Nanna Bayer
Nanna Bayer is a Finnish-born ceramic artist based in South Hobart, Tasmania. She works with thin coloured porcelain using nerikomi, a Japanese technique in which colour and pattern run through the clay body. Her practice moves between functional vessels, sculpture and light. (SOHO Arts · Design Tasmania · Studio)
Solo exhibitions
| 2022 | Older? Wiser? Stronger? — Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport (24 September 2022 – 12 November 2022) (Devonport Regional Gallery) |
| 2021 | I Know You Are There — TMAG Bond Store (Beaker Street Festival), Hobart (until 31 August 2021) (Beaker Street · Handmark archive) |
| 2020 | Light — Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart (7 March 2020 – 5 April 2020) (CAT annual report) |
| 2016 | Parallel Paths — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2013 | Bunker Gallery, Coffs Harbour (2019 CV) |
| 2012 | In the Land of Wonders? — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2009 | Nasienie II — Galleria Norsu, Helsinki, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 2008 | Gallery Can Can, Lonstrup, Denmark (2019 CV) |
| 2005 | Futon Ya San, Auckland, New Zealand (2019 CV) |
| 2004 | ArteMano, Winterthur, Switzerland (2019 CV) |
| 2001 | Galleria Ofeigur, Reykjavik, Iceland (2019 CV) |
Group exhibitions (selected)
| 2025 | Tasmania Makes 25 — Design Tasmania, Launceston (24 January 2025 – 31 May 2025) (Design Tasmania) |
| 2019 | Ceramics Triennial Exhibition — Handmark Gallery, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2013 | Seek. Clay. Make — Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney (2019 CV) |
| 2013 | Agathons Party, Iloa-Joy — Gallery Coppersmithy, Fiskars, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 2012 | Ceramega 2012 — Art Center of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 2011 | Rautarouvat (Iron Ladies) — Gallery Coppersmithy, Fiskars, Finland (1 October 2011 – 8 January 2012) (2019 CV · Onoma archive) |
| 2010 | Opposite Poles — Artisan Gallery, Robigana, Tasmania (2019 CV) |
| 2010 | 10th Anniversary Kohila International Ceramics Symposium, Tallinn, Estonia (2019 CV) |
| 2009 | Eldens magi / Magic of Fire — Rockstadmuseet, Arvika, Sweden (2019 CV) |
| 2009 | Experience Finland — Bistolfi Showroom, Roma, Italy (2019 CV) |
| 2009 | Fiskars Design Village — Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico (2019 CV) |
| 2008 | Fiskars Design Village — Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico (2019 CV) |
| 2008 | Fiskars Design Village — Centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia, Mexico (2019 CV) |
| 2007 | Dialogue — National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania (2019 CV) |
| 2007 | World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, South Korea (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Fiskars Design Village — Ozone Living Design Center, Tokyo, Japan (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Fiskars Design Village — Koumi-Machi Kougen Museum of Art, Koumi, Japan (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Fiskars Design Village — Mediateque, Sendai, Japan (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Elite-Tile 2006 — Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Sato / Harvest — Fiskars Granery, Fiskars, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 2004 | Ceramega 04 — Art Center of Voipaala, Valkeakoski, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 2001 | World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, South Korea (2019 CV) |
| 2000 | Klar Form / Clear Form — Ekebyhovs Slott, Stockholm, Sweden (2019 CV) |
| 2000 | Cup 2000, 2nd International Triennale of Ceramics — Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade (2019 CV) |
Commissions and public art
| 2021–24 | Little Penguin Nesting Modules — Derwent Estuary, Tasmania (with IMAS, Birdlife Tasmania) (Jane Bamford) |
| 2019 | 3-metre fire sculpture — Australian Ceramics Triennale, PW1, Hobart (with Selena de Carvalho) (SOHO Arts) |
| 2014 | 200-piece dinner set, hand-built porcelain in cold lustre — MONA, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2014 | Panels for Oyster Bar — MONA, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2012 | Pentagon, teepee top — MONA, Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2006 | Elite-Tile — Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2019 CV) |
| 2002 | Elite-Tile — Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2019 CV) |
| 2002 | Verwandlungskreis firing sculpture (with Joergen Hansen) — Berlin, Germany (2019 CV) |
Collections and commissions — 2019 CV records
The artist’s 2019 CV groups these entries under “Collections and commissions”. Named commissions are listed above.
| 2012, 2014 | Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart (2019 CV) |
| 2001 | WOCEF (World Ceramic Exposition Foundation), South Korea (2019 CV) |
| 2002, 2006 | Igneri Foundation, Dominican Republic (2019 CV) |
| 2005 | Väkevä Maa / Terra Artis Sculpture Parks, Finland (2019 CV) |
Education
| 1991 | Ceramics — Ceramics School of Posio, Posio, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 1989 | Fashion and Fur — School for Fashion and Fur, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2019 CV) |
| 1985 | Arts and Crafts — School for Arts and Crafts, Hollola, Finland (2019 CV) |
| 1983 | Matriculation examination — Gymnasium Hollola, Hollola, Finland (2019 CV) |