Lives and works at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen

Howitzvej 67, D
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

T +45 3028 9419
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Musée Fabre (Hôtel Sabatier d’Espeyran)
13 rue Montpelliéret
34000 Montpellier France

co-organiseret af Ateliers d’Art de France og Musée Fabre










Cuts and interventions, Bodil Manz and Bente Skjøttgaard
Vernissage on February 2 at 5 – 8 pm.
Artist talk on February 4 at 2 pm
Copenhagen Ceramics www.copenhagenceramics.com
Smallegade 46, baghuset 2.tv, 2000 Frederiksberg


Frieze P7
Photo Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen










Opening of Copenhagen Ceramics, a new exhibition space for ceramics in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
Smallegade 46 baghuset 2 tv.
www.copenhagenceramics.com



The CC- Crew: Steen Ipsen, Bente Skjøttgaard and Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl
Photo Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen




The Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011
Icheon, South Korea



Pink Clouds Field no 1036
30 clouds, total 42x165x75 cm
Photo: Paulina Gomez Riebeling






KIAF 2011, Korea International Art Fair Seoul
Galerie Maria Lund

Blue white cloud no 1116
38x55x45 cm
Photo Ole Akhøj






Opening of SuperFormLab
www.dkds.dk/nyheder/SuperFormLab

New workshop for three-dimensional form and materials at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Design.
Refshalevej 213, 1432 København






Mise en oeuvre, le quotidien et l'exceptionnel sous l'oeil du design
Céramique contemporaine
Sèvres – Cité de la céramique
2 place de la Manufacture
92310 Sèvres, France








Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design 2011
Nominated for the Biennial Prize

Museet på Koldinghus
Markdannersgade 11
6000 Kolding
Denmark



See more here:
http://www.koldinghus.dk
http://www.facebook.com/video
Jydske vestkysten






16ème Biennale internationale de la céramique – Châteauroux
Thème 2011 : Construire et Élever la matière

Couvent des Cordeliers - musée de Châteauroux
2 rue Alain-Fournier
36000 Châteauroux
France



Clouds field no 1037
7 clouds, total 45 x 130 x 80 cm
Photo Ole Akhøj









MACRO CUBE no 1101
Stoneware
47x47x47cm

Part of Danish Crafts' exhibition MINDCRAFT11
Photo: 2011 Danish Crafts / jeppegudmundsen.com










Clouds field no 1015
H.35 cm, 2010






“Traces” an artwork on the ancient road, Hærvejen.

15.00 Opening in the field.
Main road 417, close to Hærvejen picnic area. 5 km north of the town Bække.

Click on links for more information:

The opening, reportage by Stig Benzon

Traces on Hærvejen, a documentary by Rikke Rørbech.
Part one
Part two

Vejen Kunstmuseum
KOT, Vejen Kunstmuseum

Click on the map to view location in detail



See the whole process under Works 2010









Bente Skjøttgaard: “Cumulus”, ceramic sculpture
Galleri Ann Linnemann
http://annlinnemann.blogspot.com










Bente Skjøttgaard: “in the clouds”, ceramic sculpture
Galerie Maria Lund, Paris 
http://www.marialund.com

OPENING: Thursday 2nd September 2010 from 6 to 9pm, the artist will be present.

Late night openeing: around a drink
Friday 17th September 2010 from 6 to 9 pm
for the Rencontres AIC in Paris
(The International Academy of Ceramics - http://www.aic2010.com)
the artist will be present.

Between earth and sky, or, more specifically between clouds and mud, for a while now, Bente Skjøttgaard has been working both above our heads and below our feet. In the clouds is her fourth exhibition in Paris. It is the fruit of an almost contradictory attempt to materialise in clay the light and ephemeral qualities of clouds. Funny coincidence, as it was developed parallel to a public commission for a monumental piece, Traces, where she is inspired by the imprints of bovine hooves still visible in the ground of the historic axis Hærvejen, which formerly connected the Danish breeders to the German markets.

Bente Skjøttgaard's interest for the 'higher spheres' began two years ago, during her first visit to South Korea where she discovered the country's ceramic tradition, notably the celadon and moon jars. Soon after, her first clouds were born, sort of growths where interlaced columbine structures rise above very fine 'trunks'. The palette combines immaculate whites and cobalt blues, with reference to the blue/white porcelain tradition. Rapidly, the clouds spread horizontally or, on the contrary, become more dynamic, rotating, on the verge of expanding to form lazy floats, or sometimes vivid.

A second voyage to the "land of the calm mornings" in 2009, brings a strange vision to her: barely perceptible spheres seem to fill the air of a hazy evening. These circular, three dimensional and graphical forms join, from then onwards, the cloud constructions; in certain sculptures, they even create very free organic structures in a sequence of circulars and cavities. The chromatic research tends towards the psychedelic: Lucy in the sky is not so distant when one contemplates the turquoise blues, the mauves and pink variations, the light yellows and acid greens which have seized the clouds. The whole celestial spectrum in its incredible diversity is represented here, either harmoniously or with strong contrasts created through the use of copper oxides, chrome or stains.










