Storm Philippa Clarén is a Malmö-based artist whose distinctive visual language merges playful materiality with poetic form, primarily through sculptural work in ceramics. A graduate of Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design (BFA, 2020), she has since cultivated an artistic practice where the naive, the shimmering, and the mythic coexist in a uniquely dreamlike aesthetic.

At the core of Clarén’s work lies an exploration of ornamentation, glossy surfaces, and a visual idiom infused with both nostalgia and absurdity. Her pieces—often humorous, sometimes melancholic—invite viewers into spaces that hover between the everyday and the fantastical, between memory and material presence. She describes her attraction to shimmering objects as an intuitive impulse—a way to reclaim the value of the ornate, the extravagant, and the frequently overlooked.

In contrast to the restraint of Scandinavian minimalism, Clarén proposes a language of abundance: richly textured, tactile, and boldly expressive. Through ceramic objects and installations, she crafts narratives of longing, guilt, and reconciliation—recurring themes in her ongoing investigation of the human inner landscape.

Since graduating, she has participated in a range of exhibitions and collaborative projects, including Åhléns City Stockholm, Regionmuseet Kristianstad, Sthlm Craft Week, MMF AB, and Galleri Redan.

A recurring body of work in her practice is the series Tre i rad (Three in a Row)—sculptural game pieces that blur the line between functionality, memory, and form. These works operate as both art objects and tactile play systems, offering moments of quiet ritual and interaction in the interstices of everyday life.

Clarén’s artistic practice can be understood as a form of contemporary artifact-making—where material, color, and form come together to give shape to the shimmering terrain of the subconscious.