Biography of Inge Nørgaard

Education:
Residency at Hollufgaard, Odense Denmark 2006-2007
Award Tacoma Art Museum. The End. Tacoma WA 1999
Artist Trust Gap Grant 1996 For Video to Ukraine.
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Almeria, Spain, 1994
Residency in Nordic House, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1991 and 1992
Own workshop since 1976
Private apprenticeship with 3 well-known weavers in Denmark, 1975
Four years training as a graphic designer and printer, 1973
Art Academy 1969, Arhus Denmark.

Solo Shows:
Inge Norgaard. Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg Denmark, 2007
Inge Norgaard. Contemporary Fiber at One Mellon Bank Center. Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Gasoline Can Series. Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000
Scandinavian Cultural Center, PLU, Tacoma, WA, 1994
Nelleke Nix Studio, Kirkland, WA, 1993
Franklin House Gallery. Port Townsend, WA, 1983-86-89-92-94
SF. Fiber. San Francisco, CA, 1982
L'Atelier de 'encadrement. St. Barthelemy, West Indies, 1981
The American Embassy. Barbados, West Indies, 1980
Frangipani. Bequia, West Indies, 1980

Exhibitions:
Unplugged. The Graphic Workshop of Fynen. Odense, Denmark 2008
Northwest Designer Craftsmen of Nordic Decent. Nordic heritage Museum, Seattle, WA 2008
Laughing Bear. Convergence: impression of space we inhabit. Mid American Print Council. Fargo, ND 2008
Dialog. Northwind Arts Center. Port Townsend, WA 2008
Hi-Tech Low-Tech. Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Arts & Craft. Portland, OR 2008
American Tapestry Biennial #7. University of Tampa, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery Tampa, FL 2008
American Tapestry Biennial #7. Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft. Louisville, KY 2008
Woven Gems. Teco Plaza Art Gallery. Tampa, FL 2008
Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Museo. Langley, WA 2008
Strait Art 08. Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Port Angeles, WA 2008
Land. The Tapestry Foundation of Victoria Award Exhibition. The Australian National University School of Arts, Canberra, Australia 2008
Naestved International Mini Prints Exhibition. Ronnebaeksholm Arts & Culture Center, Naestved, Denmark 2008
Animalia. Richland, WA 2007
Rejsebilleder. Fyn Grafiske Væreksted. Odense, Denmark 2007
Platemarks III. Northwind Arts Alliance. Port Townsend, WA 2007
Tapestry on the Edge. Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA 2007
A World of Art: Ethnographic and Comtemporary Art. University House. Seattle, WA 2007
Lynnwood Convention Center. Lynnwood, WA 2005 & 2006
Tapestry by Hand. Kittred Gallery. Tacoma, WA 2006
Nordic Northwest Artists' Exhibition. Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA 2005
Images of Tapestry, Hanford Gallery. Tacoma, WA 2005
Looking Forward, Glancing Back. Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Fifty:
Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, WA 2004
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 2005
Wenatchee Valley Museum, Wenatchee, WA 2005
Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery. Portland, OR 2005
Passes. Blue Heron Gallery. Vashon Island, WA 2003
American Tapestry Alliance Biennial 1V. Richmond Art Gallery. Vancouver, BC Canada 2002
William D. Cannon Art gallery. Carlsbad, CA 2002
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Chicago, IL 2003
Fountainhead Gallery. Summer Breeze. Seattle, WA 2002
Tapestry. The Woven Image. Bainbridge Arts & Crafts. Bainbridge Island, WA 2002
Evidence of the Body. NWDC. Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Seattle, WA 2001
Equinox. Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. Great Falls, MO 2001
The Craft Biennial. Hoffman Gallery. Oregon College Of Arts & Craft. Portland, OR 2001
Moments in Tapestry. The Fine Line Arts Center. Saint Charles, IL 2001
Contemporary West Coast Tapestry. Convention center. Seattle, WA 2000
