Lasse Baehring . Selected Entities. Trained Silversmith at the Georg Jensen Silver Smithy 1981-85; Silversmith at the Georg Jensen Silver Smithy 1985-89/1991-93; The Goldsmith High school (MGH) 1989-91; Own Workshop from 1993-; Chairman Danish Silversmiths 2004-2020;
Recipient of; The Saint Eloy Award, The Karl Gustav Hansen Prize, The Hetsch Medals. The Danish Artfond. Royal Danish Mint Grant.
Participant in more than 100 international exhibitions and projects; Amongst others; Collect, SOFA, PAN, Silbertrienniale, Hammerclub, Victoria & Albert Museum, Bröhan Museum, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Ehemalige Hofsilber- und Taffelkammer; Festival of Silver, Scottish Gallery, Scandinavian Design – Beyond the Myth.
Design for Robbe & Berking and included in collections at Her Majesty Margrethe II of Denmark, The Royal Highnesses The Crownprice and Crownprincess, Her Royal Highnes Princess Benedikte, Victoria & Albert Museum, Designmuseum Denmark, Koldinghus; Guest artist at Royal College of Art, Artist in Residence at Fox Silver; Silversmith Symposium at Malcolm Appleby (OBE).
Lasse Baehring . Full C.V. Born in Copenhagen Denmark 1963; Art school 1979-81; Trained Silversmith at the Georg Jensen Silver Smithy 1981-85; Silversmith at the Georg Jensen Silver Smithy 1985-89/1991-93; The Goldsmith High school (MGH) 1989-91; Own Workshop 1993-; Admitted to Danish Silversmiths (DS) 1998- , Board member 2001-, Chairman 2004-2020; Admitted to The Copenhagen Goldsmith Guild of 1429 1997-, Board member 2003-12; Member of the Skt. Loye award comity 1998-99; Admitted to The Who is who? in Denmark 2004; Member of the Silver-council 2004-2020; Member of the WCC National comity 2009-12; Co-Organizer of “Hammerclub Copenhagen 2010”; Designer at Robbe & Berking 2011-; Artist in Residence at Fox Silver, London 2018-; Silversmith Symposium at Malcolm Appleby (OBE) 2019;
Exhibitions . 2020; Art & Antik, Münster, Germany; Simply Danish, Oeregaard Museum, Hellerup, DK . 2019; PAN, Amsterdam. Cologne Fine Art & Design, Cologne, D; Kunst und Antiquitäten, Münic, D; Renewal, Hammerclub, Dundee + Goldsmiths Centre, London + Elements, Edinburg . 2018; Afterparty, Round Tower, Copenhagen . 2017; Festival of Silver, RHS Garden Wisley, GB . 2016; Danish Silversmiths 40th Jubilee, Skovhuset, DK; PAN – Amsterdam; Inspired, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London . 2015; Festival of Silver, Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, GB; PAN – Amsterdam, NL . 2014; Festival of Silver, Goldsmiths’ Centre, London; PAN – Amsterdam, NL; 50/50, Philadelphia, Ameland, NL; Hammerslaaet/Hammered, Danish Silversmiths and Contemporary British Silversmiths at Koldinghus . 2013; Highlights, Gallery Montan, Copenhagen; The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Meeting, Philadelphia, Ameland, NL; On the Bottle, Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje; Festival of Silver, Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, GB; 17th. Silbertriennale, Trondheim, N; Midsummer Night, Hammerclub Trondheim, N . 2012; Island, Philadelphia, Ameland, NL; Baehring, Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje . 2011; Baehring+3, Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje; Dedikeret Soelv (Dedicated Silver) Danish Silversmiths at Koldinghus; Laekkerier (Titbits), Danish Silversmiths at Groenbaechsgaard, Bornholm; Lustrum, Pillidelphia, Ameland, NL; All that glitters…, WCC-BF Mons, B; Recycled, Hammerclub Antwerp; B; Ambiente, Frankfurt w. Robbe & Berking, D . 2010; Silver, Gallery Montan, Copenhagen; 16. Silbertriennale, Hanau, D; Baehring and Sacho, Galleri Elander, Tisvilde; Objects of Light, Hammerclub Copenhagen, Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen; Seven Danish Silversmiths, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, SCO . 2009; Initiativprisen (Separate exhibition), Metal Workers Congress, Aalborg; Bordets Aegte glaeder (Sterling joys of the table), Koldinghus . 2008; Skattejagt (Treasure hunt), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen; With Heart, Iron Inc, Copenhagen . 