Tove Tengå with her ceramic sculpture The Knot

The two practices echo each other, one in three dimensions and the other in two.

Ceramic artist & illustrator

Born in Örebro in 1984, now living and working in Stockholm, Sweden.

Clay is the material I return to, a slow and grounding process where the hands guide the form. I am drawn to surfaces with a tactile presence and to shapes that feel discovered rather than constructed.

Illustration is my second main practice, and it is closely connected to my ceramic work. Both are driven by an interest in structure, rhythm and the handmade. I am fascinated by cut shapes, layered elements and lines that keep a trace of the hand that drew them. A graphic sensibility runs through much of my work, and it appears in clay as patterns, imprints and drawn marks just as naturally as it does on paper. The two practices echo each other, one in three dimensions and the other in two.

My work is often abstract but rooted in close observation. I return to the small structures of nature — pine needles, root systems, flowers and the shifting patterns they create. These forms guide me as I explore the balance between repetition and intuition, between calm structure and something more organic and alive.

Whether working in clay or in illustration, I come back to the same search for balance, presence and the quiet beauty of simple forms.

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Education

2025 Berghs School of Communication, Course in illustration
2024 Linnaeus university, Course in Graphic Tools
2022 Folkuniversitetet, Course in Pattern design (basic and andvanced)
2019 Leksands folkhögskola, Course in Screenprinting on Clay

2013-2016 Konstfack University of Art Craft and design, BFA in Ceramics and glass
2011-2013 Leksands folkhögskola, Ceramics
2008-2010 Stockholm university, mathematics and biology


Solo exhibitions

2024 Pattern of Fate, Kaolin, Stockholm
2022
Tied to the Knot, Röbäck glas och lera, Umeå
2021
Mellan objekt och bild, POM Gallery, Mariefred
2019
Balans, Kaolin Stockholm


Group exhibition

2024 Att vara kvinna, Miss Clara Hotel, Stockholm
2022
Exhibition with Kerstin Åslind, Galleri Anna H, Göteborg
2021
Avtryck som uttryck, Kaolin, Stockholm
2020
Contrasting Craft, Kaolin , Stockholm
2019 Hemma- Gone wild, JOYN Studio for Svensk form, Milano
2018
Jubileumsutställning, Kaolin, Stockholm 
2017 Arbeten, Keramiskt center, Höganäs
2016 Dom kallar oss konsthantverkare, The Glass Factory, Boda
2016 Konstfacks spring exhibition, Stockholm
2015 Något har hänt, Gustavsbergs porslinsmuseum

Other public

2023 Participated in Affordable Art Fair Stockholm
2023
Participated in Stockholm Furniture Fair.
2021
The Knot in the Swedish TV program Så mycket bättre.
2020
The Knot in the Swedish Netflix series Love and anarchy
2020 Intervju Stil i P1, Avsnitt Den magiska leran - fyra historier om keramik

Black and white striped ceramic sculpture, The Knot.
The word 'hemma' written in black cursive font with the word 'RUM' in small capital letters above the 'h'.
by RUM
Text reading 'PLAZA INTERIOR' in black on a white background.
ELLE Decoration
Logo for Eigen Huis & Interieur, a Dutch interior design magazine.
Partial view of the word 'FORM' in bold black text.
The word RESIDENCE written in black uppercase letters.
The word 'FEMINA' written in bold black uppercase letters with a stylized font.

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