Experience

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  Maersk inc. chicago, a.p. moller - maersk

  Jul 1990 - Jul 1994

  As a shipping trainee for A.P. Moller - Maersk, I was stationed in Chicago for 18 months. I performed all duties at the agent office: sales, marketing, customer relations, booking and operation. The trainee program consists of practical and theoretical experience achieved by working in three different departments of A.P. Moller - Maersk and attending lectures at the company's shipping academy.

  • Shipping trainee

    Jan 1993 - Jul 1994

  • Shipping trainee

    Jul 1990 - Dec 1992
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  Maersk broker

  Jul 1994 - Sept 1995

  Ship broker

  Account manager for Maersk Line. Responsible for chartering vessels for the shipping company's North and South American markets. Conducted negotiations between A.P. Moller and foreign ship owners. Cultivated relations and collaborations with German ship brokers.

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  Ordrupgaard

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Curatorial assistant and museum lecturer

  Ordrupgaard is a Danish museum with an extensive collection of French Impressionist art.• Assisted the curator in all aspects of planning the museum’s exhibitions, Degas and New Orleans A French Impressionist in America, 1999 and Delacroix: The Music of Painting, 2000: chose and located relevant paintings, wrote loan requests, arranged insurance & transportation, monitored loan requirements, and planned the exhibition installation.• Wrote exhibition texts, brochures, press releases and content for the exhibition catalogues.• Managed, coordinated and conducted guided tours of the exhibitions and the museum’s permanent collection. Show less

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  Danish contemporary arts foundation

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  The Danish Arts Foundation is an advisory agency under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs that promotes contact between the Danish art scene and the international art scene.• Created travel programs for international curators in search of Danish artists for their exhibitions.• Assisted the editors in the creation of the exhibition catalogue for the Danish contribution to the Venice Biennial in 2001: researched whereabouts of art works, obtained reproduction rights, visited the artists’ studio to discuss art work production, copy edited, liaised with the graphic designer as well as the artists to monitor the catalogue layout. • Wrote biographies for the artists Ursula Reuter Christiansen and Henning Christiansen for the catalogue. Show less

  • Editorial assistant

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  • Curatorial Assistant

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
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  Artwriting

  Jan 2003 - now

  Freelance journalist

  I write cultural articles for leading Danish newspapers and international fashion, lifestyle and art magazines. Mainly profiles of artists and art dealers, reviews of art shows at leading museums and galleries, and features about the art market.

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  Krogslund kommunikation

  Mar 2003 - Aug 2006

  Freelance journalist

  Freelance journalist based in Copenhagen. I write reviews of art exhibitions in Denmark, London and Berlin: features about phenomena in the art world, and interviews with world-known artists such as Bill Viola, Ilya Kabakov and Tony Oursler for leading Danish papers such as Jyllandsposten, Weekendavisen and Information. As well as for international magazines such as Dansk and Katalog - Journal of photography and video.

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  Haunch of venison

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Gallery assistant

  • Researched provenance, exhibitions, literature and auction prices for works to be sold privately through the gallery.• Wrote short essays about contemporary artworks for fact sheets given to clients to promote sales. • Assisted with PR activities for the exhibition "Your History is Not Our History."

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  Slp art culture commerce

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Art advisory assistant

  • Prepared estimates, contracts and invoices for art advisory clients • Wrote about contemporary artists and artworks for client proposals • Communicated with galleries, clients, art shippers and framers about potential acquisitions, appraisals, shipping etc.

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  Racine berkow associates, inc.

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

  Exhibition coordinator/project manager

  Encompass everything required to move a work of art or valuable from point “A” to point “B” in a secure, professional, and cost effective manner. Arrange and coordinate shipments, transports, and exhibitions for galleries, museums, art collectors, art advisers and art fairs. Interact with clients and vendors by phone, email, and in person. Negotiate agreements with service providers and clients. Initiate and coordinate arrangements with overseas agents. Liaise with trucking department, prepare airway bills and bill of ladings, as well as instructions for art handlers to ensure safe packing of artworks. Supervise installation of artworks at art fairs and in art collectors' homes. Show less

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  Edelman arts

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Assistant to the owner & registrar

  • Point of contact for vendors and clients.• Handle all phone calls and email correspondence for owner.• Manage owner's calendar, schedule appointments and make travel arrangements.• Maintain inventory at multiple storage facilities, house and gallery, ensuring all works are properly insured, stored, and catalogued in database.• Coordinate all local trucking including collections from auction houses and storage facilities, maintaining customs bond, relationships with shippers etc.• Invoicing, receipts, consignment agreements ensuring condition checks are performed when works are delivered and collected. • Creating fact sheets and condition reports for sales team as needed. • Coordinating insurance matters for personal and business inventories, exhibitions, and loans, ex. yearly policy renewals, requesting certificates etc. Show less

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  Bertelsen art advisory

  Jan 2020 - now

  Art advisor

  • Advise private collectors and corporations about acquiring contemporary artworks and living with art. • Develop private collector’s art historical knowledge and their knowledge of art scene today.• Educate art collectors to select the best and most interesting artworks that suit their budget.• Create unique art collections that reflect the collector’s personal taste or express the company brand in a different way.

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  Creativity juice

  Jan 2023 - now

  Creativity coach for artists, writers and other creatives

  • Coach artists, writers, and other creatives on creating their work, navigating through the obstacles in the creative process, and launching their work in the world.• Coach authors at the request of their publisher, who then covers all or part of the collaboration.• Do artist liaison for galleries on a for hire basis.• Coach artists at the request of their gallery.• Coach gallery owners on taking their gallery to the next level.