Helen Mørken Porcelain

Hand-crafted porcelain lighting and ceramics

CV

Education

2009-2012 Bath Spa University, England: MA Design – Ceramics
2004-2008 Glasgow School of Art, Scotland: BA Ceramics

Selected exhibitions

2024 Resilience II, Kunstforeningen Verdens Ende, Tjøme (duo exhibition)
2024 Resilience, Galleri Soon, Son (duo exhibition)
2023 Kunstfest, Bærums Verk
2023 Vibrasjoner, Norway Designs, Oslo. Accepted for sculpture exhibition.
2022 Vulnerability and Resilience, TRÅKK Prosjektrom, Galleri BKD, Tønsberg (solo exhibition/project)
2021 Glimt fra livet, Holmestrand kunstforening, (duo exhibition)
2021 Mot lysfest, Galleri Fjordheim, Biri
2021 Hav, Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongensgate, Oslo
2020 Lys, Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongensgate, Oslo
2019 Østlandsutstillingen 2019, Kunstforeningen Verdens Ende, Tjøme
2019 Bravo - 40 years, Kunsthåndverkerene i Kongensgate, Oslo
2018 Belyst, Kunsthåndverkerene i Kongensgate, Oslo
2017 Hadeland Glassverk, Winter exhibition
2016 Norway Designs NÅ Vol. 3, Oslo
2015 Vevringutstillinga 2015, Naustdal (invited exhibitor)
2015 The Ceramic Lamp, Carouge, Switzerland
2014 Into Beyond, Galleri Clayground, Tønsberg (solo exhibition)
2014 Dreamscapes, Kongensgt. 2, Oslo (solo exhibition)
2013 “1001 kopp”, Galleri Festiviteten, Eidsvoll Verk
2012 Gjennomskinnelig, Galleri Smalgangen, Åsgårdstrand (solo exhibition)
2012 New Designers, Earls Court, London SW5
2011 LUX - A Vision of Light, Bath, England
2008 Biennalen for Kunsthåndverk, Norske Kunsthåndverkere Sørøst-Norge
2007 Nine on line, Atrium Gallery, Glasgow, UK

Curated group exhibitions, including at Vestfold Kunstsenter and Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongensgate in Oslo. Sales from kunstsentere and quality galleries in Norway and the United Kingdom.

Public art and projects

2022 Floating, Installation in church, Tønsberg Frikirke
2019 BRAVO keramikk, 40th anniversary, Kunsthåndverkerne i Kongensgate, Oslo. Wall installation with 200 ceramic bowls (group project)
2018-2019 Chapel window, Tønsberg Frikirke
2018 Porcelain wings, decoration of private home, Tjøme, Vestfold
2018 Decoration of outdoor area, Våtmarkssenter Ilene (Fylkesmannen i Vestfold)
2018 Entrance to Kjelle Helsepark, Vestfold A&E (Vestfold interkommunale legevakt)
2017-2023 Designproject with NEVEN, Oslo
2017-2022 Nalu designed for N*AUGA, København
2017 Wall mural, Tønsberg Montessoriskole (part of NK Firing Up)
2017 Marine awareness project, Auditorium, Ilene Wetlands Centre, Tønsberg (Fylkesmannen i Vestfold)
2017 Lysekrone, Jarlsberg Hovedgård, Tønsberg
2015 Helsesenter Solli DPS, Nesttun
2005 Café M, Tønsberg

Publications / articles

2017 Beyond in Techniques for Surface Design by Paul Jackson, p.127
2016 Zzip in American Craft magazine, vol 76
2015 La Lampe Céramique, Musée de Carouge, p.25
2007 Möbius I in Ceramic Review 228

Courses

2022 Woodcut with Suzannah Øistad, grafisk verksted Sandefjord kurbad
2020 Instagram with Kat Coroy
2018 Mosaic techniques (1 week), Muralverkstedet, Oslo
2015-2016 Artists as Entrepreneurs. Course with Margrete Bak, Buskerud kunstsenter and online
2014 Randi Beck, Intaglio, Stokke
2012 Peter Beard, Ceramics Surface Techniques, Warwickshire, UK

Grants

2025 Artist residency (4 weeks), Vadsø (Finnmark fylkeskommunes gjesteatelier)
2022 Vestfold Kunstsenters stipend from Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond
2015 Statens utstillingsstipend
2013 Statens diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere

Organisations

Member of Norske Kunsthåndverkere, NK
Member of Kunsthåndverkerene (previously Kunsthåndverkerene i Kongensgate, Oslo)
Olsgaard studio cooperative

Positions

2019–2026 Head, Norway’s National Examination Board for Ceramics (prøvenemda)
2021–2025 Election Committee, NK Sør and Vestfold kunstsenter
2018–2022 Board and Manager, Olsgaard Studio Collective, Tønsberg
Preparatory work for the new curriculum in upper secondary education (ceramics), Utdanningsdirektoratet (completed)

Other Relevant Work

2022/23/24/25 Lyslek, production for Den kulturelle skolesekken, tour in Viken, Vestfold, Telemark, Vestland, Asker, Senja, Møre, and others
2022 Art communicator for Nasjonalmuseet, Den kulturelle skolesekken, Innlandet
2019-2022 Art communicator for Den kulturelle skolesekken, Viken
2020 (cancelled due to COVID): Art communicator for Østlandsutstillingen 2020, Buskerud Kunstsenter
2018 Se hvordan kunsthåndverk blir til Pottery workshop for Norske Kunsthåndverkere Annual Exhibition 2018, Fredrikstad. Organized by NKSØ.
2017 Firing up, art project with 5th-7th grade, Tønsberg Montessoriskole
2017 Chandelier art project with marine waste, 8th grade, Teigar ungdomsskole