Maria Sparre-Petersen

EDUCATION

2012-16 Ph.d. scholar. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK).

2000 Master of Fine Arts. Rhode Island School of Design.

1997 Glass Designer. The Danish Design School (now KADK).

1991- 92 Studies at Copenhagen University, Institute for Anthropology.

1986 Sailor. Training ship Georg Stage. 

PROJECTS

2015 The Pennylaw Meets the Walk of Fame. Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Ebeltoft.

2014 Field Work I. Copenhagen.

Recycling Workshop 2. Experimental glass workshop with students from KADK, Copenhagen.

2013 Recycling Workshop 1. Experimental glass workshop with students from KADK, Copenhagen.

2012 - 16 ReCycle. Practice based Ph.d. project.

2010 Waterbased Printing Techniques for Glass. Development of teaching material for The Danish Design School in collaboration with Peter Moëll Dammand, Copenhagen.

2003 Lyshavet. Collaboration with ceramist Ann Lilja. Project proposal for event in connection to the Environmental Festival, Copenhagen.

2002 Send a Message to the World. Interactive art in the public space, Atlantic Ocean.

Jorden er Giftig. Project proposal for installation in the public space, Copenhagen.

2001 The Junc Project. Recycling project, NYC, NY.

The Puddle Project. Installation, Milville, NJ.

2000 Message in a Bottle. Interactive art project in the public space, Providence, RI.

1999 Cycle. Installation, Tillinghast Farm Beach, RI.

EXHIBITIONS

2016 4x4 Status. Officinet. Copenhagen, Denmark

The Spring Exhibition. Charlottenborg. Copenhagen

2015 The Glass Heap Challenge. The Glass Factory. Boda, Sweden.

Copenhagen ULTRACONTEMPORARY, Copenhagen.

Forårsudstillingen. Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.

2014 Sustainable Innovation Conference, Copenhagen.

2011 Print på Glas. Library of KADK, Copenhagen.

Skagen Odde Naturcenter, Skagen.

2008 Selskabet for kirkelig kunst, Frederiksholms kanal, Copenhagen.

2005 Ungt Dansk-Svenskt Konsthantverk på Österlen. Galleri Ekdala, Sweden.

2004 Hjerteblod og Guldkorn. Marienlyst Slot, Helsingør.

2003 Kunsthåndværkerprisen 2003. The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen.

Forårsudstillingen. Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.

Wheaton Village Gallery.Millville, NJ.

2002 North American Glass 2002. Guilford Handcraft Center. Guilford, CT.

Exhibtion in collaboration with Ann Lilja. Fåborg Kunstforening, Fåborg.

2001 Image. Installation, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY.

Mastercraft 2001 - Modern Artforms. GUMP’S, San Francisco, CA.

Genbrugsglas. Hylleborg og Thomsen, Svendborg.

American Craft Odyssey. James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC.

73^{rd Annual Juried Exhibition}. Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA.

By Virtue of Excellence. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Hoxie Gallery, Westerly, RI.

2000 4 Elements. Installation, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI.

SOFA Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Organiske Former. Galleri Grønlund, Copenhagen.

North American Glass 2000. Guilford Handcraft Center. Guilford, CT.

Eurofire in the Land of Liege. Liege, Belgium.

James Renwick Alliance Student Competition. Washington, D.C.

By Virtue of Excellence. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Newport, RI.

RISD’s Graduation Show. RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island.

1999 Time. Market House Gallery, Providence, RI.

World Competition for Arts and Crafts. Kanazawa, Japan.

Manifest. A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Visual Art. Copley Society of

Boston. Boston, MA.

RISD exchange exhibition with Elam College, Auckland, New Zealand.

Shared Space. Collaboration with Jeffrey Sarmiento. Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence. RI.

1998 Observationer. Round Tower, Copenhagen.

1997 Glass Biennial. Woods Gerry Gallery. Providence, RI.

The Danish Design School’s Graduation Show. Øksnehallen, Copenhagen.

Galleri Grønlund, Copenhagen.

Kunsthåndværker Prisen 1997. The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen.

Forårsudstillingen. Charlottenborg, Copenhagen.

