Born 1989, Vienna, AT.
UPCOMING
SEPTEMBER 2024 - FEBRUARY 2025
The Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2024, Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Design, Yeoju, South Korea
JANUARY 2025
A-B Projects, Lead Artist for Studio Session Being Born, online (Zoom)
January 2025: Sundays 5, 12, 19, and 26.
MAY - JUNE 2025
Carina Ari Artist Residency, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
EDUCATION
2014 - 2016 MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Dissertation: Within (Distinction)
2009 - 2013 BA Product & Graphic Design, Faculty of Design and Art - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Thesis: The Skin of Porcelain. A tactile experience (Cum Laude)
RESIDENCIES
2024
Residens Slöjd & Skrift (Crafts and Writing), funded by the Board for Handicrafts and the Cultural Administration of Västra Götaland, Sweden
2023
International Ceramic Creative Workshop, Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, South Korea
2018
Studio Residency, Master Hyangjong Oh’s Ceramics Studio, Gwangju, South Korea
2017 - 2018
Marlborough College Artist-in-Residence, Marlborough, UK
2017
Residency at the Ceramic Department of Harrow College, London, UK
RAES Residency at Kurt Schwitter’s Merz Barn, Lake District, UK
2016
Photo Kathmandu Mixed-Media Residency, Patan, Nepal
2014
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design: Glass and Ceramics, Bornholm, Denmark
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Loneliness is a very special place, Temporary Stabilisations, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023
When I close my eyes I can see, Vägs Ände, Larv, Sweden
2021
Manifesto for Clay, duo show with Arijit Bhattacharyya, for Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art Extended exhibition, with an invitation from Boy konsthall, Bollebygd, Sweden
2020
Andas in. Andas ute. Boy konsthall, Bollebygd, Sweden
2018
Full Circle Half Knowledge, Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, UK
2017
Kontakt, Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Waves of Change, Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, Goheung, South Korea
2023
New Vibe in Goheung, COEX Seoul, South Korea
New Vibe in Goheung, Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, Goheung, South Korea
Species, Soil and Successors, curated by Arijit Bhattacharyya, Oyoun Kultur NeuDenken, Berlin, Germany
(X)sites, Land Art Biennial, GIBCA Extended, Sexdrega, Sweden
2022
Fotobok Gbg, photobook festival, Litteratturshus, Gothenburg, Sweden
dhak dhak ho-hum ah eekff iii ie with Hillside Projects and Arijit Bhattacharyya, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, curated by Amila Puzić and Mia Christersdotter Norman
2021
Craft Space HELVETET, online platform, curated by Oktawian Bohdziewicz, Sweden
2020
The International Academy of Ceramics New Members Exhibition, Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, China
2019
Tu che mi guardi with Anna Pontel and Letizia Scarpello, Palinsesti, curated by Giorgia Gastaldon and Michele Tajariol, Castello, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
Young Art Auction, Nestroyhof, Vienna, Austria
Future Lights Award Winners Showcase, Munich Creative Business Week, Germany
Ceramics and its dimensions: Shaping the Future, Museum of Decorative Arts Prague, Czech Rep.
