B I O G R A P H Y Inger-Lise Kristoffersen was born in Køge, on the island of Sealand, Denmark 1949. At the age of nine she became acquainted with surrealism in her school Holidays when staying with her uncle Peter Truelsen, who was a Sunday Painter, and head gardener at the Middelfart Stats Hospital. Here she was Allowed to share his home studio, and browse his library of art books. In 1961 she flew with her uncle Hans Jørgen Kristoffersen to La Dorada in Colombia (South America) there she lived with her uncle and aunt Mafalda, (who was of Chinese/Peruvian descent.) The language of the home was English, and after 6 months, learning a little Spanish from her aunt, she began to attend a Spanish school. Here the art lessons consisted of copying and colouring drawings. In 1963 the family moved to Medellin, Colombia. Here she first attended an Colombian pimary school, then an English International School, (Colombo Britanico) and later a Convent School (Mary Mount.) The day started in the school chapel, and the many hand painted statues of the saints made a big impression on her, especially during mass, when after kneeling for an hour, the statues at times seemed to be alive. In 1965 she attended King George VI Grammar School in Hong Kong. Here she received her first proper art lessons, and her art teacher wrote in her school report “ She works hard and has a natural artistic talent. She should do well to continue this as her career.” In 1967 she returned to Denmark, and lived with her Uncle Peter on the island of Funen. Soon after her first front cover was published. At the age of 19 she started studying full time, at The School of Art and Crafts in Kolding. In 1973 she started work in the advertising department of the daily newspaper Fyns Stifts Tidende, and occasionally drew for the paper. In 1974 she was invited by the Fyn Stifts Art Association, to exhibit in a group exhibition at the Town Hall in Odense. In 1975 she lived and exhibited in Sweden. She rented a cottage from the English potter, Carl Cunningham Cole.   In 1976 she moved to Copenhagen and studied at the Glyptotek Museum, with Egon Bjerg Nielsen as her teacher. She chose to draw the Egyptian Collection. In 1981 she works as an extra, at the Royal Danish Theater, and attended live class drawing at the Architect School of The Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen. She held her first one man show, in 1982, in Copenhagen at Gallery Falsted. Her artistic circle included the erotic surrealistic water colourist - Hans Henrik Lerfeldt - (1947-1989) and the Danish surrealist painter Wilhelm Freddie (1909 -1995) who in 1936 had been invited to exhibit, in the Burlington Galleries, in London. His paintings were seized by the British Costums and narrowly escaped being burned. Only some drawings were exhibited.  In 1983 she cooperated with the American Fluxus artist Al Hansen - in a happening for a film. From the beginning of 1990’ties Inger-lise Kristoffersen primarily works as a book illustrator, and when time allow it exhibits her art work at Galleries. Details of her exhibitions and publications follow. In 2001 she became a member of the Illustrator-group, in The Danish Writers Association. In 2009 she works with book illustrations and graphics and exhibits her work at Gallery Centro Colombo Ameriacano. She do Workshop at Universidad de Antioquia and Feria de Libros de Medellin, Colombia.