INGER-LISE KRISTOFFERSEN

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ABOUT

Inger-Lise Kristoffersn

Inger-Lise Kristoffersen

Artist, illustrator/writer, born i Køge, Denmark 1949.

Inger-Lise is a member of the Danish Illustrator Group, in the Danish Authors´ Society

Besides illustrating for Children Inger-Lise do independent artwork which includes paintings, drawings and Graphics.

At the age of 11 Inger-Lise moved to Colombia, with her adopted family, where she attended School at Colombo Britanico, and later Mary Mount in Medellin. At the age of 16 she moved to Hong Kong, and attended King George V. school in Kowloon.

At the age of 17, she returned to Denmark and made her debut as an illustrator, with a front cover illustration to the youth magazine BØRGE, while living in Middelfart.

In 1968 she began studying, at Kolding Design School. After finishing the art school in 1972, she moved to Odense where she lived for 3 years before moving to Algutboda, in Småland Sweden, here she lived on the edge of the Sweedish woodlands, and exhibited her art work at Algutsboda Gallery, owned by her English friend and potter, Carl Cunningham Cole. In 1976, she moved to Copenhagen where she became friends with the surrealist erotic painter Hans Henrik Lerfeldt, until his early dead in 1989. Inger-Lise is currently living in Copenhagen.

CV - INGER-LISE KRISTOFFERSEN

www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk

Artist, illustrator and writer of wordless picture book. Born 1949 in Køge, Denmark.

www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk - mail@ingerlisekristoffersen.dk

EDUCATION

1968 – 1972 Kolding Designskole, Denmark.

1977 – Student of drawing, Egon Bjerg Nielsen, Ny-Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1980 – 1981 Participated in Croquis (life class) The Royal Danish Academy, Fine Arts School of Architecture, Copenhagen.

PICTURE BOOKS

2026, STOLEN der løb hjemmefra – Skriveforlaget (wordless graphic picture book.) ISBN 9-788775-742851

2019, PIGEN DER LEDTE EFTER SIN SKYGGE – Forlaget Uro. (wordless graphic picture book.) ISBN 978-87- 970802-5-2 // E-Book ISBN 978-87-970802-7-6

2019, LA NIÑA EN BUSCA DE SU SOMBRA + THE GIRL IN SEARCH OF HER SHADOW Cain Press Publishing, Bogota Colombia. (wordless graphic picture book both in Spanish and English) ISBN 978-958-48-6097-2

2014, MANDEN FLUEN OG DET USTYRLIGE PIGEBARN – Turbine Publishing (wordless graphic picture book.) ISBN 978-87-7141-404-2

2014, EL HOMBRE, LA MOSCA Y LA CHICA MONSTRUOSA – Cain Press Publishing Bogota, Colombia. (a wordless graphic picture book.) ISBN 978-958-46-4507-4

1979, OM AT DRØMME – Inge Bro – Gjellerup. ill. Pencil drawing.

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

2000, MANON OG KILDEN – Marcel Pagnol, French – Easy Readers Aschehoug.

1999, KONEN I MUDDER GRØFTEN – Hanne Leth, Gyldendals, DINGO.

1999, THE VEGETERIAN AND OTHER STORIES – Jeremy Taylor, English – Easy Readers, Aschehoug.

1998, KILDEN I PROVENCE – Marcel Pagnol, French – Easy Readers Aschehoug.

1980, FRANSKE BÅNDØVELSER – Gjellerup Publishing.

1980, DON JUAN – theme edited Bo Elbrønd – Bek. Gjellerup. Auhors: Tom Kristensen, Elsa Gress, William Heinesen, Søren Kirkegaard, Jørgen Nash, Charles Baudelaire.

COVERS

2002, KÆRLIGHED OG ALT SÅDAN NOGET – Carolyn Mackler, Borgen.

1985, SPIRAL DANSEN – Starhawk, Borgen.

1983, FORBUDT LEG – Paul Henrik Trampe, Sesam.

1983, LET MELODI BOG FOR SOPRAN BLOKFLØJTE – Hugh Watkins, Imudico.

1982, HÅBET – Henning Ipsen, Sesam.

1981, RYGSTØD – Bjarne Petersen, Sesam.

1980, BØRNENES PARADIS – Maureen Freely, Medea.

1967 – UNGDOMS BLADET BØRGE.

EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN BOOKS

2010, “BARNDOMMENS LAND” Adam Oehlenschläger, Alinea – Canon.

2007, SOS – Gyldendal.

2005, PRIME TIME – Gyldendal.

2004, PRIME TIME – Gyldendal.

2003, OP OG NED – Hanna Jørgensen, Borgen.

2002, LANDET LÆNGERE VÆK – Høst & Søn.

