Nina Malterud (b. 1951) was educated at the National College of Art and Design in Oslo 1971-74 and has been working with ceramics since 1975, in Oslo and later in Bergen. From 1994 she was professor in ceramics at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and 2002-2010 she was rector at the same institution. She has later been part time senior advicer mainly on artistic research and artistic PhD at the academies of the arts in Oslo and Bergen and the Faculty of Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen. She did a comprehensive retrospective solo exhibition at Kode Art Museum in Bergen, Norway, in 2022. The same year she was awarded the Ulrik Hendriksen Honorary Prize by Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond (the Relief Fund for Visual Artists) and was made Officer of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav for her ‘pioneering organisational efforts for higher education in art and for her artistic practice’.
I work with earthenware, referring to historical forms within ceramics such as tiles and dishes, with more focus on expression than function. In the later years I have explored the potentials of reglazing and refiring several times, where interaction between the layers of glazes produce some unpredictable results. Through this approach objects can be reformulated countless times. Cracks and gaps in the glaze offer opportunities of imagery rather than being traditional faults. Some of the surfaces may remind of phenomena in nature but I do not intend to make representations. I strive for expressions that has physical presence yet without narrative.
Born in Oslo 1951
1971–1974 Ceramics at National College of Art and Design (SHKS), Oslo
1974–1975 Assistant for ceramic artist Lisbet Dæhlin
2003 The Norwegian Association of Higher Education (UHR): leadership programme for rectors in higher education
1997 Hallsberg Brick Factory, Sweden: Pots around town - an experiment in large scale 3 weeks' workshop (led by Gertrud Båge)
1997 Ringebu, Norway: Large Scale, 2 weeks workshop (led by Torbjørn Kvasbø)
1989 Kyrkerud folkhögskola, Sweden: Clay and Fire, 2 weeks workshop
2012-2020 Senior Adviser for periods at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts (later Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen) and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2002-2010 Rector, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
1998-2002 Pro-Rector, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
1994-2002 Professor of Ceramics, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2014-2015 Adviser for the project INTERIMP at the Norwegian Academy of Music, supported by NARP
2003–2014 Member of the Steering Committee, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme (NARP)
2004-2009 Responsible for Sensuous Knowledge, annual conferences and publication series, supported by the Research Council of Norway
2002 something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, publication, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2002 Project leader at KHiB in Burning Point Bergen, Ceramics 1950-2000, publication, film, exhibition and seminar by Bergen National Academy of the Arts and The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art
1999-2000 Chair of the national committee developing the programme proposal for NARP
Drammens Museum
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen (formerly West Norway Museum of Decorative Art)
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo (formerly Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo)
National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim
Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø
The City of Oslo Art Collection
Arts Council Norway
Olympic Collection, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer
The National Touring Gallery, Norway
Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Gothenburg
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde
The Sørlandet Art Collection, Kristiansand
2022 Appointed Officer of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
2022 Ulirik Hendriksens Ærespris, from Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond/The Relief Fund for Visual Artists
2022 Arts Council Norway Publication Grant
2021 Regional Project Grant
2021 Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts: Grant
2020 City of Bergen Project Grant
2020 Arts Council Norway Project Grant
2019 Government’s Diverse Grant
2017, 14 Regional Exibition Grant
2005 Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts: Honorary Award
1994-2018 Government Guarantee Income for Artists (later: Grant for Senior Artists)
1989 Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts: Grant
1992, 85 Government’s Travel Grant
1985 Houen’s Foundation Grant
1979-1981 Government’s Work Grant
1978 Government’s Materials Grant
2024 Glaze Stories, PEACH CORNER, Copenhagen
2023 Peder Balke-senteret, Norway
2022 Material Statements, Kode Bergen Art Museum
2018 OUT THERE, KRAFT, Bergen
