Aragonit by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to The Mindcraft Exhibition 2025. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Aragonit by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to The Mindcraft Exhibition 2025. Video Credit: Benjamin Lund.

TERRÆN #0125, TERRÆN #0225 and TERRÆN #0325 by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to The Danish Design and Craft Biennale 2025. GLAS, Museum for Glass Art, Ebeltoft, Denmark. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

FLUX DARK #0123 by Morten Klitgaard. Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of their permanent collection. Photo Credit: Dorth Krogh.

ORIGIN BLACK #0121 by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to Crafted Collectibles, Sarah Myerscough Gallery. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

ERA by Morten Klitgaard. Made as artist in residence, Detroit at Flint Institute Of Art and College For Creative Studies. Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation. Photo Credit: Clare Gatto.

FLUX BLUE #0221 by Morten Klitgaard. Acquired by the Ny Carlsberg Foundation permanent collection. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

ORO YELLOW #0220 by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to Enter Artfair, Køppe Contemporary Gallery. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

FLUX CELEDON #0321 by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to the solo exhibition Perception, Køppe Contemporary Gallery. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

HAPTIC #0323 by Morten Klitgaard. Contribution to the solo exhibition SCORIA, Køppe Contemporary Gallery. Photo Credit: Dorte Krogh.

Morten Klitgaard. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Morten Klitgaard — Glass Artist

“I am drawn to the tension between strength and fragility. The rough, wild textures reflect rawness and emotional depth, while the soft, rounded forms suggest vulnerability and calm. By juxtaposing these elements, I explore how resilience often coexists with delicacy — how something that appears unstable or gentle can still possess profound strength.”

About:

Dividing his time between a shared glass studio in the rugged and ever-changing landscape surrounding Lønstrup in Northern Jutland – equipped with much of his own glassmaking tools – and his main workspace in Copenhagen, Danish glass artist Morten Klitgaard focuses most of his practice in the cold-shop; refining and grinding finished works, and in the fusing kiln; testing materials and colour combinations. The sensory experiences of his childhood – the textures, sounds and light, reappear within a body of work that plays on our preconceived ideas of glass. Transparency has been removed, with his objects focused instead on a fusion of delicate forms juxtaposed by highly textured and rugged surface treatments. His work appears as a fragment of his own experiences within nature, whilst encouraging others to be aware of their own relationship to the environment – whether absorbed in wild nature or through poetic slices within their urban lives. His work often incorporates found objects and materials embedded into his molten glass forms, accentuating a body of work that is representative of the place and time in which Klitgaard
conceptualises and creates.

Part Of Mindcraft:

2025

Website:

mortenklitgaard.com

Instagram:

@mortenklitgaardglass

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