1996 Stenbrudsgården, Neksø.

Galleri Grønlund, København.

Glas Ljus. Form & Design Center, Malmö, Sverige. 

GRANTS AND HONOURABLE MENTIONS

2003 Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879. Silver medail.

2002 Danish Arts Foundation. Work grant.

2001 Residency. Creative glass Center of America at Wheaton Village. Millville, New Jersey.

2000 MFA Honors. Rhode Island School of Design.

James Renwick Alliance. Honourable mention and grant.

1999 Danish Arts Foundation. Grant.

Friends of Glass. Grant.

Knud Højgaards Fond. Grant.

Laurits Andersens Fond. Grant.

The Guilford Handcraft Center. Grant.

Rhode Island School of Design. Graduate Scholarship.

Rhode Island School of Design. Graduate Fellowship.

Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond. Grant.

1998 Knud Højgaards Fond. Grant.

Laurits Andersens Fond. Grant.

Rhode Island School of Design. Graduate Scholarship.

Rhode Island School of Design. Graduate Fellowship.

Fondation Idella. Grant.

Det Reiersenske Fond. Grant.

Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Fond. Grant.

J. S. Holbrook. Grant.

1997 Danish Arts Foundation. Grant.

Kunsthåndværker Prisen af 1879. Bronze medail and travelling grant.

Knud Højgaards Fond. Grant.

Beckett Fonden. Grant.

Ingeniør Kaptajn Åge Nielsens Fond. Grant.

Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Fond. Grant.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 Coordinator for cooperation with 17 businesses. KADK.

2014 Program leader with Peter Moëll Dammand for the educational module Strategic Design and Business Cooperation at KADK.

2013 - 14 Co-initiator. Nordic Master of Glass Design.

2010 - 15 Faculty representative. Student affairs section KADK.

2010 - 13 Chair of Faculty and Student Advisory Committee. The Danish Design School.

2010 Project coordinator for collaboration with Holmegaard. The Danish Design School.

Jury member. Time to Design Award.

2009 Project coordinator for collaboration with Mater. The Danish Design School.

Installation commission. Husumvold Kirke.

2008 Project coordinator for collaboration with Normann Copenhagen, Damvig Develop A/S, Formland Messen. The Danish Design School.

Jury member. Designcompetition by The Danish Design School and Danzka Vodka.

2005 - Teacher. The Danish Design School.

2005 - Faculty representative of the School Board. The Danish Design School.

2006 Visiting lecturer. Rhode Island School of Design & Alfred University.

2005-06 Teacher. Danish International Study Programme.

Office assistant. Rigshospitalet.

2004 Guest teacher. Bornholms Højskole.

Graduate student tutor. The Danish Design School.

Guest teacher. Skælskør Folkehøjskole.

2003 Guest teacher. Glas og Keramikskolen på Bornholm.

Visisting lecturer. Glasnet Conference at Skælskør Folkehøjskole.

2002-03 Board Member. Danish Crafts Association.

School Board Member. Representative of the Danish Crafts Association. The Danish Design School.

2002 Guest teacher. Glas og Keramikskolen på Bornholm.

Design commission. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

Guest lecturer. Alfred University, Glas og Keramikskolen på Bornholm and The Danish Designschool.

2001 Artist in recidence. Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Village.

2000 Teaching assistant for Josiah McElheny and Jan Erik Ritzman. Penland School of Crafts.

Assistant for Mary Ellen Buxton and Kevin Kutch.

Guest teacher/lecturer. Brown University.

Teacher of "Beginning Hot Glass". Rhode Island School of Design.

2000- "Maria Sparre-Petersen". Privately held company.

1998-00 Graduate Assistantship. Rhode Island School of Design.

1994-97 Glass blower. Snogebæk Glas Hytte.

1975-94 Newspaperboy, office clerk, cleaning clerk, sailor, bike messenger, deli salesperson, bartender, babysitter, cook, waiter, construction worker and boat cabin crew.

PUBLICATIONS

2002 New Glass Review 23. Corning Museum of Glass

2001 Robin Rice Essays. Wheaton Arts and Ciltural Centre.