1996, JOHANNA I UNDERVERDENEN- Gunnel Linde, Alinea.

1996, WEEKEND PÅ MOTEL PARADIS – Hanne Marie Svendsen, Alinea.

1996, BIRKEKVISTENE – Gudrun Pausewang, Alinea.

1995, KLAVERDAMENS HEMMELIGHED – Louis Jensen, Gad & Grafisk.

1987, KÆRE TRINE – Wivi Leth, Gad & Grafisk.

1984, SPAGETTI – Charlotte Strandgård, Borgen.

1982, SLAVER AF STOFFER – Niels & Jesper Knudsen, Gyldendal.

1981, FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH – Gjellerup.

1980, 1983. Ilustrations for the magazine Samvirke, Coop.

WEB ILLUSTRATION

2005, BLÅBÆRTÆRTEN – written by Henrik Nilaus, for DOT-BOT The Danish Children’s Web Library.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 - 72 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for ”STOLEN der løb hjemmefra” at Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo Paul Bradwell. Colombo Americano Medellin sede. El Poblado C.I. San Fernando Plaza. Cra.43a #1-150.

2020 – 33 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for ”Pigen der ledte efter sin skygge” at Ørestad Library from 2 Aug. til 30 Sept. 2019.

2019 – 33 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for “La Niña En Busca De Su Sombra” at Centro Cultural Edicional Universidad National de Colombia, Bogota. JULY 3rd – JULY 10th.

2019 – 33 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for “La Niña En Busca De Su Sombra” at Gallery La Pascasia, Medellin Colombia. MAY 15th – JUNE 29th.

2019 – 33 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for “La Niña En Busca De Su Sombra” at Gallery NADA, Bogota Colombia, MAY 25th – MAY 7th.

2016 – 21 graphic linoprints/picture book illustrations for ”The Man, The Fly & The Unruly Girl” at BAYT AL-SUHAYM, in Cairo Egypt.

2016 – 21 graphic prints/illustrations for “El Hombre La Mosca y La Chica Monstuosa” Colombo Amaricano, Medellin Colombia.

2014 – 21 graphic prints/illustrations for ”The Man, The Fly & The Unruly Girl” at Kulturværftet Helsingør.

2013 – 21 graphic prints/illustrations for ”The Man, The Fly & The Unruly Girl.” at Universidad de Antioquia, MUUA, Medellin Colombia.

2012 – Illustrations for “The Shadow” by H C Andersen, at Gallery FUBA, Bellas Artes Universitaria, in Medellin Colombia.

2009 – Gallery Centro Colombo Amaricano, Medellin Colombia. 21 August – 16 September.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 – Illustrator group exhibition, arranged by the Danish Writers Union, Dansk Lærer Foreningens Publishing House and Bibiana, Danmark Illustrations for the “Skrædder I Helvede” – “Tailor in Hell.”

2007 – Illustrator group exhibition, arranged by Danish Writers Union, in Denmark.

2006 – Illustrator group exhibition, arranged by the Danish Writers Union for the book “Guldnæsen.” – Høst & Søn Publishing House.

2002 – 03 travelling illustrator group exhibition, arranged by the Danish Writers Union, in Denmark and abroad, of illustrations for the book “Landet længere væk.” Høst & Søn Publishing House.

2001 - The Royal Watercolour Society’s Open Exhibition C21, London

GRANTS

2025, The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant towards continuous artistic work.

2021, The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant towards continuous artistic work.

2020, The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant towards continuous artistic work.

2020, The Danish Writers Society, Autorkontoen, working grant.

2019, The Danish Arts Foundation, travel grant.

2017, The Danish Writers Society, Autorkontoen, working grant.

2016, The Danish Arts Foundation, travel grant.

2015, The Danish Arts Foundation, working grant towards continuous artistic work.

2015, The Danish Writers Society, Autorkontoen, working grant.

2013, The Danish Writers Society, Autorkontoen, travel Grant.

2012, The Danish Art Council, travel Grant.

2012, The Danish Art Council, working Grant.

2011, Danish Writers Society. Autorkontoen, working Grant.

2008, The Danish Art Council, working Grant.

2008, The Danish Art Council, travel Grant.

2006, The Danish Art Council, working Grant.

2006, Danish Writers Society. Autorkontoen, working Grant.

2001, Danish Writers Society. Autorkontoen, working Grant.

1997, The Danish Ministry of Culture, working Grant.

MEMBER OF…

The Illustrators Group, the Danish Writers Society – http://illustratorgruppen.dk/illustratorer/inger-lise-kristoffersen/

De Danske Tegneserieskabere http://dtsk.dk/rights/vare-tag/inger-lise-kristoffersen/

https://dtsk.dk/rights/my-process-linocut-graphic-picture-books/