Born in 1968, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark

After graduating in 1997 from the textile faculty at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, Astrid Krogh established her own studio the following year, where she started using optical fibers  to create woven textiles, thereby weaving with light itself. As colored light is transmitted through the fibers, the textiles change appearance and transform the spaces around them. Krogh’s point of departure from conventional textile design was not merely her fascination for light, but also her attraction to shape-morphing objects and shifting colorways. “I use light as both a material and a technology”, Krogh explains. “The presence of light is an essential component of my work. Light enables my textiles to pulsate, change patterns and create an entire spectrum of ever-changing colorways”.

Few artists speak this refined language as fluently as Astrid Krogh, who uses light to describe aspects of nature that words simply cannot. The lingua franca in Krogh’s world describes the feelings evoked by the beauty of the dawn, and the emotions stirred when the sunset streaks extraordinary colors across the sky. Her vocabulary is nuanced by sensory experiences, which are articulated through a lexicon of color and light. Krogh’s vernacular encompasses the ripples that cause sunlight to sparkle on the surface of a lake, and the surging, blue tinted waves that change color as they break on the shore.

Widely recognized as one of the most pioneering Scandinavian artists in the field of light installations and textile art, Krogh is working at the intersection between art, architecture and design. Krogh’s works have been exhibited in various international institutions, such as the Boston Fine Art Museum; Le Musée Eugène Delacroix, Paris; Tournai International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Arts, Belgium; Malmö Kunstmuseum, Sweden; the Tefaf Maastricht Fair, Holland and Design Miami/Basel, Switzerland. Krogh’s works are included in important museum collections, such as the Designmuseum Danmark and the 21C Museum International Contemporary Art Foundation. Krogh has been making monumental light installations and site-specific commissions for private and public collections, such as the 21C Museum International Contemporary Art Foundation in Cincinnati, the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen; the Longchamp Flagship store in Paris; the Danish University Center in Beijing, China, and the Maersk building in Copenhagen. Krogh’s pieces are published in important books about contemporary textiles, architecture and design, and the artist has won several prizes, including the Thorvald Bindesboell Medal, the Inga & Ejvind Kold Christensen Prize, the Annual Honorary Grant of the National Bank of Denmark, the Finn Juhl Architecture Prize and the CODA Awards.

EDUCATION
1992 — 1995 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, Textile Department
1995 — 1997 Institute for Product Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021    Space Odyssey, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2016    Remembering Landscapes, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2015    National Bank, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012    SKY, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2011    Design Miami/Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2010    Gallery NB, Viborg, Denmark
2006    Ideal House 2006, IMM Messe, Cologne, Germany
2005    Potential Volumes by Light. Malmø Kunstmuseum, Malmø, Sweden
2002    Tapeter. Det Dansk Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000    Light Mail, Trapholt Museum of Contemporary Art, Kolding, Denmark

