About

Aesthetics, simplicity and sensuality have always been the starting point for Bess Kristoffersen’s craftsmanship and design. Both as a craftsman, with her own production of small series and as a designer for large companies in Denmark and abroad. As the changing climate has become an urgent issue, Kristoffersen’s work in recent years has gained a grateful focus on nature, on the impact and appearance of nature’s forces and on the colours and patterns of growth. Kristoffersen conveys attention to and love for the surrounding nature both in her works and as a practicing forest bathing guide.

Education:
2021: Certified Nordic forest bathing guide
1994: Graduated from Institute of Precious Metals
1984: Graduated as textile designer from The Danish Design School

Clients:
Kvadrat, Ebeltoft
Georg Jensen Damask, Kolding
Bang & Olufsen, Struer
Forms+Surfaces, Santa Barbara, CA
Blå Form, Copenhagen
Petitgas, Copenhagen
Pressalit, Ry
Velux Foundation, Copenhagen
Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen

Represented at:

The Danish Arts Foundation

Honorary Office:
2017-2018: Member of Designmuseum Danmark’s Representative Office
2016-2018: Member of the board in The Association of Friends of Designmuseum Danmark
2012-2018: Member of the Procurement Committee of Kunstforeningen af 14. August
2008-2011: Member of the Committee for Crafts and Design of The Danish Arts Foundation
1999-2003: Member of the board at the Danish Design School
1997-2002: Chairman of the board for the Danish Arts and Crafts Association
1996-1997: Member of the board for the Danish Arts and Crafts Association

Awards:
2019: Biennaleprisen, Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design 2019

Grants:
2021: Production support, The Danish Arts Foundation
2009: L. F. Fogth Foundation
2007: The Danish National Bank Jubilee Foundation
2007: Danish Crafts
2007: The Danish Arts Foundation
2006: The Danish Arts Foundation
2002: Danish Crafts
2002: The Danish National Bank Jubilee Foundation
2002: The Danish Arts Foundation
1997: The Danish National Bank Jubilee Foundation
1995: The Danish National Bank Jubilee Foundation
1989: The Danish Arts Foundation
1988: Frk. Suhrs Grant

Solo exhibitions:
2018: “Skovens lys og skygge”, Dyrehavehuset
2017: “Løvspring”, Dyrehavehuset
2013: “Skovalbum”, Officinet, Copenhagen
2006: “Showroom 2”, Officinet, Copenhagen
2002: “Showroom 1”, Officinet, Copenhagen
2001: “Metaller”, Samsø Kunstforening, Island of Samsoe
1998: “13 Al”, Stensalen, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen

Group exhibitions, selected:
2024: “Mindelser”, with ceramist Susan Lange, RUMMET at Dina Vejling, Odense
2024: “HEJ SKYER!”, Løvspringsfejring, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2023: “HEJ PLANTER!”, Løvspringsfejring, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2022: “HEJ SKOV!”, Løvspringsfejring, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2021: “Kranseudstilling”, Midsommerfejring, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2020: “Kranseudstilling”, Midsommerfejring, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2019: “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy”, Smykkernes By, The Most Secret Gallery, Copenhagen
2019: “Revl og Krat”, Dyrehavehuset, Fuglebjerg
2019: “Revl og Krat”, Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design, Copenhagen
2019: “Stil o Tex”, Udstillingssted for Tekstil, Copehagen
2018: “Efterfest”, Rundetårn, Copenhagen
2018: “Natur og mønstre”, Køng Museum, Køng
2014: “Makers of Today”, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg
2014: “miniTEX14”, Nikolaj, Kolding and Rundetårn, København
2013: “Darlings på Spil”, Kunstetagerne, Hobro
2007: 100%design, Tokyo
2007: Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design, Trapholt, Kolding
2003: “Smykkeskrin”, The Art Museum at Fuenen, Odense
2002-03: Aluminiumform, Sweden
2002: Galleri Pagter, Kolding
2002: 20 years anniversary show, Blå Form, Copenhagen
2001: “Objects for Dreams”, Galleri Aurum, Copenhagen
1997: “Brudebillede”, Galleri EX, Copenhagen
1996: “Smykker, Korpus 1996”, Håndværkerforeningen
1996: “Unika 96”, Kunstindustrimuseet
1995: “Den Danske Broche”, Marienlyst Slot, Elsinore
1994: “Ring og Æske II”, Galerie Metal, Copenhagen
1994: “Dagligdagens Rum og Ritualer”, Den Frie, Copenhagen
1993: “Kosmos-Kosmetika”, Form/Design Center, Malmø
1990: “Design, Håndværk eller Industri”, Den Frie, Copenhagen
1990: “Guld”, Galerie Metal, Copenhagen
1988: “1444 dage senere”, Overgaden, Copenhagen
1988: Charlottenborgs Spring exhibition, Copenhagen
1987: Charlottenborgs Spring exhibition, Copenhagen
1986: “Tegn på Mønstre”, Kongo, Copenhagen
1985: “Tegn og Symboler”, Kvadrat, Ebeltoft
1985: Charlottenborgs Spring exhibition, Copenhagen
1984: “Kun Stoffer”, Nikolaj, Copenhagen

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