Lennart Nissmark – Artist and Designer
I work with my very own personal style and touch.
Åhus one of the oldest cities in Sweden with a great cultural heritage and is right by the sea witch really inspires me to create.
What I love about glass is the experience of discovering new aspects and properties of the material.
Especially working with different colour contrasts and reflections in interior bubbles, floating inside the glass.
I began my education 1982 as an apprentice at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.
It has been a great inspiration for me to work everyday with my masters and to learn the many different techniques, to get passionate for the sparkling crystal and to get touched by the mystery and the feeling of this wonderful material.
Glass is enchanting with its many faces, and a great source of inspiration worth all the effort it takes to develop as an artist.
''Glass is a way of living''
Education:
1983 Apprentice at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus with Master Arthur Zirnsack.
1985 Form, Colour and Aesthetics with renowned artist Hanne Dreutler.
1993 Master at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.
1993 Designer at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.
2005 Owner of Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.
Exhibitions in Sweden:
Represented at Galleri Källan in Falsterbo.
Lilla Galleriet Eslöv.
Höganäs Museum.
Växjö Museum.
Kristianstadsläns Museum.
Nordiska Kristall Magasinet Stockholm.
Fort God Natt Karlskrona.
Judiska Museum Stockholm.
Contemporary Glass Torshälla.
Galleri Glas Ett Stockholm.
Galleri New Form Trelleborg.
Unikt Glas Göteborg.
Leon Sandberg Bosättningsaffär Nora.
Österängs Bibliotek Kristianstad.
International exhibitions:
Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany.
Galleri Peinen, Berlin, Germany.
Glassrijk Tubbergen, Netherlands.
Galleri Yumi den Haag, Netherlands.
Galerie Söderberg, Berlin, Germany.
Ambiente fair and Tendance fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
Rosenthal, Stuttgart, Germany.
Kunstmaand Ameland Netherlands.
Pyramid Chester, UK.
Galerie Nierendorf, Germany.
Romeo Vetro, Netherlands.
Scholarships and accolations:
1987: Vicke Lindstrand Scholarship.
2003: Design price Form, at Frankfurt Fair for sculpture ‘‘Spacebird’’.
2005: Design price Form, at Frankfurt Fair for sculpture ‘‘Mono’’.
2007: Design price Form, at Frankfurt Fair for sculpture ‘‘Discovery’’ and sculpture ‘‘Zoom’’
2008: Design price Form, at Frankfurt Fair, for vase and bowl ‘‘Mirage’’
Commissioned work:
Altar in diabase stone and glass for Gärds Köpinge church.
Drop in glass to Kristianstads Kommun.
Drop in glass to Naturum Kristianstad.
Sculptures to Trafikverket.
Sculptures to the police in Uppsala.
Sculptures to Sveriges Informationsförening.
Vases to Hushållningssällskapet.