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Stine Bidstrup - Artists - HB381

Stine Bidstrup (Danish, b. 1982) is a glass artist and art historian whose practice delves into the ideology of optical phenomena and theories of both chaos and utopia. Working across studios in Denmark and Sweden, Bidstrup’s sculptures are made from mouth-blown colored glass fitted to plaster molds while in a molten state. They emerge from their molds as craggy architectural models and jagged artificial landscapes. Utilizing technology in conjunction with traditional techniques, Bidstrup often produces digital prints on the interiors of her sculptures. She applies scrawled lines, intricate networks, and map-like web patterns in this manner, allowing drawn forms to show through beneath layers of glass.

Bidstrup’s interest in the early twentieth-century utopian teachings of Paul Scheerbart and the architect Bruno Taut’s visionary proposals serves as a foundation for her forms as well as the thrust of her philosophical inquiry. The materiality and vibrant hues of her glass sculptures recall many of Taut’s drawings while materializing the fantastical literary descriptions of floating crystal cities detailed in Scheerbart’s 1914 manifesto Glasarchitektur. These historic meditations on urban planning occurred at the onset of World War I and, as such, were never realized—a fact that provides Bidstrup with ample room to reinterpret their ideas in her series “Architectural Glass Fantasies,” produced over a century later.

Bidstrup has taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art’s School of Design on Bornholm since 2009, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2015. Together with fellow Copenhagen-based glass artists, she founded the collaborative studio Luftkraft Glass Studio in 2007, and has exhibited nationally and worldwide for the past 15 years. In 2018, Bidstrup joined the exhibition council at the Glass Museum Ebeltoft, and in 2021, she was selected as the curator of the 8th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial. 

Selected Works

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 18, 2018

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

10.5" H x 7.5" W x 7" D

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 18, 2018

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

10.5" H x 7.5" W x 7" D

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 37, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

14.5" H x 9.5" Dia.

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 37, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

14.5" H x 9.5" Dia.

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 38, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

13.75" H x 11.5" Dia.

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 38, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

13.75" H x 11.5" Dia.

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 52, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

11.5" H x 11.5" W x 7.5" D

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 52, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

11.5" H x 11.5" W x 7.5" D

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 53, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

10" H x 12" W x 8.25" D

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 53, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

10" H x 12" W x 8.25" D

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 72, 2024

Mold-blown glass

11" H x 12.25" W x 11" D

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 72, 2024

Mold-blown glass

11" H x 12.25" W x 11" D

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 73, 2024

Mold-blown glass

9" H x 14" W x 12.25" D

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 73, 2024

Mold-blown glass

9" H x 14" W x 12.25" D

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies - Object No. 30, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

16.5" H x 11" W Unique

STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies - Object No. 30, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

16.5" H x 11" W Unique

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STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 18, 2018

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

10.5" H x 7.5" W x 7" D
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 37, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

14.5" H x 9.5" Dia.
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 38, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

13.75" H x 11.5" Dia.
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 52, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

11.5" H x 11.5" W x 7.5" D
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 53, 2020

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior, wall mount

10" H x 12" W x 8.25" D
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 72, 2024

Mold-blown glass

11" H x 12.25" W x 11" D
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies no. 73, 2024

Mold-blown glass

9" H x 14" W x 12.25" D
STINE BIDSTRUP

Architectural Glass Fantasies - Object No. 30, 2019

Mold blown glass with digitally printed interior

16.5" H x 11" W Unique

CV

STINE BIDSTRUP
b. 1982, Denmark

EDUCATION

2019
BA in Art History, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
Post-Baccalaureate (honors) in Glass, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2004
BA in Glass, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Focus: Stine Bidstrup, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Architectural Glass Fantasies, Gallery FUMI, London, UK

2018
Architectural Glass Fantasies: Utopia Materialized, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2015
To Present What Has Already Past, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

