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Jytte Strøm

was educated at Copenhagen’s ”School of Decorative Art” (now ”The Danish Design School”). Since the 1990s, she has created and exhibited her ceramics and carried out commissions both large and small for companies, private individuals, associations and municipalities. Jytte Strøm’s ceramics are characterised by simple shapes with special focus on the decorative aspect. One of her fundamental sources of inspiration is the classic ”slip-decorating” technique in ceramic design.

An example of Jytte Strøm’s ceramic work is the colourful sinks created to decorate the bathroom. The sinks are shaped on the pottery wheel as large bowls, and are later decorated by hand with their own unique painting, which gives them a vivid yet rustic streak.

Jytte Strøm’s vision is to design and create unique and practical pieces with a high decorative quality, such as dinner services, dishes, and vases in small collections. Few of her pieces are entirely identical. Strøm has developed her own way of decorating her pieces, in which paint, hand-printed texture and patterns are employed to create a vibrant surface. Order/variation, depth of colour and texture are some of the key concepts important to Jytte Strøm in her craftsman-like approach to creating her works.

Throughout her ceramic career, Jytte Strøm has worked with large sculptural pieces, decoration and water art. With her small sculptures, she has focused on organic structures in part through her commentary on the artist’s approach to characters and stories.

CV 2010

EDUCATION, STUDIES, CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

1963 Born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1986-91 Studied with Thorbjørn Kvasbø, Ullsnes Ceramics and Korsholm Ceramics

1988 Study trip to Japan.

1989 Graduated as Ceramic Designer in 1989, School of Decorative Art.

1989-90 Studio practical with Blågård Ceramics.

1989-91 and 2010 - . Member of Danish Arts and Crafts Association.

1992 Established first studio in Torup.

1995-98 CROMA design group is founded, consisting of furniture designers Claus Hviid Knudsen and Ulla Skov and textile designers Susanne Grønlund and Lone Simone Simonsen.

1995-2007 Associated with Designkontakt/Teknik&Design as free-lancer.

2000 Received diploma in Arts (PD) from The Royal danish school of educational Studies (now: The Danish School of Education).

2000- Taught at VUC, various courses for children and adults, guest artist.

2006- Art in Torup, a cooperation between artists in Torup, is established.

2007 Inaugurates new combined gallery and ceramic studio.

EXHIBITIONS AND DECORATIONS, SALES, ETC.

2010 Open Studio Doors at Halsnæs

OVNHUS arts and crafts market

Basement gallery with Art in Torup

Rep: Galleri Brantebjerg, Taraxacum and own gallery

2009 Christmas markets, Kronborg and Torup

OVNHUS arts and crafts market in Nykøbing Sjælland

Open Studio Doors at Halsnæs

”Large and small”, Basement gallery with Art in Torup

Rep: Galleri Brantebjerg, Taraxacum and own gallery

2008 Christmas market in Torup

”Flowers in art and nature”, Skævinge Art Association

Open Studio Doors in Hundested

Arts and crafts market in Hundested Harbour

Open Studio Doors in Torup

Decoration for Halsnæs Town Hall – column and relief for town council hall

Rep: Galleri Brantebjerg, Taraxacum and own gallery

2007 Christmas market at Havarthigården in Holte, and in Torup

Gjethuset with North Zealand Ceramicists

Kirkehavegård Culture House, ”Allerød – Roots in clay” with North Zealand Ceramicists

Art & Book City Festival in Torup

Basement gallery in Torup, 2 exhibitions with Art in Torup

Summer exhibition and opening of own gallery