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Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl is born in 1954. He graduated with a master’s from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London in 1990. Kaldahl’s time at the RCA was a catalyst in the evolution of his work as he moved from creating utilitarian ceramics to exploring the possibilities of sculptural expression. In the early nineties, the basic form of his works were still based on vessels such as jars. But by around the turn of the millennium, the vessel disappears completely. What remains is pure sculpture. Kaldahl works experimentally with the artistic and technical possibilities of ceramics. He explores technological tools such as 3D printers. His sketches made partly by hand and partly with simple drawing software provide inspiration for his sculptural works, which he develops in series. Kaldahl’s works are intricately composite, surprising and sensuous. The have a strong presence and an inner energy. With graphic patterns, strong colours, and shapes that move between abstraction and hints of both natural and human-made phenomena, they play with our spatial understanding and our world of experience. Kaldahl’s works therefore open to a wealth of possible interpretations (text CLAY, Keramikmuseum, Middelfart, Denmark 2024). In 2024 in CLAY, Middelfart (DK): Cuts, Stripes and Knots – a ceramic retrospective, 8.9.2024-16.3 2025. Images : Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl, portrait (source own website); portrait (source A.I.C. Geneva); bowl ‘Teaser’ 2001 (source website artist); object ‘knotpot’, 2004 (source website artist); object ‘Spatial drawing ³ 13’, 2015 (source website artist); two objects (source website artist); wall installation, in the CLAY exhibition 2024 (photo Capriolus); group of large pieces, in the CLAY exhibition 2024 (photo Capriolus).
