Nanna Bayer, portrait by Luisa Brimble

Curriculum vitae

Nanna Bayer

Ceramic artist. Finnish-Tasmanian. Based in South Hobart, Tasmania.

Suspended Animation light sculpture at Design Tasmania

Solo exhibitions

Solo

  • Older? Wiser? Stronger? — Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport (24 September 2022 – 12 November 2022) (Devonport Regional Gallery)
  • I Know You Are There — TMAG Bond Store (Beaker Street Festival), Hobart (until 31 August 2021) (Beaker Street · Handmark archive)
  • Light — Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart (7 March 2020 – 5 April 2020) (CAT annual report)
  • Parallel Paths — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2016) (2019 CV)
  • Bunker Gallery, Coffs Harbour (2013) (2019 CV)
  • In the Land of Wonders? — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2012) (2019 CV)
  • Nasienie II — Galleria Norsu, Helsinki, Finland (2009) (2019 CV)
  • Gallery Can Can, Lonstrup, Denmark (2008) (2019 CV)
  • Futon Ya San, Auckland, New Zealand (2005) (2019 CV)
  • ArteMano, Winterthur, Switzerland (2004) (2019 CV)
  • Galleria Ofeigur, Reykjavik, Iceland (2001) (2019 CV)
a magna laetus flos 1 — coloured porcelain sculpture exhibited at Devonport Regional Gallery

Group exhibitions

Selected group

  • Tasmania Makes 25 — Design Tasmania, Launceston (24 January 2025 – 31 May 2025) (Design Tasmania)
  • Ceramics Triennial Exhibition — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2019) (2019 CV)
  • Seek. Clay. Make — Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney (2013) (2019 CV)
  • Agathons Party, Iloa-Joy — Gallery Coppersmithy, Fiskars, Finland (2013) (2019 CV)
  • Ceramega 2012 — Art Center of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland (2019 CV)
  • Rautarouvat (Iron Ladies) — Gallery Coppersmithy, Fiskars, Finland (1 October 2011 – 8 January 2012) (2019 CV · Onoma archive)
  • Opposite Poles — Artisan Gallery, Robigana, Tasmania (2010) (2019 CV)
  • 10th Anniversary Kohila International Ceramics Symposium, Tallinn, Estonia (2010) (2019 CV)
  • Eldens magi / Magic of Fire — Rockstadmuseet, Arvika, Sweden (2009) (2019 CV)
  • Experience Finland — Bistolfi Showroom, Roma, Italy (2009) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico (2009) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico (2008) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia, Mexico (2008) (2019 CV)
  • Dialogue — National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania (2007) (2019 CV)
  • World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, South Korea (2007) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Ozone Living Design Center, Tokyo, Japan (2006) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Koumi-Machi Kougen Museum of Art, Koumi, Japan (2006) (2019 CV)
  • Fiskars Design Village — Mediateque, Sendai, Japan (2006) (2019 CV)
  • Elite-Tile 2006 — Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo (2019 CV)
  • Sato / Harvest — Fiskars Granery, Fiskars, Finland (2006) (2019 CV)
  • Ceramega 04 — Art Center of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland (2004) (2019 CV)
  • World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, South Korea (2001) (2019 CV)
  • Klar Form / Clear Form — Ekebyhovs Slott, Stockholm, Sweden (2000) (2019 CV)
  • Cup 2000, 2nd International Triennale of Ceramics — Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade (2019 CV)
Fire sculpture at the 2019 Australian Ceramics Triennale

Commissions

Commissions

  • Little Penguin Nesting Modules — Derwent Estuary, Tasmania (with IMAS, Birdlife Tasmania) (2021–24) (Jane Bamford)
  • 3-metre fire sculpture — Australian Ceramics Triennale, PW1, Hobart (with Selena de Carvalho) (2019) (SOHO Arts)
  • 200-piece dinner set, hand-built porcelain in cold lustre — MONA, Hobart (2014) (2019 CV)
  • Panels for Oyster Bar — MONA, Hobart (2014) (2019 CV)
  • Pentagon, teepee top — MONA, Hobart (2012) (2019 CV)
  • Elite-Tile — Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2006) (2019 CV)
  • Elite-Tile — Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2002) (2019 CV)
  • Verwandlungskreis firing sculpture (with Joergen Hansen) — Berlin, Germany (2002) (2019 CV)
Ocean Flower series nerikomi porcelain vessel showing layered coloured-clay pattern

Collections

Collections and commissions — 2019 CV records

The artist’s 2019 CV groups these entries under “Collections and commissions”. Named commissions are listed above.

  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart (2012, 2014) (2019 CV)
  • WOCEF (World Ceramic Exposition Foundation), South Korea (2001) (2019 CV)
  • Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2002, 2006) (2019 CV)
  • Väkevä Maa / Terra Artis Sculpture Parks, Finland (2005) (2019 CV)

Background

Education

  • Ceramics — Ceramics School of Posio, Posio, Finland (1991) (2019 CV)
  • Fashion and Fur — School for Fashion and Fur, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1989) (2019 CV)
  • Arts and Crafts — School for Arts and Crafts, Hollola, Finland (1985) (2019 CV)
  • Matriculation examination — Gymnasium Hollola, Hollola, Finland (1983) (2019 CV)

Memberships

Professional practice

  • Co-organiser, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart (2019) (SOHO Arts · Design Tasmania)
  • Representing Finland, Nordic-Balkan symposium, Gothenburg (2005) (2019 CV)
  • Juried ceramic fairs in Germany and France (2005–07) (2019 CV)
  • Tiles for traditional Scandinavian fireplaces, international workshop, Somero (2001) (2019 CV)
  • Udu and Okarino, international ceramic workshop, Somero (1999) (2019 CV)

Publications

  • La Ceramica — Article in an Italian ceramic magazine. (2011) (2019 CV)
  • At Work in Fiskars — Book featuring fourteen Fiskars artists and their studios. (2011) (2019 CV)
  • Återseende — Book published in Sweden. (2009) (2019 CV)
  • Shopping in Finland — Includes Nanna Bayer’s studio-gallery. (2009) (2019 CV)
  • YLE: K-Reppu — Maailman vanhin ammatti: Nanna Bayer — Finnish television programme on art and culture. (2008) (2019 CV)
  • Neue Keramik / New Ceramic 3/2005 — Article in a German ceramic magazine. (2019 CV)