2017 tablet, eye, skin, Galleri Format, Oslo
2015 KRAFT, Bergen
2014 Hå gamle prestegard, Norway
2013 Galleri Format, Bergen
2013 Rom8, Bergen
2012, 1989, 80 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2005 Rackstad Museum, Sweden
2003 RAM Gallery, Oslo
1989 National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Trondheim
2023 The Faboulous Fem, Taste Contemporary at Cromwell Place, London (with Heidi Bjørgan, Kari Dyrdal, Hanne Heuch and Marit Tingleff)
2022 heuch & malterud - CERAMICS, Galleri Format. Oslo (with Hanne Heuch)
2024, 22, 21, 20, 19, 17, 14, 00 and every year 1975–1993 Annual exhibition Kunsthåndverk, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
2020 PRESENT, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal (with John Skognes, Sidsel Hanum, Gunilla Åkesson and Takeshi Yasuda)
2020 Ceramic Landscapes, Flow Gallery London (with Astrid Sleire)
2020 STOP. REWIND, PLAY. Akershus kunstsenter
2018 CLAY IN THE BANK, Kunstbanken Hamar, Norway (with Elisa Helland-Hansen, Elisabeth von Krogh, Beth Wyller)
2018 European Ceramic Context, Bornholm
2016 Ann Linnemann Gallery, Copenhagen (with Gunhild Rudjord)
2016 Pottery is back, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (curated by Gertrud Steinsvåg)
2003 Burning Point Bergen, The West Norway Museum of Decorative Arts, Bergen
2003 Ceramic Triennale, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo
2002 Keramik aus Norwegen, Galerie Handwerk, München
2000 Flyvende tallerkner og andre fat, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal (curated by Harald Solberg)
1999 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1999 Norwegian Contemporary Ceramics, Amsterdam (curated by Torbjørn Kvasbø/Jorunn Veiteberg)
1998, 85, 84, 80 Tendenser, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
1996 Ceramic Art Exhibition, Perugia (curated by Nino Caruso/Torbjørn Kvasbø)
1995-1996 Treklang, travelling exhibition North Norway
1994 Olympia Collection, Lillehammer
1993 Kunstnerhuset Gvarv, Norway (with Hanne Borchgrevink)
1990 Oslo International Ceramic Symposium (OICS): Norwegian Ceramics 1940–1990, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo
1990 OICS: Ukraina – Norway, a Developing Tradition, Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
1990 Hordaland Art Centre (with Lisbet Dæhlin and Beth Wyller)
1990 Seks sider av samme tid, RAM Gallery, Oslo (with Finn Alsos, Lisbet Dæhlin, Elisabeth von Krogh, Søren Ubisch, Beth Wyller)
1984 Norway Now, touring exhibition England (curated by Galleri F15)
1983 Frysja på by’n, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo
2023 artgeneve (with Taste Contemporary)
2022 Collect, London, with Flow Gallery
2019 NOMAD, St. Moritz Switzerland, with Galleri Format
2018 Collect, London, with Galleri Format
2017 Collect, London, with Galleri Format
2015 SOFA Chicago, with Galleri Format
2013 Collect, London, with Gallery Kunst1
1994 Asker and Bærum District Court, Norway
1993 Kongsberg Engineering University College, Norway
1992 Tingvang, Øystre Slidre Municipality, Norway
1991 Renaissance Cruises (Fearnley Eger)
1990 Bergen Prison, Norway
1989 Den Norske Creditbank
1987 The Society of Friends of the Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Oslo - gift to the museum
1985 Sessvollmoen Military Camp, Norway
1985 Norwegian Embassy Riyadh
1981 University of Tromsø, Norway
2004-2005 Statsbygg: Jury for competition new building Bergen National Academy of the Arts
1997–1999 Public Art Norway: Consultant for commissions Skjold Church, Bergen (with Arne Ingvaldsen)
1993 Public Art Norway: Jury for competition Værnes Airport
“1979: Vi kan jo bare lage vårt eget tidsskrift!” Kunsthåndverk 1/2020, pp. 26–33.
“Finn Erik Alsos’ minnepris”. Kunsthåndverk 3/2018, pp. 66–69.
“Artistic Freedom and Public Responsibility: My Time as Rector”. Nina Schønsby (ed.): 245 Years Art and Design Education in Bergen. Bergen: University of Bergen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, 2017, pp. 258–265.
“Noen sirklinger rundt kunst og kvalitet”. Øyvind Prytz (ed.): Når kunsten tar form. Oslo: Arts Council Norway 2018, pp. 46–48.
tablet, eye, skin. Catalogue. Bergen: Nina Malterud 2017.
“The Art University – a space for negotiating and sharing”. Torbjörn Lind (ed.): Artistic research yearbook 2016, Stockholm: The Swedish Research Council, 2016, pp. 25–29.
”Ingen A4-utstilling, akkurat”. Kunsthåndverk 4/2015, p. 12.
“Zwinger in Arendal”. Caroline Slotte/Kjell Rylander (eds.): Zwinger und Ich. Network for Nordic Contemporary Ceramics, 2015.
”Forbi – eller fast i glasuren”. Kunsthåndverk 1/2015, p. 45.
”Supervisors’ Support - Some Specific Challenges”. Mick Wilson and Schelte van Ruiten (eds.): SHARE Handbook for Artistic Research Education, ELIA, 2013, pp. 60–64.
"It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to”. Ingrid Aarset. Catalogue, Bergen 2013.
QUIET. Catalogue. Bergen: Nina Malterud 2012.
“Artistic research – necessary and challenging”. – Nordic Journal of Art and Research 1/2012.
“Not Just a Cup”. CUP. Catalogue.Elisa Helland-Hansen, Bergen2011.
