GUNHILD AABERG
Gunhild Aaberg is a renowned Danish contemporary artist and ceramicist based in Copenhagen. She runs her own ceramic gallery and studio in Lille Strandstræde 14 A (also known as Strandstræde Keramik) in Copenhagen.
In her studio she handcrafts and fires all of her ceramic artworks, which all are entirely unique.
In her early years of her career she also designed some ceramic design – some of this design is now made in Copenhagen in very small amounts and can be purchased in her gallery along with her artworks.
When Gunhild Aaberg exhibits she is known for creating art installations and not be limited by working entirely with clay as a material.
In the next weeks we will improve this website a little by little. It will soon be fitted with more information, photos and so on. If you like to see more photos – please visit Gunhild Aaberg’s Facebook or Instagram profiles (see links below).
Ceramic artworks
Except from small artworks it takes Gunhild Aaberg weeks or even months to finish a ceramic artwork. She is focusing on her sculptures and art installations at the moment.
When Gunhild is creating a sculpture she often spends weeks on handbuilding it inch by inch. She will continue to work on the shape until she is satisfied. In the process the sculpture will most likely be reshaped many times. If she is not satisfied with the shape, she destroys it. If the sculpture is not put to sleep, Gunhild will then focus on the surface using different hammering and scraping tools. The sculpture will then get different layers of slips and a little glace. In the process the sculptures is fired at least twice in a reduces atmosphere. Sometimes months of work can be destroyed in a single fire that reaches 1300 degrees Celsius.
This section will soon be more informative. While you are waiting for more photos and information, you can have a look at Instagram.
Design
In Gunhild Aaberg´s gallery in Copenhagen you can purchase some of her ceramic design made in her studio in very small numbers.
In the gallery in Lille Strandstræde 14 A in Copenhagen you can se her hand-thrown vases, ceramic bowls and the ceramic egg jars used by the 4 times world´s best restaurant.
We will soon show more of the design here. If you cannot wait, please visit us in Copenhagen.
Exhibitions
Gunhild Aaberg has participated in many exhibitions in Denmark and around the world – among others the following places:
- Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
- Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
- Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
- Barbican Centre, London
- National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
- Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
- Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
- Barcelona Designmuseum, Barcelona
- Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart
Upcoming exhibition:
“Gunhild Aaberg” (solo), Modern Shapes Gallery, Antwerpen (2020 – postponed because of the coronavirus)
Museum and other collections
Many of Gunhild Aaberg’s ceramic artworks are found in museum and institutional collections inside and outside of Denmark. Below are some examples:
- National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
- World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea
- Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
- The Royal House of Norway
- National Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania
- Ny Carlsberg Fondet, København, Denmark
- Accademia di Danimarca, Roma, Italy
- Statens Kunstfond, København, Denmark
- Designmuseum Danmark, København, Denmark
- Röhska Konstslöjdmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
- Hässelby Slott, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sammlung Dr. Hans Thiemann, Hamburg, Germany
- Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark
- Hälsingborg Stadsmuseum, Hälsingborg, Sweden
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- Clay Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark
- Ministry of Culture, København, Denmark
- The Danish Cultural Institut, København, Denmark
- Musée Ariana, Geneva
Gallery in Copenhagen
Opening hours:
Doing these Coronavirus times the gallery is only open by appointment. Then we can make sure we only have one customor at a time (you can of course arrive two together).
Phone: +45 33119946
If you have any questions, don´t hesitate to contact us (see below ). You can also visit us on Facebook or Instagram where you can find more information.
Address:
Lille Strandstræde 14 A
1254 København K
Get in touch
Please call us, send us an e-mail through the contact, visit us on social medias or come by the gallery in Lille Strandstræde 14 A in Copenhagen.
Phone: (+45) 33119946