Finn Nygaard · Born in Denmark 1955 · Established Finn Nygaard Inc. in 1979.

Finn Nygaard has created posters, illustrations, graphic design and corporate 

identity programmes and colour consultings for Danish and international 

companies. He has created more than 250 posters, many of which he has 

received awards for. He has had several one-man shows with his designs, 

illustrations, posters, murals ...

Throughout his career, Finn Nygaard has been a prolific creator of posters and 

prints. The results have been featured in exhibitions worldwide, his posters 

and design projects have been shown in major galleries and museums all over 

the world, and he has taken part in the most important international poster 

exhibitions since the 80’s and has been member of many international juryes.

One-man shows, at ao.: Modern Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, The Danish 

Postermuseum, Denmark, IdcN in Nagoya Japan “Visual Voice”, Galleri Fine-Art 

Nagoya Japan, National Museum in Poznan, Poland, Pallfy Palais in Bratislava, 

Slovakia, The Museum of Printing History in Houston Texas, USA, and The Danish 

Museum of Art & Design, Denmark, “Finn Nygaard With Friends”.

Several of his posters have found their way into permanent collections, ao.: 

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 

- Musée de la Publicité, Paris - The Merrill C. Berman Collection, New York 

- St. Petersburg State Museum - Pecsi Gallery, Hungary - Lahti Poster Museum, 

Finland - National Museum Poznan, Poland.

Finn Nygaard’s work has been the subject of numerous magazines, newspaper 

articles and books. Idea, Japan’s leading graphic art magazine - Graphis, USA 

- Print Magazine, USA - Novum, Germany - Who Is Who in Graphic Design 

- First Choice etc.

From 1990 - 1995 he was partner of the Danish design group Eleven Danes and 

the European Designers Network EDEN.

Finn Nygaard is a frequent guest lecturer to student and professional groups. 

He has given many poster workshops and lectures all over the world: 

Japan, China, India, Czech Republic, Slovakia etc...

He lives and has his studio at the contryside in Fredensborg outside of Copenhagen. 

He has studio and atelier at the Island of Mors in the Limfjord.

Finn Nygaard is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, AGI and 

a member of Danish Designers, MDD.