Elisabeth Toubro facts for kids

Elisabeth Toubro (born December 8, 1956) is a talented artist from Denmark. She is known for helping to bring new ideas and styles to sculpture in her country.

Early Life and Education

Elisabeth Toubro was born in Nuuk, Greenland. Her parents, Niels Toubro and Kaja Gylding, were both teachers. When she was 17, Elisabeth moved to Denmark.

From 1982 to 1986, she studied art at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Her teacher was Hein Heinsen, who taught her a lot about sculpture. She also became friends with other artists like Henrik B. Andersen and Morten Stræde.

Bringing New Ideas to Sculpture

In the 1980s, Elisabeth Toubro became a key artist in a group that changed Danish sculpture. They focused on telling stories through their art. Sometimes, these stories were about Greenland, where she grew up.

They also used new and different materials for their sculptures. This was a big change from older traditions.

Important Exhibitions

One important exhibition was Inertia min elskede (which means "Inertia My Love") in 1983. She showed her work with Morten Stræde and Øivind Nygård. This show helped people see how sculptures could share messages from different times.

She also had notable exhibits at Skulpturens tid (Sculpture's Time) in 1987. Another big show was Juxtaposition at Charlottenborg in 1993. Elisabeth has also shown her art in New York City (1994) and Indianapolis (1998).

Artistic Style and Materials

Elisabeth Toubro's art often explores ideas like change and storytelling. For example, her 1995 work Søjlekonstruktion (Pillar Construction) showed a pillar that seemed to be growing and changing its shape.

She uses many different materials in her sculptures. These include fiberglass, polystyrene (a type of foam), vinyl, metal, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Public Artworks

In the 1990s, Elisabeth started thinking about how public sculptures work in cities. She considered how people see art when they are driving past it in a car.

A famous example of her public art is Byfraktal (City Fractal). This is a large sculpture made of stainless steel and glass fiber. It stands outside the Black Diamond library in Copenhagen. This artwork was completed in 2000.

Awards and Recognition

Elisabeth Toubro has received important awards for her contributions to art.

• In 1999, she was given the Eckersberg Medal.
• In 2010, she received the Thorvaldsen Medal. These are two of the highest honors for artists in Denmark.