Biennale Internationale de Vallauris — Création contemporaine et céramique / BICC
http://www.vallauris-golfe-juan.fr/-BICC-2010-.html










Gallery: Contemporary Ceramics, room 141, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/ceramics/new_ceramics_galleries/phaseone/index.html

Frozen no. 0747
Donated by Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs Fond











KIAF 2009
Korea Interenational Art Fair
www.kiaf.org
www.marialund.com









www.ville-chateauroux.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_agenda/Biennale_de_ceramique_de_Chateauroux_com_presse.pdf








The Invitational World Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition “Adventures of the Fire”
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gallery 3, 4

San 69-1 Gwango-dong, Icheon-si
Republic of Korea

www.wocef.com










Collect 2009
www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect/

Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road
Chelsea, London
SW3 4SQ

11am – 8pm (Friday and Saturday)
11am – 4pm (Sunday)



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Bente Skjøttgaard
Born in Denmark in 1961

Howitzvej 67 D
2000 Frederiksberg
DK–Denmark

T +45 3028 9419
bente@skjoettgaard.dk
www.skjoettgaard.dk





Training and other activities

1982-86Kolding Design School, Kolding
1986-90Attached to the research department of Bing & Grøndahl, later merged with Royal Copenhagen
1994-05Visiting teacher, Kolding Design School & The Danish Design School, Copenhagen
1999-00Joint owner of ”Udstillingssted for Ny Keramik”, Kompagnistræde 25, Copenhagen
2001Creates the exhibition group ”New Danish Ceramics”
2005Lecturer in the Department of Ceramics - The Danish Design School, Copenhagen
2006Creates the exhibition group ”Lux Lab”
2009ISCAEE Symposium - the International Symposium of Ceramics Education and Exchange, Korea


Solo shows, a selection

1990Royal Copenhagen, Amagertorv, Copenhagen
1997”Håndvask” Udstillingssted for Ny Keramik, Copenhagen
2000”Glasurstykker” - ”Glazed items”, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
2001Puls-contemporary ceramics, Brussels
2003”Glasurstykker med forgreninger”, ”Glazed items with ramifications”, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro
”Bente Skjøttgaard 2001-2003”, Grimmerhus, Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Middelfart
2004Galerie Maria Lund - La Galerie Danoise, Paris
2005”Interglacial period”, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
2006Galerie Maria Lund - La Galerie Danoise, Paris
2007Puls-contemporary ceramics, Brussels
2008Blås & Knåda, Stockholm
”Elements in white”, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
Køppe gallery, Copenhagen
2010”Dans le nuages”, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
”Cumulus”, Ann Linnemann galleri, Copenhagen
Fokus on ”Traces” Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen


Group shows, a selection
           
1991Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Copenhagen
Charlottenborgs Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen
”Never Compromise on Quality”, Spøttrup Borgmuseum, Skive
1993Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen
1994”Dagligdagens Rum og Ritualer”, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
”Den Keramiske Kande”, Marienlyst Slot, Helsingør
”Den Danske Keramiktriennale I”, Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Kolding
1995       ”En Badeværelseshistorie”, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
”Dansk Design proces - produkt”, Dansk Arkitektur center, Gl. Dok,  Copenhagen
1996”DUPLIKA-dansk brugskunst 1996”, Dansk Arkitekturcenter, Gl. Dok, Copenhagen
1998”i blomst - i vase”, Udstillingssted for Ny Keramik, Copenhagen
1999”Keramik aus Dänemark”, Galleri Handwerk, Munich.
2000”Keramik uden fortilfælde”, Udstillingssted for Ny Keramik Copenhagen
”DANSK FORM - design vom Nachbarn”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
2002”From the Kilns of Denmark: Contempory Danish Ceramics”, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, Fitchburg, San Diego, Sacaramento, Racine, Paris & Berlin
”Mellem rum”, Udstillingssted for Ny Keramik i Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
2003SOFA, Chicago, with Galleri Nørby
”New Danish Ceramics” Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen
2004Gæsteudstiller på Corner Udstillingen 2004, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
”Biennalen 2004”, Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Kolding & Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg
2005”Carsten Løvbjergs samling”, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens
2006”Bjerge i dansk kunst”, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning
”European Ceramic Context 2006”, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem
2007”Collect”, V&A, London, with Galleri Nørby
”Biennalen 2007”, Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Kolding
”Everything flux”, Drud & Køppe gallery, Copenhagen
2008“Statistics><Ceramics”, New Danish Ceramics, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg & Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
”Lux-Lab”, Gimsinghoved, Struer
KIAF 2008, Korea International Art Fair Seoul, Korea, with Galerie Maria Lund
2009”Collect”, Saatchi Gallery, London, with Køppe gallery
The Invitational World Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition ”Adventures of the fire”, Korea
KIAF 2009, Korea, with Galerie Maria Lund
15 éme Biennale international de céramique, Châteauroux, France
Gallery: Contemporary Ceramics, room 141, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2010Biennale international de Vallauris, Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
KIAF 2010, Korea, with Galerie Maria Lund


Public commissions

2009-10”Traces” The Danish Art Foundation, Hærvejen Jutland


Awards and grants

The Danish Art Foundation 3-year grant
Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs’ Keramikpris
The Danish Art Foundation
Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond
Danish Crafts
Designfonden
Det Reiersenske Fond
Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond
Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879
National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, Ministery of Culture, Denmark


Collections, a selection
           
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Donated by Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs Fond
Musée National de Céramique de Sévres, France
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, France
The Danish Arts Foundation
Københavns Kulturfond, Copenhagen
Kunstforeningen af 14. August, Copenhagen
The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen
Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro
Vejen Kunstmuseum, Vejen
Arts Museum Trapholt, Kolding
Grimmerhus, Museum of International Ceramic Art, Middelfart
Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs Collection
Erik Veistrup Collection
Leif Djurhus Collection
Jan Abrahamsen Collection
Carsten Løvbjerg Collection


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