Night tree
Bronze
Night tree
Bronze
Night tree
Bronze
Night tree
Bronze
Black Moss
Céramique
Flower of Tan
Black Moss
Céramique
Black Moss
Céramique
Green Moss
Céramique
Green Lichen
Céramique
Flower of Tan
Céramique
Spirit
Céramique
Flower of Tan
Céramique
Flower of tan
Céramique
Flower of tan
Céramique


Ellen Ehk’s lifelong communion with the old-growth forest has taught her to hear a voice that is calling uniquely to her. Her revelations, interpretations and insights of the shadowy virgin fir forests becomes the utmost inspiration to her work, and she has dedicated her artistic practice to the exploration of organic form.
Ehk uses clay and bronze as a medium to connect body and mind, bringing an imagined organic object into the physical world. She is deeply inspired by her surroundings that feed her mind and eventually define the identity of each of the pieces she works on.
Her experimental works go through layers of color, blasting and repetitive firing, getting a unique feel by the constant act of doing and touching the material. Distant from utilitarian objects, her work can be perceived as fantasies captured in clay and bronze.
Ellen Ehk (born 1976 in Nybro, Sweden) has her studio in the former glass factory Pukeberg in Nybro. She received a Master of Applied Arts in Ceramic Art at the University of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2002.
Ehk has made solo presentations at Berg Gallery, Stockholm, Puls Gallery, Brussels, Vida Museum, Öland and others. She has also exhibited at the Side Gallery, Barcelona, Da End Gallery, Paris, the Röhsska Museum, VIDA Museum and Solliden Royal Park in Sweden and galleries in Japan, China, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, South Korea and Finland. Ehk is represented in private collections in Sweden and abroad, as well as in public collections such as Nationalmuseum, the Shanghai Arts and Craft Museums, Public Art Agency Sweden, the Stockholm and Uppsala County Councils and in several Swedish Municipalities.
Exposed Work
ELLEN EHK CV Born in 1976,
lives and works in Nybro, Sweden.
Education
HDK, Academy of Design and Crafts: Master of Applied Arts in Ceramic Art, 1997-2002
Capellagården, School of Arts and Craft: Ceramic Form and Craft, 1995-1997
Solo Exhibitions (selected last years)
Gallery Nec, Paris, 2019
Galleri Anna H, Göteborg, 2018
Puls Gallery, Brussels, 2018
Daniel Berlin, Skåne Tranås, 2018
Berg Gallery, Stockholm ”Through the trees” 2017
Berg Gallery , Stockholm ”Forest theme” 2016
VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Öland, 2013, 2015
Kaolin, Stockholm, ”Dark Woods” 2015
Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, 2013
Bergdala Konstgalleri, 2011
Group Exhibitions (selected last years)
Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm 2019
Småland Museum, Växjö 2019
Nordic Art Center, Xiamen, Kina, 2019
Sollidens slott skulpturpark, Öland, 2017,2019
Collectible Art fair, Brussels, 2019
Chart Art & Design Fair, Copenhagen, Berg Gallery, 2018
“Sculpture Unleashed” Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm, 2018
Galleri Sebastian Schildt, Stockholm, 2018
Da End Gallery, Paris 2013, 2014, 2016
SIDE Gallery, Barcelona, 2017
Krapprups Konsthall, Höganäs, 2017, 2010
VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Borgholm, 2016
Vogze gallery, Seoul, 2015
Keramiskt Center, Höganäs, 2013
Sofiero Slott, Helsingborg, 2012
Hanasaari, Helsingfors, 2012
Virserums Konsthall, 2012
Signerat, Arkitekturmuseet, 2012
Form&Design Center Malmö, 2012
Falkenbergs Museum, 2012
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2011
Claska Gallery, Tokyo, 2011
Deici Gallery, Tokyo, 2011
Nature Gallery, Nagano, 2011
Sugata Gallery, Kyoto, 2011
Ameland Art Month, Holland, 2010
Arkitekturmuseet, Konstslöjdsalong, 2010
Gustavsbergs Porslinsmuseum,”Merikipe, Stockholm-Tblisi 2010
Röhsska Museet 2002, 2009
Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum 2008
Public Commissions (selected selected last years)
National Public Arts Council, Södertörns University, Stockholm, 2018
Stockholm Art, Gröndal, Stockholm 2018
Örnens äldreboende, Tingsryd 2015
Smedjans förskola, Kalmar 2014
Färjestadens skola 2010
Grants (selected last years)
Ulrica Hydman Valliens minnesstipendium, 2019
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2007, 2012-2013, 2017-2018
Gyllene fjädern, Barometern OT’s kulturpris 2016
International Artists Studio Program in Sweden 2008, 2014
Konsthantverkets Vänner 2009
Collections
Röhsska Museet, Museum of Arts and Craft, Gothenburg Sweden
Nationalmuseum, Stockhlm, Sweden
Statens konstråd, National Art Council of Sweden Stockholm Konst, city of Stockholm
Region Västra Götaland
Göteborgs Stad, City of Gothenburg
Uppsala Läns Landsting
Stockholms Läns Landsting
Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum
Svenska Kyrkan, Swedish Church
Municipalities of Örebro, Stockholm, Tingsryd, Nybro, Torsås,
Kalmar, Mörbylånga and Karlskrona.
Professional positions (selected last years)
Teacher in ceramics, Capellagården 2007-2016
Teacher in artistic practice, Swedish School of Glass, 2018-2019
Examinator BBFA, Oslo Art Academy, 2019
Guest lecturer, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen China 2017
Artist in residence, Shenhou China, 2014
Artist in residence, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2010
Jury, Sydosten, Kalmar Art Museum, 2017