About
Clay is my medium for exploring.
My work is hand built using a mixture of press-moulding, slab building, carving and coiling techniques.
I have become increasingly aware how deeply connected we humans are with one another and with other life forms on earth. Not just through DNA, but on a spiritual level. This ancient knowledge is re emerging in many ways not least through the popular environmental concept of earth as one living organism, Gaia.
Making my torsos, I celebrate the Great Goddess in her various forms again and again, tracing plants, animals, birds and insects onto her skin.
Clay is my medium for exploring unknown and forgotten dreams, myths and connections. Creating new work is a journey into the dark centre where everything is born and everything is connected. It is a solitary adventure, full of mystery and wonder which I bring back to share with you.
I was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Sweden in the archipelago outside Gothenburg.
I graduated from Uppsala University and then managed the Ceramics Department at Medborgar skolan in Uppsala for a few years before working as a ceramic designer at the Tao Fong Shan mission in Hong Kong. After Hong Kong I spent the next five years travelling, making a living as a free lance journalist and photographer before moving to Napa Valley in California to live with my wine making boy friend.
In 1988 I moved to Hastings in East Sussex, got married and then unmarried but have managed to stay put in a place where the hills sing.
Upcoming events
11-14 March 2010 The Affordable Art Fair (Battersea), represented by David Lilford Fine Art
3-5 April and 10-11 April Hastings Hot Houses at my studios in Dudley road, Hastings
Brighton Festival, first four weekends in May
Rye Society of Artists Summershow, July – Sept
Recent Shows
Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair May 2007, represented by David Linley Fine Art
The Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, May 2007, represented by David Linley Fine Art
The Tour de France Ehibition in the Marlowe Archade, Canterbury July 2007
Kimberly Festival installation in the Bird garden, July 2007
Rye Society of Artists summer show, Rye Aug- Sept 2007
Canterbury Festival October 2007
Lainsdown Weekend Gallery ‘ Underneath the tree’ Oct – Dec. 2007
Art Ireland 16-18 November represented by David Lilford Fine Art
The Edinburgh Art Fair 22-25 November, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
20/21 February 2008 at the Royal College of Art, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
The Glasgow Art Fair 27-30 March 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Cambridge Art Fair 6-8 June 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Rye Society of Artists summer show, Rye, 8th August to 5th September 2008
Edinburgh Art Fair 21st – 23rd November 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Weekend Gallery Christmas show, Hastings Old Town
20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, represented by David Lilford 21-21 February 2009
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, represented by David Lilford, 12-15th March 2009
Hastings Hot Houses 1-9 August in my studios in Dudley Road
Rye Society of Artists Summer show 31st July-4th September
Buy Art Fair, Manchester 24th – 27th September represented by Castle Arts
Edinburgh Art Fair, 21 – 23rd November represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Hastings Hot Houses Christmas Show in my studios in Dudley Road 27-29th November
Brighton Artists Open Houses, Fiveways, Kate Osborne, 32 Stanford Avenue, Brighton BN16EA 27-29 November and 5-6 December.
My work can be found in:
Castle Arts, Canterbury,
Saffron Gallery, Battle, East Sussex
Concepts, East Street. Rye
