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Stig Persson´s latest work represents a break away from the large-scale pieces that he has in recent years been producing. Though the scale may have changed, Persson still takes his outset in the monumentality and strength of the glass. His style is almost minimalist in its fascination with strict geometric forms with two-dimensional, almost graphic profiles. He draws inspiration from a wide variety of visual elements: interesting clashes of materials, the graphic structure of an advertisement for wood preservative, a magazine turned upside-down, a building-site lamp etc. Common to all of these is the fact that it is the form that is the driving force, and the exploration of that form, through a theme that is examined in depth. Stig Persson´s oeuvre consists mainly of series of work in which he tests how far an idea can be taken within a clearly defined framework. This results in modules and variations on basic forms, which can be put together in a constant succession of new combinations. These are all individual pieces, but they are also forms that can be slotted into larger arrangements, thereby creating a new work. Thus, Stig Persson works within a formal idiom - a far cry from the expressiveness and essential interpretational nature that matters so much to other artists.

Stig Persson does not set out to emphasize the beauty engendered by the light-reflecting properties of glass, or the sophisticated, technical perfection with which one can control the material. His is a much more pragmatic approach: an insistence on the physical qualities of the glass, when the artistic devices are kept on a tight, formal rein and two-dimensional forms are converted into three-dimensional images. It takes an assiduous eye to detect where an element inspired by nature or personal motivation has, nonetheless managed to sneak its way in – in colours. Sky and sea: an air of Nordic melancholy forming the balance between a purely formal and an emotional approach. -Louise Mazanti PhD, Art Historian, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Image: Stig Persson“Seesaw No. 4”, cast leaded glass. 4.75 x 47.25 x 15.75 in.

EDUCATION:
1988	Danish School for Art and Crafts
1991	Institute for Unika, Danish School for Design
1992	Sunderland Politecnic, Enland: study visit
1993	Graduate from Danish School for Design, special subject, cast glass
2002-05	Teaching assistant, Danish Design School, Copenhagen
2002/03	Guest Teacher, Glass and Ceramic School, Bornholm
EXHIBITIONS
1993	Unika 10, Degree Show, Huset, Denmark
1994	Danish Glas 94, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
	Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
	Galleri L, Hamburg
1995	Glas in Dialog, tour exhibition Denmark/Belgium
1996	Boundless Art, Borreby Castle, Denmark
	Danisc Art and Craft, Skt. Petersborg, Russia
	Glass, Art and Craft, Manziusgården, Denmark
	Glass/Lights, Form & Design Center, Sweden
	Dishes, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
	Sculptural Glass ‘96, Helligåndshuset/Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
	Glas Aus Dänemark, Wohnen und Kunst, Germany
1997	Separate Exhibition, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
	Sculpturel Glass, Århus Kunstbygning,, Denmark
	Galleri Pagter, Denmark
	100 Bowles and Vases, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
1998	Notes in Danish Glass, Musikhuset Århus,Denmark
	Art Society for Horsens and surrounding Country, Denmark
	Blue for Pleasure, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
	Glass at Jyllandsposten, Denmark
	Viborg Art Society, Denmark
	Young Glass at Grønlund, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
	A Divisible Whole, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark
	Observations, Sculptural Glass 98, Denmark
1999	New Danish Glass, Sunderland University, England Current Danish Glass, Museum Building, Denmark Galleri Pagter, Denmark Glass-Light-Water, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark The Nordic Spirit, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
2000	Separate Exhibition, Farum Kultorhus, Denmark Form III, SAK, Denmark Denmark - Sweden, 2 - 2, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark Danish Museum for Art and Craft, Craft Award 2000, Denmark Glass in Offisinet, Denmark Galleri Reiff, Regstrup, Denmark 8+8, Galleri Den Gyldne Løve, Denmark Art Society of Aug. 14, New Anual Acquisition, Danish Museum for Art and Craft The Magic of the Glass, Kastrupgård, Denmark
2001	Religious Glassart, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark Gug Church, Ålborg, Denmark Galleriet, Växjö, Sweden Separate Exhibition, Damhuset, Denmark “Os 3”, Munkeruphus, Denmark Heaven and Ocean, Galleri Grønlund, Denmark “Os 3” The Danish Library, Flensborg, Germany Mullicipan Glassmuseum, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
2002	Reflektions, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Denamrk Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2003	The House, Asnæs, Denmark Galleri Pagter, Kolding, Denmark Carlyn Gallery, Paris, France Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark SOFA, Chicago, USA WDO Gallery, North Carolina, USA
2004	“Siden Sidst”, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark Glasss, Holstebro Art Museum, Holstebro, Denmark Galleri Jytte Møller, Fredericia, Denmark Glasss, Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark “En sitren i luften” Marienlyst Slot, Helsingør, Denmark Galleri Køng Mølle, Glamsbjerg, Fyn, Denmark The Power of Glass, Troyes, France
2005	SOFA, Chicago, USA “Måske Sort”, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen The Blues, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark Galleri Spot, Frederiksværk, Denmark SOFA, New York, USA Contemporary Danish Glass, Flow Gallery, London, England
2006	The Danes, Heller Gallery, NY, USA SOFA, New York, USA. v/Galleri Grønlund 20 Years On, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft Opening Exhibition, Drud & Køppe Gallery SOFA, Chicago, USA v/ Drud & Køppe Gallery Solo Exhibition, Drud og Køppe Gallery
2007	Glasss 2007,Holstebro Kunstmuseum Pismo Gallery,Aspen, USA United Colours of Drud & Køppe, Drud & Køppe
GRANTS	L. F. Foghs Fond 95 & 2001 Franz Ronges Fond 96 Designfonden 97 Statens Kunstfond 97, 98, 99, 2000 & 2004 Craft Award, Silver medal 2000 Ole Haslunds Honorary Scholarship 2000 Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond 2000 & 2003 & 2004 & 2006 Ellen og Knus Dalhoff Larsens Fond 2001 Politiken Fonden 2001 Nordea Fonden 2001 Augustinus Fonden 2003 Annie og Otto Johs. Detlefs Fond 2004
	Represented at Glasmuseum Ebeltoft,Denmark Represented at Danish Museum for Art and Craft