Eva Sørensen

Hernig, 1940 - Verbania 2019
Lived in Verbania

Eva Sørensen studied in Paris with the sculptor Laszlo Szabo. In the very early Sixties she settled in Italy, frequented artists such as Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana and Enrico Castellani and during a period spent at Albisola began to work with ceramics. Her first solo show was organized by the Birch gallery in Copenhagen in 1963. From the second half of the 1960s she participated in numerous group shows and realised sculptures for public bodies and museums in Scandinavia. In 1976, the museum of Aarhus and Koldinghus organized and anthological exhibition of her work and the following year the artist moved to Mergozzo (VB). In 1978, she exhibited her sculptures in Milan’s Parco Sempione with a presentation by Pierre Restany and at the Ordrupgaard Museum in Copenhagen. In 1982 she participated in the Venice Biennale, exhibiting drawings and sculptures in the Danish Pavilion.
The works of Eva Sørensen can be found in the art collections of the Ny Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish State Art Foundation and are exhibited permanently in public museums and institutions in numerous Danish cities.

Past exhibitions:

2016
Rome, Palazzo Falconieri, OLTRE ROMA

2015
Budapest, Italian Institute of Culture, "Beyond the Foreground"
Turin (Italy), Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art, "An Art of One's Own: GROUP SHOW"

2014
Turin (Italy), Flashback, Pala Alpitour - Isozaki
Milan (Italy), Studio Francesco Messina del Comune di Milano, "Parva sed apta mihi – Due donne e una scelta", in collaboration with Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art

2012-2013
Turin (Italy), Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art, "Of Memory and Time, Anthological Exhibition"

2011
Machelen-aan-de-Leie (Belgium), Roger Raveelmuseum, "Albisola". Group exhibition. Exhibited artists: Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Wifredo Lam, Eva Sørensen, Serge Vandercam.
Turin (Italy), Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary, "Linea Mentis". Group exhibition. Exhibited artists: Irma Blank, Eva Sørensen, Gaspare.

2009
Verbania (Italy), Lake Side Art Gallery

2008
Domodossola (Italy)
Milan (Italy), Antonia Jannone Art Gallery

1982
Venice (Italy), Biennale di Venezia - danish pavilion. Solo exhibition.

1979-1981
Taarnby (Denmark), hydro-sculptures for Taarnby Municipality.

1979
Hvidovre (Copenhagen, Denmark), green granite sculptures for Hvidovre Municipality.
Herning (Denmark), granite sculptures for Statione Square

1978
Copenhagen (Denmark), Ordrupgaard Museum
Milan (Italy), Parco Sempione

1976
Aarhus (Denmark), Aarhus and Koldinghus Art Museums, "Anthological Exhibition"

1973
Reykjavik (Iceland), Scandinavian House. Group exbhition.

1969-1974
Aarhus (Denmark), AA-Mostra. Group exhibition.

1968
Helsinki (Finland), Art Association of Herning Scandinavian Countries Biennal Exhibition.

1968-1976
Grønningen (Copenhagen, Denmark). Many group exhibitions.

1967
Copenhagen (Denmark), Den Frie. Group exhibitions.

1964
Copenhagen (Denmark), Lingby. Group exhibitions.

1963
Copenhagen (Denmark), Birch Gallery. First solo exhibition.