Cille Grosell

Born 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cille Grosell is a danish artist, graduating with a Professional Bachelor in Craft: Glass and Ceramics from the Royal Danish Academy in the summer of 2024. Her works explore the contrast between cute and morbid aspects of human, societal and natural phenomena, aiming to evoke both affection and unease. With clay as medium, she portrays humans as soft and defenseless towards ourselves in the mechanic world that we have created, making organic objects so endearing and grotesque that it is worthy of love and affection.

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My artistic practice is a fusion of traditional craftsmanship, design, and experimental artistry, resulting in the creation of large, sculptural, and functional objects primarily in clay. At the heart of my work lies the exploration of the interplay between hyperfemininity and the sometimes unsettling elements of the natural world. With clay and glaze as my medium, I form soft shapes in delicate colors reflecting the closeness and security, I wish to place in the hands of individuals who have yet to discover it.

Through the use of glazes in shades of purple and pink, I enhance the feminine expression infusing sensitivity and humanity, often associated with superficialness. But beneath the pink playfulness, there’s always an underlying unease in my work. Stories of human defense mechanisms, often mirrored in natural biological phenomena, serve as a key to understanding ourselves. The nuances of my work often relies in the contrast of hyperfemininity, and natural phenomena such as decay. For me, the synthetic and the natural are not binary but can coexist. Therefore, they should be embraced rather than condemned.

Curiculum Vitae

Education

2021 - 2024

Royal Danish Academy Proffesional Bachelor in Crafts: Glass and Ceramics.

2024

Internship at Studio FOS/Grotta Nuova, Copenhagen.

2020

20 week course at Holbæk Artschool (Kunsthøjskolen in Holbæk), specializing in Ceramics, Design and Painting.

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Exhibtions

2024 Bachelor Exhibition, CLAY, Middelfart (DK)

2024 Bachelor Exhibition, Bornholms Center for Kunsthåndværk, Hasle (DK)

2024 HANDS OFF, Studio 52C, Copenhagen (DK)

2024 3 Days of Design, Baum und Pferdgarten, Copenhagen (DK)

2024 Matter of Making – Bornholms Center for Kunsthåndværk, Hasle (DK)

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Cooperations

2023 “Mormor Forevigt”, Folkemødet, Allinge (DK)

2023 Sofacompany, Copenhagen (DK)

2022 “Lav mig være”, Folkemødet, Allinge (DK)

Prizes, grants etc.

2024 Frøken Marie Månssons Legat

2024 Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond

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+45 22 86 50 58

@Grosell

Grosell.online

Nørregade 68, 3730 Nexø

©IDOART

+45 22 86 50 58

@Grosell

Grosell.online

Nørregade 68, 3730 Nexø

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