Nina Malterud (born 1951) is a Norwegian

ceramist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whil ...

. A graduate of the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

, since 1975 she has created a variety of practical and artistic artefacts, both large and small, working mainly with blue clay. Applying her art to tiles, she has decorated public buildings including the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

and the Courthouse in Sandvika. Malterud was head of ceramics at the

Bergen Academy of Art and Design Bergen Academy of Art and Design ( no, Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen) or KHiB was one of two independent and accredited scientific institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway (The other is Oslo National Academy o ...

from 1994, serving as rector from 2002 to 2010. In 2022, she not only received the Ulrik Hendriksen Honorary Award but was honoured with the St. Olav's Medal.

Early life

Born on 28 October 1951 in Oslo, Nina Malterud is the daughter of Olaf Malterud and his wife Tone née Mykland. She attended the

(1971–74), after which she spent a year gaining practical experience in the studio of the ceramist Lisbet Dæhlin.

Career

In 1975, Malterud established a workshop in the

Frysja Frysja ("the cold river") is a river in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It originates from the glacier of Frysjabreen, flowing through the valley of Frysjadalen and outlets into Van Mijenfjorden Van Mijenfjorden is the third-longest fjor ...

district of Oslo. Working with blue clay, she has produced a wide variety of pottery, including bowls, dishes, jugs and cups. Inspired by

folk art Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative art, decorative. The makers of folk art a ...

from around the world and by the use of colour in the Mediterranean countries, she has focused on artistic expression rather than function. Her later works, generally somewhat smaller, are glazed and decorated with patterns. From the 1980s, Malterud has decorated a number of public buildings, including the University of Tromsø (1981) and the Courthouse in Sandvika (1994), making use of tiles for the floors and walls as well as large jars for decoration. In 1994, Malterud moved to

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

where she headed the ceramics department at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. She was appointed rector in 2002 until her retirement in 2010. From 2011, she has been active as an artisan in Bergen. In recent years, Malterud has contributed significantly to the status of craftsmanship and has been influential in improving facilities at the university level in Norway and beyond. She has been a driving force on the board of Norske Kunsthåndverkere (NK) since its establishment in 1975, especially as head of the NK Foundation (2013–19). She has also contributed actively to the journal ''Kunsthåndverk'' which she helped to establish in 1980.

Awards

For her contributions to Norwegian arts and crafts, Malterud has been honored with three major awards. In 2005, she received the , and in 2022, she first received the Ulrik Hendriksen Honorary Award in April, and then in August she was honored with the St Olav's Medal.

References

External links

Nina Malterud's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malterud, Nina 1951 births Living people Artists from Oslo Norwegian ceramists Norwegian women ceramists 20th-century Norwegian artists 20th-century Norwegian women artists 20th-century ceramists 21st-century Norwegian artists 21st-century Norwegian women artists 21st-century ceramists