Name:

Annette Meyer

Born:

11-03-1966 in Taarbæk, Denmark

Formal education

1989 - 1992 Fashion design at the Royal College of Art, Antwerpen, (B)
1985 - 1989 Fashion design at the Royal College of Art, Utrecht, (NL)

Positions

1997 - 1999 Head of the Fashion department at Designskolen Kolding, Kolding

Costume design for the Danish theatre Hotel Pro Forma

1996 "Monkey Business Class" in collaboration with Dumb Type
(J) and Diller & Scofidio (USA), Malmö Musikteater (S), Albertslund
Huset
1995 "Dust Waugh Støv", Planetarium, Copenhagen
1994 "Farkosten", Borup Højskole, Copenhagen
1994 "The Picture of Snow-white", Kanonhallen, Copenhagen
1993 "Operation Orfeo", The Royal Theatre, Adelaide Festival 1996,
Opera House in Sydney, 1997, (AUS)
1993 "Oppe Under", Bella Centret, Christine Meldahl
1993 "Der Die Das", Kunstverein München, (D)
1992 "Enigma of the late afternoon", in collaboration with Dumb Type (J),
Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Copenhagen

Solo exhibitions

2008/10-2009/1 Nordiska Museet, Stockholm (S) - ICON DRESSED
2007/5-8 Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (S) - ICON DRESSED
2005 Craft in Dialogue / IASPIS exhibition at Malmö Konstmuseum
2001/7 Spiral Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo (J) - BODYWRAPPInc.
2001/6 Kyoto Art Center in Kyoto (J) - BODYWRAPPInc.
2001/1-5 KUNSTHAL, Rotterdam (NL) - BODYWRAPPInc.
1998 StoreFront for Art and Architecture, New York (USA) -
BODYWRAPPInc.
1996 Museum for Art and Crafts, Copenhagen - BodyEmballage

Group exhibitions

2007/9-12 ICON DRESSED at MoA, Seoul National University, South Korea
2006/9-11 BODYWRAPPInc. and Flora Danica Dress at The Danish Cultural Institute, Beijing, China
2005 Exhibition of textile product, Corsinel at EXPO 2005 in Japan
2004/9-12 Biennale for Art and Crafts 2004, Trapholt, Kolding,
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Ålborg
2002/4-11 Stedelijk Museum in Kortrijk (B) and Martha Herford (D) -
Kunststoff
2002/4/5 'La tradition de demain - innovation au quotidien', The Danish
House in Paris (F)
2001/9-10 'Brudte traditioner', Horsens Kunstmuseum
2001/9 'Fall Exhibition 2001', Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2000/8/9 Stillwerk, Hamburg (D), group show BodyEmballage,
BODYWRAPPInc.
2000/5/6 Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, exhibition on Fashion, design
and sustainable development
1997 Filosofgangen in Odense, "Six Tableaus" with BodyEmballage
1995 Photos from the India/Antwerp series, Gallery VB, Viborg
1995 Photos from the India/Antwerp series, Tufa in Trier in Germany

Collaborative exhibitions

2004/12 Exhibition 'Moon' at The Royal Muesum for Fine Arts in Antwerp
Antwerp Book Capital 2004 - A collaboration with the Belgium author Annelies
Verbeke, (B)
2004/10 Exhibition of two 'Flora Danica Dresses' in the main shop of Royal
Copenhagen for 'Cultural Night Copenhagen 2005'
2004 - 2005 Photo series "REFLEX" at Coloplast, Humlebæk

Art direction

2004 - 2005 Art director at 'H.C.A.- International Fashion Design Competition 2005' in Odense
2001/11 Launch event for Eat Magazine, Issue 07 'Packaging',Tokyo, (J)
1998 - 2001 Event BODYWRAPPInc. New York - Rotterdam - Kyoto - Tokyo
1997 - 2001 Artistic director of the Fashion show at Designskolen Kolding,
Kolding

Product development

2005 - 2006 Product development of Corsinel Preventive Garment for Coloplast
2001 - 2003 Product development of Corsinel - Compression underwear for Ostomy patients with Hernia for Coloplast
2002/1 Suit made from disposable packaging for BATES (NL) ad agency

