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gitte andersen, bfa (visual art), mfa born in copenhagen, denmark in 1963. my father was a painter, and i have been painting more or less my whole life. in 1999 i moved to new zealand to start up a new business together with my husband, and after successfully having started crossware ltd, i decided to take some time out for myself and started studying fine art. i graduated with a bachelor of fine art from whitecliffe college of art & design in auckland in 2007 and in march - april 2010, i hope to be awarded a master of fine art. coming from scandinavia i was brought up with a passion for design - uncluttered simplicity which creates a greater sense of light, combined with clean lines and organic shapes. my work is often very playful and questions the liminal space or 'the third space' - the space in between cultures. i have empathy for materials, and involve my viewers by using fabric and other textured materials in my work; fabric which gives associations to domestic life, narratives