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Kirsten Ortwed    (Danish, 1948)

 Kirsten Ortwed - Exhibition view, in the front Level of Two (Sculptures) h: 400 x w: 200 x d: 55 cm / h: 157.5 x w: 78.7 x d: 21.7 in
Kirsten Ortwed
Exhibition view, in the front Level of Two 2006
 
 Kirsten Ortwed - Exhibition view: Heavy Metal in Minimum Gravity (Sculptures) h: 220 cm / h: 86.6 in
Kirsten Ortwed
Exhibition view: Heavy Metal in Minimum Gravity 2002
 
 Kirsten Ortwed - Exhibition view: Heavy Metal in Minimum Gravity (Sculptures) h: 220 cm / h: 86.6 in
Kirsten Ortwed
Exhibition view: Heavy Metal in Minimum Gravity 2002
 

Biography
1975 Education: The Royal Danish Academy
1976 Spent a year in New York
1982 Moved to Cologne, Germany
1995 Award: Eckersberg Medal
1995 Award: Edstranska Stiftelsens Nordic Prize
1997 Represented Denmark at the Venice Biennial with works created specially for the Danish Pavilion
1997 Award: Ruth and Finn Torjussen Foundation's Prize of Honor
1998 Award: Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Grant
2002 Award: Thorvaldsen Medal
From 1996, she has worked in Italy, mainly in marble and bronze
Shows with Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen; Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm; Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; DCA Gallery, NY; Galerie Jule Kewenig, Cologne
Commissions: The Well and The Precious Tower, two squares in Aars, Denmark
Commission: Raoul Wellenberg's Monument at the Wellenberg Square in Stckholm
Commission: the Bering's Island on the main square of Horsens, Denmark
Collections in Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Arken, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, and Louisiana, Museet for Moderne Kunst. Also in the collections of Ny Carlsbergfondet and Statens Kunstfond
Collections in Nordic countries: Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo; Malmö Konstmuseum, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, and Statens Konstråd in Sweden, and Skizzernes Museum, Lund
Collections in Germany: Neues Museum in Weserburg, Bremen; Städtische Museen in Heilbronn; Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim; and at Neue Pinakothek Graphische, Sammlung, Munich
Other collections: Centro Cultural-Arte Contemporain in Mexico City; Museé des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, and at FRAC Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, France

Exhibitions
2006 "Et skridt i den rigtige retning", Gl. Holtegaard, Gl. Holte/Denmark
2006 Den Fri, Copenhagen/Denmark
2006 Veksølund, Veksø/Denmark
2006 'Heavymetalopenspace', Kewenig Galerie, Cologne/Germany (solo)
2005 'Wanås Samtida Skulptur i Norden 1980-2005', The Wanås Foundation, Sweden
2005 'højde, bredde, dybde', Galeri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark
2004 Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark
2004 Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen/Denmark
2004 'Moderna Monument', Statens Konstråd, Stockholm/Sweden
2002 Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark (solo)
2002 DCA Gallery, New York/USA (solo)
2002 Eventyrhaven, Odense/Denmark
2002 'Umedalen Skulptur 2002', Umeå/Sweden
2002 'Lugar (es): la urbe y lo contemporáneo en la Colección Televisa', Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City/Mexico
2002 Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg
2001 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in connection with the inauguration of the Raoul Wellenberg Monument (solo)
2001 Vor-Sicht Rück-Sicht 8, Trienniale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
2000 Horsens Kunstmuseum (solo)
1999 Malmö Konsthall, together with Lawrence Weiner and Barry Le Va
1998 'Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark' Friedericianum, Kassel
1998 The Centre for Contemporary Art in Ujadowski Castle, Warsaw (solo)
1996 'Danish Sculpture in 125 Years' at Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
1995 The 4th International Istanbul Biennial
1995 'Hour of the North' Centro Culturale del Duque, Madrid
1995 'Gravitys Angel' at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1994 'Dialogue with the Other' Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
1994 Museé Des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France (solo)
1993 Städtische Museum in Heilbronn (solo)
1992 Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki (solo)
1992 The Living ArtsMuseum in Reykjavik (solo)
1991 'Questions du Sens' Credac, Centre d'Art d'Ivory, Paris
1990 Parcours Prives, Paris
1988 Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (solo)
1988 Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck (solo)
1988 Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (solo)
1987 The Graphic Biennial, in Baden-Baden
1986 Kunsthalle Mannheim (solo)
1985 'Dänische Skulptor in 20.Jh.' at the Willhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg
1985 'Trigon 85 - Synonyme für Skulptor' in Graw; Austria
1984 Kunstlandschaft Bundesrepublik, Region Köln
1980 The XI Bienniale de Paris
1979 Aarhus Kunsymuseum (solo)
1976 Galleri 38, Copenhagen (solo)
1974 Exposition Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Allones, France
1970 - 1972 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (several group shows)
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