Tobias Møhl (b. 1970, Denmark) is a Danish glass artist working with blown glass and cane-working techniques within the Venetian tradition. Typically, he employs reticello to produce delicate linear networks of crisscrossing threads on the surfaces of his forms. Through careful work in the hot shop, the colored glass cane is fused with the molten body of the sculpture. The encased patterns transform as the glass if blown into its final form. Møhl trained at the renowned glass production center Holmegaard in Denmark from the age of 19 and received his status as a master glassblower in 1992. The following year, he studied Italian glass techniques at Lino Tagliapietra’s master class at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Møhl began to build his practice upon these traditionally Italian techniques, forging what he sees as a uniquely Scandinavian artistic expression: the rigor and visual dynamism inherited from Murano’s glass blowers in concert with the reserved silhouettes and subtle palette of the Danish tradition. Møhl describes his practice in terms of “methods that break away from the traditional patterns to discover a new and more organic expression and style.” His works, subsequently, are marked by thoughtful technical experimentation, a deep understanding of the medium, and an emphasis on precise, modernist forms.
Møhl’s works can be found in the collections of numerous museums throughout the U.S. and Europe, including the Corning Museum of Glass, Memorial Art Museum in Rochester, NY, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany, among others. He has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Glasmuseum Ebeltoft's Reticello Prize, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, and the Hempel Glass Prize. Møhl lives and works in Ebeltoft, Denmark.
EDUCATION
1992–93
Master Glassblower, Holmegaards Glasværk, Denmark
1988–92
Apprenticeship, Holmegaards Glasværk, Denmark
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
Woven: Glass Vessels, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Tobias Møhl, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Woven in Glass, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004
New Work, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
Reflections on Detail, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
New Work, Galleri Grønlund, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Geography of Objects: Living in the Net of Biophilia, Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea
2022
New Nordic Glass: Recent Acquisitions, National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA
2021
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2020: Finalist Exhibition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
2018
Scandinavian Glass: Starting All Over, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2016
Glass for the New Millennium: Masterworks from the Kaplan-Ostergaard Collection, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2015
Second Invitational Glass Show, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014
New Works, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Glasss, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
Shades of White, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ten Artists of Crafts, Ishikawa Public Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
2012
Hot and Cool, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Substance 2012, Bredgade Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ten Artists of Crafts, Kominka Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
2011
Danish Glass, Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany
2009
European Design, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN
Exempla 2012: Glass - Material between Tradition and Innovation, Munich, Germany
New and Noteworthy, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Opening Exhibition, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
37th International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
2008
New and Noteworthy, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Tobias Møhl and Bodil Manz, PULS Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
Tobias Møhl and Jane Reumert, Galleri Møllerwitt, Aarhus, Denmark
2007
Danish Glass, Pismo Gallery, Aspen, CO
Glasss 2007, Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro, Denmark
2006
The Danes, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
International Glass Exhibition, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
Second Annual World Glass Exhibition, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2004
New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003
Glasss, Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro, and Sophienholm Kunsthal, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Meisters der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Stuff, Toronto, Canada
2003
Contemporary Danish Glass, Gallery WDO, Charlotte, NC
Gallery MøllerWitt, Aarhus, Denmark
2002
New Artists, New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Steninge Castle, Märsta, Sweden
2001
Flet (Braid), Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, and Tønder Art Museum, Tønder, Denmark
Lino Tagliapietra e Amici: A Celebration of Italian Glass Maestro Lino Tagliapietra and His Friends, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2000
The Danish Wave, Traveling Exhibition: China, Japan, Taiwan, and Argentina
1999
Aktuel Dansk Glaskunst, Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Global Art Glass, Borgholm Castle, Öland, Sweden
Galleri Hummeluhre, Viby, Denmark
1998
Aperto Vetro (Open Glass), Venice, Italy
1997
Young Glass ’97, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1996
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft's First Ten Years, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Hässelby Slott, Hässelby, Sweden
1995
Designaktuel, Sophienholm, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Utzon-Huset, Herning, Denmark
1994
Dansk Glas '94, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
SELECTED AWARDS
2020
Finalist, Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, Paris, France
2009
Award Winner, 37th Annual International Glass Invitation Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
2005
Silkeborg Kunstnerlegat/Artist Award
2002
Ole Haslunds Artist’s Grant
Reticello Prize, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2000
Hempel Glass Prize, Denmark
1999
Christian Grauballe’s Memorial Grant, Denmark
1998
The Danish State’s Art Society Award, Denmark
1997
Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879, Denmark
1996
Graballeprisen, Kunstindustrimuseet, Denmark
COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Aberdeen, UK
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Denmark
Danish Queen’s Collection, Denmark
Danish State’s Art Collection, Denmark
Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Hempel Glasmusem, Nykøbing Sjaelland, Denmark
Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA
Nederlands Museum voor Glas en Glastechniek, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
