Mette Colberg (b. 1981) is educated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Design on Bornholm, Denmark and Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm, Sweden.
Colberg's work explores transparency from both a material and an immaterial point of view. Her curiosity revolves around the paradox of transparent glass; the simultaneous absence and presence of the material, which gives it the potential to transcend spaces and alter perspectives.
With an urge to explore the concepts of transparency and perception through handcrafted glass lenses and photography, Colberg’s work unfolds as abstract photographic and sculptural compositions of fractured multiple viewpoints. It suggest an alternative logic and offers the viewer a room for reflection on ones own perspective and context.
Colberg's works has been exhibited nationally and internationally since 2006 and was selected to represent Denmark at the European Glass Context in 2016 and 2021. In 2013 she held a talk on transparency at the annual TEDxCopenhagen at Bremen Teater in Copenhagen.
Board member of Danish Crafts & Design Association
Editorial board of Formkraft
UPCOMING
2022 Das Fernglas - online
2022 Technique & Allegory - THE GLASS FACTORY, Boda (SE)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 SUPERPOSITION / OFFICINET, COPENHAGEN-DK
2015 BENDING THE LINE OF SIGHT / NAU GALLERY, STOCKHOLM-SE
2013 GLASS BEYOND THE OBJECT / NO MAN’S ART GALLERY, AMSTERDAM-NL
2010 THE GLASSERY / STOCKHOLM-SE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 EUROPEAN GLASS CONTEXT 2021 - REPRESENTING DENMARK / BORNHOLM ART MUSEUM, GUDHJEM-DK
2021 THE BIENNALE FOR CRAFTS & DESIGN (BIENNALEN FOR KUNSTHÅNDVÆRK & DESIGN), KOLDINGHUS, KOLDING-DK
2021 STATES OF GLASS, NORDNORSK KUNSTNERSENTER, SVOLVÆR-N
2021 GALLERI CHRISTOFFER EGELUND, COPENHAGEN-DK
2019 NORTH ART FAIR, VÆG GALLERY, AALBORG-DK
2019 WE SHOOT / VÆG GALLERY, AALBORG-DK
2018 NYE BLIKKE - I HUS MED RICHARD WINTHER / KASTRUPGÅRDSAMLINGEN, KASTRUP-DK
2018 NYE BLIKKE - I HUS MED RICHARD WINTHER / RICHARD WINTHERS HUS I VINDEBY, VINDEBY-DK
2017 MAPPING DENMARK II - LUFTKRAFT GLASSTUDIE / GRØNBECHS GÅRD, BORNHOLM-DK
2016 MAPPING DENMARK II - LUFTKRAFT GLASSTUDIE / EBELTFOFT GLASS MUSEUM, EBELTOFT-DK
2016 EUROPEAN GLASS CONTEXT 2016 - REPRESENTING DENMARK / BORNHOLM ART MUSEUM, GUDHJEM-DK
2016 NMAG POP-UP GALLERY / TEHRAN-IR
2015 DANISH GLASS 2015 / EBELTOFT GLASMUSEUM, EBELTOFT-DK
2015 BETWEEN HERE AND THERE / GALLERY RASCH, BORNHOLM-DK
2014 BODYTALK / GLAZENHUIS, LOMMEL-BE
2014 BODYTALK / EBELTFOFT GLASS MUSEUM, EBELTOFT-DK
2014 KURATO X LANTERNE ROUGE / COPEHAGEN-DK
2014 NMAG POP-UP GALLERY / CAPE TOWN-SA
2014 KURATO X 23 / COPENHAGEN-DK
2013 NMAG FALL EXHIBITION / COPENHAGEN-DK
2013 NAU GALLERY / STOCKHOLM-SE
2013 MAKING MATTER / THE GLASS FACTORY, BODA-SE
2013 SPRING EXHIBITION / KONSTFACK, STOCKHOLM-SE
2012 YOUNG & LOVING 2012 / S12 & GALLERI FORMAT, BERGEN-NO
2011 HEROES & HEROINES / KONSTFACK, STOCKHOLM-SE
2010 SCULPTURE BIENNALE 2010 / COPENHAGEN-DK
2010 CONTEMPORARY GLASS / REJMYRE ART LAB, REJMYRE-SE
2010 THE DANISH ARTS & CRAFTS AWARD 2010 / THE DANISH MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN, COPENHAGEN-DK
2010 INSIDE OUT / OFFICINET, COPENHAGEN-DK AND GRØNBECHS GÅRD, BORNHOLM-DK
2009 UNDERGRUND / CISTERNERNE, MODERN MUSEUM OF GLASS ART, COPENHAGEN-DK
2008 YOUNG & LOVING / GALLERY S12, BERGEN-NO
2008 GOING PLACES / BORNHOLMS KUNSTMUSEUM, GUDHJEM-DK, MALMØ FORM- & DESIGNCENTER, MALMØ-SE & SVANEKEGÅRDEN, SVANEKE-DK
2008 TALENTE 2008 / HANDWERKSKAMMER, MUNICH-DE
2007 GRØNBECHS GÅRD GALLERY / BORNHOLM-DK
2006 DISCOVERY / KULLO GALLERY, TALLINN-EST
RESIDENCIES & LECTURES
ARTIST TALK + GUEST TEACHER / THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, BORNHOLM-DK
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON-UK
ARTIST TALK + GUEST TEACHER / GERRIT RIETVELD ACADAMY, AMSTERDAM-NL
SPEAKER AT TEDXCOPENHAGEN 2013 / BREMEN THEATRE, COPENHAGEN-DK
ARTIST TALK / KALMAR ART MUSEUM, KALMAR-SE
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, NORTH CAROLINA-USA
COLLECTIONS & COMMISIONS
ARTBOOST X FENRISHUS
KUNSTFORENINGEN AF 14. AUGUST
THE MUNCIPALITY OF UPPSALA
SWEDISH ARTS FOUNDATION
HANDELSBANKENS KONSTFÖRENING
SAK - SVERIGES ALLMÄNNA KONSTFÖRENING
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
THE DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION - WORK GRANT (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
THE DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION - PROJECT GRANT (2010, 2018, 2020, 2021)
THE DANISH NATIONAL BANK'S ANNIVERSARY FOUNDATION OF 1968 (2015, 2020, 2021)
SWEDISH-ANGLO SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON-UK (2014)
SWEDISH ORDER OF FREEMASONS SCHOLARSHIP (2013)
ULLA FRÖBERG-CRAMER SCHOLARSHIP (2012)
KNUD HØJGAARDS FOUNDATION (2011, 2014, 2020)
GROSSERER L. F. FOGHTS FOUNDATION (2011, 2012, 2020)
THE DANISH ARTS & CRAFTS AWARD (2010)
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS SCHOLARSHIP - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, NORTH CAROLINA-USA (2009)
E., S. & A. LARSEN - TRAVEL GRANT (2012)