Kari Nyquist

Kari Nyquist (born 1918) Norwegian ceramist with her own ceramic workshop in Oslo and who is also well-known for her decors for the earthenware factory Stavangerflint AS, Stavanger, Norway.

Biography

Born in Oslo and educated as a ceramist at The Norwegian College of Applied Arts in Oslo (1934 – 1938). She trained at the ceramic workshops of artisans such as Eilif Whist and William Knutzen and was employed at Åros Keramikk and Schneider & Knutzen AS. She established her own ceramic workshop in Oslo in 1942. Her objects are often made from blue clay or stoneware.

Designer at Stavangerflint AS

From 1955 Nyquist was employed as a freelance artist and designer at Stavangerflint AS, Stavanger, Norway. She worked at the earthenware company for short intervalls and created designs for ceramic tableware, children’s tableware, occasional objects and souvenirs. Her drawings were reproduced as silk screens, most often in a blue colour on a light blue background, but they are also found in other color variations.

Recognitions

A tea set from the mid 50s with her design on the model “Utstein” by Eystein Sandnes is represented at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Kari Nyquist has held several exhibitions in Norway and abroad. She has pieces represented at [http://www.nationalmuseum.no/ The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.]

Sources

Store norske leksikon, Olsen/Andersen: Moderne Antikviteter, Lunde 2000, ISBN 82-520-3279-6, Jan Gjerde: ”Fra Kvaleberg til cyberspace”, ISBN 978-82-303-0998-8 , http://gratisnettside.no/stavangerflinthistorie/