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Place of Birth: Viborg, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
About Morten Stræde
- Morten Stræde (born 1956) is a Danish sculptor.
- He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1978–1985 and later became a professor there (1994–2002).
- Morten Stræde had his breakthrough in the 1980s; in his art he uses both organic as well as geometric styles.
- In 2011, he created three new urban spaces in the Nørrebro borough in Copenhagen.Stræde was awarded the Premio Internazionale di scultura in 1999 and received the Eckersberg Medal in 2000.
- He has also received the Thorvaldsen Medal.
- In its appraisal of Stræde's work, the academy noted his ability to assess the history of the place and the physical location where his public art is to be displayed.
- An example mentioned by the jury is Ulisse which Stræde produced for the University of Aarhus.
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