Maria Bang Espersen
Born in Denmark, lives and works in Sweden
espersen@hotmail.com
Swedish phone:0046 763 28 55 21
CV
Education and Programs
2017-2019 - The Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
2015-2017 - California Institute of the Arts, MFA, Art Program, California, USA
2009-2012 - The Royal Danish Academy of Design, Bornholm, Center of Glass, DK
2006-2009 - Kosta School of Glass, Kosta, SE
2005 - Engelsholm Højskole, Glass and Ceramics, Vejle, Denmark
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2022 - Nordic Mythologies, Vandalorum Museum of Art and Design, Sweden (solo)
2021 – Nonlinear, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
2020 - A Fictional Character, Grønbechs Gaard, DK (solo)
2019 - Deviations, Formbar Glasverksted, Haugesund, Norway (solo)
WEEDS, Already Within Project Space, Houston, USA (solo)
2017 - National Costume, CalArts, CA, USA (solo)
2015 - I am living in a free country, D300, CalArts, CA, USA (solo)
What to breathe about, Gallery SiC!, BWA, Wroclaw, Poland (solo)
I Virkeligheden (eng; In Reality), Fortælle Galleriet, Holstebro, Denmark (solo)
Re Cover, S12, Bergen, Norway (with Max Syron)
Process is an Exhibition, S12, Bergen, Norway (with Max Syron)
2014 - Underneath it all, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, DK (Solo)
2013 - The Fine Line, Gallery Rasch, Bornholm, Denmark (with Caroline Pradal)
Interactions, Officinet, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Verena Schatz)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - Chimera, La Beast Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Generation Glass, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
Makers 2, Caselli 11-12, Milan, Italy
The Value in Things, w/Vessel Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, England
Studioglas aus Dänemark, European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental, Germany
2022 - A State of Matter: Modern and Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Animal House, curated by Kristen De La Valliere, Etage Projects, Copenhagen, DK
Artefact, w/ Vessel Gallery, The Contemporary Craft Fair, London, England
Glass - hand formed matter, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Shape of Colors, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022, Veste Coburg and European Museum of Modern Glass, Germany
Mirage, RVNHus x Galleri Montan, Kolding, Denmark
Structures from a molten world, The Glass Factory Boda, Sweden
Pop-Up Glass, RVNhus x Galleri Montan, Kolding, Danmark
2021 - New Glass Now, Smithsonian American Art Musum, Renwick Gallery, USA
NGC Glass Prize, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England
Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021, Japan
Art in Glass - Glass in Art, Galleri MONTAN, Copenhagen, Denmark
International Kogei Award, Toyama, Japan
House of Boda, The Glass Factory Boda, Sweden
Collect Art Fair, w/ Vessel Gallery, London, England
2020 - 20/2020, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden
The Palace, The Glass Factory Boda, Sweden
Ta deg TID (Take your TIME), Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Norway
Silver, Habatat Galleries, Detroit, USA
New Positions, Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, USA
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, USA
Collect, The International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design, Vessel Gallery, London, GB
2019 - Q-Fest Film Festival, Houston, USA
Core Screening, Brown Auditorium, Glassell, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
New Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, USA
Lugtenes Dramaturgi, Odin Theater, Holstebro, DK (with Mathias Dyhr)
Core Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Movement of Glass, Musee-atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, FR
Group Exhibition, Gray Contemporary, Houston, USA
BRAFA Art Fair, represented by Clara Scremini, Brussels, BE
Galerie B, Baden-Baden, DE
2018 - Next to the skin, WCC, Belgium
New Scandinavian Glass, Vessel Gallery, London, GB
CraftTexas, Houston Contemporary Craft Center, USA
Dangerous Professors, Flatland Gallery, Houston, USA
2018 Core Exhibition, Lawndale, Houston, USA
GLAMFA, CSULB, Los Angeles, USA
Handmade- Scandinavian Glass starting all over, The Finnish Glass Museum, Finland
2017 - Clothing Optional, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Leftovers, Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Los Angeles, USA
The Texas Pearl Project Space, Berlin, Germany
i-Glass, Levant Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Collection, GlazenHuis, Lommel, Belgium
Handmade- Scandinavian Glass starting all over, The Glass Factory, SE
Great Danes, Hempel Glass Museum, Denmark
2016 - Great Danes, GlazenHuis, Lommel, Belgium
FUNN, S12, Bergen, Norway
North Lands: A portrait at 20, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh, Scottland
Sølv, Gold-Smidt Assembly, London, England
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 - European Prize for Applied Arts, Mons, Belgium
♂ ♀ LOVE, International Glass Festival 2015, Wroclaw, Poland
Drawing – An expressive gesture with the advantage of performance, Sunderland, England
Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk og Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
Substance, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
KP15, Århus Kunsthal, Denmark
The Process, International Glass Prize, Lommel, Belgium
DG15, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark
BRAFA Art Fair, represented by Clara Scremini Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2014 - Boudoir Project, curated by Caroline Pradal, Paris, France
Young and Loving, S12, Bergen, Norway
RETURN, Holstebro Festive week, Holstebro, Denmark
2D→, touring exhibition, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2014, Germany
BodyTalk, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark and GlazenHuis, Belgium
Danish Stars, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Herning, through Bredgade Kunsthandel, Denmark