Northwest Designer Craftsmen Exhibit. Allied Arts Center Gallery. Richland, WA 2000
American Tapestry Biennial III. Northern Kentucky University. Kentucky 2000
Bayeux Gallery. Denver, CO 2000
Gardens of Art International Sculpture Exhibit. Big Rock Garden Park. Bellingham, WA 2000
Bayeux Gallery. Denver, CO 1999
The End: Tacoma Art Museum's Biennial. Tacoma, WA 1999
NW International Art Competition. Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, WA 1999
Weaving Washington, Washington State Capital Museum. Olympia, WA 1998
Edward Cain Galleries. Port Townsend, WA 1998
Encore. Atlanta International Museum. GA 1998
Muse of the Millennium. Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA 1998
Surface: New Form/New Function. Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN 1998
Upon Reflection. Washington Convention Center, Seattle WA 1997
Global Focus, Women in Art & Culture. National Museum from Women in the Arts. Washington, DC 1996
NGO Forum. Beijing, China 1995
American Tapestry Biennial. Museum of Fine Arts. Oak Ridge, TN 1996
So. Illionois Univ. Museum, Carbondale, IL 1996
WB Gray Gallery, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC 1996
Foothills Art Center. Golden CO 1997
It is about time. Wentz Gallery Pacific NW. College of Arts. Portland, OR 1996
Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson Museum, AZ 1995
Clymer Museum. Ellensburg, WA 1995
Gallery 1004. Port Townsend, WA 1994
Artist Equity. Charlotte Damell Gallery. Amstedam Holland 1993
Contemporary Tapestry. The Rosicrucian Museum. San Jose, CA 1993
State of the Arts Gallery. Olympia, WA 1993
Mendosino Art Center. Mendosino, CA 1993
Northwest Tapestry 1993. Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA
Contemporary Craft Gallery. Portland, OR
Richmond Gallery. Richmond British Columbia, Canada
"Best of Show" King County Arts Commission Gallery. Seattle, WA 1993
Fiber Spectrum. Washington State Historical Museum. Tacoma WA 1992
Art Work Gallery. Fairbanks, AK 1990
Bellevue Art Museum. Pacific Northwest. Bellevue, WA 1992
Salon Des Refuses. Bumbershoot. Seattle, WA 1990
Please and Thank Yous. True Stories, Port Angeles. Fine Art Center. Port Angeles, WA 1991
A sense of place. Marine Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA 1991
West Coast Tapestry. Bedford Gallery. Walnut Creek, CA 1991
Tapestry Works! Frye Art Museum. Seattle, WA 1991
The Alum Gallery. Rockbridge Alum Springs. Goshen, VA 1991
American Tapestry Today. Syntex Corporation Gallery. Palo Alto, CA 1990
Risk Factor. Portland State University Littman Gallery. Portland, OR 1990
A fine line. Oregon School of Arts and Crafts Centrum. Portland, OR 1990
Strait Art. Port Angeles Fine Art Center. Port Angeles, WA 1990
Color and Form, Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA 1990
Washington to Washington, Women in the Arts:
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 1989
Ellensburg Community Gallery. Ellensburg, WA 1989
Washington State University Museum of Arts. Pullman, WA 1989
Allied Arts Gallery. Yakima, WA 1989
Allied Arts Gallery. Richland, WA 1989
Illwaco Heritage Foundation. Illwaco, WA 1989
Esvelt Gallery. Pasco, WA 1989
Northlight Gallery. Everett, WA 1989
Nordic Heritage Museum. Seattle, WA 1989
Tacoma Arts Museum. Tacoma, WA 1989
Vedel Art Museum. Vedel Germany 1986
Vejen Art Museum. Vejen Denmark 1986
Evergreen Contemporary Craft Gallery. Guliford, CT 1984
Gallery II. Charlottesville, Virginia 1983
Dryells Gallery. Barbados, West Indies 1980
Tikal Gallery. Granada, West Indies 1980
Knolls Gallery. Washington, 1977
The Art and Craft Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1977
The Artist Spring Exhibition. Chalottenborg. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1976-77
Various museums in Denmark, 1976-81

Published in:
Artist. Taiwan 2003
Northwest Originals, Washington Women and their Art, 1990
The Fiberarts Design Book II, IV, V and Vll
The Guild, 1987
183 Danish Craftsmen.
Oltidsdrakt Nutidstoj, by Inge Bjorn.
Gallery Fiberarts Magazine, July-August, 1984