Louise Hindsgavl (born 29 January 1973) is a Danish artist who works in ceramic sculpture, porcelain,"Belvedere/ Cassetti sospesi, orinatoi per signore... Dalla Danimarca, il design riscopre l'artigianato" Affaritaliani.it April 30, 2009 by Francesco Massoni and stoneware.
Early life and education Hindsgavl graduated from the Ceramics and Glass Department of Design School Kolding in 1999.Trine Ross. "Porcelænsfigurer viser de mindre pæne sider af os selv". Politiken: Kultur
Career Hindsgavl began her work with ceramics by designing dishes. She later began to create contemporary sculpture."Louise Hindsgavl og de provokerende porcelænsfigurer". IN, Feb 22, 2013 (interview with the artist) Particularly influenced by Rococo, Hindsgavl's sculptures unexpectedly depict startling and controversial subjects in a medium which is more commonly used for decorative folk art.Peter Michael Hornung. :Smukke porcelænsfigurer er grusomme - helt tæt på". Politiken: Kultur.. Obiwi.
Her work has been presented at several museum exhibitions, galleries and international Biennale of Ceramics:
2007 Grimmerhus - CLAY Museum of international Ceramic Art, DK 2010 BICC, Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics, Vallauris, France 2014 Rønnebæksholm - Power, Porcelain, Poetry, Næstved, DK 2015 Höganäs Kunsthall & Museum, Höganäs, Sweden - Power. Porcelæn. Poesi. 2016 Artmuseum Trapholt, ERUPTURE, Kolding, DK 2019 Becoming Undone, Hans Alf Gallery, DK 2023 Holmegaard Værk - The Chosen Ones, Holmegaard
For updated list, see artists homepage
Public Collections 2009 Represented in the collection of Ny Carlsbergfondet 2009 Represented at the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, South Korea 2010 Musée Historique et des Porcelaines, Nyon, Switzerland 2010 Musée Ariana (The Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass). Geneva, Switzerland 2010 National Museum of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden 2010 Sale to the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 2012 ASU Art Museum, Arizona, USA
Exhibits, catalogues and publications 2005 Dansk Kunst 2005 2006 KeramikMagazinEuropa, vol.28, "Hollow Laughter" by Trine Ross 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, by Tom Jørgensen 2008 "Fragiles, Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics", Gestalten Verlag. 2008 "Mod I Ler", interview i Living Design 2009 "Contemporary Ceramics", Emmanuel Cooper, Thames & Hudson 2009 "101 Kunstnere", JA 2009 "Once Upon a Chair", Gestalten Verlag. 2011 Cuts & Bruises at SODA, exhibit and catalogue 2011 Living with Ceramics, TL magazine, issue 11.
Grants and awards
Hindsgavl was given a Young Designers Award in 1997 by SNBA, Nacional des Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal. She received grants from the Foundation of L.F. Foght and from the Foundation of Gudrund og Erik Kauffeldt in 1999. In 2000 and 2001 she received the Grant for Young Artists from the Danish Art Foundation, as well as four subsequent grants in later years. She has also received grants from Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond, The Solar Foundation and the Silkeborg Art association, and the Silversmith Kay Bojesen and wife Erna Bojesens Memorial foundation. In 2004 she received the Biennale Award at the Biennale of Arts and Craft and Design and in 2006 she was presented with the Annie and Otto Detlefs' Award for Young Ceramicists In 2015 she received the Prince Eugen Medal, conferred by the King of Sweden. The Anne Marie Telmany, born Carl-Nielsen, Grant for Female Artists (2018)
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