I explore the contrasts between tranquillity and motion and combine a hint of the natural world with precise engineering. The shapes and the possibilities of the material intrigue me and while slowly building by hand I listen to the clay and transform memories of people and places into a story that can be both personal and political.

studies

1999 Linköpings University, departement of Art, Crafts and Design, Sweden

1977 Capellagården, ceramic, Öland, Sweden

1977 Leksand art&craft-school, Sweden

solo exhibitions selected

2019 Vadstena Art Gallery, Vadstena, Sweden

2015 Motala Art Gallery, Motala, Sweden

2008 Höganäs Museum, Sweden

2006 Sörmlands Museum Art Gallery, Nyköping, Sweden

2004 Quintessence Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria

2001 The udu-orchestra  Bergrummet, Linköping, Sweden

group exhibitions selected

2017 The language of the clay  Astley Art Gallery, Uttersberg, Sweden

2015 SOLK Passagen Art Gallery, Linköping, Sweden

2006 In From the Cold Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales

2005 Mönstring III  Norrköping Art Museum, Sweden

2004 Keramiikka  Fiskars, Finland

1992 Slöjdsommar Liljevalchs Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

competition / awards

2010 Crafts of Europe  Karlsruhe, Germany / selected

2009 Österreichischer Töpfermarkt Gmunden / 1st Prize

2009 Ceramica Multiplex  Varazdin, Croatia / selected

2005 and 2001  World Ceramics Biennale, Korea / Honorable mention

2004 European Ceramics Competition, Athens / Award of Merit

public collections selected

FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China

Höganäs Museum, Sweden

Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea

Region Östergötland EU Office, Brussels, Belgium

The National Public Art Council Sweden

The Röhsska museum of Applied Art and Design, Göteborg, Sweden

The Swedish Embassy, Washington, USA

residencies and symposiums

2020 and 2016  INTONATION, Symposium in Deidesheim, Germany

2018 Artist in residence at ANAI Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria

2013 The 3rd International Ceramic Symposium, Tunisia

2012 The Egyptian 12th Ceramic Symposium, Egypt

2007 Clay Without Borders, Symposium in Lagos, Nigeria

2006 Artist in residence at Fuping International Ceramic Art Center, China

2004 Artist in residence at Maraba Pottery, Kaduna, Nigeria