Louise Hindsgavl Explained

Louise Hindsgavl
Birth Date:29 January 1973
Nationality:Danish
Alma Mater:Design School Kolding (1999)
Known For:Sculpture
Awards:
  • Young Designers Award (1997)
  • Annie and Otto Detlefs' Award for Young Ceramicists (2006)

Louise Hindsgavl (born 29 January 1973) is a Danish artist who works in ceramic sculpture,[1] porcelain,[2] and stoneware.[3]

Early life and education

Hindsgavl graduated from the Ceramics and Glass Department of Design School Kolding in 1999.[4]

Career

Hindsgavl began her work with ceramics by designing dishes. She later began to create contemporary sculpture.[5] 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.[6] [7]

Her work has been presented at several museum exhibitions, galleries and international Biennale of Ceramics:

For updated list, see artists homepage

Public Collections

Exhibits, catalogues and publications

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[8] and in 2006 she was presented with the Annie and Otto Detlefs' Award for Young Ceramicists[9] In 2015 she received the Prince Eugen Medal, conferred by the King of Sweden.[10] The Anne Marie Telmany, born Carl-Nielsen, Grant for Female Artists (2018)

Notes and References

  1. Book: ((Editors of Time Out)). Time Out London's Best Shops. 22 May 2012. Time Out Guides Limited. 978-1-905042-65-4. 155–.
  2. http://www.affaritaliani.it/rubriche/Belvedere/belvedere010509.html "Belvedere/ Cassetti sospesi, orinatoi per signore... Dalla Danimarca, il design riscopre l'artigianato"
  3. Book: Sarah Posman. Anne Reverseau. David Ayers . Sascha Bru . Benedikt Hjartarson. The Aesthetics of Matter: Modernism, the Avant-Garde and Material Exchange. 29 October 2013. De Gruyter. 978-3-11-031753-4. 170–.
  4. Trine Ross. "Porcelænsfigurer viser de mindre pæne sider af os selv". Politiken: Kultur
  5. http://www.in.dk/mode/stilfulde-kvinder/louise-hindsgavl-og-de-provokerende-porcelaensfigurer "Louise Hindsgavl og de provokerende porcelænsfigurer"
  6. Peter Michael Hornung.

    Smukke porcelænsfigurer er grusomme - helt tæt på"

    . Politiken: Kultur.
  7. https://archive.today/20150315074932/http://www.obiwi.fr/culture/1968-coquecigrue "Coquecigrue"
  8. Web site: Craft and Design Biennale 2013. rundetaarn.dk.
  9. Web site: 33rd Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards . youngartistawards.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404162133/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms33.html . 2012-04-04 .
  10. Web site: Medaljförläningar – Prins Eugen-medaljen . Royal Court of Sweden . 19 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191343/http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/ordnarochmedaljer/medaljer/prinseugenmedaljen/medaljforlaningar.4.1a3366210de661ad20800042171.html . 3 March 2016 . dead .

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