Ann Kristin Einarsen
Photo: Pernille Sandberg
Ann Kristin Einarsen (b. 1981, Narvik) is a ceramic artist and designer and has joined Novooi as a featured artist for our exhibition Above and Below, a part of Oslo Open. She explores the potential of the ceramic material through sculpture, installations and functional ware. Ann Kristin holds a MA in Applied arts from the Oslo Academy of the Arts and has a background in Crafts studies at Volda University College and Telemark University College.
She has participated in group exhibitions such as Crafts at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo (2012), The North Norwegian Art Exhibition (2013 and 2015), Still Life in Motion at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø (2014), Structure in Milan (2016), 100% Norway in London (2016) and Norway x New York in New York (2018). She has twice won Bo Bedre's Design Award for Craft of the Year and has been acquired by Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum , Sparebankstiftelsen Nord-Norge and “Innkjøpsfondet for kunsthåndverk”.
Listen to the sound portrait with Ann Kristin as part of the exhibition “Above and Below”:
Shop objects by Ann Kristin Einarsen
About the serie "Soft collapse": “Working with clay is a constant battle of control. I've spent years trying to gain some sort of control over a material with a strong will of its own. As I get closer to a "perfect" look and expression, I long for the clay to show me its true nature. So for this series I am trying to let go of the control I worked so hard to gain, and experiment with clay and glazes in new ways.”
