CV AND EXHIBITION OVERVIEW

Else Raasum

I. Biography – personal data

1942 Else Raasum was born on June 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark

1959-62  Studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen

1962-63  Specialized in etching at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris

1962   Met the French painter Jean Moreaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris

1963  Married Jean Moreaux

1964-65   Lived in Amsterdam, supported by a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Artistic focus: etching, drawing, and linoleum printing

1966-71 Lived in Brussels

1966-68   Studied ceramics at the Academy in Brussels, where she was awarded first prize.
Artistic focus: handbags, batik, textile design, and ceramics

1971-77 Lived in Milan, Italy.
Artistic focus: outdoor sculpture, painting, and relief work

1977-2004   Lived and worked in La Bussière, Châtillon-Coligny, France.
Artistic focus: sculpture and painting, often on fiberglass canvas

2004  Moved to Montfort-sur-Argens, France, following the death of Jean Moreaux

2017   Else Raasum passed away on March 4, 2017, in Montfort-sur-Argens, France

II. Solo Exhibitions

1965  The Hague (Netherlands), Gallery De Sfinx Den Haag – Etchings

1972  Brussels / Paris, Gallery Miroir d’Encre / Galerie Rive Gauche – Ceramics and drawings

1973  Grenoble, Gallery id/2 – Drawings and prints (purchase by Maison de la Culture)

1975-1976  Vittuone (Italy), École de la Ville – Outdoor sculpture

1980  Copenhagen, Gallery Hauer – Sculpture, painting, and reliefs

1984  Grenoble, Gallery La Soupente – Sculpture and painting

1986/87. Legnano (Italy), Commission from Coop Est Ticino – Fountain in painted fiber cement

1988  Grenoble, Gallery La Tête de l’Art – Sculpture and painting

1989  Lyon, Gallery La Tête de l’Affiche – Sculpture and painting

1990  Castano Primo (Italy), Commission from Coop Est Ticino – Outdoor polychrome sculpture in fiber cement

1990  Carrara (Italy) – Work in marble

1990  Grenoble, Gallery R.O.M.E. – Outdoor relief in fiber cement

1991  Briare (France), Centre d’Expositions de Trousse-Barrière – Drawing, painting, tapestry, and sculpture

1994  La Bussière (France), Gallery–Atelier Porte Ouverte – Sculpture and painting

1995  Briare (France), Théâtre de l’Escabeau – Paintings on fiberglass canvas

2007  Castano Primo (Italy), Commission from Coop Est Ticino – Sculpture and painting

III. Group Exhibitions

1964  Copenhagen, Member of the artists’ association Den Flexible

1965  Copenhagen, Charlottenborg – Etchings

1968  Brussels, Gallery Académie – Ceramics

1972  Aalst (Belgium), Gallery Piet Coeck – Ceramics

1972  Castano Primo (Italy) – Ceramics and acrylic on paper

1974  Milan (Italy), Studio Pontaccio – Acrylic on paper

1975  Rome (Italy), Gallery Rive Gauche – Sculpture and ceramics

1976  Paris (France), Gallery Rive Gauche – Acrylic on paper

1978  Grenoble (France), Gallery La Tête de l’Art – Acrylic on paper

1985  Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (France), Gallery Maeght – Sculpture and painting

1986  Eymoutiers (France) – Sculpture

1987  La Bussière (France) – Sculpture and painting

1989-1990  New York, Gallery Dannenberg – Painting and mobile sculpture

1990  Grenoble (France), Gallery R.O.M.E. – Marble

1991  Miami Beach (Florida), Gallery La Vitrine – Sculpture and mobile sculpture

1993  Volterra (Italy) – Alabaster

1995  Briare (France), Centre d’Expositions de Trousse-Barrière, Artistes d’Aujourd’hui (“Artists of Today”) – Sculpture and painting

1995  La Bussière (France), Château de la Bussière, Visitez un jardin en France (“Visit a Garden in France”) – Outdoor sculpture

1997  Albertville (France), Emprunt – Empreintes, Le Dôme – Acrylic on paper

1999  Grenoble (France), Gallery R.O.M.E., Morosum – Joint exhibition with Jean Moreaux

2007  Montfort-sur-Argens (France) – Sculpture and acrylic on canvas