Eyvind Solli Andreassen

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13 Januar - 6 Mars 2022

Eyvind Solli Andreassen’s ceramic objects revolve around shapes, volumes and sizes and works within a time consuming process where both hands and mind are present. Hand rolled coils of clay are placed on top of each other revealing rhythmic lines that flow through the object creating varied organic forms where countless fingerprints shape time into a physical object. The layers of repetitive surface are created one by one with a single finger pressed down in precise and detailed rows. The various movements within the object fights its current pose, as bodies that are torn between one movement and the next one and finally laid to rest, as if caught and ossified during the ceramic firing process.

Techniques, cracks and coincidences that occur during the process are openly displayed and tell a physical story of Andreassen’s interaction with the material. The insides appear to reference spaces and holes formed over time by unknown forces and various climatic influences. The deliberate absence of glaze accentuates the individual qualities that arise from the use of different types of clay. Balancing a desire to play with gravity, the work also exudes a desire to grow continuously but has reached a point where it meets its own end. Both static and moving it highlights the fragility of ceramic work where tension and unease lingers as though the work might fall at any given moment.

Eyvind Solli Andreassen (b. 1986, Porsgrunn) is a ceramic artist based in Oslo. Andreassen has a background from the metal industry working as a sheet metal worker and doing exchange studies at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Andreassen graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts with an MFA in medium- and material-based art in 2019. He has received several grants and prizes, such as the Norwegian Arts and Crafts Student Prize for his Master project "Ringvirkninger", an establishment grant for graduated artists, and 3 years working grant from the Norwegian Cultural Council in 2020. His work has been acquired by the collection of the Norwegian National Museum and by several private collectors. Andreassen has shown works at several fairs and galleries both national and international such as CHART Art Fair, Norwegian Sculptors' Association, London Design Fair, Oslo Design Fair, BOON Paris, Gallery Format and Officine Saffi where he was shortlisted for the Office Saffi Awards 4 and won the residency prize and are to be hosted by Päivi Rintaniemi at a residency in Seinäjoki (Finland) 2022.