PRISCILLA MOURITZEN (b. 1945)
Priscilla Mouritzen was born in Cape Town, South Africa and attended the School of Art in Durban before setting up her own ceramic studio in England in 1968. She spent a decade in England before moving to Denmark where she has lived and worked since.
She makes pinch pots using porcelain and engobe glazes – in 1997 she exhibited a thousand of these bowls at her exhibition at Galerie Besson. Recently she has been making woodfired versions of these bowls.
Mouritzen has exhibited widely in Europe and is a board member of the Guldagergaard Ceramic Centre, Skælskør. She is a regular participant in seminars and conferences on ceramics.
Above: Priscilla Mouritzen, 2008
Curriculum vitae
| Selected exhibitions: | |
| 2008 | Priscilla Mouritzen, Riitta Talonpoika & Annie Turner, Galerie Besson, London |
| Twenty Years - Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London | |
| 2007 | Summer exhibition, Galerie Besson, London |
| 2006 | Summer exhibition, Galerie Besson, London |
| 2005 | Galleri Jytte Møller, Fredericia, solo exhibition |
| 2004 | Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, solo exhibition |
| 2002 | "Dansk Keramik", Sigtuna Museum, Sweden |
| 2001 | “Form IV”, Svendborg |
| 2000 | Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Holland |
| 1999 | Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium, Galerie Besson, London |
| Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, solo exhibition | |
| Haderslev Kunstforening, solo exhibition | |
| 1997 | Galleri Björnen, Stockholm, solo exhibition |
| One Thousand Bowls, Galerie Besson, London, solo exhibition | |
Winner of the Pot d'Or Prize, Keramisto, Holland |
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| 1996 | “Postulater om Fremtidens Kunsthåndværk”, Rundetårn, Copenhagen |
| 1995 | "Nordisk Keramik", Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen |
| “Nordisk Keramik”, Galleri Lejonet, Stockholm | |
| Kunsthåndværk Biennale, Copenhagen | |
| Kunsternes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen | |
| "City of Giraffes", Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen (with Doris Bloom) | |
| 1994 | Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, solo exhibition |
| Galerie Besson, London, "New Names and Known Names" | |
| 1987, 85 | Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling |
Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Priscilla Mouritzen, Riitta Talonpoika & Annie Turner | Nov - Dec 2008 |
| Twenty Years - Twenty Pots | Sep - Oct 2008 |
| Summer Exhibition | Jul - Aug 2007 |
| Summer Exhibition | Jul - Aug 2006 |
| Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium | Dec 1999 - Jan 2000 |
| Priscilla Mouritzen: One Thousand Bowls | Aug - Sep 1997 |
