Margrethe Odgaard

Textile and colour designer Margrethe Odgaard approach colour as a rich sensory experience. By immersing herself in the intricate interplay of colour, material, and light, she seeks a deeper understanding of how we experience and emotionally connect with our physical surroundings.

Balancing her time between commercial collaborations with renowned companies like Kvadrat, Muuto, Montana, HAY, and IKEA, and an artistic practice rooted in self-initiated research and unique work, Odgaard has showcased her work in solo exhibitions at prominent museums such as Willumsen’s Museum (DK), Röhsska Museum (SE), Designmuseo Helsinki (FI), and Munkeruphus (DK). Since 2023, she has been associated with the Parisian gallery Maria Wettergreen, where her unique works are exhibited and made available for purchase

Her work has garnered numerous prizes and awards, including the Three-year work grant from The Danish Arts Foundation in 2015, the prestigious Torsten & Wanja Söderberg Prize in 2016 and most recent The Art, Design, and Architecture Prize from the Einar Hansen og Hustru fru Vera Hansens Fond in 2023.

Before setting up her design studio in 2013, Odgaard worked as a printing assistant at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, USA, followed by seven years as textile designer in the French fashion company EPICE. She graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design in 2005 with additional studies at Rhode Island School of Design in USA.

Margrethe Odgaard Studio
Strandgade 75 C
3000 Elsinore, Denmark

Studio enquiries
hello@margretheodgaard.com

MO WSDF 20,
With Some Defined Measure, 2020

MO D(K) 19,
Diorama, Kvadrat, 2019

MO CDJ 15,
Colour Diary Japan, 2015

MO RW(K) 18,
Re-wool, Kvadrat, 2018

MO PR(M) 18,
Pepple Rug, Muuto, 2018

MO P(K) 19,
Panorama Curtain, Kvadrat, 2019

MO ARA 21,
Ara, Kvadrat, 2021

MO MON 19,
Colour Palette, Montana, 2019

MO BST 19,
Black Squares (Tiefschwarz), 2019

MO ESM 20,
Emotional Structures, 2020

MO BB(E) 17,
Brynja blanket, EPAL Reykjavik, 2017

MO U780 20,
Untitled (780 g), 2020

MO A(K) 19,
Atlas, Kvadrat, 2019

MO EF 20,
Electric Field, 2020

MO VS 21,
Versus, Calyah, 2021

MO PS 19,
Panorama Series, 2019

MO FUF 15,
Fold Unfold Fly, 2015

MO FU 10,
Fold Unfold, 2010

MO YAR 16,
Y Arpeggios, 2016

MO OS(LP) 16,
Odgaard Serien, Linolie & Pigment, 2016

MO PI 13,
Popsicle Index, 2013

MO PR(M) 16,
Ply Rug, Muuto, 2016

MO RT(M) 17,
Ripple Throw, Muuto, 2017

MO DM 24,
Dear Miaojin, 2024

MO E-F 23,
E-field, 2023

MO CC 23,
Chroma Cushion, 2023