Skjøttgaard – LUND
B E N T E S K J Ø T T G A A R D
Born in 1961 in Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen
Bente Skjøttgaard ‘s artworks are born from her empirical knowledge of clay, her love for this natural and unpredictable matter, her desire to always push technical experiments further and to bring ceramics to new horizons. She draws inspiration from the relationship between Nature and Culture by transforming a matter that comes from nature into an artifact recalling roots, rock formations, aquatic fauna or flora, clouds or tornadoes.
Her glazes irresistibly incite us to touch them, they foam and drip, sometimes evoking froth or volcanic rocks and other times a luscious pastry icing or melted ice cream.
The artist’s experiments materialize as sculptures that are organic and sensual abstractions.