page_title: Lin Utzon
section_title: Artistic work
hierarchical_section_title: Lin Utzon / Artistic work
caption_attribution_description: San Jose Photos 067 McEnery Center
context_page_description: Lin Utzon is a Danish designer who has created a wide variety of abstract decorative works from textiles to ceramics both in Denmark and abroad.
context_section_description: Utzon's early creations included brightly coloured textiles for Bagsværd Church (1975–1977). In the mid-1980s, she spent three years decorating the new Volvo headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden, with a 36-metre wall and a 16-metre tapestry. In 1988, she completed a large red, white and black mural at the San Jose Convention Center resembling a flock of birds in flight. 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.
  Since the early 1990s, Utzon has been married to the blind French writer Hugues de Montalembert. The couple spend their time between Denmark, Paris and Cap Feliz, the house on the island of Mallorca Utzon inherited from her father.
caption: San Jose Convention Center
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