Teaching

2007 Workshop at Röhsska Museet in Götborg (S)
2004 - 2005 Guest teacher at Bornholm Tekstil Seminarium, Bornholm
2004 External adviser on Fashion and external censor at Interaction
Design nstitute Ivrea, (I)
2002 - 2003 Guest teacher at Tekstil Akademiet, Hellerup
1999 - 2001 Guest teacher at the Fashion Department, Designskolen Kolding
2000 - 2001 Guest teacher in Fashion design at the Department of Art History
and Theatre, Copenhagen University
1999/11 Juror at Fashion Assembly '99, Riga, (Latvia)
1994 - 1997 Consultant at Institut for Industrial Design and Institut for Unica at
Danmarks Designskole and Designskolen Kolding
1993 - 1997 Guest teacher at the Department for Fashion and Textile at
Danmarks Designskole and Designskolen Kolding

Current Work / Work in progress

2004 - 2006 Creation of ICON DRESSED - Art / Fashion Installation
2006 - Design of Fashion object for Proud Design, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 - Collaboration with Royal Copenhagen - Product development of a
porcelain figurine of a ICON DRESSED silhouette
2007/2-4 Group exhibition 'RRRRRIP! Paper Fashion' at the New Benaki Museum, curated by Vassilis Zidanakis, Athens (G)
2008 - 2009 Design of ICON DRESSED scarfs
2008 - 2009 ICON DRESSED Lenticular image '1860'

Awards

2005 Nominated for INDEX 2005 design award, in the category of 'BODY, Design to Improve Life'
2000 Kunsthåndværkerrådets Årspris 2000 / Crafts Council Annual Award
2000

Collections

KCI, The Kyoto Costume Institute (J)

Printed matters and Press

Books: Article in Bauhaus Dessau Edition 10 "Event City" (D), BoekieBoekie (NL)
Printed Press: 2Wice Magazine, cover and article on BODYWRAPPInc. (USA), New York Times (USA), The New Yorker (USA), The Village Voice (USA), Monument (AUS), Eurowoman (DK), Alt for Damerne (DK), Berlingske Tidende (DK), Politiken (DK), Jyllandsposten (DK), Aktuelt (DK), Rotterdams Dagblad (NL), News.nl (NL), The Asahi Shumbun (J), International Herald Tribune/ Asahi Shumbun (J), Sotokoto (J), High Fashion (J), Eat Magazine (J), Ottagono, , Vogue, Russia, Le nouvel Observateur - Spécial Mode, Fokus
Television: CNN, Channel 2 News, MTV Europe, New York Non Stop, Kulturjournalen DR2, RTL5, SBS6, VARA Kopspijkers, Fuji Television-Japan, NHK Entertainment-Japan, Go'morgen Danmark, DR2 - The Danish Cultural Institute in Beijing 2006


Grants

2008 Kunststyrelsen
2007 Danish Crafts
2007 DaNy
2007/3-6 Goverment Atelier for Art and Crafts, Gammel Dok
2006 Grosserer L F Foghts Fond
2006 Simon Spies Fonden
2006 Danish Crafts
2005 Nationalbanks Jubulæumsfond af 1968
2004 Statens Kunstfond / Goverment Art Foundation
2004-2005 1/10 - 16/2 Goverment Atelier for Art and Crafts, Gammel Dok
2004 Danish Crafts
2004 Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2002 Statens Kunstfond / Goverment Art Foundation
2002 Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2002 Danish Crafts
2001 Artist-in-residence Program, Kyoto Art Center, Japan
2001 Statens Kunstfond / Goverment Art Foundation
2001 The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
2000 Statens Kunstfond / Goverment Art Foundation
2000 Crafts.dk
2000 Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968
2000 Royal Danish Embassy, Tokyo
1999 1/11 - 17/5 Goverment Atelier for Art and Crafts, Gammel Dok
1999 Statens Kunstfond /Goverment Art Foundation
1998 Center for Dansk Billedkunst, travel grant
1998 The Royal Danish Embassy, New York
1998 American Scandinavian Foundation
1997 Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968, travel grant
1997 Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968
1997 Statens Kunstfond / Goverment Art Foundation
1996 12/3 - 1/9 Goverment Atelier for Art and Crafts, Gammel Dok