CONTACT:
+45 21 619 246
vibeke(a)vibekerohland.com
SELECTED COLLABORATION
marimekko, adidas + Kvadrat colab, Kvadrat, NORSE, Vipp, FDB Furniture, the David Collection, Bang & Olufsen, Stilleben, Bodum, HAY, Paustian, Georg Jensen Damask, DSB, IKEA, Netto, Kopenhagen Fur, Royal Copenhagen, agnès b. Paris, Esprit Home in New York, Esprit Collection in Düsseldorf, and EGE Carpets.
REPRESENTATION IN COLLECTIONS
Kvadrat Holding, Ebeltoft
Die Neue Sammlung—The Design Museum, Munich
Focke Museum, Bremen
Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
Like the minus locked inside the plus
Simplicit, sincerity, uncompromising, unique
Strong/subtle, sophisticated/punk, perfection/flaws
Only a wholeness can be achieved by capsulating the essence of opposites
by conciously choosing inclusion over exclusion by choice,
in order to complete, not by calculation but by nature.
BIO:
1957
Born on May 31 in Søborg.
Grows up in the innovative collective housing building Kollektivhuset Høje Søborg in Søborg.
1978–1982
Studies art history at the University of Copenhagen and attends courses taught by Professor Albert Mertz of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and by Professor Svend Limkilde of the Institute for Visual Communication at the Royal Danish Academy—Architecture.
1980–1982
Is employed as a student assistant at Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund.
1980
Meets Claus Rohland.
Studies art history and works at Willumsens Museum while Claus works on several exhibition projects and teaches. They are caught up in the hectic art scene of the 1980s.
1981
New York — The groundwork is laid for the KONGO period.
Lives with Claus Rohland at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, around the corner from the Chelsea Hotel.
1982–1986
Studies in the program in textile design at Skolen for Brugskunst (the School of Decorative Art, later the Design School of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts) in Copenhagen.
1982–1991
Starts the studio and workshop KONG and begins preparations for publication of the magazine KONG. These are the first team projects undertaken by Vibeke and Claus Rohland.
Founds the exhibition space KONGO together with Christian Skeel and Cai-Ulrich von Platen.
1983
The magazine KONG is published in consultation with Poul Borum. The editorial staff consist of Claus Rohland and Christian Skeel as well as Michael Jensen, the latter taking responsibility for graphic design.
1985
Discontinues KONG following the publication of the third issue. KONG is succeeded by the magazine Atlas, which is characterized by a broader international format. Atlas includes both coverage of scientific topics and contributions from foreign authors, and the previously existing editorial team is joined by the writer Gorm Henrik Rasmussen, the artist Morten Skriver, and the art historian Peter S. Meyer. The last issue of this magazine is published in 1992.
1986–1988
Paris — The Rohlands receive stipendia and in this connection are given the use of an apartment; they are based in Paris for a time after Vibeke Rohland finishes her training as a textile designer.
1987–1991
Accepted at Eliakim Creation des Tissus, a workshop led by the Israeli artist and designer Eliakim Shpigel, who is known for his haute couture textiles.
1987
Begins to be invited to participate in exhibitions.
Participates in exhibitions including the group exhibition Textilmanifestation (“Textile manifestation”) at the Kunstindustimuseet (now Designmuseum Danmark, the Design Museum Denmark) in Copenhagen.
1988
Begins participating in solo exhibitions. These include StofTilBrug 1 at KONGO in Copenhagen.
1988–1993
Travels back and forth between Copenhagen and Paris several times during the years after 1988.
Begins work as a guest instructor at the Kolding School of Design in 1990. Will continue in this position until 1996.
Her daughter Arendse is born in 1989.
Her daughter Sedsel is born in 1992.
1993
Is in Paris for a time, having been provided with an apartment on Rue de la Perle by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
Creates the Plus-Minus works for the monographic exhibition StandStills in what is then the X Room on Gammel Strand (previously Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, “the Gammel Strand Fine Arts Association”).
1994
Participates in several group and solo exhibitions.
Exhibitions created by Vibeke Rohland include one in Esprit’s then-existing flagship store on Købmagergade in Copenhagen.
1996
Creates the solo exhibition Modern and Abstract Archaeology at Esbjerg Kunstmuseum (Esbjerg Art Museum).
1998
Creates the solo exhibition TheHoleStory at Borås Konstmuseum (Borås Art Museum) in Sweden.
2000
Guest instructor at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Århus.
2004–2005
Guest lecturer at the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, Sweden.
2007
Participates in the Biennale for Craft and Design at Trapholt Museum for Modern Art and Design in Kolding.
2015
Receives the Hetsch Silver Medal.
Creates the solo exhibition CrossRoads at Superobjekt Gallery in Copenhagen.
2017
Creates and publishes the book BlackStar 1–180, which presents colored silkscreen prints on 180 pages.
Works with adidas + Kvadrat on Stan Smith sneakers with the textile Squares, which is produced by Kvadrat.
Becomes a member of the Visual Arts Association (Billedkunstnernes Forbund, BKF).
2019
Becomes a member of Kunstnersamfundet (the Society of Artists) at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts.
2023–2026
Becomes Artist in Residence at Marimekko in Finland.
Guest lecturer at Centro de las Artes de San Augustin (CaSa) in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Leads workshops at Marimekko in 2025 and 2026.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
◾2016 SORT BLAEK, “ RoadTrippin’ ”. 15 Sept. – 11 Oct. Copenhagen.
◾2015 Superobjekt, Gallery. “CrossRoads” 10.04. - 03.05.2015.
◾2014 Finance Counsil. Paper, acrylics. CrossRoads and silkscreen prints.
◾2012 Contemporary Art Galleries, UCONN. USA. 5. nov. – 7. dec. “CrossRoads”. University of Connecticut.
◾2009 The Royal Theater Skuespilhuset. “Roads”.
◾2003 Danish Design Center. “Sign-Lingo”, 5 January - 4 April 2003.
◾2000 Paustian, Copenhagen, Denmark.
◾1999 Gallery The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona. “TheHoleStory #2”.
◾1998 Officinet. Danish Arts and Crafts. “PillMe”.
◾1998 Borås Konstmuseum. Sweden. “TheHoleStory”.
◾1996 Esbjerg Art Museum. “Modern and Abstract Archaeology”. Excecuted at The Danish Art Workshops.
◾1995 ESPRIT Flagship store Copenhagen and selected ESPRIT shops world wide. “StandStills 2”
◾1994 Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand “StandStills1”.
◾1992 Rampen Bikuben “Stof Til Brug1”. Artist of the year, lithograph at Edition Copenhagen.
◾1991 KONGO. “StofTilBrug2”. Copenhagen.
◾1988 KONGO. “StofTilBrug1”. Copenhagen.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
◾2025- 26 Dansk Stoftryk Gennem 100 år. Designmuseum Denmark.
◾2022-23 National Crafts Museum, New Delhi. “Tradition is Contemporary. Danish Textile Craft in Art and Design”
◾2022 Augustina Kunsthall. “In A Slow Manner” Curator H. Noermark.
◾2021 Maison du Danemark/Le Bicolore. “In A Slow Manner” Curator H. Noermark.
◾2017 Enigma Copenhagen. “IS THIS KNIT”.
◾2016 Designmuseum Denmark. “Danish Design Now” Curator Lars Dybdahl.
◾2015 The Danish Cultural Institute in Sct. Petersborg.
◾2015 The Castle, Carlsberg. “The Biennale 2015”.
◾2015 Gustav Friedric Hetsch Medal 1879. Silvermedal + Travelgrant. Exhibited at Officinet.
◾2015 Butik for Borddækning. Copenhagen. Invited.
◾2015 Svends Bibliotek”Lige i Skabet” Artist Book Exhibition. Curated by Nina Kleivan, Svend Danielsen, Anne Marie Ploug and Hjördis Haack.
◾2014 Museum Nivaagaard ”Ud af Skabet” Artist Book Exhibition.
◾2007 The Biennale for Design and Craft, Trapholt.
◾2006 Round Tower. Stoftrykker og Væverlauget 60 år, Jubilee Exhibition, Invited.
◾2005 EXPO Japan. PlusMinus collection, produced by Hay.
◾2004 Danish Crafts Collection.
◾2001 Danish Crafts Collection.
◾2000-01 Design vom Nachbarn/Dansk Form, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamborg, Slovenien/Ljublijana: Galleri Jacopiceva and Danish Architecture Centre. Coordinator Danish Crafts. The Danish Center for Architecture.
◾2000 SAK, Artbuilding, Svendborg.
◾1999 Danish Crafts Collection.
◾1998 Sinn und Form, Neue Samlung Berlin. Curator Richard Sapper.
◾1983 Triennale Internationale de Tournai. Tapisseries contemporaines, anciennes et arts du tissu des pays nordique.
◾1998 Danish Crafts Collection.
◾Various, Galerie Annemarie, Copenhagen.
◾1997 Design mit Zukunft, Focke-Museum Bremen, Curator Philippe Starck.
◾1997 Mad & Ske & Skål, Gallerie Tactus + The Danish Arts Foundation.
◾1997 The Biennale for Crafts and Design. Kunsten, Museum of Modern Art Aalborg.
◾1995 Sophienholm. ”Dansk Design Aktuel”,. Curator Lars Dybdahl..
◾1995 Designmuseum Denmark. The Biennale for Crafts and Design.
◾1994 Textile Biennale Sao Paolo, Brazil. Appointed by Ministry of Culture Denmark to represent Denmark. Went to Brazil with Curator senior Researcher Mag. art Vibeke Petersen, Professor Claus Carstensen and Weaver AnneMarie Egemose. Residency at Danish Art Workshops.
◾1992 Charlottenborg Castle Autum Exhibition. By invitation. 6 tapestries. Residency at Danish Art Workshops.
◾1987. Design Museum Denmark. “Textilmanifestation”.
◾1987. Charlottenborg Castle. “Spring Exhibition”.
◾1984 Krasnapolsky “KONGO Presents” with members of the exhibition group KONGO.
◾1984. Sophienholm. “Goethe i KONGO”.
◾1983 Frederiksborg Museum of National History. “Grundtvig and Denmark”. Room decoration. Exhibition Director Architect Peter Læssøe Stephensen.
SELECTED ARTICLES & LITTERATURE:
LITTERATURE:
◾HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 2 – The Textile Issue 2020. Interview p. 34-43.
◾Carl Hansen & Son. Catalogue 2018. Spokesperson DK p.174-175.
◾BlackStar 1-180 / Vibeke Rohland. Text by Writer and Editor Shonquis Moreno N.Y. and Professor Jean Givens, University of Connecticut. December 2017.
◾Danish Art Prints 2014.
◾Crossroads, folder with text and interview by Professor Jean Givens at University of Connecticut.
◾International Design Yearbook 2007, 2002-1997.
◾INSPIRED -a book about how creative people think, work and find inspiration, BIS Publ. 2005.
◾YOTORINO, Japan, 2005.
◾Scandinavian Style by Ingrid Sommer, (introduction, spreads and flaps). Carlton Books Ltd. 2003.
◾The Eco Design Handbook, Thames and Hudson 2003.
◾VISION Design and Art magazine, Shanghai 2003.
◾FRAME, 3 spreads, July/aug. 2000.
◾Design vom Nachbarn, catalogue 2000. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
◾The Hole Story, catalogue, 1998 Borås Konstmuseum. Text by Museum Director Elisabeth
◾Häglund and Mag. art. Malene La Cour Rasmussen.
◾Tekstilkunst i Danmark (Textileart in Denmark) 2008-2018, 1998-2008, 1988-98.
◾Dansk Design Aktuel, Curator: Head of Library and Research Mag. Art. Lars Dybdahl. Catalog for exhibition at Sophienholm 1995.
◾Textilmanifestation, Danish Design Museum 1987.
REPRESENTED IN:
◾Kraks Blå Bog since 2005 /WHO´S WHO www.blaabog.dk
MEMBER OF:
◾The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, member of the Society of Artists.
◾BKF. The artists society DK
LINKS:
https://www.kvadrat.dk/en/collaborations/erasure-by-vibeke-rohland
https://svfk.dk/project/vibeke-rohland-standstills-erasemoderate
https://svfk.dk/project/vibeke-rohland-transparent-crossroads
https://www.kvadrat.dk/en/in-use/adidas-originals-x-kvadrat-stan-smith
GRANTS:
◾Monografi; Foghts Fond, C.L. Davids Fond, Ny Carlsberg Fondet, Beckett-Fonden, Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorck´s Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Statens Kunstfond Projektstøtteudvalg, 2024.
◾Danish Arts Foundation 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 3 year working grant 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 1996, 1994, 1991, 1988.
◾L.F. Foghts Fund
◾Danish Arts Foundation/Project Fund 2022, 2020, 2014.
◾George Jorck and wife Emma Jorck ́s Fund 2019
◾Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fund 2019
◾Ellen og Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fund, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fund, Bestles Fund, Beckett Fund. Publication of book ”BlackStar 1-180” dec. 2017
◾The Hetsch Silver Medal of 1879 (Bronze and Silver) 2015.
◾The National Bank of Denmark Jubilee Fund, 2022, 2019, The Appreciation Scholarship 2015, 2013, 2012, 2008, 2006, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1987.
◾Kvadrat A/S 2012.
◾Danish Crafts 2012, 1998.
◾Toyota Fund 2008.
◾The Danish Art Board 1998.
◾Jyllands Posten 1995.
◾UniBank Fund 1996.
◾Gerda Hennings Mindelegat 1995.
◾Center for Danish Arts 1995.
◾Ole Haslunds Art Fund 1992.
◾Bikuben Fund, Artist of the year 1992.
◾Danish Art Workshops 2021, 2020, 2019, 1996, 1995, 1992, 1988.
◾L.F. Foghts Fund 1992.
◾Tuborg Fund 1987.
◾Knud Højgårds Fund 1993, 1985.
◾Den Reiersenske Fond 1987.
OTHER:
◾MARIMEKKO Artist in Residence 2026-24 Releese autumn 2026.
◾Workshop for Casa San Augustin, Oaxaca March 2023. Supported by Projektudvalget The Danish Arts Foundation.
◾Jury member. 2020 Real Danish Design Award.
◾Mentor. Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Danish Arts and Crafts Society,
◾Adidas + Kvadrat colab 2017. Stan Smith shoes with Kvadrat fabric design by Vibeke Rohland. Squares in production since 2008 at Kvadrat.
◾Research project and concept. FiberSign – Nonwoven, 2002. Technology and design development with weaver Bodil Jerichau.
◾KONGO 1981-1991. Member and collaborator of the experimental gallery KONGO. The gallery was run collectively with exhibitions all year round and magazine KONG featuring art, music and poetry.
◾Guest lecturer. University Textile College of Borås, Candidate Professor at the Textile Dept. 2004/2005.
◾Guest teacher. Danish School of Media and Journalism, Copenhagen. Graphic Design – color and form. 2000.
◾Design School Kolding. Textiledepartment and Fashion. 1990-96.
◾Censor The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, School of Design. Design School Kolding.
◾Jury representative 1999 Biennale for Design and Crafts.