Thora Finnsdottier
Ceramic art
Education & Work
2011- present Designer for Kahler and Georg Jensen Denmark
2009- present Craftsman, designer, and teacher
2009-2019 Founder and designer at Finnsdottir Ceramic Tales, now Dottir
Nordic Design
2002-2009 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Design, Ceramics
1997-2001 University of Copenhagen, biology (major) and zoological morphology
Contact: info@thorafinnsdottir.dk
About Thora
Thora Finnsdottir graduated with a Master's degree in Ceramic Design from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' School of Design in 2009. Since then, she has worked as a practicing ceramicist, teacher, and designer. Thora studied biology at the University of Copenhagen, and in her artistic practice, she fundamentally works with the relationship between nature and humans, reflecting on traces, materiality and design. With an investigative approach to the ceramic material, she is concerned with how the ceramic field can develop in a more sustainable direction.
Website: https://thorafinnsdottir.dk/
From the Exhibition "Ødeland" 2025 Experiments with waste materials; sanitation, medical glass and granite powder
Selected Exhibitions
2026 March, Ødeland, NCECA, Green Task Force, Detroit, USA
2025 Ødeland, Køppe Contemporary Objects, Bornholm
2025 Reading Lava, Listval Gallery, Iceland
2025 Ødeland, Officinet, Copenhagen
2025 Trio exhibition, Galleri Væg, Aalborg
2024 Winter Selections Galleri VÆG, Aalborg
2023 Jakob Agger and Thora Finnsdottir, Hundested Art Association
2023 Jord, Allerød Art Association
2023 Jord, Gjethuset Kunsthal, Frederiksværk
2023 Glaze Dialogue, Reykjavik, Iceland
2022 Shapes and Shaped, Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019 Kunstnerhuset Summer Exhibition, Gjethuset Kunsthallen
2019 Midatlantic Ceramic Exchange, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 MeThings Gallery Kirsuberjatred, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 World Cup, Ann Linnemann Gallery, Copenhagen
2015 The III. International Triennial of Ceramics UNICUM 2015, Slovenia
2014 Formsprog-Tankespind, Ann Linnemann Gallery, Copenhagen
2014-17+23+25 DesignMarch, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008 S pring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen
Installations
2022 The Old Garden at Melby School, permanent installation
2022 Broken, installation, Folkekirkens school service, Folkemødet Bornholm
2019 Winter Wonderland, Installation/scenography, Juleløses Christmas, Den grå hal, Christiania
2018 Barbiepink appearance, Baer Artcenter, North Iceland
2015-22 Art installations of recycled materials, Himmelstorm Festival
Grants (Selected)
・Statens kunstfond working grant: 2024, 2025, 2026
・Nationalbankens Jubilee Fund: 2022, 2025, 2026
・Statens kunstfond project support: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2025, 2026
・Grosserer L F Foghts Fond: 2026
・Esther og jep Finks Mindefond: 2025
"Still Life – Growing Matter #4" 62 x 52 x 48 cm, hand-built
remains of various stoneware clays and ceramic glazes 2025
“Wastecoral #1” 40 x 35 cm, built from shards of sanitary
waste and clay mass with 50% crushed sanitary 2025
“Glaze Dialogue”23 x 13 cm / 22 x 15 cm High-fired red stoneware and 14 different ceramic glazes from a common glaze pool 2023
"Cytoplasmic organelle" 75 x 54 x 4 cm,
hand-built stoneware with crater glaze. 2023
“Wasteplatter #1” 43 x 43 cm, clay body; 50/50 crushed sanitary and stoneware clay. Glaze of medical waste glass 2025
”Framing lava” 47 x 47 cm højtbrændt rødt stentøjsler 2022
The works shown are for reference only and may differ from the works for the exhibition.
