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CV - Malene Kastalje  

Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

           

Education:

2006-12  Goldsmith studies, goldsmith Gitte Bjørn, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1991-94  MA - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, Denmark.

1993-94  Aalto University, exchange student, Department of Design, Helsinki, Finland.

1989-91  HND - Portsmouth College of Art and Design, Higher National Diploma, Portsmouth, England.


Represented:

2019- Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA.


Exhibitions:

ART JEWELLERY

2025     SPECIAL SHOW SCHMUCK, invited by Amberif Fair, Gdansk Jewellery Week, Polen (September)

             SPECIAL SHOW SCHMUCK, (open call), International Trade Fair, Munich Jewellery Week (March)

             Shining Despair, Alliages Gallery, Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid (November)      

             Shining Despair, Alliages Gallery, Contemporania, Barcelona (october)

             Shining Despair, (open call), Alliages Gallery, Munich Jewellery Week, München (March)

2024     Days of Jewellery, (invited), Moltkes Palæ,Copenhagen

             Body of Water, (invited), Art Hall of Nakagawa Special Steel, Tokyo, Japan

             Hej Skyer, (inviterd, Dyrehavehuset, Tystrup, Denmark

2023     Everything Looks Good, Galleri PLATINA, Stockholm Craft Week, Stockholm, Sweden 

             DNA/ADN, Espace Solidor - Musée du Bijou Contemporain, Cagnes-sur-Mér, France

             Missings Memories, Werkstatt Gallery, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany 

             Missing Memories, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France

2022    METALLOphone 6: MEMORY OF A PLACE, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.

            Danish Arts Foundation Jewellery Collection, Our Jewellery, Museum Kolding, Denmark.

           100 Orizzonti d'Autore, Civic Museum of Asolo, Italy.

            COPENHAGEN ReARRANGED, ATTA Gallery, Curated by Art Jewellery Copenhagen, Bangkok, Thailand.

2021   Painful Hope, Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid.

            Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2021, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China.

            Danish Arts Foundation Jewellery Collection,  MAKK, Museum Für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany.

            Painful Hope, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France.

2020   Beige, curated by Helen Clara Hemsley, Mette Saabye Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Works and Days, The Danish Arts Foundation, Jewellery Collection in a dialogue with The Antique Collection,    

            Munich Jewellery Week Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.

            Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2020, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2019   New York Jewelry Week, represented by Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA.

            SOFA Chicago, represented by Charon Kransen Arts New York, Chicago, USA.

            Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2019, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing,  China.

            Copenhagen Rollercoaster, The Loop – Coming Full Circle,  Adorned Spaces, SNAG Society of North American Goldsmiths, Chicago, USA.

            Hatara Project – Time Perception 5, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany.

2018   METALLOphone 4: SIGNATURE, biennale, House of Signatories, Vilnius, Lithuania.

            Art Jewelry Forum, visiting collectors from AJF,  Exhibition in Gallery Bærbart, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Gioielli in Fermento 2018, Oratorio S. Rocco, Padova, Italy.

            Chaos, Lalabeyou Galeria, Madrid, Spain.

            Chaos, La Galeller Galeria, Seville, Spain.

            Gioielli in Fermento 2018, Villa Braghieri, Italy.

            Athens Jewellery Week, Intersecting Spaces, The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece. 

            Chaos, Orfebres Peris Roca Galeria, Melting Point, Valencia, Spain. 

            Hatara Project – Time Perception 4, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany.

            Chaos, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany.

2017   Chaos, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France.

            Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2017,  Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China.

            Anéis/Rings, Galeria Alice Floriano, Brasil.

            Olo/Mærkbart, Øregaard Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            The After JOYA Effect 2017, Popeye Loves Olive Art Space, Athens Jewellery Week, Athens, Greece.

            Exposicäo de Inauguracäo, Galeria Alice Floriano, São Paulo, Brasil.

2016   Olo/Mærkbart, Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola, Finland.
           
JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Barcelona, Spain.

            Alliages - The Legacy Award 2016, JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Barcelona, Spain.

            The Permanent, Alliages Gallery, Lille, France.

            The Legacy Collection, Orfebres Peris Roca Galeria, Melting Point, Valencia, Spain.

2015   Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2015, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China.

            Alliages - The Legacy Award 2015, Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Barcelona, Spain.

            Kunstforeningen af 14. august, Paustian, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Women in Danish Furniture Design, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark.

            Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2015, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2014   Hvad er det værd – penge og affektion, Galleri Bærbart, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Smycken, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden.

