CON SENT
The Wonders of Ceramics & Glass Works
The group show Con Sent, 2nd-22nd of June 2022, featured Five Nordic Glass & Ceramic artists.
Ulla Forsell
Ulla Forsell is an established artist within glass and has been studying at the College of Art and Design in Stockholm and in Holland. She now lives in Stockholm and has her own workshop there in which she has been creating glass since 1974.
She is famous for her circular dishes with “three-dimensional” application of flowers, leaves and fruits. She has also been working a lot with mirrors and the reflection of light and colour on them. She has been inspired by old museum collections, baskets of solidifying flowers and grapes, bottles, funnels and magic drops from laboratory, botanic, old window glass and grandeur mirrors.
Ulla is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Corning Museum of Glass in New York State, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.
My passion is blown glass formed by hand into vessels or flat panels. My work is richly decorated, bordering on Baroque. I seek to capture the sensual element in glass with shimmering surfaces, though also promoting a dark and mystical aspect by using traditional silvering techniques. Nature is constantly present buts its beauty is threatened.
Monica Johansson
As an artist, Monica Johansson has always liked variation and therefore her style is to constantly seek new ways and paths. Fascinated by the processes, transformations and rhythm she creates interest in unexpected combinations of shape and colour. Monica says "It's the challenge of walking the tightrope, one is simultaneously sure and unsure." The artist prefers bright colours, especially yellow, which radiate joy and sunshine. Similarly the movement and rhythm of her creations are often inspired by circles, the results can be either sculptural or more functional. For a ceramist the surface of her work is also important and again she loves to work with the contrast of hard and smooth, or inner and outer. Monica's art education history sources back between Sweden, France, Algeria and Switzerland, and she has exhibited in multiple places in Sweden, Paris, New York and Japan.
Agneta Talling
Agneta Talling is educated in both textiles and sewing. Her career started with teaching others to be creative, and she quickly moved on to develop her own talent. At one stage she had her own company making beautiful Japanees kimonos and nightgowns, before she joined the chamber at The Royal Collections in Stockholm Palace.
Agneta worked with the Royal Palace for 31 years and not only taught the Crown Princess about her expertise but also worked with the veil for her wedding!
Beyond her work with textile preservation, Agneta has always been very creative. She paints and has also developed an interest in ceramics over many years. Her work includes a mix of outdoor and indoor sculptures together with homewares such as plates and bowls. The style is always touching on the unexpected - it is adventurous, bold and interesting.
“I get inspired of the nature and its living, the vegetative forms”
This is Agneta’s first exhibition of her work outside Sweden.
Nina Olsson
Nina Olsson is a professional Swedish chef, whose heart is in traditional Swedish cuisine.
Nina studied Cooking and Gastronomy at Östersjöskolan in Karlskrona and Ester Mossessons Gymnasium in Gothenburg. She has worked for many years as head chef in different restaurants in Sweden.
In 2010, aged 28, Nina moved to Barcelona and opened her own Swedish restaurant and shop, Pappa Sven (named after her father). From her restaurant in Barcelona, Nina has promoted both new Swedish cuisine, and her grandmother's traditional cuisine.
Nina has taught Swedish cuisine on the TV channel Canal Cocina (both for Spain and Latin America) with her own series of 22 Nordic cooking shows. She has also represented Swedish cuisine in numerous events abd cooking shows in Spanish media.
Nina's latest project is her own brand of Swedish designer kitchen products, by Nina Olsson.
Sara Lundkvist
Sara Lundkvist is a young and upcoming glass artist in Stockholm. She was educated in Sweden, the US and Denmark.
In Sara’s glass art you can see that she is inspired by magical phenomena, spiruality and science fiction. Her objective is for the glass works to reflect human desires, hopes and dreams. With this alternative perspective on glass as a material, she often surprises in both characteristic and look.
By questioning the structures that underly typical traditions and techniques, and with a desire to explore cultural aspects, Sara conducts a study in glass based on values, aesthetics and social nature.
“I would like my glass to look like it is coming from another world".