
Published 2008.06.13
Text: Louise Koch
bio
Born: 29th of January 1973
Education
1994-1999 Designskolen Kolding, Department of ceramics and glass
1997 Stay with study and competition purposes, School of Ceramics, Cencal, Caldas da Reina, Portugal.
Representations
2009 Represented at World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, South Korea
2008 Represented at The Röhsska Museum, Göteborg, Sweden
2007 Represented at Trondheim Kunstindustrimuseum, Norway
2006 Sale to The Danish Art Foundation
2006 Represented in the collection of Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2005 Represented in the collection of the Danish Museum of Art & Design, DK
2005 Represented in the collection of “Trapholt” Museum of Modern Art, DK
2004 Sale to The Danish Art Foundation
2002 Sale to The Danish Art Foundation
2001 Represented in the collection of “Museum of International Ceramic Art”, Grimmerhus, Denmark.
Grants and Awards
2009 Silversmith Kay Bojesen and wife Erna Bojesens Memorial Grant
2007 The Danish Art Foundation
2006 The Danish Art Foundation
2006 Annie og Otto Detlefs’ Award for Young Ceramicists 2006
2005 Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2004 The Danish Art Foundation
2004 The Biennale Award., The Biennale of Arts and Craft and Design 2004
2004 Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2000-2001 The Danish Art Foundation, The Grant for Young Artists
1999 Foundation of Gudrund og Erik Kauffeldt
1999 Foundation of L. F. Foght
1998 ”Young Designers Award ’97”, SNBA, Nacional des Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Bibliografi
2009 ”Once Upon a Chair”, Gestalten Verlag.
2008 ”Fragiles, Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics”, Gestalten Verlag.
2008 ”Mod I Ler”, interview i Living Design
2007 “Kulturo”, Spring ’07, “I Porcelæn til Anklerne”, by Andreas Nielsen
2007 ”Clay in Art, International, “Burlesque Tableaus” by Jorunn Veiteberg
2007 “All Great Things Starts with Blasphemy,Ceramics, Art and Perception, Issue 68, 2007, af Tom Jørgensen
2006 KeramikMagazinEuropa, vol.28, ”Hollow Laughter” af Trine Ross
2005 Dansk Kunst 2005
Solo Exhibitions
2008 “The Edge of Innocence”, Drud&Køppe, Copenhagen, DK
2007 Grimmerhus, Museum of international Ceramic Art, DK
2007 Nancy Margolis Gallery, NYC, USA
2006 Randers museum of Art, Randers, DK
2006 The Biennale Award 2004 Exhibition, Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, DK
2005 Gallery Puls, Bruxelles, Belgium
2005 Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, DK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 “Schhh…. Crafts is Golden”, The Furniture Fair in Milan, Milan, Italy.
2009 “Unika Keramik –shape and idea”, Hobro, DK
2009 “The Human Figure”, Gallerie Terra-Delft, Delft, Holland
2009 “Down to Earth”, Brussels, Belgium
2008 “Mind Crafts”, London Design Festival, UK
2008 “Forget Me Not”, Mint, London, UK
2008 “Love your Figure”, Puls, Contemporary Ceramics, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2008 “Mindcrafts”, The Furniture Fair in Milan, Milan, Italy.
2008 “40th years anniversary exhibition, Gallerie Handwerk, München, Germany
2008 “Masterwork”, WCC in Viaduc des Arts, Paris, France
2007 “Beginnings –Sculptors as Draftsmen”, Gallery Nancy Margolis, NYC, USA
2007 ”Mind and Matter”, Best of European Contemporary Ceramics, WCC, Luxemboug.
2007 ”Domestic Deities”, Garth Clark, NY, USA
2007 ”Ceramics in Kolding”, Koldinghus, Kolding, DK
2007 The Biennale of Arts and Crafts and Design, Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, DK
2007 “Present”, Bomullsfabrikken, Arndal, Norway
2007 “United Colours of “Drud&Køppe”, Drud&Køppe, Copenhagen Denmark
2006 “Ceramics Underground” Gallery “Blaas och Knaada”, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 “Poetry and Storytelling”, Grimmerhus, Museum of international Ceramic art. Middelfart, DK
2005 “Conversation Pieces”, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, DK
2005 “Danish”, Danish Design Center, Copenhagen,DK
2004 The Biennale of Arts and Crafts and Design, Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, DK
2004 ”Landscapes”, Galleri Veggerby, Copenhagen, DK
2001 ”Christmas Platters”, The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen, DK
2001 “Sculptural Form”, Museum of International Ceramic Art - Grimmerhus, Denmark.
2000 ”Talente”, Munich, Germany
2000 "Ceramics Without Precedence", Udstillingsstedet for ny Keramik, Copenhagen, DK.
1999 ”Fast Forward” Bergen, Norway
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