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021    COSMOS. Design From Here and Beyond. CID Grand Hornu, Belgium
2021    Matter at Hand, Hostler Burrows Gallery, New York, USA
2021    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Switzerland
2021    In A Slow Manner, Maison du Danemark, Paris, France
2021    Radiant. Light and (e)Motion, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2020    Nouvelle Vague, Scandinavian Art & Design 1999-2020, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2020    TEFAF Maastricht, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2019    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2019    PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London, UK
2019    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2018    The Salon Art + Design, Galerie Maria Wettergren, New York, USA
2018    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2018    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2017    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2017    PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London, UK
2017    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2016    Design Nu, Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016    Remembering Landscapes. Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris. Solo exhibition
2015    Crafted: Objects in Flux, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2015    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2015    Textile Art of Today, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2014    Designers Days, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
2014    Building with Textiles, Textile Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2014    PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London, UK
2014    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2013    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2013    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2013    The Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2013, The Netherlands
2013    Mindcraft, Il Saloni, Milan, Italy
2013    Installations Nordiques, Musée Nationale Eugène Delacroix, Paris, France
2012    PAD London, Galerie Maria Wettergren, London, UK
2012    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2012    Movements, Risør Kunstpark, Norway
2012    Design Miami Basel, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Basel, Switzerland
2012    Design Miami, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Miami, USA
2011    PAD Paris, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2011    Tournai International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Arts, Tournai, Belgium
2011    Design Miami, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Miami, USA
2010    Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
2010    It´s a Small World, Shanghai, China
2010    Cosmos, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
2010    Il Saloni, Danish Crafts, Milan, Italy
2009    Il Saloni, Danish Crafts, Milan, Italy
2009    It´s a Small World, Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008    Il Saloni, Danish Crafts, Milan, Italy
2007    The Biennale for Craft & Design, Kolding, Denmark
2006    Honey I’m Home, Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005    5th Textile Art Biennale, Kaunas, Lithuania
2005    Index 2005 Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005    Konsthandverk 2005. Roda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden
2005    Danish – Framing the Future of Design’, The Danish Center
2005    Use It, Dansk Design Center, Tokyo, Japan
2004    STUFF, Danish Crafts, Toronto, Canada
2004    The 11th International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland
2003    Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Germany
2003    Derfor Danish Craft, Paustian, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002    Fremtidens Tradition, Danish Craft, Paris, France
2001    Young Nordic Design: The Generation X. Scandinavia House, New York Washington, Mexico, Finland (Design forum), Berlin (Det Nordiske Hus)
2000    Danish Wave, China
2000    Light Mail, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISIONS / COLLECTIONS
Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Trapholt Museum of Contemporary Art, Kolding, Denmark
21C Museum International Contemporary Art Foundation, Cincinnati, USA
The Danish Parliament, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nya Karolinsky Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, USA
The Danish University Center, Beijing, China
Longchamp, Paris, France
Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish State Railways, Denmark
2021     Rytm, Upssala Kommun, Uppsala Central Station, Uppsala, Sweden
2021     Drottning Silvias, Nya Barn-och Ungdomssjukhus, Goteborg, Sweden
2020    Løvfald Axeltorv, Nakskov, Denmark
2020     Kansla av Vatten, Sunderby Hospital, Sweden
2019     Goldenrod. University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, USA
2018     A Square of the Universe. Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018     Goldenrod, Albert B Chandler Hospital Lexington, USA
2017     Commission, Church, Rigshositalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017     Commission, Danish University Centre, Beijing, China
2016     Commission, Children Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
2016     Commission, Church, Rigshositalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015    Commission, Nya Karolinska Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
2015    Commission Teglverkets School, Oslo, Norway
2015    Commission, Malmø Högskola, Sweden
2015    Commission, Nykøbing Katedralskole, Denmark
2015    Commission, Printemps Paris, France
2014     Commission, Longchamp, Paris, France
2014     Commission, 21C Museum Hotel, Durham, North Carolina, USA
2014     Sketch for Frederiksbergbyggeriet, Århus, Denmark
2013     Askim Ungdomsskole, Norway
2013     Sketch, Hospital Lillebælt, Denmark
2012     Lightmail, 21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2012     Private commission, Morild, Paris, France
2011     Kamelia, 4 x 4m Neontapestry, Kolding, Denmark
2011     Sketch, Two Tunnels Project, Bath, UK
2011     Sketch, Högskolen, Oslo, Norway
2010    Myriad, 5 x 5m Light tapestry, Ceremony Room, Halden Prison, Norway
2009    Vollsmose Kulturhus, 4 x 4m Light mobile, Odense, Denmark
2009    Gigantium, 5 x 6m Neontapestry, Aalborg, Denmark
2008    Flower of Life, Light mobile, Sittard Hospital, The Netherlands
2007    Light fall, NRGI Aarhus (SHL architects) Light tapestry, Aarhus, Denmark
2007    Flora. Kolding Commune, 12 x 11m Neon wallpaper, Kolding, Denmark
2007    Coral, Birkerød Aktivitetscenter, 5 x 5m Swimming Pool Mosaic, Denmark
2006    Snow flakes, Løvåsen Sykehjem, Bergen, Norway
2006    Facade, 8 x 100m, Birkerød Aktivitetscenter, Denmark
2006    Sketch, S. Gabbana, Portofino, Italy
2005    Glasfacades, Frederiksberg Slots Ridehus, Denmark
2005    Grønnegades Kulturcenter, Næstved. Neon tapestry, Denmark
2003    Polytics, Neon Tapestry The Danish Parliament, Christiansborg, Denmark
2003    Ornament. 2,6 x 3,6m Neon tapestry, The National Art Foundation, Denmark
2002    Reception, DSB, Sølvgade. Glass facade in optic fibers, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001    DSB, Sølvgade, 8 x 12m Carpet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001    Mærsk Data A/S, Vibenhus Runddel. Steel & neon weaving. Copenhagen, Denmark
2000    Design for Velux A/S, Denmark
1999    The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999    Diamanten, Copenhagen, Denmark

PRIZES
2016    CODA Awards
2016    Finn Juhl prisen
2013    Inga og Ejvind Kold Christensens Fonds hæderspris
2012    Knud V Engelhardts Mindelegat
2008    Thorvald Bindesbøll Medaljen
2003    Ole Haslunds Kunstnerfond
2001    Martha og Paul René Gauguins Fond

GRANTS
2015    The Annual Honorary grant of the National Bank
2012    Statens Kunstfond, Danish Solarfonden, udstillingslegat (+ 2006, 2009, 2011)
2012    Augustinus Fonden (+2000)
2011    Danish Crafts (+2007, 2009)
2010    Grosserer L.F. Foghts (+2000)
2007    Rejselegat, Kulturministeriets designpulje NON NOBIS FONDEN
2006    Gammel Dok Pakhus, København (+1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
2004    Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968 (+2002)
2002    Statens Kunstfond´s 3-årige arbejdslegat
2002    Thomas B. Thriges Fond
2002    Augustinus Fonden
2002    Politikenfonden
2002    Arbejdslegat, Statens Værksteder for Kunst og Håndværk

OTHER
2014 – 2018 Chairman. Project Support Committee, Crafts & Design, Danish Arts Foundation
2013    Board member for Denmark’s Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2010    Board member of Trapholt – Museum for art, design and Handicraft, Kolding
2006    Boardmember of “Kulturkanonen”, Danish Ministry of Culture
2005    Leader of workshop Northern Fibre 06, Finland
2004    Curator, Biennale 2004 (Danish Craft)
2000    Member of ‘Stroom’. Den Haags centrum voor beeldende kunst, Holland