{{short description|Danish designer}} '''Lin Utzon''' (born 21 May 1946) is a Danish designer who has created a wide variety of abstract decorative works from textiles to ceramics both in Denmark and abroad.<ref name=dsd>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Kunsth%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk_og_design/Kunsth%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk_i_Danmark_efter_1850/Lin_Utzon|title=Lin Utzon|publisher=Den Store Danske|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref><ref name=kvinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/633/action/2/vis/398/|title=Lin Utzon|publisher=Kvinfo|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref>
==Personal life and education == Born on 21 May 1946 in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bobedre.dk/profiler/lin-utzon-166164|title=Lin Utzon|publisher=Bo Bedre|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref> Utzon spent her childhood in Hellebæk, Denmark. When she was 15, she moved with her family to Australia where her father, architect Jørn Utzon, was to embark on the construction of the Sydney Opera House.<ref name=berlingske/> After attending classes in painting and sculpture at East Sydney Technical College in Sydney, Australia (1967–1969), she studied textile arts at Copenhagen's School of Arts and Crafts (1967–1970).<ref name=kvinfo/>
When she was 19, after disputes over the opera house, she and her family left Australia at short notice in April 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/martin-sharp-extract-for-news-review-jan-21-20161228-gtioxb.html|title=How Martin Sharp brokered Sydney Opera House reconciliation |author=Morgan, Joyce|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 January 2017|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=}}</ref> Back in Denmark, she married the architect Alex Popov who had worked with her father in Australia. The couple had two children in the early 1970s, Naja and Mika.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dedeceblog.com/2013/03/26/dedece-q-a-celebrating-alex-popov-dedece-sydney/|title=Dedece celebrates Alex Popov|author=Engelen, John|publisher=Dedece|date=26 March 2013|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=}}</ref> After an early divorce, the children mainly lived with Utzon in her Danish home.<ref name=berlingske>{{cite web|url=http://www.b.dk/personlig-udvikling/naaeh-det-er-fornemmelsen-af-natur-du-laver...|title="Nåeh, det er fornemmelsen af natur, du laver..."|author=Flyvbjerg|publisher=Berlingske|date=15 May 2016|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref>
==Artistic work== thumb|right|San Jose Convention Center
Utzon's early creations included brightly coloured textiles for Bagsværd Church (1975–1977).<ref name=dsd/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bagsvaerdkirke.dk/index.php?id=149|title=Kirkerummet|publisher=Bagsværd Kirke|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, she spent three years decorating the new Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a 36-metre wall and a 16-metre tapestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/kunst/art5606658/Lin-Utzon-%C2%BBDet-der-er-vigtigt-er-at-ramme-rigtigt%C2%AB|title=Lin Utzon: »Det, der er vigtigt, er at ramme rigtigt«|author=Faber, Kim|publisher=Politiken|date=21 November 2010|accessdate= |language=}}</ref> In 1988, she completed a large red, white and black mural at the San Jose Convention Center resembling a flock of birds in flight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/07/herhold-the-expansion-of-san-joses-convention-center-nears-completion/|title=The Expansion of San Jose's Convention Center Nears Completion |author=Herhold, Scott|publisher=Mercury News|date=24 December 2011|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=}}</ref> She has since decorated walls in the library of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College in Frederiksberg, and has added ceramic reliefs to the Finger B extension of Copenhagen Airport. Her creations have also included costumes and scenery for the Royal Danish Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b.dk/kultur/lin-utzon-faar-kulturpris|title=Lin Utzon får kulturpris |publisher= Berlingske|date=24 May 2000|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=Danish}}</ref>
Since the early 1990s, Utzon has been married to the blind French writer Hugues de Montalembert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/art-set/2010/hugues-de-montalembert|title=The Art Set: Hugues de Montalembert|publisher= New York Social Diary |date=11 February 2010|accessdate=12 March 2017 |language=}}</ref> The couple spend their time between Denmark, Paris and Can Feliz, the house on the island of Mallorca Utzon inherited from her father.<ref name=berlingske/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=4847 Lin Utzon] at Kunstindeks Danmark
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