Fanny Ollas is an artist and designer working primarily with ceramics but have a background within textile. Fanny is interested in art and craft in relation to psychology and the emotional relationship we have with everyday objects around us. Based on traditional ceramic forms, she investigate whether objects can take human form and portray different mental states and emotions. Her work revolves around thoughts about vulnerability, body, demands, fears, relationships and what is hidden behind our facades.
In her practice, she uses clay to discover and explore visual storytelling and to evoke emotions in the viewers. Her objects can be seen as bodies or characters with their own personalities and she often works with scenography and spatial installations where the objects interact with each other to create a mood or a story. She combines the playful qualities of the clay with a handmade expression to create a language that is both cute, humorous and sometimes sad at the same time. Her work can be described as to enter a surreal fantasy world in the borderland between an innocent fairy tale and a melancholic dystopia; a world in which the viewers are encouraged to discover and create their own stories. Fanny Ollas graduated with a master's degree in ceramics at Konstfack in the spring of 2018 and has since been active in her studio in Gustavsberg.

Textile and foam, 160x90/ 120X110.

Fanny Ollas

Human Vessels, 2021