2013
Knotted Narratives, X-rummet, The HOUSE in Asnæs, Denmark

2012
Award Recipient of 2012, Hempel Glass Museum, Denmark
Rupert’s Chaos, BOX Gallery, Lynfabrikken,Aarhus, Denmark 

2011
Studies in Search of Order and Chaos, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark (2011–2012)

2010
New Work, Galleri Jytte Møller, Fredericia, Denmark

2009
When the Earth Reflects,The HOUSE in Asnæs, Denmark

2008
Sense of Reflection, Agallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 
We Map Ourselves Inside of It, Tesch & Hallberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Summer Group Show, HB381, New York, NY, USA

2024
GLAS!!! Danish, Experimental Glass Art, Kunstetagerne Hobro, Hobro, Denmark
Indeterminate Objects, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI

2023
Generation Why, Risør Kunstpark, Risør, Norway 
Growth + Form: Gallery FUMI at 15, Gallery FUMI, London, United Kingdom
The Salon Art + Design with Gallery FUMI, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Studio Glass from Denmark, European Museum of Modern Glass, Kunstsammlungen 
der Veste Coburg, Germany
FOG Design+Art with Hostler Burrows, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

2022
The Future is Present, Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Homo Faber, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, Italy
Matter at Hand, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
New Glass Now, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Structures from a Molten World, The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
Autonomous Zones, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Autonomous Zones, BWA Wroclaw Galleries of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland
Detox—Clean it up!, Östergötlands Museum, Linköking, Sweden
Handmade, Gallery FUMI, London, United Kingdom

2021
Curator of the 8th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial, Kai Art Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
Melting Point, Heller Gallery, New York City & Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
Matter at Hand, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY
Homo Faber, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore Island,Venice, Italy Mindcraft Project
2021, Virtual platform, Copenhagen, Denmark
Passage at The Byre, Bullseye Projects, Latheronwheel, Scotland
New Glass Now,The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Biennale for Craft and Design, Museum Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
A Vase is a Vase is a Vase, Hempel Glass Museum, Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
Glass Art—Art in Glass, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
It’s Good To Be Home, Gallery FUMI, London, UK
The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Opening Exhibition, Holmegaard Glass Factory, Næstved, Denmark
The Palace, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden
Gallery FUMI for Sotheby’s Preferred, Sotheby’s Preferred Members Room, London, UK
Detox—Clean it up!, Rejmyre Art Lab Residency Exhibition, Rejmyre, Sweden
Intersect Aspen 2020 with Heller Gallery, New York, NY, virtual viewing room
Intersect Chicago 2020 with Heller Gallery, virtual viewing room

2019
New Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
47th Intl. Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Now & Then: Moments in Glass History,Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
SOFA Chicago with Heller Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
BRAFA Art Fair with Clara Scremini Gallery, Royal Depot, Brussels, Belgium
Art Market San Francisco with Heller Gallery, San Francisco, CA
13th Intl. Glass Symposium Novy Bor, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

2018
SOFA Chicago with Heller Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
The Salon Art + Design with Heller Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Scandinavian Glass—Starting All Over, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark 
New Scandinavian Glass, Vessel Gallery, London, UK
Art Palm Springs with Heller Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Show Up, RØM Exhibition Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pop-up exhibition at the National Workshops for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
AIR in S12—A Retrospective, S12 Gallery and Studio, Bergen, Norway

2017
SOFA Chicago with Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Scandinavian Glass—Starting All Over,The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden & The Finnish Glass
Museum, Riihimaki, Finland
Glass Weekend with Heller Gallery,Wheaton Arts Center, Millville, NJ
Mapping Denmark II: Luftkraft, Grønbechs Gård, Denmark
Summertime ’17, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
Great Danes—Danish Glass from Modern Factory Design to Contemporary Art, Glazenhuis
Flemish Center for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, Belgium
Europa grenze(n)loos glas, Glasrijk Tubbergen 2016, The Netherlands
FUNN, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
Mapping Denmark II: Luftkraft, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark

