Karin Amdal
(She/her)
Address: Kroloftet Keramikkverksted, Arnljot Gellines Vei 41, 0657 Oslo
Floor: 1
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Spheres, cubes, planes are my building blocks. I put them together in different ways, sometimes to explore form, but most often to tell a story. Ideas and concepts underpin my work, often resulting in unexpected twists. Inspiration comes from what is happening around me, in my own life and in the world.
Ceramics, design, sculpture, hand built, clay
Runner, Karin Amdal, hand built, 2024
Pluss, Karin Amdal, hand built, 2024
Bunker/Scream, Karin Amdal, hand built, 2024
Snow Sled, Karin Amdal, hand built, 2024
Planned projects and exhibitions
Presenter and exhibitor at Wedge Australian Ceramics Triennale,
Freemantle, Australia 2 – 5 October, 2025.
Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange, Kópavogur, Iceland July 31 – August 15, 2025
CV
EDUCATION
2017 – 19 Diploma of Ceramic Arts: Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
2012 Graduate Diploma of Teaching: Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 – 11 Master of Design: Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
2007 – 08 Industrial design papers twds Grad Dip Design: Massey University, Wellington, NZ
1990 – 92 Diploma of Art Direction: Westerdals School of Advertising, Oslo, Norway
1988 – 90 Certificate of Art; Drawing, Form & Colour: Elen Ofstad Skole, Trondheim, Norway
1987 – 88 Visual Communication 1+ 2, Photography 1 + 2, CCAC, Pittsburgh, USA
AWARDS
2021 Special Mention award, 60th National Exhibition, Otago Art Society, Dunedin, NZ
2021 Merit award for wheel-thrown ceramics, Ceramicus, NZFA, Wellington, NZ
2019 People’s choice award, Ceramicus, NZFA, Wellington, New Zealand
2019 Award for ‘Innovation in Ceramics’, Ceramicus, NZFA, Wellington, New Zealand
2017 Award for ‘Excellence in Wheel-Thrown Ceramics’, Ceramicus, NZFA, Wellington, NZ
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Wedge (Oct 2 – 5) Australian Ceramics Triennale, Perth, Australia
2024 Fireworks (16 Nov – 21 Dec) Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Rue du Page 19, Brussels
2024 1000 Vases (5 – 8 Sep 8) Rue Chapon, Paris France
2024 Made at Kroloftet (7 Apr – 12 May) Gamle Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2023 Keramika, Kruttverket, Oslo, Norway
2022 Ceramicus 2022 (selector and guest artist), New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, NZ
2022 Forsyth Barr Contemporary Ceramics Awards, Refinery ArtSpace, Nelson, NZ
2022 UKU Clay Ceramic Awards, Hastings Community Arts Centre Gallery, NZ
2022 Quarry Ceramic Awards, Quarry Art Centre, Whangarei, NZ
2022 Moments in Clay, Thistle Hall Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2022 Recidency utstilling, Atelier Ilsvika, Trondheim, Norway
2022 R T Nelson Sculpture Awards, NZ Art Show, TSB Arena, Wellington, NZ
2022 Waiclay National Ceramics Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
2021 60th National Exhibition, Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station, NZ
2021 Ceramicus 2021, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
2021 Moments in Clay, Thistle Hall Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2021 Unearth Your Local Potter, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
2020 Wellington Regional Arts Review, Expressions Whirinaki, Upper Hutt, NZ
2020 Creative Clay 2020 (selector and guest artist), Hutt Art Centre, NZ
2020 Ceramicus 2020, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
2020 Uku Clay Ceramics Awards 2020, Arts Inc. Heretaunga, Hastings, NZ
2020 Down to Earth, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
2019 Portage Ceramic Awards, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, NZ
2019 Waiclay National Ceramics Award 2019, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
2018 Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award Exhibition, Quartz, Whanganui, NZ
2018 59th National Exhibition Ceramics NZ, Expressions Whirinaki, Upper Hutt, NZ
2017 Ceramicus 2017, 2018, 2019, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND REPRESENTATION
2024 Represented by Galerie Philia, New York City, NY, USA
2022 Selector and guest artist, 64th Ceramicus Exhibition, Wellington Potters Association
2020 Selector and guest artist, ‘Creative Clay 2020’, Hutt Art Awards
2019 – 20 Regional representative for Ceramics New Zealand
NOTABLE COLLABORATIONS
2023 Poliform, Milano, Italy – vases for styling/photoshoot of new furniture range
2022 Simone Haag, Australia – vases for styling Capella Sydney, Hotel in Circular Quay
MEMBERSHIPS
2022 – Norske kunsthåndverkere – Norwegian association of Arts and Crafts
2019 – Ceramics New Zealand
RESIDENCIES
2022 Atelier Ilsvika, Trondheim, Norway