Siri Brekke, Liv Midbøe, Kristine Thenman. Catalogue. Arvika Konsthall 2010.
“Can you make Art without Research”. Hans-Peter Schwarz (ed.): Art and Artistic Research. Zürich University of the Arts / Scheidegger & Spiess 2009, pp. 24–29.
“… som å legge en tiger mellom to glassplater…” Catalogue. Gro Jessen. Oslo 2005.
“Lisbet Dæhlin”. Kunsthåndverk no. 3/2003, pp. 18–19.
“Education in the ceramic arts – wood firing or intellectual enterprise?” Nina Malterud and Anne Britt Ylvisåker (eds.): Burning Point Bergen. Bergen: Bergen National Academy of the Arts/The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, pp. 44–53.
“The bowl and the surface are absolute”, “Use and Art”. something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Bergen: Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2002.
As times go by – the years 1971–2001 seen in retrospect”. Kunsthåndverk 1–2/2001, pp. 27–29.
“Mental and Material”. Gunilla Åkesson. Catalogue. Bergen 2001.
“Gunilla Maria Åkesson: Geist und Materie”. Neue Keramik no. 11/2001, p. 656.
“Om å trene på frihet”. Take Off. Catalogue. Bergen: Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2000.
“Være eller ikke være på kunstscenen”. Kunsthåndverk no. 2/1999, p. 31.
“Jord og luft i rom og tid”. 4 fra Norden. Katalog, Kristiansand: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum 1998.
“Om eget arbeid”. Kunsthåndverk no. 40/1991, pp. 28–29.
“Mot til å skape”. Kunsthåndverk no. 26–27/1987, pp. 12–14.
“Du får ikke mer ut av hornet enn det du putter inn”. Kunsthåndverk no. 23/1986, p. 26.
“Bare en kopp?” Kunsthåndverk no. 13/1984, pp. 10–11.
1979-1987 Initiator, member of Editorial Board, co-author of many texts
Material Statements, catalogue, Bergen: Kode Bergen Art Museum/Hatje Cantz 2022
“Studio Visit: Nina Malterud”. Ceramics Monthly June 2015, pp. 28–31.
Sigrun Hodne: “Zen og kunsten å gjenskape en vaskebøtte”. Kunsthåndverk 4/2014, p. 49.
Jan Kokkin: “Fullendt spagatøvelse”. Kunsthåndverk no. 4/2012, p. 44.
Jorunn Veiteberg: “Something old, something new…”. Keramik Magazin no. 2/2004, pp. 17–21.
Lars Elton: “Fra romantikk til system”. Kunsthåndverk no. 1/2004, p. 43.
Jorunn Veiteberg: “Nina Malterud. In a Conversation about Function”. Ceramics: Art and Perception no. 53 (2003), pp. 66–69.
Jorunn Veiteberg: “Comments on a Conversation about Function”. something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Bergen: Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2002, unpaginated.
Åsmund Thorkildsen: “Un-use – Consumption”. something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Bergen: Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2002, unpaginated.
Jorunn Veiteberg: “Nina Malterud”. Torbjørn Kvasbø and Jorunn Veiteberg (eds.): Norwegian Contemporary Ceramics. Catalogue 1999, p. 34.
“Man må kunne tåle det usikre”. Interview with Jorunn Veiteberg, Kunsthåndverk no. 1/1998, pp. 18–20.
Interview with Erling Lægreid, NRK 1, 12/5 1996.
Randi Gaustad and Gunnar Danbolt: Samtidskeramikk: Norsk keramikk fra 1940 til i dag. Oslo: Dreyers Forlag 1990, p. 35.
Jan Lauritz Opstad: En ny bevissthet. Oslo: C. Huitfeldt Forlag 1989, pp. 10, 64, 104–106.
Fredrik Wildhagen: Norge i form. Oslo: J.M. Stenersens Forlag 1988, p. 180.
