Work in Progress Exhibition

The Work in Progress Exhibition, NB8 Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 30th April.

My installation, titled Je suis humain

Detail

Detail

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Installation by Tine Semb.

Installation by Maria Skjonsberg.

My ceramic installation, Fractured Fairytales I.

Exhibition

Ultra:Blamann, ceramics, photograph, projection.

Fractured Fairytales: Fish Tank Fantasies, Ceramic and Mixed Media

Snipp, Snapp, Snute. Sa er eventyret ute (The End), Ceramic and Mixed Media.

Lust of the Huldra, Porcelain and Mixed Media.

Ultra: Blamann, Porcelain and Mixed Media.

I am rushing off to indulge in some traveling before I start my residency at The International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark, so there's not much time for blogging but hopefully the pics will speak for themselves.

I presented my work on Friday 15th May in a small project space at KHIO. The exhibition was titled Ikke selg skinnet for bjornen er skutt, a norwegian proverb meaning Don't skin the bear before its hunted down. I wanted to use the context of Norwegain proverbs for my titles as they are also linked to folklore and legends, the basis of my project.

The Blue narrative titled Ultra: Blamann, was exhibited at The Norwegian Porcelain Biennale held in Porsgrunn on the 8th May. The exhibition finishes at the end of May, so I have decided to donate the work to The Oslo National Academy of Arts. So, for this exhibition I presented a large print out of the work with a 3D animation of snowflakes projected over it.

Pac Man

Recent Work

Here is just a small peek into my wonderful world of talking trees and growing beans, something that I have been working on over the last few months. I intend to have three separate colour installations and I am currently working on the wall mounted landscapes for all these creatures. It's been a nightmare working with the assembly and composition of the pieces as I nearly always happen to break something! I often find myself questioning my motives for working with this delicate material!

Current Exhibition at NB8 Gallery

Siri Espeseth, Vad nytt pa tapeten?

Myself and Siri Espeseth

Oliwia Beszczynska with her work You will never get this!

Oliwia and her niece.

The current exhibition on at the student gallery NB8.

Ceramic Artist - Ingrid Askeland

Private Property, 2008.

As part of the ceramic course, students were asked to research a Norwegian ceramic artist and present it in class. I choose Ingrid Askeland. She is a recent graduate from KHIO (2005) and has been exhibiting regularly since. Her work contains strong personal narrative often depicting debauched nights out with friends and sexual conquests, to imagery of Norwegian popular culture. Her comic strip narrations are either depicted on over sized forms of beer cans, beer bottles or hip flasks. You can see more of her work at www.artoslo.com

The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo.

The two ceramic pieces in the front are made by Norwegian artist, Elizabeth von Krogh.

Funky Norwegain Design right next door to our school. I could spend hours in there drifting around looking at the ceramics.