Thea Bjerg

textile art

Born in Copenhagen in 1960. Studies at the Denmark Design Academy among others. Own studio in Copenhagen since 1987

Exhibitions (selection)

London, Amsterdam, Washington, Toronto, Peking, Glasgow, Mexico City. In Germany, among others: museum of art and industry, Hamburg
2005 “Meister der Moderne”, Munich
2006 Birò Gallery, Munich

Prizes and scholarships (selection)

2000 “Nagoya Design DO” Japanese silver medal
2003 “Kold Christensens Haederslegat” great Danish craftsman’s prize
2004 “AQUATIC” art book of the year and Papyrus Award, Denmark. Design of costumes and stage decorations for the Royal Danish Theatre and the Danish Opera.
2006 Collection of pleated cloths for the MOMA museum shop in New York.

For the exhibition in the Galerie Werft 11, Thea Bjerg has created a series of works that hover at the limits between jewellery, textiles and fashion. Inspired by natural shapes such as sea anemones, sea creatures and corals, she creates her pleated works from silk and polyester fibres.

She obtains her transparent, stratified and independent expression by combining laser cutting and ultrasound techniques with her own craft methods. These methods allow her to work fine peekaboo designs and long fringes, among others, without the fabric fraying.

Thea Bjerg about her folding and pleating method: “Layers have always fascinated me. They have tales to tell. Both my own in addition to those which the beholders themselves place in the works. Layers are reminiscent of a drama, without dramatising. My works are described as sculptural, sensual and sophisticated, but I always endeavour however to retain the impression of a certain plainness”.

Photos Thea Bjerg: Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Website
http://www.theabjerg.com/



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