Finn Nygaard (born 1955) is a

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from

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. He has worked professionally in many fields of graphical design, including

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, colour setting,

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, and

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. He has exhibited in major galleries and museums around the world and his productions has won him many awards and professional recognition internationally. Nygaard is member of

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(AGI) since 1997 and a Graphis Master of Design from 2011. Finn Nygaard lives and works on the island of

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in the

Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

area of Northern Jutland.

Background

Nygaard was born in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

and began serious studies of drawing at the Aarhus Art Academy, at the unusually young age of 14, and later

Design School Kolding Kolding School of Design (Danish: Designskolen Kolding) is a design school located in Kolding, Denmark. It delivers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, textiles, communication design, industrial design, accessory design ...

. His talent and enthusiasm secured him an apprenticeship at Borges Grafiske Tegnestue, a design office in Aarhus, from which he graduated in 1977. He established his own studio in 1979 and has worked professionally with graphic design ever since. In the early 1990s he was part of the design group Eleven Danes and the European Designers Network (EDEN). He is a prolific designer, especially with poster art, and has won many acclaimed awards both in Denmark and internationally. In 1997, he became a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Nygaard has a personal interest in

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and he has designed posters for the

Aarhus International Jazz Festival Aarhus Jazz Festival (formerly Aarhus International Jazz Festival) is an eight-day jazz festival in Aarhus, Denmark. It is held every year in July, August or September. The festival performs at the Musikhuset Aarhus, Aarhus Concert Hall, as well a ...

specifically for many years, but also several other major jazz events in Denmark. Many of these jazz posters have won him international awards. Among his travels he has studied

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in Japan, China and Korea and has used the technique artistically for numerous ink art productions. Nygaard gives lectures and conducts workshops around the world on a regular basis and has exhibited in many prestigious galleries, often solo exhibitions. This includes the IdcN in Nagoya, the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum,

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

in Amsterdam, State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, National Museum Poznan in Poland, Pálffy Palace of the Bratislava City Gallery in Slovakia, Museum of Printing History in Houston Texas, and Galleria Maristara in Mexico. Nygaard is on permanent exhibit at the Danish Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen, Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and The Merrill C. Berman Collection in New York among others. He follows and participates in several prestigious poster

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Awards and recognitions

Some of Nygaards awards and recognitions includes: * 7 Silver awards in the Graphis Poster Annual 2018 competitions. * Featured in the International Poster Collection at Colorado State University from 2011. * Several working grants from The Danish Arts Foundation * ILMC Worldwide Award for Outside Posters 2001 and 2002 for his jazz posters * Danish Design Award, 2000As part of Eleven Danes, he designed colour setting and graphic expressions for the

Øresundståg Øresundståg (, ) is a passenger train network operated by Transdev in the transnational Øresund Region of Denmark and Sweden. The name is a hybrid of the Danish ''Øresundstog'' and the Swedish ''Öresundståg'', both meaning "Øresund train ...

train launched in 1999. See p.84 in the
Danish Design Award 2012
" publication or Nygaards own website.

Notes and references

External links

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Nygaard
at the Danish Poster Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Nygaard, Finn Artists from Aarhus Danish graphic designers Danish poster artists 20th-century Danish illustrators 21st-century Danish illustrators Danish painters 1955 births Living people