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Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

MA work

MA work

My aim is to create a visual poetry based on my own personal story.


Initially the viewer may be drawn, mistakenly, to my figures thinking them to be toys; however, closer examination reveals their rather darker narrative.


They invite you into an absurd and surreal world where things are not what they seem...


Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Humanities

    Programme

    MA Ceramics & Glass, 2011

  • My aim is to create a visual poetry based on my own personal story.


    Initially the viewer may be drawn, mistakenly, to my figures thinking them to be toys; however, closer examination reveals their rather darker narrative.


    They invite you into an absurd and surreal world where things are not what they seem...


  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons), Ceramics, Danish Design School, Denmark, 2009
  • Experience

  • Artist-in-residence, International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark, 2008 & 2011; Assistant, Carolein Smit, Breda, The Netherlands, 2008; Assistant, Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl, Roskilde, Denmark, 2008
  • Exhibitions

  • Skulpturbiennale 2010, Kongens Have, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010; 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010; Out of Practice, Siobhan Davies Studios, London, 2010; Ceramica Multiplex Triennale, The City Museum of Varaždin, Croatia, 2009
  • Awards

  • First prize, Tea Service Design competition for Terunobu Fujimori's Beetle's House, 2010; Third prize, John Norris Wood Natural Forms Drawing Prize, 2009