2018
European Ceramic Context, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm, Denmark
Friends of The Kiln Room, The Clay Store, London, UK
Ceramics and its dimensions: Shaping the Future, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, Germany
Poem Brut II, Rich Mix, London, UK (poetry performance)
Ceramics and its dimensions: Shaping the Future, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ambiente, Showcase as Future Lights Ceramics Ambassador, Porzellanikon, Frankfurt, Germany
2017
Krafta Doc Art Making International Film Festival, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK (video screening)
British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Traces, curated by Daniel Regan, Free Space Project, Kentish Town Health Centre, London, UK
Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn Residency Exhibition, Lumen Gallery The Crypt at St. John, London, UK
Abeerance #10, Platform Southwark, London, UK (video screening)
Transitions, curated by ArtisTank, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2016
Upside Down, Flexup Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Baha:, curated by Mahbubur Rahman, Photo Kathmandu Biennial, Patan, Nepal
Keep in Touch, House of Porcelain, Dubí, Czech Republic
Show 16, Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
London Craft Week, Showcase at Ceramics Curator and Collector Sarah Griffin's Home, London, UK
In Context, RCA Ceramic & Glass Showcase at Preston Fitzgerald's Private Home, London, UK
The Emerging and the Established, Christie's South Kensington, London, UK
Work in Progress Show, School of Material, Royal College of Art - Battersea, London, UK
Garden of Delights, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015
Undisciplined, curated by N/A Collective, The Gallery on the Corner, London, UK
Off-Centre, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK (video screening)
Ceramic Art London, Lower Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Crafting Anatomies, curated by Rhian Solomon, Katharine Townsend and Amanda Briggs-Goode,
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Work in Progress Show, School of Material, Royal College of Art - Kensington, London, UK
2014
Insights, Ministry of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talente, Special Show, International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades, Munich, Germany
2013
89plus: Innovation Festival, co-curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
and Simon Castes, Bozen, Italy
gäste-ospiti-guests, Degree Show, Faculty of Design and Arts, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2012
Arts and Crafts Fair, Museum of Art and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany
Ort und Identität, curated by Walter Niedermayr, ar/ge gallery, Bozen, Italy
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, two-year working grant
2023 Västsvenska Kulturfonden, Kompetensutvecklingsstipendium
2022 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2018 Future Lights in Ceramics Award; Ambassador of European Ceramics, awarded by Porzellanikon and Ceramics and its Dimensions Project for ‘Diversity – of materials, people, methods, approaches and cultures’, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2016 Recipient of Distinction for MA Dissertation, awarded by the Royal College of Art’s Academic Board for Critical & Historical Studies
2015 Sir Eduardo Paolozzi Travel Scholarship - funded research journey to India
2015 Ceramic Prize by The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers of the City of London
2014 - 2015 Mobility Grant by the Austrian Study Grant Authority
2014 Leonardo Da Vinci Scholarship, European Commission funding programme
2009 - 2013 Mobility Grant, The Austrian Study Grant Authority
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
2023 Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, Goheung, South Korea
2022 Hasselblad Foundation, library, Gothenburg, Sweden
2022 CFF – Centrum för fotografi, library, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Austrian Cultural Forum London, library, UK
2018 Marlborough College Art Collection, UK
2017 Collection Keep in Touch, Ceramic Studio Faculty of Art and Design, JEP University in Ústí and Labem, CZ
Private collections in the UK, Italy, Austria and Denmark
ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES
2024 Artist Talk, Hyangjong Oh's Onggi Studio, Gosan, Jeju island, South Korea
2023 Artist Talk, Wondering: Love. (clay, memory and birth), The 5th PARSE Biennial Artistic Research Conference: Powers of Love: Enchantment to Disaffection, Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2023 Artist Talk, Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, South Korea
2022 Artist Talk, Lera med mera – en kartläggning av kropp och land, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
2022 Artist talk with Hillside Projects, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Julia Schuster, Mia Christersdotter Norman and Amila Puzić, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
2021 Artist Talk with Arijit Bhattacharyya, Manifesto for Clay, GIBCA Extended, Bollebygd (virtual)
2021 Artist Talk, Manifesto for Clay, Nätverksträff GIBCA Extended + BRA10, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Artist Talk, Manifesto for Clay, Synvändor i Sjuhärad, hosted by Art Center Sjuhärad and Boy konsthall, Bolleybgd, Sweden
