Kristiansen, Bo

First name: 
Bo
Initials: 
B.
Surname: 
Kristiansen
Year of birth: 
1944
Birthplace: 
Göteborg - Sweden
Working period: 
1968
Year of death: 
1991
CV: 

Bo Kristansen is born in Göteborg (Sweden) on July 13, 1944. Between 1962 and 1965 he visits the artschool in Copenhagen. Between 1968 and 1979 he runs his own workshop in Gudhjem in Bornholm. Between 1974 and 1980 he works as a free artist in Royal Copenhagen. From 1979 till his early death in 1991 (November 8) he has his workshop in Copenhagen.

Bo Kristiansen has become known for his intricate and clean typographic lines.

Images: Bo Kristiansen, portrait (from KERAMIKER, catalogue exhibition in Oldenburger Stadtmuseum, 1987); lidded box, around 1980 (collection Mr. J. Mulder, Groningen (NL)).