BIOGRAPHY – ANNE BJØRN
Member of: Artist society. Danish Visual Artists. DKoD. The Danish Women´s Artist association.
Education: Design School Kolding 1973-75, and assistant at several workshops
– selected exhibitions –
2021
Officinet, solo, KBH. Danish Tapestry, Johannes Larsen Museet, Kerteminde. Laboratorium, Eckernföde, DE. The Cordis Prize, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2020
Handelskammer, Hamburg, DE. Tobaksgaarden, Assens, DK, solo
2019
Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, JP. Solo. Vendsyssel Art Museum, Hjørring, Dk. Himmerlands Art Museum, Års, DK.
2018
Danish Tapestry, Copenhagen. DK. RIIMFAXE, Værløse. DK
2017
Over Havet Under Himlen, Land Art, Stige Ø. DK
2016
15th International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz. PL. MEERwärts, RIIMFAXE, Gartow. DE, Toldboden, Kerteminde, solo, DK
2015
Modern Danish Tapestry, The Hermitage Museum, The Winter Palace, Skt. Petersborg. RU The Reventlow Museum, Lolland and Liselund, Møn. DK. Danish Tapestry, Art Museum Trapholt, Kolding, DK
2013
The Biennale for Crafts & Design, Copenhagen, DK. Nicolai, art and design, solo. DK
Danish Tapestry, Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby, DK
– selected representations –
Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Embassy, USA. Collection of Nagoya University of Arts, JP, Funen County Environmental Award, DK. G. Avernæs, Funen. Amtssygehuset Førde, NO. Realkredit Denmark, London, GB. Albertslund Kommune, DK
– selected grants –
Danish Arts Foundation, work grant. Danish Arts workshop, Copenhagen
Beckett-Foundation. Danish Arts Foundation, Project
Danish Arts Foundation, Residency. Danish Arts Foundation, travelling grant 2000
The Danish National Bank Anniversary Foundation. Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsen Foundation
The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation. Embassy of Denmark, JP
Knud Højgaards Foundation. Grosserer L.F. Foghts Foundation Esther og Jep Finks Mindefond for Arkitektur og Kunsthåndværk. Anna E. Munch’s Stipend
– awards –
Anne Marie Telmányi born Carl-Nielsen Foundation, encouragement grant
The silver medal at 15th International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Pl
The work Nature – Culture awarded a price by The Danish Arts Foundation
photos by: Anne Bjørn, Makoto Yano, Ole Akhøj, Dorthe Krogh
Visual artist
Anne Bjørn
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