2021 Speaker, On the Edge: 49th International Academy of Ceramics Congress, Rovaniemi, Posio, Finland (online)
2020 Artist Talk, Boy konsthall, Bollebygd, Sweden
2020 Virtual Studio Talk with Boy konsthall
2018 Artist Talk, Ceramic Studio of Hyangjong Oh, Hwasun, South Korea
2018 Artist Talk, Materiality Matters: Rethinking Contemporary Ceramics, Marlborough, UK
2017 Artist Talk & Lecture, Harrow College, London, UK
2017 Artist Talk, St. Paul’s School, London, UK
2016 Professional Development Talk, The Kiln Rooms, London, UK
2016 Speaker, Photo Kathmandu Panel Discussion: Residency Reflection, Patan, Nepal
2016 Speaker, Performance in Other Media, bindu space for artists, Lalitpur, Nepal
2016 Speaker, Beyond Jewellery: Performing The Body Symposium, Birmingham City University, UK
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 - 2024 Medborgarskolan, ceramics teacher, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Workshop assistant, Jennifer Forsberg, 'Fest i skogen', Snickerns förskola, Tvååker, Sweden
2017 - 2018 Co-teaching ceramics class with Elé Van Schoor, Marlborough College, UK
2017 - 2018 Tutoring of Art Scholars, Art School at Marlborough College, UK
2017 Organising field trip to the British Ceramics Biennial for Marlborough College’s Art Scholars
2017 Tutor and Ceramics Assistant, Harrow College, London, UK
2017 Workshop Lead, ‘Talking Hands‘, Merz Barn, Lake District, UK
2016 Guest Teacher, St. Paul’s School, London, UK
2012 Workshop Lead, Come on Kids!, Children’s Graphic Design Festival,
Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Triennale Milano, Italy
2009 Museum Educator, MART Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Rovereto, Italy
CURATED PROJECTS
2018 Curator of 175/50, Art Scholar’s exhibition on theme of identity, on occasion of the 50-year
anniversary since girls started to be admitted to Marlborough College, Mount House Gallery, UK
2012 Co-curator of Come on Kids!, Children’s Graphic Design Festival, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS & LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS
2020 Artist book ‘Andas in. Andas ute.’, hard cover book, 120 pages, self-published, limited edition of 60,
kindly supported by Sveriges Konstföreningar and Västra Götalands Regionen
2018 Artist Book ‘Full Circle Half Knowledge’, limited edition, self-published, kindly supported by the ACF Austrian Cultural Forum London, accessible at the ACF Reference Library, UK
2017 poem ‘belong/not belong’, Syrup Magazine, issuue #2: borders, London, UK
2017 ‘Who I was, who I am, who I will be’, 3am magazine, online literary journal, London, UK
2016 poem ‘here, today’, poetic license, Kathmandu Post, Nepal
2016 MA dissertation ‘within (inside something, internally, inwardly, Late Old English withinnan ‘on the inside’)’, accessible at the RCA Library, London, UK
2014 poem ‘Within’, Into It publication, edited by Anne Wallemacq, Belgium
2013 BA thesis ‘The Skin of Porcelain. A Tactile Experience’, accessible at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Library, Italy
2013 Publication, ‘What Porcelain Is’, self-published, Italy
RETAIL & COMMISSION
2017 Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
2017 docu tools, Vienna, Austria
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Participant, Birth Rites Collection Summer School, University of Kent, UK
2023 -2024 Art Consultant for Göteborg Konst – the Art Collection of the City of Gothenburg, Sweden
2022 - 2023 Public art course, digital, Artplatform and Förvaltningen för kulturutveckling
Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden
2022 Doula Education, Tidigt Föräldrarstöd (Early Parental Support Association), Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Art & Business course, Kulturakademin in collaboration with Business Region Göteborg, Förvaltningen för Kulturutveckling and Högskolan för scen och musik, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Slöjdhandledarutbildning (handicraft teacher training), Nääs Slott, Floda, Sweden
2021 Internship, Horns Tegelbruk (brickwork), Skövde, Sweden
2016 - 2017 Studio Assistant, Maham Anjum, London, UK
2016 Society Member, ACRiticaldance movement workshops figuring out art writing, Royal College of Art, London
2015 - 2016 Studio Assistant, The Kiln Rooms, Open Access Ceramic Studio, London, UK
2014 - 2016 Student Representative, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 Master class Alexandra Engelfriet, 'Materiality - Body as a Tool - Ceramic Heritage as Matter', European Ceramic Context, Klinkerskoven, Bornholm, Denmark
2013 Customer care and sales assistant, Ambiente Fair, booth of Mano Design, Frankfurt, Germany
2012 Internship, Mano Design, Studio of Hedwig Rotter, Vienna, Austria
2010 Internship, Rainer Aigner Studio, Vienna, Austria
2009 Internship, Georg Niemann Ceramic Studio, Oberhausen, Austria
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
KRO - Konstnärernas Riksorganisation, Swedish artists organisation (since 2021)
IAC - International Academy of Ceramics (since 2019)
Yeoman of the The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers of the City of London (since 2019)
FORMER MEMBERSHIP
a-n The Artists Information Company, UK, 2014 - 2019