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Bodil Manz - Artists + Designers - Hostler Burrows

Bodil Manz (Danish, b. 1943) is a ceramicist known for her predominant use of ultra-thin, translucent eggshell porcelain to create distinctive cylindrical forms, anchored by bold, geometric abstractions in a style evocative of Russian Suprematism. Much in the way Morandi approached a still life or Albers the square, her engagement with the cylinder form ad infinitum is study in the master’s ability to extract sublime nuance from the seemingly quotidien. In her own words – “Focusing and concentrating on a single object such as a sphere, a square, a cylinder, a cup, fundamentally something quite ordinary, the stuff of everyday life, [seems] indeed almost banal. But during the process we discovered fresh aspects, and suddenly ‘the ordinary’ became a new experience.

Manz studied ceramics at the School of Arts & Craft in Copenhagen, and in 1966 she studied at La Escuela de Diseno y Artesanias in Mexico and also at Berkeley University in California. Her work is included in numerous prestigious collections including: the Museum of Modern Art New York, Victoria and Albert in London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Musée de Sèvres, France and the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan.

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BODIL MANZ
b. 1943, Copenhagen, Denmark

EDUCATION

1961–1965   Arts and Crafts School, Copenhagen
1966             Escuela de Diseño y Artesanias, Mexico City, Mexico
                     Art Department, Berkeley University, California

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023     Bodil Manz, Gallery LSV, Seoul, South Korea
2021     Bodil Manz: New Work, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY, USA
2019     Bodil Manz, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, United Kingdom
             BODIL MANZ, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea
2017     Bodil Manz, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, United Kingdom
2012     Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011     Galleri Pagter, Kolding, Denmark
2008     Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006     Galerie Pierre, Paris, France 
             Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
             Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
2005     Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
             Galerie Besson, London
2004     Galerie Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003     Galerie b 15, Munich, Germany
             Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
             Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002     Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
             Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001     Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
2000     Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
             Galerie Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998     Galerie Besson, London
             Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
             Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995     Nederlands Keramiekmuseum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 
             Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
1984     Lidköpings Konstall, Lidköping, Sweden
             Facet, Bing & Grøndahl, Copenhagen
1971     Maison du Danemark, Paris, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023     Artwork Orange, Galleri Weinberger Schandorff, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022     One of a Kind: LOEWE Craft Prize Winner & Finalists, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea
             Taste Contemporary - Gallery Selection, Taste Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2021     Pioneering Women, Oxford Ceramics Galler, Oxford, United Kingdom
2019     Vessels & Weaves, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2016     Lacoste Gallery Collection, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, USA
2014     Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013     Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2012     Adrian Sassoon, Masterpiece London, The Royal Hospital Chelsea,
                 London, United Kingdom              
             Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London,
                 United Kingdom
             Cuts and Interventions, Copenhagen Ceramics, Frederiksberg, Denmark
2011     Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
             Garth Clark, SOFA Fair, Sante Fe, CA, USA
2010     Gudjhem Museum, Bornholm, Denmark 
             Galerie Helen Poiree, Paris, France
             Carla Koch, PAN Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009     Keramiske Veje, Sophienholm, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008     Design Museum, Denmark
             A View From Denmark, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, USA
2007     The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea 
             Ceramics from Denmark, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein,
                 Munich, Germany
             Transparenz und Masse, Museum Eckernf örde, Germany
2005     Transformations: The Language of Crafts, National Gallery of Australia,
                 Canberra
             The 7th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan
             The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
             Biennale Européenne de Céramique Contemporaine, Troyes, France
2004     4th Ceramic Triennial, Trapholt, Denmark
             Keramiske Veje, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark 
             Galerie Pierre, Paris, France
             Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
             From the Kilns of Denmark, touring USA
2003     The International Invitational Exhibition, Korea 
             Crafts Now, Kanazawa, Japan
             Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
             2nd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
2002     Galerie Pagter, Kolding, Denmark
             From the Kilns of Denmark, touring Paris, Berlin & USA 
             Campio-Masterpieces, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy 
             The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
             Biennale de la Céramique, Andenne, Belgium
             The 6th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan
2001     Galerie le Vieux-Bourg, Switzerland
             Sigtuna Museum, Sigtuna, Sweden
             Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, USA
             Pakhuset, Nykøbing, Denmark
2000     The Danish Wave, China 
             Form and Glasur, Hoechst, Germany
             The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramic Award Exhibition, Taiwan
1999     Living Design – Dialogue, touring Klaipeda, Riga, Tallin
             (UN) Limited, Craft Council, London
             Artist from the World, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
             Form-Transformation 1966-99, Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen,
                 Denmark
             Keramik aus Dänemark, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany    
1998     Triennale de Porcelaine, Nyon, Switzerland
             Galerie für Englische Keramik, Marianne Heller, Germany
             Sybaris Gallery, Oaklahoma, USA
1997     Museum voor Sierkunst, Gent, Belgium
1996     Yufuku Gallery of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
             Bewegung Europäische Keramik 96, Keramion, Germany
             Form und Glasur, Hoechst, Tyskland, Denmark
             Das Andere Gefäss, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, Denmark

