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Kirsten Ortwed Biography
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1975 |
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Education: The Royal Danish Academy
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1976 |
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Spent a year in New York
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1982 |
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Moved to Cologne, Germany
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1995 |
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Award: Eckersberg Medal
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1995 |
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Award: Edstranska Stiftelsens Nordic Prize
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1997 |
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Represented Denmark at the Venice Biennial with works created specially for the Danish Pavilion
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1997 |
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Award: Ruth and Finn Torjussen Foundation's Prize of Honor
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1998 |
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Award: Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Grant
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Award: Thorvaldsen Medal
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From 1996, she has worked in Italy, mainly in marble and bronze
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Shows with Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen; Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm; Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; DCA Gallery, NY; Galerie Jule Kewenig, Cologne
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Commissions: The Well and The Precious Tower, two squares in Aars, Denmark
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Commission: Raoul Wellenberg's Monument at the Wellenberg Square in Stckholm
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Commission: the Bering's Island on the main square of Horsens, Denmark
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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
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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
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Collections in Germany: Neues Museum in Weserburg, Bremen; Städtische Museen in Heilbronn; Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim; and at Neue Pinakothek Graphische, Sammlung, Munich
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Other collections: Centro Cultural-Arte Contemporain in Mexico City; Museé des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, and at FRAC Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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"Et skridt i den rigtige retning", Gl. Holtegaard, Gl. Holte/Denmark
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2006
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Den Fri, Copenhagen/Denmark
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2006
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Veksølund, Veksø/Denmark
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2006
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'Heavymetalopenspace', Kewenig Galerie, Cologne/Germany (solo)
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2005
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'Wanås Samtida Skulptur i Norden 1980-2005', The Wanås Foundation, Sweden
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2005
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'højde, bredde, dybde', Galeri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark
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2004
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Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark
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2004
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Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen/Denmark
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2004
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'Moderna Monument', Statens Konstråd, Stockholm/Sweden
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2002
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Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen/Denmark (solo)
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2002
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DCA Gallery, New York/USA (solo)
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2002
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Eventyrhaven, Odense/Denmark
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2002
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'Umedalen Skulptur 2002', Umeå/Sweden
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2002
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'Lugar (es): la urbe y lo contemporáneo en la Colección Televisa', Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City/Mexico
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2002
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Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg
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2001
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in connection with the inauguration of the Raoul Wellenberg Monument (solo)
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2001
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Vor-Sicht Rück-Sicht 8, Trienniale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
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2000
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Horsens Kunstmuseum (solo)
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1999
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Malmö Konsthall, together with Lawrence Weiner and Barry Le Va
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1998
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'Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark' Friedericianum, Kassel
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1998
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The Centre for Contemporary Art in Ujadowski Castle, Warsaw (solo)
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1996
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'Danish Sculpture in 125 Years' at Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
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1995
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The 4th International Istanbul Biennial
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1995
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'Hour of the North' Centro Culturale del Duque, Madrid
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1995
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'Gravitys Angel' at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
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1994
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'Dialogue with the Other' Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
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1994
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Museé Des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France (solo)
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1993
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Städtische Museum in Heilbronn (solo)
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1992
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Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki (solo)
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1992
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The Living ArtsMuseum in Reykjavik (solo)
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1991
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'Questions du Sens' Credac, Centre d'Art d'Ivory, Paris
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1990
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Parcours Prives, Paris
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1988
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Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (solo)
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1988
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Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck (solo)
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1988
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Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (solo)
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1987
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The Graphic Biennial, in Baden-Baden
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1986
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Kunsthalle Mannheim (solo)
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1985
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'Dänische Skulptor in 20.Jh.' at the Willhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg
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1985
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'Trigon 85 - Synonyme für Skulptor' in Graw; Austria
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1984
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Kunstlandschaft Bundesrepublik, Region Köln
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1980
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The XI Bienniale de Paris
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1979
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Aarhus Kunsymuseum (solo)
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1976
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Galleri 38, Copenhagen (solo)
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1974
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Exposition Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Allones, France
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1970 - 1972
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Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (several group shows)
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