About me
Born 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
2003 – 2006 Danmarks Design Skole / KADK – Copenhagen, DK Degree in Visual Communication and Illustration
2001 – 2003 ArtEZ University of the Arts – Arnhem, NL Bachelor of Fine Art
1998 – 2001 Danmarks Design Skole / KADK – Copenhagen, DK Degree in Stage Design
Qualifications
1998 – 1999 Skolen for billedkunst i Valby – Copenhagen, DK Graphic Design and Illustration
1997 – 1997 Tekniske Skole Copenhagen, DK Graphic Design and Book Design
1996 – 1997 Teater Tango Copenhagen, DK Contemporary Dance Training
1996 – 1996 Holdbæk Kunsthøjskole – Copenhagen, DK Drawing and Painting
Teaching Activities
Leading the painting workshop for children aged 6–9, Børne Universitetet – Copenhagen (1996–2000)
Royal Danish Academy of Design and Art – Copenhagen Guest Professorship – Objects | Space | Movement | Illustration | Storytelling (2011–2015)
Leading the art group Kontrapost in Strausberg (since 2018)
VHS Berlin – Regular weekend courses in illustration, drawing and colour theory (since 2019)´
Max Liebermann Haus – Art Education, workshops for school groups (2023-25)
Picasso -Grundschule Berlin - workshops on the origins of art, Picasso in movement (2025&26)
Exhibitions (selected)
Solo Exhibition Orangegarden – Drawings and Collages (2020) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
Bestia Radix – Drawings and Collages (2017)
Be god bigott - Galerie LAKE, Oldenburg, DE, Exhibition with Volker März (2015)
Drawings (2015) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
STILLEBEN – Group Exhibition – Drawings (2015) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
Fairytales for Burnout – Exhibition with Louise Jensen – Drawings (2014) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
Et sted i Byen – Group Exhibition – Drawings (2012) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
BANG BANG du er DØD – Solo Exhibition – Drawings (2010) Kulturum Hammerhög – SE
Salon Snusk – Solo Exhibition – Installation – Drawings – Video (2009) Gallery Cmyk kld. – Copenhagen, DK
Frauen Cirkus – Group Exhibition – Collages and Books (2008) Institute for Wellness – Copenhagen, DK
Pumping Puppies No. 14 – Performance with Samina Bazai (2008)
Gallery Ron Mandos – Rotterdam, NL – Made in Arnhem – Video (2003)
Gallery Hoohuis – Arnhem, NL – I mit hus – Group Exhibition – Video (2003)
TENT Gallery – Rotterdam, NL – TENT Academy Award – Group Exhibition – Video (2004)
Stage & Costume Design
Brodery Project – Design and embroidery on 3×4m "The Future of Ponderosa/Stolzenhagen" (2021)
HAU3 – Berlin, DE – Into the Miraculous – Dir: F. Willems – Costume Design (2014)
Roskilde Festival – DK – Dream City – Church of Beer – Maximum Service J. – Dir: Wade & M. Gutierrez
Costume Design in collaboration with Michiel Keuper (2013) Sophiensæle, DE
Post Cool – Silence Piece – Dir: Frank Willems & Jan Burkhard – Costume Design (2011)
Literaturhaus – Copenhagen, DK - DJ Messiaen – Opera – Harawi by O. Messiaen – with Hetna Regitze Bruun & Reload Classic – Stage Design (2009)
Publications
Presentation in Contemporary Danish Illustration – Arvinius+Orfeus (2015)
CD Cover – Naxos, UK – Poèmes Pour Mi – Hetna Regitze Bruun and Kristoffer Hyldig (2015)
Book – The Tiger Lillies – Selected Illustrations of Songs – Illustration (2008)
CD Cover – Naxos, UK – Trois Mélodies – Harawi Messiaen – Hetna Regitze Bruun and K. Hyldig (2009)
CD Cover – GAFFA.dk – Bomty Bomty – Prins Nitram (2008)
Artist Residencies
Festival International de la Danse – La Chaux-de-Fonds, Composition Instantanée – CH (2013 / 2016)
Emerge – Body Mind Centering with S. Savage, Plainfield, Massachusetts, USA (2013)
Workshop with Marina Abramović – "Clean Your House" – Holdbæk Kunsthøjskole, DK (1994)