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"I was born on in Århus 9 February 1966, and until I was 17 I lived in Skovby between Århus and Silkeborg. My mother was a dental technician, while my father was a dentist and had a dental factory called "fysika dentalfabrik". In spite of my parents' professions, I have had unusually many holes in my teeth. I did not do too well at school; there were not that many creative subjects, and successes were few and far between. This meant that Kunsthåndværkerskolen, as Designskolen Kolding was called when I started there, opened up a whole new world for me. I have worked with most of the subjects offered, such as clothing, ceramics, textiles, graphic design and illustration, but I specialised in graphic design and illustration and visual communication.
I graduated in 1996, with design of posters and sets for Shakespeare's King Lear as my final project. I wanted to try out as many things as possible, although it would have been most obvious to choose illustration. During my last year, the publishers Gyldendal had given Designskolen Kolding and Danmarks Designskole two texts by Kim Fupz Aakeson to illustrate, "Prinsessen som altid havde ret" and "Og så er det godnat!". My illustrations for the latter were published by Gyldendal, and I was soon given other projects such as "Kan du sovse en vovse"– a book of crazy rhymes for children by Ejgil Søholm.
By now I have illustrated around 25 picture books, as well as book covers, posters and non-fiction. I also wrote the text for "Suffløsen og den lille Folmer" and "Gerda Flues forfærdelige køkken". In 2002, I received the Danish Ministry of Culture's Illustrator Award." |