2013   The Biennial for Crafts and Design,  The Roundtower, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Chain, A CASA Museu do Objeto Brasileiro, São Paulo, Brasil.
2012   Chain, online exhibition, Crafthaus, USA.

 

ART PHOTOGRAPY

2011   KE11, The Artists’ Autumn Exhibition, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

ART FURNITURE (a selection)

2001   Dansk Form – Tur Retur, The Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Dansk Form – Tur Retur, Stilwerk, Hamburg, Germany.

2001   Rumfang, (Kropsholder), Copenhagen Furniture, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2000   Dansk Form – Design vom Nachbarn, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.

           Crafts Collection 04, Tendence, Frankfurt, Germany.

           Æ,Ø,Å, Galleria Nicola Quadri,  Milano, Italy.

           The Danish Wave, Ozone Gallery, Living Design Center Ozone, Tokyo, Japan.

            The Danish Wave, China Revolution History  Museum, Beijing, China.

            Crafts Collection 03, Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany.

            Rumfang, (Kropsholder), Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy.

            Rumfang, (Kropsholder), Danish Design Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1999   Planken Ud , Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Living Danish Design, (co-project with Louise Campbell), The Royal Danish Embassy, London, England.

1998    Designers Block, Old Truman Brewery, London, England.

            Redlohspork, Scandinavian Furniture Fair and Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition, (co-project with Louise Campbell and Pernille Vea), Kunsthal Charlottenborg,                

            Copenhagen, Denmark.

            Talente 98, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany.

1997    Kropsholder, Scandinavian Furniture Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1996    In collaboration with Louise Campbell, founder of the furniture group Kropsholder, Denmark.

 

Private- and state-owned collections:

2019   Espace Solidor - Musée du Bijou Contemporain, Cagne sur Mer, France.

2018   Susan Beech, private collection, San Francisco, USA.

            Barbara Waldman, private collection, San Francisco, USA.

2016  Trapholt Museum of Art and Design, The Furniture Collection, Kolding, Denmark.

           Kunstforeningen af 14. august, Denmark.

           The Danish Arts Foundation, The Danish National State Collection – The Jewellery Box.

 

Grants and residencies:

2023, 22, 20, 18, 17, 16, 15, 01/02 (2 year)        The Danish Arts Foundation, working grants

                                                                 

2024, 23, 22, 19, 18, 16, 98                                 The Danish Arts Foundation, projects grants                                                                                       

2024, 23, 18, 15, 00, 98                                       The Danish Nationalbank`s Anniversary Foundation, projects grants

2023                                                                     Copenhagen Goldsmith's Guild, projects grant.  

2018                                                                     The Danish Institute in Athens, travel grant and residency.      

2000                                                                     Iaspis, travel grant

                                                                             Danish Crafts, projects grant.

                                                                            The Danish Ministry of Culture, projects grant.

                                                                            Center for Dansk Billedkunst, travel grant.

1997                                                                    Bo Bedres Møbelpris – 1st prize, Scandinavian Furniture Fair, Copenhagen.

96+97                                                                 The Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen.

1996                                                                   The Cultural Foundation, working- and projects grant.  

 

Publications (excluding exhibition catalogues):

2022   VÆRDI, VÆKST, VIRKELIGHED, The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark.

2019   JaMS the Jewelry and Metals Survey, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), USA.

2018   JaMS the Jewelry and Metals Survey, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), USA.

2016   Danish Design Now, Strandberg Publishing, Denmark.

2012   Showcase 500 Rings - New Directions in Art Jewelry, Lark Books, USA.

2004   New Scandinavian Design, by Katherine Nelson and Raul Cabra, Chronicle Books, USA.

2000   Ø design – en guide til form runt sundet, by Ingrid Sommar, Wahlström & Widstrand, Sweden.

1999   Dansk Kunst 1999, Denmark.

1999   Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, Denmark.


Collections:

2024           Alice Uhmma, private collection, USA

                  The Art Association August 14th,  Danmark.

2019           Espace Solidor - Musée du Bijou ContemporainCagnes sur Mer, France.

2018           Susan Beechprivate collection, USA

2018/19      Barbara Waldmanprivate collection, USA

2016           Trapholt Museum, The Furniture Collection, Denmark

2015           The Art Association August 14th, Denmark.

                   Danish Arts Foundation, The Jewellery Collection, Denmark


 Memberships:

Klimt02 - Contemporary Jewellery Association.

The Danish Crafts & Design Association.

Copenhagen Goldsmith Guild Association /Kjøbenhavns Guldsmedelaug