Gudrun Steen-Andersen

Selected free works

2005-19	The most comprehensive and large-scale work till now is the sculpture project Perpetuum Mobile. So far it has been exhibited in installation version during the whole year of 2019. The project involves cooperation with a composer and several of Denmark's outstanding experts in joint effort to illuminate and rethink migration in a future social order scenario.
2016	Satellite, hanging sculpture, acrylic.
2016	Heads up! / Installation, various materials.
2002-3	LightMatter, Sculpture series, epoxy, consisting of three floating double sculptures and one single.
1996 - 2000	Sculpture cycle De Profundis, bronze, wax, consisting of following works: * Seeress * Guard * Ancient Man * Survivor * Shadows (bas relief) * Three Essays (three sculptures) * On the Edge (sculpture group, two sculptures) * Ecce Homo (sculpture group, five sculptures) * In the Beginning (sculpture group, two sculptures)
1990-93	Bird Woman, copper. Purchased by and exhibited in the HK Domicile, Copenhagen.
1990	Centaur, zinc and copper. Private collection.

Selected official portraits

2020	Portrait bust, bronze, of the novelist Karin Michaëlis. Commissioned by The Karin Michaëlis Society, exhibited in Randers.
2014	Decision Maker, bronze for office Hotel in Copenhagen, commissioned by Brink Serviced Offices.
2012	Child Playing, bronze. Commissioned by FluxusApS, exhibited at Torstedskolen, Horsens.
2012	On the Edge, sculpture group, bronze. Purchased by Aarhus kommune 2001. Exhibited at Mathilde Fibigers Plads, Aarhus.
2001	Satori, bronze, polycarbonate/fibre-light. Commissioned by the County of Aarhus. Exhibited at Skanderborg VUC
1999	Unicorn, bronze. Commissioned by and exhibitedat the Steno Museum, Aarhus.
1993-94	Railway Hands, bronze.
1992-93	Caryatid, stainless steel nuts.
1988-89	Growing Pains, bronze. Commissioned by themunicipality of Aarhus. Exhibited outside the Aarhus Concert Hall.
1984-87	Myths on Primitivity, two life-size sculpture groups, polychrome plaster.

Selected commissions

2014	Without Title, bronze for office Hotel in Copenhagen, commissioned by Brink Serviced Offices.
2012	Child Playing, bronze. Commissioned by FluxusApS, exhibited at Torstedskolen, Horsens.
2012	On the Edge, sculpture group, bronze. Acquired by Aarhus kommune 2001. Exhibited at Mathilde Fibigers Plads, Aarhus.
2003	Bird Woman, copper. Acquired by HK Union Denmark. Exhibited in HK Domicile in Copenhagen
2001	Satori, bronze, polycarbonate / fiber-light. Commissioned by the County of Aarhus. Exhibited at Skanderborg VUC
1999	Unicorn, bronze. Commissioned by and exhibited at the Steno Museum, Aarhus.
1993-94	Railway Hands, bronze. Commissioned by Hadsten municipality and the Danish State Railways. Exhibited at Hadsten railway station.
1992-93	Mainstay/Caryatid, stainless steel nuts. Commissioned by and exhibited at the AMU-Centre in Hasselager,Aarhus.
1988-89	Growing Pains, bronze. Commissioned by the municipality of Aarhus. Exhibited in the garden of the Aarhus Concert Hall.
1984-87	Myths of Primitiveness, polychrome plaster. Two life size sculpture groups of five, commissioned by Moesgaard Museum.

Selected official portraits:

