Curiculum Vitae
Sarah Oakman
Born 1985, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Exhibitions
2019 The Biennale for Craft and Design (censored), Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen (DK)
2019 Bornholmsk kunsthåndværk (curated group exhibition), Kunstetagerne, Hobro (DK)
2019 "Eksperimentel borddækning", Grønbechsgaard, Hasle (DK)
2018 European Ceramic Context Open Call, Grønbechsgaard, Hasle (DK)
2018 "Bordets landskab", Gudhjem Museum, Gudhjem (DK)
2018 "Keramisk Hviskeleg", Galleri Charlotte Thorup, Svaneke (DK)
2018 "Bornholmsk værkstedskeramik", Hjorts Fabrik, Rønne (DK)
2018 Arts and Crafts Association Bornholm’s yearly exhibition, Grønbechsgaard, Hasle (DK)
2017 FOMO curated arts and craft exhibition, Århus. Curator: Helene Vonsild (DK)
2017 Arts and Crafts Association Bornholm’s yearly exhibition, Grønbechsgaard, Hasle (DK)
2017 “The Laid Table”, Gallery Helene Søs Schjødts, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 “Variations”, Ceramic Center, Höganäs, Sweden (group exhibition) (SE)
2017 “INDBLIK / UDSIGT”, Officinet, Copenhagen (in cooperation with glass artist Maj-Britt Zelmer Olsen) (DK)
2017 The Royal Danish Designschool’s curated project exhibition, Formland, Herning (DK)
2016 “SILICA VISIONS”, graduation exhibition from The Royal Danish Designschool Bornholm, shown at Bornholm’s Art Museum, Rundetaarn and CLAY The Danish Museum of Ceramic Art (DK)
2016 The Royal Danish Designschool’s curated graduation exhibition, Northmodern (Copenhagen) & Tent (London Design Week) (DK & UK)
2016 The Censored Spring Exhibition 2016, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
2016 Bornholm’s Censored Spring Exhibition, Svanekegaarden, Svaneke (DK)
2015 The Censored Autumn Exhibition KE15, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (DK)
2015 ”På hinanden følgende”, Ågalleriet, Frederiksværk (DK)
2015 The Danish Biennale for Craft and Design 2015, Slottet, Carlsberg Byen, Copenhagen (DK)
2014 ”Product development and cooperation”, Grønbechsgård, Hasle (DK)
2013 ”A Danish Home”, Grønbechsgård, Hasle (DK)
Education, employments and memberships
2018 Employed as a teacher in the Department of Ceramic Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Bornholm (KADK)
2018 Board Member of ACAB, Arts and Crafts Association Bornholm
2016 Member of ACAB, Arts and Crafts Association Bornholm
2012-2016 Graduted from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Bornholm - Department of Ceramic Design (KADK)
2015 Co-founder and member of Det Brune Værksted (The Brown Studio) Nexø, Bornholm
2013 Member of the Danish Arts And crafts Association (Danske Kunsthåndværkere og Designere)
2012 Internship at ceramicist Signe Schjøth / Designer Zoo, Copenhagen
2011 4-week course at Holbæk Artschool (Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk). Teacher: Christin Johansson
2008-2012 Co-founder and member of the studio community F24, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
2005-2009 Graduated as a secondary school teacher from “Læreruddannelsen Frederiksberg Seminarium” (B.A.)
2004 20-week course at Grundtvigs Højskole Frederiksborg, specializing in Ceramics, illustration, photography and philosophy.
Cooperations
2017 Industrial design for FDB Møbler, COOP Danmark. The ceramic series KONUS.
2017 Supplier of ceramic tableware for the Michelin restaurant KOKS, The Faroe Islands
2017 Supplier of ceramic tableware for Restaurant Molen and Christianshøjkroen, Bornholm
Prizes, grants etc.
2018 Speaker at the European Ceramic Context 2018, Talk: "Ceramics as a cultural and social capital"
2018 Recipient of a working grant from The Danish Arts Foundation
2018 Recipient of a grant from Otto Bruuns Fond (DK)
2018 Residency (AIR) at KADK, Bornholm (5 weeks)
2017 Recipient of a working grant from The Danish Arts Foundation
2016 The piece “The Alchemist" incoporated in the collection at CLAY The Danish Museum of Ceramic Art (DK)
2016 Recipient of the prize “Håndfuglen” for the best new product at the Craftsfair Frue Plads in Copenhagen (Danske Kunsthåndværkere)
2016 Recipient of a grant from the Foundation for Entrepreneurship Bornholm