2015
The Process—The International Glass Prize 2015, Glass Museum Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium
The Soul and The Pawnshop, Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA
Danish Glass 15, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
European Glass Experience, Museo del Vetro, Murano, Venice, Italy
Pop-up exhibition, Studio 0601-0603, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014
Aurora—Nordic Contemporary Glass, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Vitrum Balticum: Optical Outlook, M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
Danish Stars, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden
Navigating the North, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
Pilchuck on Display,The Westin, Seattle, WA
European Glass Experience,The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
Via the Water, Palæfløjen, Roskilde, Denmark

2013
The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2013, Design Center Ishikawa &
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
Creative Glass Center of America Alumni Biennial,Wheaton Arts Center, Millville, NJ
Knotted Narratives, Gallery Art Positive, Bajaj Capital Art House, New Delhi, India 
Composites: 3 Views on Glass, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
Nordic Contemporary Glass, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden
Wheaton Glass: The Art of The Fellowship, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Substance 2013, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Young & Loving—Restrospective 2012, S12 Gallery and Gallery Format, Bergen, Norway
Mesh Up, Gallery Klejn, Bornholm, Denmark
European Glass Context 2012,The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design
Bornholm, Denmark
Substance 2012, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Additions, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Dialogue, Designer Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark
The House in Asnæs, Asnæs, Denmark

2011
The Biennale of Art and Design 2011, Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
Substance 2011, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Art Association of August 14th, Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nääs Castle, Gothenburg, Sweden

2010
The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2010, Design Center Ishikawa
& Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
The Danish Arts and Crafts Award of 1879, Danish Museum of Art & Design, Denmark
Contemporary Glass Art, Rejmyre Glass Museum, Rejmyre, Sweden In_box, Designer 
Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
Sculpture Biennale Kijkduin 2009, Kijkduin, Holland
The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Young & Loving 2009, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
Glass Guerillas/Post Glass Artist, Corning, NY

2008
Copenhagen Furniture Festival, GUBI Showroom, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Summer Exhibition, Designer Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Maison et Objet with Danish Crafts, Paris, France
ICFF with Danish Crafts, New York, NY
KiC Special Exhibition, Aarhus, Denmark

2007
The Artists’ Fall Exhibition, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Emerging Artists in Residence, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
GLASSS 2007, Holstebro Museum of Art & Danish Museum of Art & Design, Denmark
Biennale of Art and Design 2007, Trapholt & Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark
CGCA Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ

2006
Double Visions, Hillel Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
RISD at UMASS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Disappearances, MFA Row, the Peerless Lofts Gallery, Providence, RI
Phenomena, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

2005
Sight/Site,The Space at Westminster, Providence, RI
Free Form,The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talente 2005, Münich, Germany

2004
Degree Show, Bornholm Museum of Art and Politikens Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gallery Brandt Contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway
Biennale of Art and Design 2004, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art and Trapholt, Denmark
Since Last...Danish Glass 2004, Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

COLLECTIONS

Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison,WI
The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Finland
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld, Germany
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Hempel Glass Museum, Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
The Art Association of August 14th, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Art Association of The Swedish Handelsbank, Stockholm, Sweden

GRANTS & AWARDS

The Danish Arts Foundation 3-year Work Grant
The Danish Arts Foundation Honorarium
The Danish Arts Foundation Work Grant
The Danish Arts Foundation Project Funding
The Danish Arts Foundation Travel Grant
Inga & Ejvind Kold Christensens Honorary Award 2021
Hempel Glass Prize 2012
The Danish National Bank's Anniversary Foundation of 1968
Grosserer L.F. Foghts Foundation
Knud & Ellen Dalhoff Larsens Foundation
Augustinus Foundation
Knud Højgaards Foundation
Frimodt-Heineke Foundation
Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Foundation
Glass Trader Johan Franz Ronges Foundation
Direktør Ib Henriksen Foundation
Nordea-Denmark Foundation
The Danish Tennis Foundation
Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879
Talente Prize for Design, Germany
SOFA Special Merit Awards, USA
Esther & Jep Finks Memorial Foundation for Architecture and Applied Arts
Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship
Pilchuck Glass School Student Scholarship
Culture Point North – Kulturkontakt Nord, Finland
Beckett Foundation
Thomas B. Thriges Foundation
Montana Furniture
Klint Foundation
Præmieselskabets Fælleslegat
Det Reiersenske Foundation
Jørgen Esmers Memorial Foundation

