Kaja Dahl

The Stoneware Ritual

24 September - 8 November 2020

Photo Thomas Tveter

In this exhibition for Galleri Format, Kaja Dahl continues her exploration of sculptures combining ceramic and stone. Carved, polished and raw stone contrasts and balance with terracotta and porcelain. The silhouettes of larvikite and marble is interrupted by different forms of the circle that balances, rests and is held by the stones. In her work Dahl has the intention of enhancing the sensorial relationship humans have to the natural materials around them. From this her idea about exploring new typologies of objects that enables sensory activities in interior and our spaces emerged. In the process of making, the focus on functionality has been eliminated and the sculpture remains, with the indication of touch and ritual gestures.

Kaja Dahl (born 1984 in Oslo) takes the part as designer and craftsman in the making of her sculptures and products. After her master in Design for luxury and craftsmanship at ECAL in Switzerland she worked a few years internationally with projects in olfactory design before setting up her atelier in Oslo. Kaja Dahl has earlier won the Newcomer award from DOGA, she was shortlisted as the Emerging designer of the year at the Dezeen design awards in 2018 and this year she won the accessory of the year category at the BoBedre design awards for her sculptural scent diffusers. In 2017 Kaja was invited to the globale design conference Design Indaba as a speaker and in 2015 she was chosen as one of the graduates towatch by Wallpaper Magazine. She has participated in several of the Norwegian Presence exhibitions held in Milano and also several international group shows like Sightunseen in New York and Maison et Objet in Paris. During the summer of 2019 she was invited to the sculpture symposium in Larvik where she sculpted a large scale sculpture in stone over two monts.