Tove Tengå

Born in Örebro 1984, currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Clay is my primary material, and I experiment with finding my own techniques to work with. I like working with my hands, and I let the work of my hands shine through in the end result. 

My interests lie in creating groups, or systems, where the pieces form a dialogue between each other. I’m drawn to the asymmetrical repetition and explore the collaboration between patterns and shapes.

Graphical design, illustrations, and patterns are my inspirations, and I look for harmony, my own language, or feeling. My work is primarily abstract, which the viewer can interpret freely, but it has a deeper meaning when you look closer.

I’ve made the sculpture The Knot since 2016, in different sizes, colors, and patterns. It’s become my signature sculpture. The knot symbolizes the strong bonds we have in relations. It can be relations between a mother and a son, the relation between a country or religion, but also to our origin; nature. Bonds that are very hard to break.

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Education

2013-2016 Konstfack University of Art Craft and design, BFA in Ceramics and glass
2011-2013 Leksands folkhögskola, Ceramics
2008-2010 Stockholm university, mathematics and biology


Solo exhibitions

2024 Pattern of Fate, Kaolin, Stockholm
2022 Tied to the Knot, Röbäck glas och lera, Umeå
2021 Mellan objekt och bild, POM Gallery, Mariefred
2019 Balans, Kaolin Stockholm


Group exhibition

2024 Att vara kvinna, Miss Clara Hotel, Stockholm
2022 Exhibition with Kerstin Åslind, Galleri Anna H, Göteborg
2021 Avtryck som uttryck, Kaolin, Stockholm
2020 Contrasting Craft, Kaolin , Stockholm
2019 Hemma- Gone wild, JOYN Studio for Svensk form, Milano
2018 Jubileumsutställning, Kaolin, Stockholm 
2017 Arbeten, Keramiskt center, Höganäs
2016 Dom kallar oss konsthantverkare, The Glass Factory, Boda
2016 Konstfacks spring exhibition, Stockholm
2015 Något har hänt, Gustavsbergs porslinsmuseum

Other public

2023 Participated in Affordable Art Fair Stockholm
2023 Participated in Stockholm Furniture Fair.
2021 The Knot in the Swedish TV program Så mycket bättre.
2020 The Knot in the Swedish Netflix series Love and anarchy
2020 Intervju Stil i P1, Avsnitt Den magiska leran - fyra historier om keramik

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