2020	Portrait bust, bronze, of the novelist Karin Michaëlis. Commissioned by The Karin Michaëlis Society, exhibited in Randers.
2013	Portrait bust, bronze, of H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary. Sponsored by Rømerfondet, and exhibited at Aarhus Art Museum, ARoS.
2010	Portrait bust, bronze, of Wing Commander Kaj Birksted, commissioned by Kaj Birksted Foundation, exhibited in the Churchill Park, Copenhagen.
2006	Portrait bust, bronze, of Jacob A. Riis. Commissioned by the Jacob A. Riis Foundation. Exhibited in Ribe.
2004	Portrait bust, bronze, of the first prime minister of Home Rule in Greenland, Jonathan Motzfeldt. Exhibited outside the Home Rule Building, Nuuk, Greenland.
1998	Portrait bust, bronze, of the queen of Denmark, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. Sponsored by the CAC Foundation and exhibited at Aarhus Art Museum, ARoS.
1995	Portrait bust, bronze, of former prime minister Poul Schlüter. Purchased by the Berlingske Foundation. Exhibited in Tønder and in The Danish Parliament.
1995	Portrait bust, bronze, of former minister of the interior and mayor of Aarhus,Thorkild Simonsen. Commissioned by the Rømer Foundation. Exhibited in the Aarhus Concert Hall.
1994	Portrait bust of former director of HelsingørTheatre. H. Nyrop-Christensen. Commissioned by The Old Town, Aarhus and the CAC Foundation. Exhibited at Helsingør Theatre, The Old Town, Aarhus

Represented at

• ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum
• Frederiksborg Museum

Selected exhibitions

2024	Prisudstilling, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
2020	Pop-up Mixes, Aarhus
2019	Installation Perpetuum Mobile - Pop-up udstillingsstedet Kalkværksvej 5B Aarhus
2019	Klimakunst - Thingbæk Kalkminer
2018	Skulpturbiennale Dronninglund Kunstcenter
2017	Floating Art, Vejle Kunstmuseum
2016	Kunstcenter Silkeborg Bad
2011	Frederiksborgmuseet: Portrait.Nu!
2010	Plein-Air- Exhibition in Burg Schaubeck Park,Germany
2008	Plein-Air-Exhibition in Burg Schaubeck Park, Germany
2008	Artbreit, Germany
2007	Inter-nordic curated travelling exhibition: Denmark (Frederiksborgmuseet), Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden
2006	Sculpture Triennal Bad Ragartz, Switzerland
2005	Art Fair Süssen, Germany
2004	"PRO" Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004	Marktbreit, Germany
2003	The Exhibition Building "Kapellet", Copenhagen, Denmark
2002	"Kunstwege in Süssen", Germany
2001	Museum of Fine Arts, Aarhus, Denmark
2000	Aarhus Art Building, Denmark
1999	Women's Museum in Denmark
1998	Art Fair, Aarhus, Denmark
1995	Vejle Amtsgaard, Denmark
1993-94	Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
1990	Ridehuset, Aarhus, Denmark
1987	Moesgaard Museum, Denmark
1983	Aarhus Art Building, Denmark

Grants / Awards

Honorary Award from Anne Marie and Carl Nielsen 2024
Knud Højgaards Fond
Konsul Jorck og Hustrus Fond
Toyota Fonden
Købmand Herman Sallings Foundation
Henry Heerup's award
Visual Arts Council, Ministry of Culture
Sculptor, Professor Gottfred Eichoff and Wife's Grant
City of Aarhus Kunststipendium
City of Aarhus Kulturudviklingspulje
Åge & Ulla Filthenborg Foundation
Anna E. Munch Grant
Gerhard Hennings Foundation
Cultural Fund of the Danish Trade Unions KAD & SID

Study Trips

England
France
Holland
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Greenland

References

TV2 EAST: Portrait of the artist 'NÆRBILLEDE' March 2006
Reviews of PRO 2004: 'European Alliances', Jyllandsposten & Berlingske Tidende
DR/P1 Kulturnyt 25.08.2003: interview
DR/P1 Hanne Risgård 08.09.2003: interview
DR/P1 Silicone 30.09.2003: interview and review
Weilbach's Encyclopaedia
Dansk Kunst: 2001, 2002
Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten on De Profundis
Reviews of De Profundis, Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten & Aarhus Stiftstidende
Preface to presentation folder / lecturer Tage Hind1996
Unveiling of Railway Hands, Aarhus Stiftstidende
Portrait of the artist, GALLERI 11, DR TV: 14.04.1994, 20.12.1994
Portrait of the artist, Kristeligt Dagblad
Portrait of the artist, Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten
Portrait of the artist, Aarhus Stiftstidende
Article in the theme-book "The Dane and the Noble Savage " by G.S-A, Hovedland * Moesgård 1987 (In Danish only)
Reviews of Myths of Primitiveness, various newspapers.

Links

YouTube: DeProfundis and LightMatter separate exhibition in Kapellet, Copenhagen
YouTube: Perpetuum Mobile – Talks on Migration