Hansen, Bente

First name: 
Bente
Initials: 
B.
Surname: 
Hansen
Year of birth: 
1943
Birthplace: 
Copenhagen
Country of birth: 
Denmark
Working period: 
1968-
CV: 

1943  Bente Hansen is born in Copenhagen in 1943.

Education & Career
1960-1964  Denmark’s Design School (former ”Skolen for Brugskunst”).
1964-1970  Attached to Bing & Grøndahls Porcelain Factory.
1978-1982  Attached to Royal Copenhagen.
1968-  Establishing own workshop in Copenhagen.
1992-1996  Head of the Department for Ceramic and Glass, Denmark’s Design School.
1992-1997  Member of the National Bank of Denmark Jubilee Fund of 1968 Committee.
1999-2001  Member of the Danish Arts Foundation Committee for Applied Art and Design.

Exhibitions in the Netherlands: 1990   - "Danish Ceramics Artists", Singer Museum Laren, Holland.

Memberships
 - The Danish Arts and Crafts Association.
 - The Danish Artists Association.
- The Board of the ”Académie Internationale de la Céramique”, Switzerland.
 - The Board of IAC, International Academy of Ceramists. 

Contact: Studio: Elleborgvej 4A, 3140 Aalsgaarde, Denmark
 E-mail: bente@bentehansen.dk

Pictures: Bente Hansen in her workshop, around 2015 (source Keramiske Veje 2018); portrait Bente Hansen (source website artist); container with block decoration (source Gallery Ann Linnemann); lidded pot (source Pinterest); container (source Venice Clay Artists.com).  

Bibliography: 
  • Keramiske Veje 2018, United and Apart, Clay Museum Middelfahrt (DK), catalogue 2018