CV
Education:
1979-82 Goldsmith.
1983-85 The Danish College of Jewellery and Silversmithing (now Institute of Precious Metals).
Professor at School of Design and Crafts, Jewellery Department, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 1999-2001.
Guest professor, Metaldepartment, Konstfack, Stockholm Sweden, 2004.
Guest professor, Nanjing University of the Arts 2019-
Selected solo exhibitons:
1987 Galerie Metal, Copenhagen
1997 “Figures” Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen
Galerie Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998
Galerie Metallum, Stockholm, 1998
2001 “Give Gaver Gå Til Guldsmed”, Danish Craft Council, Galerie HNOSS, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 “Jewellery”, gallerie MARZEE, Nijmegen, Holland
2007 “It’s the Thought That Counts”, Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen
2009 “Det är tanken som räknas”, Nutida Svenskt Silver, Stockholm
2012 ”Upblåst”, Gallery LOD, Stockholm
2012 "The Newest Testament", Gallery Goldfingers, Copenhagen
2017 “Short Stories” by Kim Buck, Pin Studio, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 "Made in China", The Closer, Beijing
2021 "Kammertonen“, Bygning A at A Petersen, Copenhagen
2023 “Tune In”, Gallery Platina, Stockholm
2023 “No Title” Hannah Gallery, Barcelona
Selected exhibitons:
1987 "Design au Danemark 1950-87", Chateau de Biron, Dordogne. Musee de Beaux-Arts, Nancy
1988 Museum of Varberg, Sweden,
1989 Edinburg City Art Center
1989 Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery
1989 Electrum Gallery, London
1990 "Schmuck Szene -90, München
1990 "Triennale du Bijou", Musee du Luxembourg, Paris
1992 "Schmuck Szene -92", München
1992 "Triennale du Bijou", Musee des Art Decoratifs, Paris
1995 "Living Design in Denmark", Barcelona and Madrid
1995 "Danish Design- Process and Product", Danish Architectural Center, Copenhagen
1995 Member of the jury of "The First Nordic Jewellery Triennale"
1996 "Danish Craft and Design", Sct. Petersburg
1996 "Unika", Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen
1998-98 “Living Design - Dialogue” Gustav Lübcke Museum, Hamm
Klaipéda Exhibition Palace, Klaipéda, Lithuania
Art Museum Arsenãls, Riga, Latvia
Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
1999-2000 “New Scandinavia, Aktuelles Design aus dem Norden”,
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany
Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
2000 “Dansk Form - Design vom Nachbarn”, Stilwerk, Hamburg
2002 “De Udvalgte”, Århus Kunstbygning
2003 “Smykkeskrin”, Fyns Kunstmuseum
2005 ”Signa Intima”, Jewellery by Kim Buck and Per Suntum. The Danish Museum of Art and Design
2007 "Then and Now“, Barret Marsden Gallery, London
2008 “Gift” Think Tank udstilling, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2008-09 "Raising the Bar - influential voices in metal".
Dovecot galleries, Edinburgh
Ruthin Gallery, Ruthin Crafts Centre, Wales
MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
2009 "Lingam", Konstfack, Stockholm
Museet, The Catherijne Convent, Utrecht, Holland
2012 "Schmuck", Munich.
2012 “10years-Re:jewelry” Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2013 “Mit Der Zeit Gehen”, Silberschmieden Standpunkte, Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Germany
2013 "From the Coolest Corner" a Nordic jewelry exhibition (Guest of Honor)
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, 2013
Röhsska museet, Göteborg, 2013
Designmuseum Danmark, 2013
Design museum Helsingki, 2013
National Gallery of Lithuania, 2014
Galerie Handwerk, München, 2015
2014 Exhibitions in 'The Most Secret Gallery' Copenhagen
Mari Ishikawa, Sara Borgegård og Kim Buck, 2014
Peter Bauhuis, Josephine Winther og Kim Buck, 2015
Ramon Puig Cuyas, Silvia Walz, Kim Buck, 2016
Kazumi Nagano, Kimiaki Kageyama, Kim Buck 2017
“Daisy, Daisy, Daisy”, 2019
2015 “Koru 5”, Imatra Art Museum
2016 "Dansk Design Nu" Designmuseum Danmark
2016 "But if the Crime Is Beautiful " Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York
2019 “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy” The Most Secret Gallery, Copenhagen 2019 (kurator)
2020 ”45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now”, MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
2020 “Werke und Tage” Antikensammlung München
2021 KGB in Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand + Galerie Noel Guymarc’h, Montreal, Canada
2022 “Stay in Tune”, Chaxartams, Amsterdam
2023 "Short Stories", with Peter Bauhuis, Gallery Biro, Munich
Awards, extract:
Prize in national jewellery design competition 1982 and 1986.
"The Danish Craftman Prize of 1879" 1985 and 1989.
Prize for Inovation, Aurifex, Budapest, 1987.
Sankt Loye Prize, 1989.
The Danish Arts Foundation, 3-year working grant, 1991-94.
The Danish Arts Foundation, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2017,2020,2021,2024
The Danish Arts Foundation lifelong grant, 2008.
The Danish National Bank's Honorary lifelong Grant, 2009
Kold Christensens honorary price, 2021
Work in collections:
The Danish State Art Foundation.
The Danish Museum of Art and Design
The Röhss Museum of Art and Crafts, Göteborg, Sweden.
Pahlmann Collection, Finland.
Museet på Koldinghus, Denmark
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.
MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, Hanau
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo
Manchester Art Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Grassi Museum, Leipzig
Die Neue Samlung, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (Danner Foundation).
Bibliography (selected):
Dictionaire International du Bijou, edition du Regard
Dansk Smykkekunst 1960-2000. Mag. Art. Lise Funder
Jewelry Design, The Artisan’s Reference, Elisabeth Olver, 2000.
1000 Rings, Robert Ebendorf, Lark Books.
The Ring, Silvie Lambert, Roto Vision, 1998
Minimal Rings, Arch Gregory, Full Spectrum Publishing, 2003.
Georg Jensen, Sølv og Design, Thomas C. Thulstrup.
"New Directions in Jewellery 2", Cheung, Clarke and Clarke, Black Dog Publishing London, 2006.
“Kim Buck - It’s the Thought That Counts”, Jorunn Veiteberg, Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busk, 2007.
”Jewelry Design”, Kowalsky Dougherty, daab 2008.
Coloured Aluminium Jewellery, Lindsey Mann, A&C Black, 2010.
“A Girl's Best Friends”, creative Jewelry Design. R. Klanten, S. Ehmann. Gestalten, 2012.
"ÈCLAT – Masters of New Jewellery Design", Carlos Pastor, 2014
"Dansk Design Nu", Lars Dybdahl m.fl. 2016
“Jewelry Stories”, Highlights from the Collection 1947–2019, Barbara Paris Gifford, Museum of Arts and Design, New York Arnoldsche 2021
“Den ægte vare/The Real Thing”, Jewellery and Objects by Kim Buck, Jorunn Veiteberg, Arnoldsche 2021