Rikke Elgaard (DK)
Born 1973
” I graduated as a ceramic designer from The Danish School of Design in Kolding in 2001. I received a two-year start-up grant for young, newly qualified artisans from Statens Kunstfond (DK) and established and developed a sustainable ceramics company. My work is on display and sold through a number of Danish museums and galleries across the country as well as at Puls Contemporary Ceramics in Brussels. I create all of my ceramics on the pottery wheel. I love the speed, rhythm and flow of it. I work my fingers into the clay from inside the vessel and out, to create a sculptural and organic surface” – Rikke Elgaard
Rikke Elgaard is according to Pulse Contemporary Ceramics, a craftswoman with an urge to create. Her pieces are a celebration to the stoneware vessel, repetitive ornamentation, gorgeous shapes and juicy glazes. When asked what inspires her – plants, seeds or maybe the Old Masters, she answers “None of them. I just keep exploring and developing. One piece leads to the next.”
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EDUCATION
1996-2001: School of design – ceramic design
1999: Woodfirering - International Ceramics Studio Kecskemet, Hungary.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
GalleriV58, Aarhus, DK
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
Puls Contemporary Ceramics / Collectible Fair, Bruxelles, BE
2024
Puls Contemporary Ceramics/ Collectible Fair, Bruxelles, BE
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2023
Puls Contemporary Ceramics / Collectible Fair, Bruxelles, BE
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2022
Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Bruxelles, BE
2021
Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Bruxelles, BE
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2018
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2017
VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, DK
2012
Galleri Garslihée
2008
Galleri Garlishée, Tranum Strandgaard
2007
Galleri Aggerholm
2004
Silkeborg Udstillingen
2003
Galleri Garlishée
Farsø Kulturhus
Galleri Vejle
Aalborg Kunstpavillon
Pakhuset Nykøbing Sjælland
2001
Morsø kunstforening, Kulturværk Træskofabrikken
GRANT
2001-2003
2-year start-up grant from Statens Kunstfond
