Hempel Glass Award

In addition to running the museum, the Hempel Cultural Foundation annually awards the Hempel Glass Award to a glass artist working in Denmark who has distinguished themselves by pushing the boundaries of the material.

The Glass Award was established in 1988 in memory of the museum’s founder, J.C. Hempel (1894–1986).

The recipient of the award presents a solo exhibition at the museum the following year, and the museum acquires a work for its contemporary collection.

Recipients of the Hempel Glass Award:

2024 – Maria Bang Espersen
2023 – Anett Biliczki
2022 – Pernille Bülow
2021 – Morten Klitgaard
2020 – Karen Lise Krabbe
2019 – Tora Urup
2018 – Ned Cantrell
2017 – Ida Wieth
2016 – Maria Koshenkova
2015 – Jeanett Iskandar
2014 – Marie Retpen
2013 – Karin Mørch
2012 – Stine Bidstrup
2011 – Lotte Thorsøe
2010 – Susanne Jøker Johnsen
2009 – Pernille Braun
2008 – Rikke Hagen
2007 – Stig Persson
2006 – Line Gottfred Petersen
2005 – Marianne Buus
2004 – Trine Drivsholm
2003 – Finn Lynggaard
2002 – Steffen Dam
2001 – Lene Bødker
2000 – Tobias Møhl
1999 – Pipaluk Lake
1998 – Skak Snitker
1997 – Hans Friedrichsen
1996 – Peter Svarrer
1995 – Micha Karlslund
1994 – Maibritt Jönsson & Pete Hunner
1993 – Lene Ljungar & Jesper Sødring
1992 – Else Leth Nissen
1991 – Niels Chr. Olesen
1990 – Anja Kjær
1989 – Per Rene Larsen & Helene Sandegård
1988 – Tchai Munch

Please note: The award will not be presented during the renovation period, i.e., in 2025 and 2026.