LISBET FRIIS

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THE ART EXHIBITION HALL BRANDTS

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DANNEBROG THE DANISH ROYAL YACHT

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Lisbet Friis
Textile artist, born 1957

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Bjerregaardsvej 2
DK - 2500 Valby
Denmark
Phone: +45 3546 0947
Studio: +45 4533 1733
Email: friis@io.dk
www.lisbetfriis.dk

1985 Graduate, Danmarks Designskole (Denmark's School of Design), Copenhagen
Co-founder of the exhibiting group Atelier 5 1/2

Exhibitions

2005 Linen closet - a sense of order, solo exhibition, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen
Galeri Norsu, Helsinki
2005 ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, with Danish Crafts
2003-2004 SOFA, Chicago, by Gallery DeCraftig
2002-2005 Ambiente, Frankfurt am Main, Crafts Collection by Danish Crafts
2001 Backtracking, Atelier 5 1/2, Art Exhibition Hall Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
2000 Danish Wave, Beijing, China and Ozone Gallery Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
1998 Danish National Art Foundation Purchase, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1997 Danish Cultural Festival, Ghana, Africa
1997 Fio 2 Brazil, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, and M.A.S.P., Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997 5th International Textil Competition, Kyoto, Japan
1997 3rd International Textile Triennial, Tournais, Belgium
1996 Unika, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen
1996 Danish Handicraft and Design, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
1996 Passwords, Atalier 5 1/2, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark
1995 The Artists Censored Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1995 Six Printers from Copenhagen, Littman Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
1994 Timeslice, Atelier 5 1/2, Art Exhibition Hall Rundetaarn, Copenhagen
1993 The Artists Censored Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1991 Zones, Atelier 5 1/2, Art Exhibition Hall of the Danish Ministery of Culture Overgaden, Copenhagen
1991 The Artists Censored Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Copenhagen
1990 The Artists Censored Autumn Exhibition, Den Frie Udstillings Bygning, Copenhagen

Grants and Funds Received

The Danish Central Bank's Anniversary Foundation: 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004
The Danish National Art Foundation: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
The Danish National Art Award: 1994, 2005
Ester and Jep Finks Mindelegat 2003
Groserer L.F.Foghts Fond
Ole Haslunds Kunstnerlegat 2005

Purchases:

Works purchased by: National Danish Art Foundation, Copenhagen Cultural Foundation, Art Society of August 14th, Silkeborg Folk High School, New Carlsberg Foundation and Danish Energy Directorate

Miscellaneous

External teacher and censor (examinator), Design School of Kolding, Denmark, 1986-1995
Freelance textile designer for InWear, Part Two, Saga Fur, Point Neuf, Jan Mackenhauer, Kenzo Paris, Épice and the Danish Ecclesiastical Art Society
Represented in: Danish Crafts Collection 2002, 2003,2004,2005,2006
Colour composition of the Danish National Museum's Study Collection, Copenhagen
Design and printing of interior textiles for New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen
Design and printing of interior textiles to the royal yacht "Dannebrog" for Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark 2002
Design and printing of ecclesiatical art for Fraugde church

Memberships:

Exhibition group Atelier 5/2
Danish Society of Artisans
Visual Artists' Association
Danish Designers
Lay assessor expert at The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen