Jakob Jrgensen
Jakob J\xf8rgensen by Dorte Krogh\n\nJakob J\xf8rgensen was born in 1977 in Nyborg, Denmark. He studied fine art in his early twenties, attending The New Art School, Odense,\xa0Denmark and Guildhall School of Fine Arts in London, as well as completing an apprenticeship with Studio Palla in Carrara, Italy.\n\nIn 2008, he\xa0graduated from the Royal Danish Academy for Design, and went on to found a successful design studio. As his interest in large scale steel\xa0sculpture developed, he submitted a proposal to the Danish National Workshop in 2017, and was granted access to their vast metalworking\xa0facilities. He continued his exploration of the medium, building a dedicated studio tailored to working with steel pipe on the island of Bornholm\xa0in 2020. J\xf8rgensen\u2019s work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions including at the Mus\xe9e d\u2019Art Moderne de Paris,\xa0France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humleb\xe6k, Denmark; Designmuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark; and the 21st Century Museum,\xa0Kanazawa, Japan. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Finn Juhl Prize, the Bodum Design Award, and the\xa0IFDA Goldleaf Award.\n\nInstallation\xa0image of Take Root,\xa0From left to right:\xa0Resistance, Freedom Vessel, The Wound, The Tree, The Punch, Branch Out II, Branch Out I, 2022,\xa0Photo by Joe Kramm.\n\nInstallation image of Take Root,\xa0Wall sculptures from left to right:\xa0The Bean, The Beat, The Hole, 2022,\xa0Floor sculpture:\xa0Freedom Vessel, 2022,\xa0Photo by Joe Kramm.\n\nThe Wound, 2022 Photo by Dorte Krogh\n\n\nhttps://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Burning.mp4