Bjørn Friborg (Danish, b. 1983) is a glass artist who defies historical methods of making and reinvents process with a dramatically physical approach that pushes the limits of material and technique. His practice is as much performance as a functional act; with unbridled intensity he pierces, ruptures, and manipulates the molten substance with results that are otherworldly, his tour de force actions viscerally reflected in the transformed material.
Friborg’s innovative approach is directly linked to his current position as the hot shop manager at Holmegaard Værk, Denmark’s leading glass factory which has been resurrected to develop the practice of contemporary glassmaking both in Denmark and internationally.
Friborg received a BFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, Design and Conservation in 2013 after studying in Sweden at both the Åfors Glasbruk, V.1 Mästare Ingvar Carlsson “Kalle Pack” and the Kosta Glass School. His work has been exhibited throughout Scandinavia and internationally.
BJØRN FRIBORG
Danish, b.1983
EDUCATION
2010 – 2013 BFA, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of
Architecture, Design and Conservation
2006 – 2009 Åfors Glasbruk, V.1 Mästare Ingvar Carlsson “Kalle Pack”
2003 – 2006 Kosta Glascenter, Kosta, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Imploded, HB381, New York, NY, USA
2020 Implosion, Galeri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 In the Making, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Generation Glas, Cfhill, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 Pop-Up Glass, Galleri Montan x RVNHus, Kolding, Denmark
The Shape of Colours, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 Matter at Hand, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA, USA
Forces, Matter - House of Craft, Nexø, Denmark
ART in GLASS - GLASS in ART, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 Late Summer, Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 British Glass Biennale, Boda Builders, Amblecote, United Kingdom
2018 Abstracts & Narratives, Bo Knutsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Vessel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Harbour Front Centre, Toronto, Canada
Kraft, Galleri Jeanette Ölund, Borås, Sweden
Ung Svensk Form 2018, Swedish/International, ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Young Glass 2017, Danish/International, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
Scandinavian Glass- Starting all over, Helsinki, Finland
Glassyke, S12, Bergen, Norway
2016 VÄRK, The Glassery, Stockholm, Sweden
