Sonja Ferlov Mancoba joins the ranks of artists who in their lifetime never achieve the recognition that their purely art-historical significance deserves. Ferlov Mancoba began her art studies in 1931 at the Arts and Crafts School under Bizzie Høyer, and then continued at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the years 1932–33. She also met Richard Mortensen and Ejler Bille, with whom she explores the possibilities of surrealism and psychoanalysis in the artistic process. In 1935, the three are on Bornholm, and it was here that her interest turned to the sculptural.

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba is today represented in several museums at home and abroad, and her powerful, potent works are often in high demand on the auction market. You recently had the chance to experience her work at a large exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark and subsequently at the Centre Pompidou in 2019. Furthermore, she will be exhibited at Bornholm Art Museum – and a special and prestigious pavilion is planned to open in 2024 at the earliest.