2007; Danish Silversmiths, Boligdroemme for alle, Herning; Danish Silversmiths, Bellacenter, Copenhagen; Church Silver, Danmarks Smykkemuseum, Moen; Danish Silversmiths, Koldinghus; The Bienniale, Trapholt, Kolding . 2006; The Karl Gustav Hansen Award 2006 (Separate exhibition), Museum at Koldinghus, Kolding + Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen; At Vaere…(To Be…) Danish Silversmiths at Helsingore Castle, DK; Lasse Baehring (Separate exhibition), Bella Center, Copenhagen; The Royal College of Art Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB; De droom van mijn leven, Philadelphia – The Jewel & Lounge, Ameland, NL; 6 Danish Silversmiths, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB . 2005; Silver, Gallerie Philippe Denys, Bruxelles, B . 2004; Jul paa Koldinghus (Christmas at Koldinghus), Museum at Koldinghus; Kande og kop (Pot and Cup), Designer zoo, Copenhagen . 2003; Baehring (Separate exhibition), Galerie Philippe Denys, Bruxelles, B; Guld og Soelv (Gold and Silver), Metal Workers Congress, Aalborg; Danske Soelvsmede (Danish Silversmiths), Museum at Koldinghus; Bagateller III (Trifles III), Gallery Boye, Aarhus; Scandinavian Design – Beyond the Myth 2003-2006, (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Palazzo Triennale, Milan, Designmuseum, Gent, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prag, Museum of Decorative Arts, Budapest, Museum of Applied Art, Riga, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Museum of Decorative Arts & Design, Oslo) 2003-06; SOFA, w. Galerie Tactus and Danish Crafts, Chicago, USA; XL (Separate exhibition), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen . 2002; Bagateller II (Trifles II), Galerie Metal, Copenhagen; Danske Soelvsmede (Danish Silversmiths) Museum at Koldinghus; Lasse Baehring, Smykkemuseet, Moen; Art in Action, Oxford, GB; Silversmiths’ Gallery, Museum at Koldinghus . 2001; “925 S”, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen; Modernes Dänisches Silber, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, D . 2001; Inhorgenta, w. Galerie Tactus, Munich, D; Art in Action, Oxford, GB; Bagateller (Trifles), Galerie Metal, Copenhagen . 2000; Kunstforeningen af 14 August (The Art Society of 14 August), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen; Dansk Soelv 2000 (Danish Silver 2000), Museum at Koldinghus; 5 Danske Soelvsmede (5 Danish Silversmiths), Herning Artmuseum, Denmark; Artist of the Year, Fredericia, Denmark; Soelv Paa Kanten (Silver on the edge), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen . 1999; Soelv skal ikke pudses (Silver isn’t to be polished), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen; Nutidigt Dansk Soelv (Contemporary Danish Silver), Taideteollismuseossa, Helsinki, Finland . 1998; Smykkeshow (Jewelshow), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen + Music house, Aarhus; Nutidigt Dansk Soelv (Contemporary Danish Silver), Ehemalige Hofsilber- und Taffelkammer, Hofburg, Wienna, Austria; 12″ Silbertriennale, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic; Souveniers – Out of Denmark, Designyard, Dublin, I . 1997; Kunsthaandvaerkerprisen (The Hetsch Medal), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen; Nutidigt Dansk Soelv (Contemporary Danish Silver), Broendsalen, Copenhagen . 1996; The SiD Logo Competition, Copenhagen; The Copenhagen Goldsmith guild Culture city Competition, Moltkes Palae, Copenhagen . 1995; Tactus Zoo, Galerie Tactus, Copenhagen . 1994; Dinner for Two, Germany and France; Ring og Aeske II (Ring and Box II), Galerie Metal, Copenhagen . 1992; Kunsthaandvaerkerprisen (The Hetsch Medal), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen . 1991; Guldsmedehoejskolen 2 (The Goldsmith high school II), Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen . 1990; Guldsmedehoejskolen (The Goldsmith high school), Galerie Metal, Copenhagen; Exposite – Made in Denmark, Galerie Trits, Delft, NL . 1981; Lasse Bæhring (drawings), Sct. Marks Church, Copenhagen .
Distinctions, Grants . The Hetsch Medal, The Arts and Craft Prize 1992; The Copenhagen Goldsmith Guild Culture City Competition 1996; The SiD Logo Competition 1996; Danish Art Foundation 1997; The Hetsch Medal, The Arts and Craft Prize 1997; The Georg Poulsen Grant 1997; The Saint Eloye Award 1997; The Dalhoff-Larsen Grant 1998; The Danish Mint Jubilee Foundation Grant 1999; Artist of the Year in Fredericia 2000; The Chr. Grauballe Memorial Grant 2000; Guest artist at Royal College of Art 2002; The Danish Mint Jubilee Foundation Grant 2002; The BG Foundation Grant 2002; The Copenhagen Goldsmith guild of 1429 Grant 2002; The Karl Gustav Hansen Award 2006 – Danish Silversmith of the year 2006; The Ole Haslund Artist Grant 2007; The Danish Metalworker union Gold and Silver Initiative prize 2009; Promoting Silversmithing at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2017; Danish Art Foundation 2017; Danish Art Foundation, Residency Fox Silver, London 2018; Silversmiths Symposium at Malcolm Appleby, Scotland 2019;
Sales, Commissions, Collections, Fiduciary . Her Majesty Margrethe II of Denmark; Their Royal Highnesses the Crown prince and Crown princess; Her Royal Highness Princes Benedikte; The Royal Yacht; The Royal Museum; The Maersk McKinley Moeller Collection; The Victoria & Albert Museum; Royal College of Art; The Danish Museum of Art and Design; The Museum at Koldinghus; Tivoli; The Copenhagen Goldsmith guild of 1429; Danish Handball Association; Danish Metalworkers Union; The Sclerosis Association; The Mentally Vulnerable Network; The Art Society of 14 of August; A Hereford Beefstouw; The Fredericia Township;
Organizer, Co-organizer, Curator, Editor, a.o. Kaevlekast, 1ste Gold- and Silversmith gathering, Copenhagen 1997; XL, Solo exhibition, Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 2003; Lasse Baehring (Solo exhibition), Metalor, Bella Center, Copenhagen 2006; At Vaere…(To be…), Danish Silversmiths at Helsingore Castle, Helsingore 2006, including curation exhibition catalogue and creating of the Danish Silversmiths homepage, www.danskesolvsmede.dk; Smyk 06, GSU tradefair, Copenhagen 2006; The Karl Gustav Hansen award – Silversmith of the year 2006 (Solo exhibition), Koldinghus 2006; 4 Days Silver, (Solo exhibition), Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 2006; Danish Silversmiths, Koldinghus 2007; Church Silver, Danmarks Smykkemuseum, Moen 2007; Danish Silversmiths, Bella center, Copenhagen 2007; Danish Silversmiths, Boligdroemme for alle, Herning 2007; Danish Silversmiths, Bella Center, Copenhagen 2008; Skattejagt, Danish Silversmiths, Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 2008; Bordets Aegte Glaeder, Koldinghus 2009, including idea for, information gathering to and edition of exhibition postcard catalogue; Initiativprisen (Solo exhibition), Metal Workers Congress 2009, Aalborg 2009; Objects of Ligth, The Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 2010; Kronet Soelv (Crowned Silver) The Royal Collections at Amalienborg, Copenhagen 2010 ; Baehring and Sacho, Gallery Elander, Tisvilde 2010; All that glitters…, WCC-BF Mons, Belgium 2011; Laekkerier (Titbits), Danish Silversmiths at Groenbaechsgaard, Bornholm 2011; Dedikeret Soelv (Dedicated Silver) Danish Silversmiths, Koldinghus 2011; Baehring+3, Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje 2011; Baehring, Galleri Elander, Tisvildeleje 2012; Hammerslaaet/Hammered, Danish Silversmiths and Contemporary British Silversmiths at Koldinghus, Denmark 2014;
Copenhagen June 2020