born 1966 in Denmark.
Lives and work at Bornholm, Denmark
Represented by:
Galerie NeC nilsson et chiglien in Paris
and Køppe Contemporary Objects at Bornholm, Denmark
EDUCATION
1988-93 Danish Design school, Copenhagen
1984-88 Trained with a potter (apprentice)
MUSEUMS REPRESENTATIONS
Bornholms Art Museum, Denmark
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Næstved Museum, Næstved. Denmark
Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Kolding, Denmark
Magnelli Museum, Vallauris, Frankrig.
Ceramic Museum, Inceon, Korea.
Museum of Fine Art, Huston, Texas, USA
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum. Tronheim. Norway
RAM – Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA
Fuller Museum, Massachusetts, USA
FULE ceramic Museum, Fuping, China
McManus museum, Dundee, Scotland
International Ceramic Museum, Middelfart, Denmark
Sealand Ceramic Museum, Roskilde, Denmark
COMMISSIONS
Hempel Glassmuseum. Permanent intervention with the Porcelain Collection. DK
Victoria & Albert Museum. Permanent Installation. London. UK
Nordea Bank, Denmark, Conference room, Copenhagen
60 m2 mural in Centrum of Hanoi, Vietnam
Site specific commission, OJD Holding, Solrød Strand
Site specific commission, Copenhagen’s teachers Union
Plant pots for Pompeisalen, Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen
Sculpture, DONG, Kalvebod Brygge, Copenhagen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (since 2001)
Michael Geertsen - Utopia Tur / retur. Kunsthall Grenland - Norway
Selvmodsigelser - Bornholms Kunstmuseum - Denmark
Michael Geertsen - ECHO - Trapholt Art Museum - Denmark
Geertsen vs Hjorth - Hjorths Fabrik - Bornholm - Denmark
Intervention - Bornholm Kunstmuseum Denmark
Spring Time - Jason Jacques Gallery. New York
Vases – Køppe Contemporary Objects - Copenhagen
Shapes and Things - Superobject gallery - Copenhagen
Galerie NeC nilsson et chiglien - Paris
Geertsen Versus – Næstved Museum, Denmark
Jason Jacques Gallery - New York
Puls - Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
Galleri Specta - Copenhagen
Jason Jacques Gallery - New York
A-Gallery - Copenhagen
Six PM - London
Køppe gallery -Copenhagen
Puls - Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen
Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
Puls - Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
GRANTS / PUBLIC AWARDS
Inga & Eivind Kold Christsensens hæderspris
Annie & Otto Joh. Detlefs Ceramic Prize, Denmark
Ceramic Biennial Vallauris, winner in the category ”Container”, France
Silver, World Ceramic Biennale in Korea
The Danish Art Foundation. Denmark
Prize awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation
The Danish Arts Foundation three-year grant
FREELANCE DESIGN
Lightyears / Fritz Hansen
MUUTO
Cor Unum
Kähler
By - og Boligministeriet
Royal Copenhagen
House of Prince
Paustian
IKEA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Ceramic Momentum - Clay - Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark
Nordic Design: ULTIMATE IMPACT i Rundetårn. København
EDITION - Simone De Sousa Gallery - Detroit - USA 2015
Random Growth - Sarah Myerscough - London - 2015/16
Design//Miami, Design//Basel, PAD New York, SOFA New York, Baltimore Fair, with Jason Jacques Gallery 2011 - 2014
MINDCRAFT i Milano. Danish Crafts 2013
Shifting Paradigms in Comporary Ceramics. Museum of Fine Art . Houston 2012Flora & Fauna - MAD about Nature. Museum of Arts & Design NYC 2011
‘Across’, Carlsberg, Copenhagen 2010
European Ceramic Context. Bornholms Kunstmuseum 2010
Cheongju international Craft Biennale 2009, South Korea
Kuwait Art Foundation LLC, Kuwait
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, Køppe Gallery, London
Røsska Design Museum, Sweden.
Opening exhibition, Museum of Arts & Design, Columbus Circle. NYC, USA
”Statistic Ceramic” group show med New Danish Ceramics, Røska Museum, Gøteborg
“Statistic Ceramic” group show med New Danish Ceramics, Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamborg
Duo show with Bodil Manz, Tong in Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Intervention with Magnelli. Magnelli Museum Vallauris, France
Ceramic competition Mino, Japan
SOFA New York, Køppe Gallery
PRESENT – New Nordic Ceramic, Norway
World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
FUNK ART, Køppe Gallery, Cph. DK
Design/Miami Basel, Fair, With Clara Scremini Gallery
Scripps College 62nd Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA, USA
‘Collect’ Gallery Nørby at the V&A
‘Danish’ framing the future of Danish Design, The Danish Embassy, Berlin.
Terra Nova, MAD Museum, New York City
‘Danish’ framing the future of Danish design. Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen.
A Secret History of Clay, From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool
‘Stuff-ingenuity and critique’, Toronto, Canada
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis Tennessee, USA
’From the Kilns of Denmark’, The Danish House in Paris and The Danish Embassy, Berlin
‘From the Kilns of Denmark’ Contemporary Danish Ceramics, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin.
SOFA, New York, with Garth Clark Gallery
Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City
SOFA, Chicago, with Galleri Nørby
‘New Danish Ceramics’, Danish Museum of Decorative Art. Copenhagen