In my artistic practice, my starting point is always personal; by using my own emotions and psyche, I address difficult and taboo issues of being human. I bring the starting point into the glass workshop and strive to translate the emotions into glass.
I create concrete and tactile sculptures that form their own beings, or creatures that I hope will help to understand more of what it means to be human.
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Since I was 3 years old, I have only dreamed of one thing: to become a glassblower.
Where it came from I cannot answer, but glass is still the material of my dreams: It keeps me focused and sharp while allowing me to dream and grow.
There is always something to reach for; something to improve, test, or something to redo. Over and over until it's good enough.
I gather a lot of inspiration for my functional glassware from my surroundings: in nature, travelling, through encounters and interactions with people and not least the sensual and tactile.
“Glass is the material of my dreams”
CV
Solo Shows
2021 Gjennomslag II / Galleri Kladden
2021 Gjennomslag / Bærum Kunsthåndverk / Bærums Verk
2019 Grepet ut av luften / Lerverk / Gøteborg
2019 Undertrykk, monster og åndedrag / Galleri Kladden
2016 Sviktet Speilet / Galleri Vekta / Oslo
2015 Stepping Stones / Islip Art Museum / LI,USA
2013 Fargekolonien / Hvaler
2011 Pit-Stop /Borghild Ruudsalen / Nittedal
2011 Avgangsutstilling / The Glassfactory / Sweden
Artist in Residence:
2022 LSD, Connected By Glass / Zelezny Brod, Tsjekkia
2018 Kairagarh, India
2017 Voitsberg, Austria
2015 NYCAS / LI, New York
2015 Diablo Glass School / Boston
Schools:
2015-2016 3 dimentional art / Einar Granum kunstfagskole / Norway
2011-2012 Basis Jaar / Gerrit Rietveld Academie / The Netherlands
2008-2011 3 year Nordic Program / Kosta Glascenter / Sweden
Workshops:
2022 Pate de Verre / Saman Kalantari / s12 gallery
2022 #Reality / Debora Czeresko / Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2016 “Brainstorming Forming” / Dan Mirer and Peter Drobny/ Pilchuck
2015 Printmaking with glass as the matrix / Charlie Cohan/ Pilchuck
2010 Sculpting from inside the bubble / Martin Janecky / AYA Glass studio
Grants:
2022 Travel grant / Norwegian Crafts
2022 Arbeidsstipend 2 år / Kulturrådet
2021 Arbeidsstipend 1 år / Kulturrådet
2020 Haystack grant / ASF and Norwegian Crafts
2020 Travel grant / Norske Kunsthåndverkere
2018 Travel grant / Norske Kunsthåndverkere
2016 Pilchuck scholarship / ASF and Norwegian Crafts
2016 Travel grant / Norske Kunsthåndverkere
2015 Travel grant / Norske Kunsthåndverkere
2009 Lise og Arnfinn Hejes fond
2008 Lise og Arnfinn Hejes fond
Public Collections:
- The Nathional Museum of Norway
- Městské muzeum v Železném Brodě
- KODE
- The Islip Art Museum
Selected group shows:
2023 Ein Herz für Glas / Galerie Handwerk, Tyskland
2023 Omsorg / Hå Gamle Prestegård
2023-2025 Generation WHY / Risør, København og Falkenberg (vandreutstilling)
2023 Blåst Glass 2023 / Glasslåven Kunstsenter
2023 “I & We” / Galeria SIC! Bwa Wroclaw
2023 Delusions of Reality / Oslo Design Fair
2022 Romeriksutstillingen / Galleri Jessheim
2022 LSD Symposium exhibition / Městské muzeum v Železném Brodě
2022 Årsutstillingen / Drammen Kunstmuseum
2022 Vevringutstillinga / Vevring
2022 Galleri Lille Kabelvåg / Lofoten
2022 Glass is Biotiful / Biot, France
2022 Galleri Bak Fasaden / Kragerø
2022 I & We / S12
2021 Juleutstilling / Asker Kunstforening
2021 Kunstfest / Bærums Verk
2021 Romeriksutstillingen / Galleri Jessheim
2021 Årsutstillingen / Sørlandets Kunstmuseum
2021 Høstutstillingen / Kunstnerens Hus
2021 A Woman’s work / Iona College / NY
2020 Kunstfest / Bærums Verk
2020 Forbindelser / Oslo v/ Kjersti Johannessen
2020 ACFA / Jalandhar, India
2020 Milano Vetro -35 / Castello Sforeszco
2017 Mass Tourism / Kreativni Krk / Kroatia
2015 Wanderlust / Islip Art Museum / LI, USA
2015 PAiRED / Patchogue Arts Council / LI, USA
2012 Fargekolonien / Hvaler
2011 Avgangsutstilling / The Glassfactory / Sweden
Relevant work experience:
2023-2025 Board member / Norske Glasskunstnere
2022 Curator / MOCA LIghts
2022-2024 Board member / NK Viken
2019-? Studio manager & glass blower / Klart Glass
2018 Organizer of AiR / Glasets Hus Limmared
2017- 2019 Studio manager & glass blower / Glasets Hus Limmared
2012-2014 Egenart Glassmakerne
2014 Guest teacher / Jyderup Højskole
2011 Ingrids Glassverksted
2010 Mia Lerssi (intern)
2010 Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg (intern)
2009 Glasstorm (intern)
