JOSEPHINE METTE LARSEN

EDUCATION

Cranbrook Academy of Art. Master of Fine Art, Ceramics. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. 

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. Bachelor of Art in Design, Ceramics. Nexø, Denmark.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Full-time artist assistant to Abigail Ozora Simpson. Margate, England.

Part-time artist assistant to Marianne Viktor, Studio Marianne Viktor. Frederiksberg, Denmark. 

Visiting Artist to the ceramics department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, USA. 

Guest lecturer and critic at Grand Valley State University - 9th Annual Grand Valley State University Ceramics Forum. Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. 

Project consultant for Emmy Bright. Detroit, Michigan, USA. 

Internship with Abigail Ozora Simpson. Margate, England.

Internship with Emily Reinhardt, The Object Enthusiast. Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lisa Naples Studio. Frenchtown, New Jersey, USA.

10 week course "The Vessel: Exploring Building Techniques". Adult handbuilding class exploring the vast range of techniques for building unique forms. 

Grounds for Sculpture. Trenton, New Jersey, USA. 

10 week course "World of Wheel-throwing". Adult beginning wheel-throwing class and developing foundations.

The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

5 week courses in the Winter, Spring and Summer. "Introduction to Wheel-throwing". Adult introductory class to the foundations of wheel-throwing. 

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. Nexø, Denmark.

1 week technical workshop "Large-scale Slab Building" for students in the ceramics department.

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. Nexø, Denmark.

3-day technical workshop "Large-scale Slab Building" for students the ceramics department.

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art. Nexø, Denmark.

1 week technical workshop "Working Site-Specific and Large-scale Handbuilding" for students in the ceramics department.

RESIDENCIES

The Clay Studio. Resident Artist. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Artist-in-residence, Ceramics. Oslo, Norway. 

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center. Project Network Residency undertaken in collaboration with

Sisse Lee. Skælskør, Denmark.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Clay Revival Residency. Banff, Alberta, Canada.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

500 Degrees: The Potential Energy of a Moment. Concurrent Exhibition at the 57th Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Current. Cincinnati, Ohio. Venue TBA. 

From the Ground Up XXX. Las Cruces Museum of Art. Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. 

The Ceramics Forum. NCECA Virtual Conference.

American Contemporary Craft: National Juried Exhibition. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Lubbock, Texas, USA. 

Softhouse. Grand on River. (Detroit Month of Design). Detroit, Michigan, USA.  

1000 Vases. Galerie Joseph. (Paris Design Week). Paris, France.  

Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale. Online exhibition via KICB Platform - www.kicb.co.kr 

The 14th Westerwald Prize 2019 Ceramics of Europe. Keramikmuseum Westerwald. Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany. 

Project Network. Apple House Gallery. Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center. Skælskør, Denmark.

Experiencing Perspectives. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. 

BIG. Annex Gallery at 333 Midland. Highland Park, Michigan, USA. 

The Clay Studio National. The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

2018 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. 

Symbiosis. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Detroit, Michigan, USA. 

Basically 15' x 50'. Gallery One|Collective Works. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 

DYAD. David Salkin Creative. Chicago, Illinois, USA. 

Detroit Artists Market Scholarship Awards & Exhibition. Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, Michigan, USA. 

Silica Visions. Travelling exhibition to CLAY Ceramic Museum (Middelfart, Denmark), Rundetårn (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Bornholm Art Museum (Gudhjem, Denmark).

GRANTS / SCHOLARHIPS

Illuminate the Arts Individual Artist Grant. Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

Danish Arts Foundation. Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Gurli and Paul Madsen's Foundation. Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Klint Trust Fund. Odense, Denmark.

The Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Formation. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Alathea and Herbert Manley Endowment. Awarded by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Jørgen Esmer Memorial Foundation. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund. Adamsville, Ohio, USA. 

The Danish Women's Society Scholarship. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Helle and Arenth Jacobsen's Scholarship for Young Artists. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Marvin and Betty Danto Scholarship. Merit Scholarship awarded by Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. 

Director Einar and Vera Hansen's Foundation. Hellerup, Denmark.

Augustinus Foundation. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Oticon Foundation. Smørum, Denmark.

Præmieselskabets Fælleslegat. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Director Ib Henriksen's Foundation. Hørsholm, Denmark.

Knud Højgaard's Foundation. Gentofte, Denmark.

PUBLICATIONS  

1000 Vases. Skira, 2021. 

LivingETC, October 2020 issue. London, United Kingdom. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Info Cerámica article via infoceramica.com

Ceramics Now artist feature via ceramicsnow.org