Karen Kjærgaard
b 1960
ARCHITECT & CURATOR
Own practice from 2002 -
Graduated from Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Curator, project leader & exhibition architect for institutions and companies
From 1989 – 2007 partner in RAUNKJÆRKJÆRGAARDDESIGNOFFICE (RKDO)
VARIOUS PLATFORMS
Curator DSKD Kolding School of Design, 2011 -
Exhibition architect JORN_ENSOR exhibition, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
Co-curator Copenhagen Design Week, DDC, 2011
CURATOR AND EXHIBITION ARCHITECT DANISH CRAFTS 2005 – 2010
Co-curator it´s a small world, danish design center, 2009, EXPO Shanghai 2010, Brazil 2010
Censor by appointment of the Royal Academy 2008 -
Member of board at DSI Lynfabrikken 2011 -
Member of board at krabbesholm højskole, 2005-2008
Member of the academy´s architect´s jury 2002-2005, 2005-2008
Member of the biennale committee, 2005 – 2007
Co-curator + exhibition architect at the biennale for crafts and design 2004
Censor and lecturer at Aarhus school of architecture, denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SE, Designmuseum Denmark 2011
SE, Cph/Tokyo/London 2010 – 2011
SE, glyptoteket, cph, 2009-/10
FORÅRSUDSTILLINGEN, charlottenborg, cph, 2009
SE, rundetårn, cph, 2008
FORÅRSUDSTILLINGEN, charlottenborg, cph, 2008
SE, fabrikken for kunst og design, cph, 2007
THE DANISH GIFT, danish design center, cph, 2007
SE, frederiksberg gardens, cph, 2006
HONEY I´ M HOME, danish design center, cph, 2006
DANISH – FRAMING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN, danish design center, cph, 2005
USE IT! – danish design 1905-2005, EXPO JAPAN, 2005
POLSTERGEIST, scandinavian furniture fair, cph, 2005
DANISH CRAFTS COLLECTION, 2004
SE, the loop, danish design center, cph, 2004
PLANKEN UD II, top, kunstindustrimuseet, cph, 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
myprivategarden, kunstindustrimuseet, cph, 2005
myprivategarden, trapholt, kolding, 2005
myprivatehomecollection, trapholt, kolding, 2003
myprivatehomecollection, designer´s saturday, langenthal, CH, 2002
myprivatehomecollection, danish design center, cph, 2002
AWARDS
2005 KAY BOJESENS MINDELEGAT
2005 THE DANISH FURNITURE AWARD with RKDO
VARIOUS STIPENDIUMS AND PRIZES FROM STATENS KUNSTFOND
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