EGEVÆRK (METTE BENTZEN AND LASSE KRISTENSEN)
b. 1978 and 1985, Denmark

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026
Forms of Belonging, HB381, New York, NY

2023
Present, Bornholms Center for Crafts, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholms, Denmark

2021
Nocturnal, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Knarr (Creak), Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019
Shapes of Ice, Gjethuset, Frederiksværk, Denmark

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
Roskilde Museum, Galleri Montan & Roskilde Art Association, Roskilde, Denmark
3daysofdesign, Carpentry Craft, Molktes Palæ, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ragnarok, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark

2025
3daysofdesign, Carpentry Craft, Molktes Palæ, Copenhagen, Denmark
KYRJA, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
Voyages | In Paint, Glass, and Wood, Vetri Gallery & Museo Gallery, Whidbey Island, WA
Dialogues de Verre, Glass Art & Design Paris, Paris, France

2024
Soltegn, Bornholms Center for Crafts – Grønbechs Gård, Denmark
Colour and Form, Agape Space & Vessel Gallery, London
QUEST, Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA

2023
Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Rud Thygesen Arkivet, Hobro, Denmark
3daysofdesign, Carpentry Craft, Molktes Palæ, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collections / 25 years of SMG, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Valkyrie, Raven Gallery, Aspen, CO
The Way of the Sea, Egeværk and Backhaus Brown, Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA
Æglageret, Holbæk Art Association, Holbæk, Denmark

2022
Pop Up Glass + Egeværk, RVNHUS & Galleri Montan, Kolding, Denmark
Shapes of Colours, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
3daysofdesign, Carpentry Craft, Molktes Palæ, Copenhagen, Denmark
Artefact: The Contemporary Craft Fair with Vessel Gallery, London, UK
Design Miami/ with Hostler Burrows, Miami, FL
FOG Design+Art with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021
Collect, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
COP26: The UN Climate Change Conference, Nordic Pavilion, Glasgow, Scotland
Glasskibe Exhibition: From the Kattegat, Egeværk & Backhaus-Brown, Duncan
McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Outside In: Natural Materials in Contemporary Art and Design, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Signature in Wood, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
PAD London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Artefact - The Contemporary Craft Fair, Vessel Gallery, London, UK
FOG Design+Art with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Francisco, CA
London Art Fair with Vessel Gallery, London, UK
Masterpiece London Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK

2020
Egeværk and Backhaus Brown, Habatat Galleries, FL
GLASS48: Annual International Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Homo Faber, Michelangelo Foundation, Venice, Italy
Ice Summer, The Danish Ministry of Culture, Elsinore, Denmark
Late Summer, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Natural Room, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
FOG Design+Art, San Francisco, CA
Masterpiece London Art Fair with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair with Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Danish Pavilion, Olympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (cancelled due to Covid-19)

2019
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, BLOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collect 2019, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Florida Glass Weekend, Hamson Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
GLASS47: Annual International Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Habatat Award Winners Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Trapholt Collect, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
CHART, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish Design Festival, Denmark
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Nøstetangen Norsk Glassmuseum, Hokksund, Norway
PAD London, London, UK
PAD Paris, Paris, France
SOFA Chicago, IL

2018
Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, Thorvaldsen’s Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collect 2018, Saatchi Gallery, London, UKCOP24: The UN Climate Change Conference, Nordic Pavilion, Katowice, Poland
Homo Faber, Michelangelo Foundation, Venice, Italy
Lake Como Design Festival, Teatro Sociale, Como, Italy
New Scandinavian Glass, Vessel Gallery, London, UK
Art Aspen, Aspen, CO
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Danish Design Festival, Denmark
FIFA World Cup, Moscow, Russia
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Holbæk Art Association, Holbæk, Denmark
NOMAD, Villa La Vigie, Monaco
PAD Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
PAD Paris, Paris, France
Salon Art + Design, New York, NY
SOFA, Chicago, IL
Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA

2017
Collect 2017, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
COP23: The UN Climate Change Conference, Nordic Pavilion, Bonn, Germany
Eat Me, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Design Werck, Copenhagen, Denmark
FORM Miami, Miami, FL
PAD Paris, Paris, France
SOFA, Chicago, IL
Tresor Contemporary Craft, Basel, Switzerland

2016
The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
Chart, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Maison du Denmark, Paris, France
Northmodern, Copenhagen, Denmark
Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK
Salon Art + Design, New York, NY
The Danish Pavilion, Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2015
The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Chair Collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller

Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, FL

The Lune Rouge Collection, Montreal, Canada

Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Craft and Design, Kolding, Denmark

Nøstetangen Glass Museum in Norway

Bornholms Hospital, Kirsten and Freddy Johansens Foundation

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2026
The Wendell Castle Workshop Artist-in-Residence, Scottsville, NY

2021
Honorary Grant, The Peter, Ingrid, and Ralph Hernoe Nonprofit Foundation

2020
Danish Design Award, Best Arts and Craft, Denmark

2019
Collectors’ Choice Award, United States
The Carpentry Award, Denmark

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of Danish Crafts and Design Association