Mette Tommerup (Born 1969) is a painter, installation and performance artist based in Miami, FL.
Originally from Denmark, Tommerup received a BFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1990) and
an MFA from School of Visual Arts, NYC (1995). Tommerup was a painting professor at Florida International University, Miami and is currently a national reviewer for The National YoungArts Foundation.
Her work can be found in numerous museum collections in Miami including The Frost Art Museum FIU, The Lowe Art Museum and Perez Art Museum Miami. Tommerup has completed several site specific installations for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and her work can be found in many private collections nationally and internationally.
Awards include the Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Purchase Fund at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC 2010.
Tommerup was recently commissioned by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Art in Public Places Trust for two public art projects. The first project, a custom exterior aluminum mural, Sky of the First Water, was completed in 2022 in Coconut Grove, Miami, FL. The second, an interior 185' wide painting, Ocean Contour, also completed in 2022, is located in Terminal F, PortMiami, Miami, FL.
Portrait by Pedro Wazzan
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