GLOBAL LOCATION

1949-70 Denmark

1970-73 Italy

1973-83 Mexico

1983-86 Belgium

1986-present USA

EDUCATION

1968 Den Frie og Merkantile Kunstskole, Copenhagen, Denmark

1970-73 Academy of Fine Art, Rome, Italy

COMMISSIONS/ PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS

• The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, NV
• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Panama City, Panama
• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi, MS
• Gibson, Dunn & Crucher LLP, New York, NY
• Santa Clara Medical Center, San Jose, CA
• Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Redwood City, CA
• El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA
• Young & Rubicam, San Francisco, CA
• Nordstrom Florida, Texas, Nevada, California and Seattle
• Royal Danish Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
• Grupo Pliana, Mexico City, Mexico
• Arch. Marc Pariente, Mexico City, Mexico
• Industrias Polifil, Mexico City, Mexico
• Schubert & Reed, San Francisco, CA
• Martin & Deidra Silverman, San Rafael, CA
• Stephen & Helen Jaffe, Greenbrae, CA
• Textel, Mexico City, Mexico
• Kate Ganz, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Martha Windfield, London, England
• Southwest Bank, St. Louis, MOSouthwest Bank, St. Louis, MO
• /more.

AWARDS / GRANTS

1999 Juror’s Award, “Fiber Art”, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA

1999 First Place in Sculpture- Best Entry by a California Artist, Award of Distinction, “1999 Art Show at the Dog Show”, Wichita, KS

1998 First Place, “Toys in Contemporary Art II”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA

1998 Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Art Council, San Rafael, CA

1997 Juror’s Choice Award. “Fiberart Intl. ‘97”, Center for the Arts, PA

1995 Second Place, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA

1995 Honorable Mention, 27th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Galleries, Fremont, CA

1995 Honorable Mention, “International ‘95” Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1992 Buck Foundation Art Grant, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA

1992 Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, CA

1991 Second Award, Fine Art & Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA

1990 Best in Show, “Celebration of Sight” Redlands Host Lions Club, Orange County, CA

1989 Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Santa Rosa, CA

1987 Merit Award, Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Chico, CA

1987 Honorable Mention, Fine Art & Craft Show, San Rafael, CA

LECTURES

2009 Cultural Frontrunners (Royal Danish Embassy), Palo Alto, CA

2001 California College of Art and Craft, Berkeley, CA

2000 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

• The Royal Danish Embassy, Washington DC
• Frederiksborg Castle,The Museum of National History, Denmark
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
• Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
• The White House, Washington DC
• Danielle Steel, San Francisco, California
• Murray & Ruth Gribin Foundation, Los Angeles, California
• Anita & Ron Wornick Foundation, San Francisco, California
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
• Plains Art Museum, Fargo North Dakota
• Hinson Art Museum, Wingate University, North Carolina
• Charles & Edwina Milner, Santa Fe, New Mexico/Austin, Texas
• Elizabeth Colton, New York, New York
• James Torrey, New York, New York
• Cecilie Rohwedder, London, England
• Bjarne & Grete Bladbjerg, Danish Ambassador, Denmark
• Mark & Barbara Horwitch, Chicago, Illinois
• Henrik Wern, Danish Consul, Antwerp, Belgium
• Andree Arty, Brussels, Belgium
• Roberto Pesaro, Mexico City, Mexico
• Pietro Migliaccio Guerra, Rome, Italy
• Henrik Trautner, Ministry of Agriculture, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Rita & Robert Roberts, Sonoma California
• Robert & Sharon Salomon, Woodside, California
• Martha Windfield, London, England
• Alice Meade, Mill Valley, California
• Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles, California
• Charles & Nancy Curley, Larkspur, California
• Sam Lieber and Mary Rubin, New York
• Harold Rosenbaum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia
• Dave Bagshaw & Wendy Petersmyer, Atherton, California
• Layne Gray, San Francisco, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Textile Plus, Holland (2020) Article Post, June 6 (2017)
• Time Out San Francisco, May 1 (2017)
• Santa Fean (2015)
• USA Today (2015)
• SFGate (2015)
• Jyllands-Posten (2015)
• Berlinske (2015)
• Danes (January 2015) article and Cover Page
• Examiner.com (2014)
• VOS, Visual Art Source/Review(2014)
• The Australian, (2014) Kings of the Castle
• “WILD ART”, Phaidon Press/ Joachin Pissarro David Carrier/2013
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• Coastal Post, Marin County, CA, USA
• Pacific Sun, Marin County, CA, USA
• Marin Messenger, Marin County, CA, USA
• Commuter Times, Marin County, CA, USA
• Diablo Arts, CA, USA
• San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
• Artweek, USA