2013 - 25th+ Anniversary Celebration, Braggiotti Gallery, The Netherlands
Substance, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talente, Munich, Germany
Enjoy the Silence, Gallery Øckenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 - Stanislav Libensky Award, Pragh, Czech Republic
SiO2, Copenhagen, Denmark
Green, Nexø, Denmark
International Glass Prize, Belgium
Process, Hasle, Denmark
Svanekegaardens Spring Exhibition, Denmark
Second Life, Hanover, Germany
2011 - Working Together, Grønbæksgaard, Denmark
2010 - AQUA 2010, Hundested, Denmark
After Dark, Grønbæksgaard, Hasle, Denmark
2009 - Zwieseler Kölbl 2009, Germany
Is i Magen, Eld i Blodet, Växjö, Sweden
Prizes and nominations
2015 – 1st Prize Winner, KP-Prize, Aarhus, Denmark
Prize Winner, Talent Award of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation of 2015, Germany
2014 - Prize Winner, Coburg Prize 2014, Jury’s special Prize, Germany
2013 - Nominated, Talente 2013, Germany
Studio Glass of the year 2013, The Friends Society, Denmark
2012 - Prize Winner, International Glass Prize, Lommel, Belgium
Nominated, Stanislav Libensky Award, Czech Republic
Bronze Winner, The Danish Craft Prize, Denmark
1st Prize, Eco Arts Awards, USA
2011 – 2nd Prize, Scraplab Design Contest, Germany
Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB
The Corning Museum of Glass, USA
KODE - Museum of Art, Craft, Design and Music, Norway
Rakusui-tei Art Museum and Gardens, Japan
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustri-Museum, Tronheim, Norway
Public Art Agency Sweden (Statens Konstråd), Sweden
The Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond), Denmark
Collection of the City of Lommel, Belgium
Region Kalmar, Sweden
Region Sörmland, Sweden
Uppsala Kommun, Sweden
Smålands Konstarkiv, Sweden
Musee-atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
Sunderland Culture, GB
Konstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld Lette, Germany
Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, USA
Studio Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
Teaching
2020 - Visiting Artist, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
Konstkollo, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Emmaboda, Sweden
2018 - Visiting Artist and workshop instructor, University of Texas Arlington, USA
2016 - Graduate Assistant for Charles Gaines, CalArts, USA
2015 - Workshop Instructor, North Lands Creative Glass, Scottland, GB
Visiting critic, Royal College of Art, London, GB
Workshop instructor, The Sorrell Foundation, Sunderland, GB
Guest teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
Guest teacher, IKA, Mechelen, BE
Guest teacher, Engelsholm Højskole, DK
2013 - TA, Bohyun Yoon, Haystack Mountain school of Craft, USA
Lectures, demos, and symposiums
2020 – Lecture, CCS, USA
2019 – Lecture, RISD, USA
2018 – Lecture, University of Arlington, TX, USA
2016 - Demo, GAS, Corning Museum of Glass, USA
2015 - Lecture, Sunderland University, England
Lecture, Royal College of Art, London, GB
Lecture, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
Lecture, Engelsholm Højskole, DK
2014 - Lecture, Konsthandverkarne, Stockholm, Sweden
Lecture, Royal Danish Academy, Bornholm, Denmark
Participant at Rona International Glass Symposium, Slovakia
2013 - Lecture, Corning Museum of Glass, USA
Residencies
2020 - The Danish Arts Foundation and CCS, Detroit, USA
2017-19 - The Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
2018 - The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden
2017-19 - The Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
2015 - National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
S12, Bergen, Norway
2014 - Playa Fellowship, OR, USA
2013 - Wheaton Arts, NJ, USA
Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2012 - Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
Selected Internships and production work
2013 - Internship, Jocelyne Prince, Providence, RI, USA
2012 - Gaffer, Sigrun Einarsdottir, Iceland
Designer and maker for GlazenHuis, Lommel, Belgium
2011 - Internship, Sean Salstrom, Toyama, Japan
2010 - Assistant, The Corning Museum of Glass, Glass Lab, Germany
2008 - Internship, Steffen Dam, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Internship, Davide Salvadore, Murano, Italy
2007 - Internship, Kosta Boda, Sweden
Grants and scholarships
2023 - The Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
2022 - Ole Haslund Art Foundation
2021 - The Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, work grant
2020 - Project Grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
The Danish Arts Foundation, work Grant
2019 - Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant, Houston Arts Alliance
The Danish Arts Foundation, Work Grant
The Danish Arts Foundation, Project Grant
Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond
15th June Foundation
2018 - The Eliza Prize
2017 - Beckett Foundation
2015 - Jens Ejnar and Johanne Larsen’s Grant in support of young artists
Augustinus Foundation
Direktør Ib Henriksens Foundation
Oticon Foundation
Nordea Foundation
Otto Bruuns Foundation
Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond, Travel grant
The Danish Arts Foundation, Work Grant
Grosserer L. F. Foghts Foundation
2014 - Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Foundation
The Danish Arts Foundation, Work Grant
Annie and Otto Johs. Detlefs Grant
The Danish Craft Prize, Travel Grant
2013 - The Danish Art Foundation, Travel Grant
M. B. Bishop and F. S. Merritt Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft
Danish Crafts Foundation
The Danish National Bank’s Anniversary Foundation of 1968
Bornholm’s Art Council
Ellen and Knud Dalhoff Larsens Foundation
Culture Week of Bornholm
Augustinus Foundation
2012 - Candace Haskell Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft
Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Foundation
The Danish National Bank’s Anniversary Foundation of 1968
Augustinus Foundation
2011 - Otto Bruuns Foundation
Augustinus Foundation
Gross. L. F. Foghts Foundation
