Ellen Ehk Åkesson
Pukeberg, Nybro
SE +46 (0)702- 45 82 60
Email: info@ellenehk.se
BERG GALLERY
Stockholm, Sweden
SE +46 (0)704-22 81 46
Email: info@berggallery.se
Ellen Ehk Åkesson (b. 1976) lives and works outside of Nybro, Sweden. She holds an MFA in Ceramic Art from HDK University of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg. Previous solo and duo exhibitions include Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar (2024), Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna (2023), and Berg Gallery, Stockholm (2024, 2020, 2017, 2016). Recent group exhibition venues include Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (2024), Fondation Villa Datris, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (2022), Institut Suédois, Paris (2021), and Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg (2019).
Ehk is represented in several public collections, including Nationalmuseum (Stockholm), Röhsska Museum (Gothenburg), Shanghai Museum of Arts and Craft, and the Public Art Agency of Sweden. In 2019, she was the first artist to receive the Ulrica Hydman Vallien Memorial Grant.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
1997–2002 MFA, Ceramic Art, Academy of Design and Crafts (HDK), Gothenburg, SE
1995–1997 Ceramic Form and Craft, Capellagården, School of Arts and Craft, Öland, SE
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 I remember a river, Galerie NeC, Paris, FR
2024 Vi känner i skogen hur marken bär (w. Pauline Fransson), Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2024 Just efter regnet, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2023 Market Art Fair, Liljevalchs (w. Pauline Fransson), Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2023 Wonderland, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, SE
2022 The trailing moss and mystic glow (w. Markus Åkesson), Kosta Art Gallery, Kosta, SE
2021 Skogens hjärta (w. Markus Åkesson), VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Borgholm, SE
2020 Geomancy, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2019 Enraciné, Galerie NeC, Paris, FR
2018 Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, BE
2017 Through the trees, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2016 Forest theme, Berg Gallery, Stockholm SE
2015 Dark Woods, VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Öland, SE
2013 My Woodland Fantasies, VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Öland, SE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 You Are Here: From Uppsala to Hafnarfjörður, from Hafnarfjörður to Uppsala, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, IS
2025 Entre Deux Eaux, Espace d’arts moderne et contemporain Edith Allard, Le Palais, Megève, FR
2025 Elastic 20 years, Elastic Rural, Jädraås, SE
2024 Romantiken, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, SE
2024 Palace Garden, Ravinen, Båstad, SE
2023 Solliden Royal Palace, Öland, SE
2023 The Council Buildings, Justus Lipsius, European Council, Brussels, BE
2023 Satoshi Saïkusa – À perte de vue, Galerie Da-End, Paris, FR
2023 Public Art Agency, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, SE
2022 Toucher Terre, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, FR
2022 Summer Group Show, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2021 Galerie NeC c/o Institut Suédois, Institut Suédois, Paris, FR
2021 Winter Group Show, Galerie NeC, Paris, FR
2021 Nära naturen, Läckö Slott/Nationalmuseum, Lidköping, SE
2020 Nature Imaginaire, Galerie NeC, Paris, FR
2020 Kosta Art Gallery, Kosta, SE
2020 Summer Group Show, Galerie NeC, Paris, FR
2019 Solliden Royal Palace, Öland, SE
2019 Nordic Art Center, Xiamen, CN
2019 Collectible, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, BE
2019 Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm, SE
2019 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, SE
2019 Smålands museum, Växjö, SE
2018 CHART Art & Design Fair (w. Berg Gallery), Copenhagen, DK
2018 Sculpture Unleashed, Cecilia Hillström Gallery + Berg Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2018 Collectible Art Fair, Puls Gallery, Brussels, BE
2018 Cabinet Da-End 08, Galerie Da-End, Paris, FR
2018 Trädens liv, Eksjö museum, Eksjö, SE
2018 Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE
2017 SIDE Gallery, Barcelona, ES
2017 Solliden Royal Palace, Öland, SE
2017 Krapperups Konsthall, Höganäs, SE
2016 VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Borgholm, SE
2015 Vogooze Gallery, Seoul, KR
2014 Galerie Da-End, Paris, FR
2013 Keramiskt Center, Höganäs, SE
2013 Galerie Da-End, Paris, FR
2012 Sofiero Slott, Helsingborg, SE
2012 Virserums konsthall, Virserum, SE
2012 Arkitektur- och designcentrum, ArkDes, Stockholm, SE
2012 Form&Design Center, Malmö, SE
2012 Falkenbergs museum, SE
2011 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011 Claska Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2011 Deici Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2011 Nature Gallery, Nagano, JP
2011 Gallery Sugata, Kyoto, JP
2010 Art Month Ameland, Ameland, NL
2010 Arkitektur- och designcentrum, ArkDes, Stockholm, SE
2010 Merikipe, Gustavsbergs Porslinsmuseum, Stockholm, SE
2010 Krapperups Konsthall, Höganäs, SE
2009 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, SE
2008 Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts, CN
Public Commissions
2025 Cirrus, Botkyrka
2023 Allting förändras men ingenting förgås, Bänkarnas Stad, Värnamo Kommun
2023 Naturrutan, Sandbäcksskolan, Katrineholm
2022 Dag och Natt, Expedition, Vår och Höst, Bårstaskolan, Södertälje
2019 Tron, Gröndals Strand, Stockholm. Commissioned by Stockholm Konst, City of Stockholm.
2018 Sten och lykta, Södertörn University, Stockholm. Commissioned by Statens Konstråd / Public Art Agency Sweden
2015 Örnen, Retirement Community, Skiftningar, Tingsryd
2014 Promenaden, Smedjan, Primary School, Kalmar
2010 Då när året var så långt och allting var så stort, Färjestadens skola, Öland
2010 Något stort i det lilla, Hanemålaskolan, Nybro
2009 Untitled, Ljungbyholmsskolan, Ljungbyholm
2007 Speglingar, Strandvägens boende, Nybro
Selected Grants
The Arts Grants Committee Sweden, working grant, 2007, 2012-2013, 2017-2018, 2020-2021, 2024-2025
Carl-Axel Valen Stiftelse, konstnärsstipendium 2022
Ulrica Hydman Vallien stipendium, 2019
Golden Feather, Barometern, 2016
IASPIS, -International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden, 2008, 2014, 2015
Konsthantverkets Vänner, 2009
Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006
Kerstin Wijk-Broströms Stiftelse, 2002
Fredrika Bremer Förbundets Stipendiefond, 2002
Otto & Charlotte Mannheimers Stipendiefond, 2001
Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse, two year working grant, 2000-2002Public Collections
Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts
Statens Konstråd / Public Art Agency Sweden
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum
Stockholm Konst
Göteborg Konst
Göteborgs Stad / City of Gothenburg
Västragötalandsregionen
Region Uppsala
Region Stockholm
Region Dalarna
Region Örebro
Region Kalmar
Region Blekinge
Svenska Kyrkan / The Church of Sweden
Municipalities of Örebro, Stockholm, Tingsryd, Nybro, Torsås, Kalmar, Mörbylånga and Karlskrona
Professional experience
2023– Collaboration with Michelin star restaurant Daniel Berlin, ongoing
2019– Artistic collaboration with Orrefors Kosta Boda, ongoing
2019 Examinator BFA in Ceramic Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
2018–2019 Guest teacher, Riksglasskolan / The National School of Glass, Nybro, SE
2017 Invited lecturer, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, CN
2017 Jury member, Sydosten, Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE
2007–2016 Ceramics teacher, Capellagården, Öland, SE
2014 International Jun Ceramics Workshop/Symposium, Shenhou, CN
2009 International Ceramic Workshop/Symposium, Tbilisi, GE
2008 World International Pot Art, Shanghai, CN