2019 Unngå å regne! Presentation at glaze seminar at Galleri Format, Oslo
2018 Presentation at Arts Council Norway's yearly conference
2016 The Art University - a space for negotiating and sharing, Vetenskapsrådet's symposium on aristic research, Sweden
2012- Several lectures on artistic research in Norway, in higher education institutions
2012 Kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid (konstnärlig forskning) i norsk kunstutdanning, conference Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Sweden
2012 Supervisors’ Support in Artistic Research Doctoral Programmes, workshop SHARE London
2011 Ceramic Visions for the Future, seminar Visual Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2009 Materiale og konsept, seminar Rogaland Art Centre, org. by Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts West Norway
2009 Can you make Art without Research, conference Zürich Hochschule der Künste
2009 Kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid og forskning - Utfordringer og muligheter, staff seminar Visual Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2008 Kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid og kunstfaglig forskning – status og utfordringer, staff seminar Grieg Academy, University of Bergen
2007 Kunstutdanning i dag – utfordring og muligheter, staff seminar Norwegian Academy of Music
2005 Culture, Curriculum and Quality – Challenging the Frames of Tradition and Innovation, Biennial Conference European League for Institutes of the Arts, Luzern
2004 Keynote: Why Sensuous Knowledge Make Sense, Sensuous Knowledge, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2019–2021 Co supervisor artistic PhD candidate, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen
2021, 19, 17 Key note at Artistic Research School seminar 1, organised by NARP
2017–2019 Main supervisor artistic PhD candidate, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2017 Chair of assessment committee PhD level, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2011–2015 Responsible for yearly Supervisor's Seminar, NARP (with Ivar Frounberg)
1994-2002 Professor in ceramics at KHiB, including leading the department, supervision MA and BA level, cooperation with other departments, artistic research
1990-1991 A few courses at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, ceramics
2024 Sensor Master Art and Craft, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2020 Chair of assessment committee artistic PhD, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2017 Chair of assessment committee PhD level, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2016 Opponent last seminar PhD candidate, HDK Gothenburg University
2015 Opponent 80% seminar PhD candidate, Konstfack, Stockholm
2015 Opponent 80% seminar PhD candidate HDK, Gothenburg University
2007, 02, 00, 1999. 98 Graduate exam Ceramics and Glass, Konstfack, Stockholm
2002, 1999, 98, 97 Graduate exam ceramics, HDK, Gothenburg University
1992, 90 Graduate exam ceramics, National College of Art and Design, Bergen
1990 Undergraduate exam ceramics, National College of Art and Design, Oslo
2024 NOKUT: Accreditation for PhD in artistic research, Østfold University College, joint degree with HINN and UiT
2022 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Professor II ceramic art
2022 Konstfack, Stockholm: Applications for professor ceramics
2021 NOKUT: Accreditation for PhD in artistic research in i film and related audiovisual media, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
2021 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Applications for assistant professor ceramics
2018 Stockholm University of the Arts: Applications for professor/vise dean
2018 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Evaluation professor
2016 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Applications for professor/associate professor ceramics
2015 Bergen Academy of Art and Design: Evaluation professor
2015 University of Agder: Applications for professor/associate professor visual art
2014 Konstfack, Stockholm: Applications for professor ceramics, focus on exhibition
2013-2014 Swedish Higher Education Authority: Evaluation of higher design and craft educations, chair of committee
2013 HDK; Gothenburg University: Evaluation associate professor
2012 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Applications professor/associate professor ceramics
2012 Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: Accreditation for artistic doctoral exam, Luleå University
2011 Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: Accreditation for artistic doctoral exam, Umeå University
2010-2011 Gothenburg University RED10: Chair of panel for evaluation of artistic research in fine arts, crafts and design and photography
2010 HDK, Gothenburg University: Ekstern vurdering av søknader doktorander
2009-2010 Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: Accreditation for artistic doctoral exam, Gothenburg and Lund University, The Swedish School of Textiles Borås
2009 Swedish Research Council: Accreditation of a national artistic doctorate research school
2008 Konstfack, Stockholm: Applications professor ceramics
2008 Burg Giebichenstein, Halle: Applications professor ceramics
2006-2007 Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: Evaluation and master accreditation higher design education
2000 Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Applications assistant professsor/associate professor ceramics
1996-1997 Konstfack, Stockholm: External evaluation of the Department of Ceramics and Glass
1994 Konstfack, Stockholm: Applications for professor ceramics
2016–2020 Board Borealis, international festival for experimental music, Bergen
2013–2019 Member of the funding committee of the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, chair from 2015
2004–2005 Board member of Norsk Form
1998–2000 Board member of Stiftelsen Kulturhuset USF, Bergen
1993-1997 Member of the expert committee for visual arts, Arts Council Norway
1995–1997 Steering Committee for Etterutdanning for kunstnere
1989–1991 Member of the advisory committee of crafts, Kunstnerforbundet
1980–1981 Member of the crafts purchasing committee, Arts Council Norway
1976–1979 Board member of Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts - Formidlingssentralen
1976–1978 Board member of Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
2017 The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR):Endring av UHRs veiledende retningslinjer for ph.d.-utdanning som følge av forslag om ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid (chair of working group)
2016 National Council for Artistic Research, The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR), (chair of working group): Research and Development in the Arts (short version in English)
2011 The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR): Én ph.d.grad for fremtidens behov?
2007 The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR): Vekt på kunst – discussing a potential result based financing of artistic research
2000 Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and The Norwegian Academy of Music: Forslag til program for kunstnerisk kompetanseutvikling i kunstutdanningsinstitusjonene (chair of working group)