1995     Edinburgh City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
             Gallery Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994     1st Ceramic Triennial, Trapholt, Denmark
             Tapei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1993     Keramik Europas, Keramikmuseum, Westerwald, Germany
1992     Kunstindustrimuseet, Helsinki, Finland
             Triennale de Porcelaine, Nyon, Switzerland
1991     Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands    
1990     Gallery Amphora & Singer Museum, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands
1989     Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
             Röhsska Museet, Gothenberg, Sweden
1987     Boymans van Beuningen Stichtung Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
             The Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo, Japan    
1981     Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, USA
1980     Galerie de Proen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1977     The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen
1970     Städtlisches Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany
1969     Den Permanente, Copenhagen, Denmark
1966     Mexico City, Mexico

AWARDS

2006     The 4th World Ceramic Biennial, Korea, Grand Prize
2005     The 3rd World Ceramic Biennial, Korea, Honourable mention  
             The 7th International Ceramic Competition, Mino, Japan, Honourable
                 mention
2003     Knud V. Engelhardt’s Memorial Grant
             The 2nd World Ceramic Biennial, Korea, Jury’s prize
             Bavarian State Prize, Germany
2001-2 Anna Klindt Soerensen’s 2 years grant
2001     The 6th International Ceramic Competition, Mino, Japan, Honourable
                 mention                        
             The 1st World Ceramic Biennial, Korea, Special prize
             The Thorval Bindesboell Medal
2000     C.L. David’s Fund
             Carl Jacobsen’s Travel Grant, The New Carlsberg Foundation
1998     The Life Long Grant of the Danish Government 
             The 5th International Ceramic Competition, Mino, Japan, Gold Medal
1997     Ellen and Knud Dahlhoff Larsen’s Foundation 
             Merchant L.F. Foght’s Foundation Kutani International Decorative
                 Ceramic Competition Award of Merit, Japan
             5th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Krapina prize
1994-5 The Danish Arts Foundation,3 year grant
1993     4th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Grand Prix
             Arts, Crafts and Design Council’s Annual prize
             Johan S. Kroeir’s Foundation
             Silversmith Kay Bojesen and Mrs. Erna Bojesen Memorial Grant
1985     Ole Haslund’s Artist Grant
1978     Ole Haslund’s Artist Grant
1972     The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, Jubilee Competition,
                 2nd prize
1969     Den Permanente, Ceramic Competition, 1st prize
             The Cowi Foundation
             Handelsbanken Jubilee Grant
1968     The Danish National Bank’s Jubilee Foundation
             K.A. Larssens and Mrs. L.M. Larssen’s Grant
             Manufacturer and Mrs. Svend Aage Rasmussen’s Memorial Grant 
             Painting Contractor Achen’s Grant
             The Danish Arts Foundation

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
The New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark
The Trapholt Museum of Danish Visual Art, Arts & Crafts & Furniture Design,
     Kolding, Denmark

Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenberg, Sweden
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Musée de Sèvres, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, France
Kunstindustrimuseet, Helsinki, Finland
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Sammlung Rudolf Strasser, Museum der Stadt, Landshut, Germany
Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzjausen, Germany
Museum Keramion, Frechen, Germany
Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum Het Princessehof, Leewarden, The Netherlands
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montreal, Canada
The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS
Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO
Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan, USA
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
World Craft Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
 

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