Arbejdsområde
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Læsø.
1998-07 Professor at the Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen.
Works in collections
Arken – Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark.
ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark.
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark.
Louisiana – Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark.
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark.
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
Uddannelse
1983-86 Philosophy and Art History at the University of Copenhagen
1986-92 Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen.
Anerkendelser
“Steffensen knows what he is doing. He is neither a melancholic nor a nostalgic. He emphasizes that if you, as he does, gets closer to nature as a romantic, nature unquestionably becomes the mirror of the soul.”
- Mikael Wivel, Mirror of the Soul, Holstebro Kunstmuseum 2011
Udvalgte produktioner og publikationer
Solo exhibitions
2010 High Five, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
2007 Erik Steffensen - Flow, semina rerum - Irène Preiswerk, Zürich.
Erik Steffensen – The Beginner’s Mind, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen.
2001 Værker - 100 Works (Retrospective 1992-2001)
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark.
Migrations, DCA Gallery, New York.
Publications
Strindbergs Metode, Borgen 1993
Caves & Exits, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Sisimiut - Grønland, Borgen 2000
Poul Gernes Monografi, Borgen 2001
Steffensen, Erik: 100 Works, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum 2001
Valbyengelsk, Gyldendal 2003.
Desperado, Gyldendal 2006.
High Five, Gyldendal, 2010