Ole Jensen, Born 1958 in Ejsing, Denmark
		Ceramist and designer Lives and works in Copenhagen				–Ole Jensen, Monography 2002, written by Erik Steffensen. –Published by Aschehoug.
		Educated at The Arts and Crafts College in Kolding, Denmark. Left in 1985. Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, 1985–89. Cooperation with Bing & Grøndahl (now Royal Copenhagen) 1985. Co-founder, ’Showroom of Art’, Copenhagen, 1989–94. Project leader at Denmark’s School of Design, Copenhagen, (Institute of Product Design), 1992–99. Member of the executive commitee of the Council of Arts, Crafts and Design, The Academy Council for Public Art and Design, and the board of representatives of Designskolen Kolding, 1998–2002. Appointed Chairman of the Craft and Design Committee of the Danish Arts Foundation, 2002–04. Curator (together with Lars Dybdahl) for Biennale 2007, at Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding. Member of the Artists’ Association. Member of the associations of Danish Designers, MDD Exhibitions 1985Fem i Form, Skive Art Museum. 1987Bing & Grøndahl/Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen. (solo) 1988Wonders, Baghuset Gallery, Copenhagen. 1990Design – Craftsmanship or Industry?, The Free Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen. 1990Danish Types, The Demonstration Room for Art, Copenhagen. 1990Luxury Culture, Sophienholm. 1991Never Compromise on Quality, Spøttrup Borgmuseum. 1991Good Saturday, The Free Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen. 1993Practical Avant-garde, Herning Museum of Arts. 1994The Rooms and Rituals of Everyday Life, The Free Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen. 1994The Ceramic Jug, Marienlyst Castle, Elsinore. 1994Danish Triennale of Ceramic, Arts Museum Trapholt, Kolding. 1995Building for Billions, North Jutland’s Museum of Arts, Aalborg. 1995Living Design in Denmark, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. 1995Royal Copenhagen Aujourd’hui, Maison du Danemark, Paris. 1996Art – Industry, Royal Copenhagen, Sophienholm. 1996Makes ceramic scent jars with Inger Louise Bach, Tora Urup and Ursula Munch-Petersen for Morten Skriver and Christian Skeel’s scent-installation at the Esbjerg Museum of Art. 1996Duplika, The Exhibition Fund for Danish Crafts and Industrial Design, Gl. Dok, Copenhagen. 1998Køkkenting (kitchen items), exhibition with Inger Louise Bach, Tora Urup and Ursula Munch-Petersen, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. 1998Various, Galleri Annemarie, Copenhagen. 1999Living Design – Dialogue, Tallin, Riga and Kleipeda. 2000Danish Design, Gent, Belgium. Arlon, Luxembourg. Warzawa and Poznan, Poland. 2000Danish Porcelain 1775–2000 – 225 Years of Design, The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen. 2000Challenges, Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen. 2000Earthenware, Exhibitionroom for New Ceramics, Copenhagen. (solo) 2001Challenges, Arts Museum Trapholt, Kolding. 2001Dansk-Form, Design vom Nachbarn, Museum für Kunst und Geverbe, und Stilverk, Hamburg. 2002In Between Spaces, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen. 2003Crafts, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen. (solo) 2004Use it, – design for everyday life, Tokyo and Hong Kong. 2004Danish Design Project, MoMA, New York. 2005Conversation Pieces, Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen. 2005Framing the Future, Danish Design Center, Copenhagen. 2006European Ceramic Context 2006, Bornholm, Denmark. 2006Fitzsu Grand Prix, Los Angeles. 2006Retrospective exhibition, on the occasion of the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s Prize, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden. (solo) 2007SE 2007, The Cabinetmakers Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen 2007Func Art, Drud & Køppe Gallery, Copenhagen 2008Mindcraft, I Saloni, Milan 2009European Design Since 1985 – Shaping the New Century, Indianapolis Museum of Art 2009Mindcraft, I Saloni, Milan 2009It’s a Small World, Danish Design Center, Copenhagen Grants and Awards 1988Court Jeweller Michelsen Jubilee Grant 19951st Prize in competition of the Danish Arts Foundation: ’Ceramics for everyday use’. Together with Inger Louise Bach and Henrik Lund Larsen. 1996Design Prize of The Design Foundation 1997Memorial Grant of silversmith Kay Bojesen 1997Formlandpris (Royal Copenhagen A/S) 19983-year work bursary granted by the Danish Arts Foundation 1998Design Plus Prize, Frankfurt (’Ole’ porcelainservice, Royal Copenhagen) 2002Design Plus Prize, Frankfurt (Rubber washing-up bowl, Danish Crafts) 2002Formlandpris (Broom and dustpan, Normann Copenhagen) 2002Formlandpris (’Blue dot bowls’, Royal Copenhagen) 2004Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts 2005Design Plus Prize, Frankfurt (’Kitchen bowls’, Normann Copenhagen) 2006The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s Prize, Sweden 2007Red Dot Award (’Familia’, Normann Copenhagen) 2008IF Product Award (’Familia’, Normann Copenhagen) 2008GOOD Design Award, Chicago (‘Familia’, Normann Copenhagen) 2009Habitare Collection 2009, Design Museum, Helsinki (Washing-up bowl) Collections The Danish Arts Foundation The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen New Carlsberg Fund, Copenhagen Arts Museum Trapholt, Kolding Victoria & Albert Museum, London Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden Grimmerhus, Middelfart The Erik Vejstrup Collection Leif Djurhus Collection Jan Abrahamsen Collection Habitare Collection, Design Museum, Helsinki