WORKSHOPS

2012
Architectural Master Class with James Carpenter, European Glass Context, Denmark

2011
Classes with Harumi Yukutake and Pike Powers, Pilchuck Glass School

2009
"Place as Matter," Interdisciplinary Workshop held at Rejmyre Art Lab, Sweden

2004
Classes with Harumi Yukutake and Pike Powers, Pilchuck Glass School

RESIDENCIES

2021
Visiting Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (postponed)
Artist in Residence, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (postponed)

2020
Artist in Residence, The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Detox—Clean It Up!, Rejmyre Art Lab Research Residency, Sweden

2019
Rejmyre Art Lab Summer Artist Residency, Rejmyre, Sweden

2014
Artist in Residence, Olustvere Glass Studio, Olustvere, Estonia

2013
Artist in Residence, S12 Gallery and Studio, Bergen, Norway
Artist in Residence, University of Sunderland, UK
Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America,Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ

2012
Artist in Residence, ChoChoma Studio, Chennai, India

2010
Rejmyre Art Lab Summer Artist Residency, Rejmyre, Sweden

2008
The National Workshops for Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007
Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ

2006
Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

TEACHING AND LECTURES

2021
Part-time Faculty and Critic, 2021–2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
External Critic, Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn, Estonia

2020
Part-time Faculty and Critic, 2020–2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Visiting Artist Lecture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Instructor: Fluid Traditions (postponed), Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2019
Instructor and Critic, 2019–2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Speaker at MANIFESTA 2019, The Danish Arts Foundation at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Denmark

2017
Instructor and Critic, 2017–2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Instructor: Inspirations and Expirations, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Demonstrator at The Glass Factory in connection with Scandinavian Glass Starting All Over, Boda, Sweden

2016
Instructor and Critic, 2016–2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Demonstrator at the 45th GAS Conference, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Teaching Assistant: UnObject, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2015
Visiting Lecturer and Scholar, Art Department Glass Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Visiting Artist Lecture, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Visiting Artist, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Visiting Artist, Anoka Ramsey College, Minneapolis, MN
Instructor: Two-Way Window Optics of Glass and the Eye, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Critic, Pitzer College, Claremont, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist, School of Art and Design, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
Instructor and Critic, 2015-2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark

2014
Instructor and Critic, 2014-2010, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Workshop in connection with European Glass Experience Lassismi Glass, Riihimäki, Finland 
Instructor, A Finely Crafted Idea: Strategies for Conceptual Development,
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Artist Talk, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden

2013
Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist, Alfred University, School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY
Visiting Artist, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
Lecture, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway

2012
Full-time Faculty, 2011-12, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark

2010
Instructor and Critic, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Instructor, 2008-2010, Engelsholm Højskole, Art and Music School, Bredsten, Denmark

2009
Full-time Faculty, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design, Bornholm, Denmark
Lecture, Bornholms Højskole, Art School, Bornholm, Denmark 

2007
Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Art, Richmond, VA

2006
Teaching Assistant for Jeffrey Sarmiento, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Lecture, Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA

2005
Graduate Assistant, 2005–2006, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Lecture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2018
Member of the Exhibition Council at Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark (2018–2021)
The XIIIth International Glass Symposium 2018, Novy Bor, Czech Republic

2017
Writer for Glass Art Society Journal, Seattle, WA

2014
Jury Member for the exhibition Danish Glass 15, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark 

2008
Selected for participation in Danish Crafts Collection 12, Denmark (2008–2009)
Writer for Kopenhagen.dk (online art magazine), Copenhagen, Denmark

2007
Founder/Member of the collective Luftkraft Glass Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark (2007–present)

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