About
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba holds a central position in Danish art history. Primarily affiliated with Linien, she showed with other Danish artists groups as well, including Høstudstillingen and CoBrA. In 1936 she moved to Paris, where in 1942 she married the South African painter Ernest Mancoba. Returning to Denmark in 1947, they were part of Høstudstillingen’s CoBrA years, 1948 and 1949. Discouraged by the break-up of the movement, they moved back to Paris in 1961. Ferlov Mancoba’s sculptures from 1935 to 1984 are artistic expressions of her view of humanity: “They are human expressions more than art,” as she put it. She believed in letting the material speak to her and proceeded without prior plans or finished compositions in mind, and in her strong bronze sculptures you see inspiration that fluctuate between the movements of spontaneous art and the concrete constructivism as well as tradition African art.
We are very pleased to officially announce that Japanese architect Tadao Ando is planned to create a permanent pavillion for Sonja Ferlov Mancoba’s works on Bornholm.
Read more about the pavillion on Estate Ferlov Mancoba website
For enquiries regarding available works by the artist, please contact cph@mikaelandersen.com
CV
1911 in Copenhagen – 1984 in Paris, France.
Education:
1933-1935: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
1937-1938: École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Exhibitions in the gallery:
au revoir (group show), 09.10 – 15.11.2025
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
EWS – Ernest, Wonga & Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, 07.10 – 03.12.2022
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Sindets Struktur (group show), 11.06 – 15.08, 2020
Galerie Mikael Anderse, Copenhagen
GMA XXX AAR (group show), 13.06 – 17.08, 2019
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
EWS, 18.12, 2018 – 16.01, 2019
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
1000 Sterne (Group show), 4.12,2017 – 13.01, 2018
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Accrochage (Group show), 24.08 – 90.09, 2017
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Sculptures and Works on Paper (group show), 20.06 – 12.07, 2014
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
EWS, 12.11 – 17.12, 2011
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Ernest Mancoba & Wonga Mancoba, 11.06 – 03.07, 2010
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
The Mask (group show), 04.12, 2009 – 09.01, 2010
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
S, M, L (group show), 09.11 – 15.12, 2002Galerie Mikael Andersen, CopenhagenSomething About Drawing (group show), 24.03 – 22.04, 2000Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen