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Exhibition Made at Kroloftet at Gamle Munch.
Marit Wollan What it is to be human With almost 30 years of experience, Marit Wollan is an accomplished, creative ceramic artist. Based in the lively artist community Kroloftet in Oslo, Wollan’s works focus on exploring emotionality and the multifaceted aspects of human nature.
and body language become the starting point for creating abstract shapes in her sculptures.
By Maria Sødal Vole
“In my ceramic work, I explore what it is to be human. Emotions, moods, how we feel in ourselves, in our relation to others, and within our surroundings,” Wollan explains. “My works are often intuitive reactions to things that happen in my small, intimate world but also expressions of how I and we are affected by global events outside our control.”
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Photos: Marit Wollan
“Life has taken me in various directions, but I’ve always returned to clay. I search for tranquillity, and I find that in clay,” Wollan says. “With handcrafted sculptures, you work slowly, and the clay takes the time it needs with drying and firing. It forces me to be patient, and I like that.” Driven by a fascination with the human condition, Wollan works intuitively. She finds inspiration in human nature with its boundless facets and complexities. As human beings, our rich emotional lives provide plenty of material for artistic exploration. For Wollan, physicality 20
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Issue 175
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February 2025
Marit Wollan in workshop.
Wollan’s work is based more on the emotional world than the intellectual. The creative process is organic for her, with a lot of ideas building on each other or fitting within a bigger framework. “My starting point is often a feeling I want to convey, usually triggered by something I’ve experienced, read, heard, or seen – something