ABOUT

Maria Kerrn-Jespersen, has education in paper conservation and a graphic design.

Maria loves to transform paper into delicate, poetic expressions. She works along an intuitive process, where the start is a sheet of paper or a conceptual idea that triggers experimentation. Maria works without sketches or a visual idea of the outcome, allowing the material itself to guide the creation of forms and textures.

Precision and quality are central to her work. She uses thick, cotton-rich, acid-free paper. Cutting, folding, and shaping are the tools she uses, sometimes complemented with other materials as rubber and metal wire. Even the smallest gesture contributes to the emergence of intricate, layered compositions that feel simultaneously spontaneous and rigorously ordered.

She is using simple shapes which are repeated and then formed into complex arrangements that reveal new patterns and relationships with each viewing. Maria is fascinated with construction, repetition, and transformation that drives her to discover new ways of folding and cutting by seeking poetic expression in every piece.

Maria Kerrn-Jespersen lives 20 km north of Copenhagen and works in her studio connected to her private home.

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EDUCATION:

• 1992-95 Det kgl. danske Kunstakademi. Konservatorskolen, København, Grafisk afd.
• 1987-89 Grafisk design, Ebbe Falck Reklame, København, Danmark.

RETAILERS:

• Gallerie Virginie Lesage. 8 Rue Tresor. Paris
• Designmuseum Danmark. Bredgade 68. København
• Designer zoo. Vesterbrogade 137. København.

EXHIBITIONS ETC.

• Art Nordic. Copenhagen. Denmark 2026
• Deloitte. Copenhagen.Denmark 2026
• Salon Resonance. Strasbourg. France 2024 & 2025
• Officinet. Danske Kunsthåndværkere & Designeres udstillingssted. Copenhagen. Denmark 2024
• Køng Museum. Køng. Denmark 2024
• PFA. Copenhagen. Denmark 2024
• Kunstforeningen af 14 august. 2024
• Novo Nordisk. 2023
• Grønbechs Gård. Bornholms Center for Kunsthåndværk. Denmark 2023
• VÆRK. Designmarked. Designmuseum Denmark. 2022 & 2023, 2024
• OVNHUS. Kunsthåndværkermarked Nykøbing Sjælland. Denmark 2022 & 2024, 2025
• Japansk designfestival.Copenhagen. Denmark 2021 & 2023
• Vor Frueplads kunsthåndværkermarked. Copenhagen. Denmark 2021,2022,2023,2024,2025
• Dansk Industri. København. Copenhagen. Denmark 2022
• Meetthemaker CPH. Copenhagen.Denmark 2021
• Gallery creativity Ogggeti. Turin. Italy
• Artistar Jewels. Milano. Italy.
• Galleri Svea. Stockholm. Sweden.
• Chateau Argenteuil. Bruxelles. Belgium.
• Veranda. Waterloo/Rhode St. Genese. Belgium.
• Galleri Adezzo. Stockholm. Sweden

• Paper Of Course, webshop, Design i papir, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Lærer. Stiftelsen Viktor Rydberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Workshops. Makebyhand.dk

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæums Fond 2024
• Esther og Jep Finks Mindefond 2024
• Poul Johansen Fonden 2024
• Beckett Fonden 2023
• Ellen & Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fond 2023
• Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond 2023
• Statens Kunstfond 2020

Medlem af Danske Kunsthåndværkere & Designere ( DKoD ).

Født i København, Danmark, 1963