Laura Johanna König, based in London, UK
Represented by the Homo Faber Guide / Michelangelo Foundation since June 2025
2013 - 2018
Bachelor of Arts
Industrial Design, Ceramic and Glass / Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein / Halle (Saale), Germany
2017 / 2018
Exchange Semester
Ceramic Department / Saga University, Arita Campus / Arita, Japan
2019
Internship
InClay Studio / Chiang Mai, Thailand
2019 - 2021
Master of Fine Arts
CRAFT Ceramic and Glass / Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design / Stockholm, Sweden
2022
JSPS Research Scholar
Ceramic Department / Saga University, Arita Campus / Arita, Japan
since 2022
PhD, practice-based
Visual Art, Ceramic Art / CREAM / University of Westminster / London, UK
2024 / 2025
JSPS Research Scholar
Ceramic Department / Saga University, Arita Campus / Arita, Japan
Education
2020
Master Funding / DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
2021
Gustav Adolf Jubel Fond / Svenska Frimurare Orden
2022
Research Residency: JSPS Summer Program / DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst /
JSPS - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2024
Research Residency: JSPS Short-term Program / DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst /
JSPS - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Scholarships
2021
SEArt / Group Exhibition / Stockholm, Sweden
A Laboratory (org. title Investigations into Enlightenment) / Permanent installation University Hospital / Uppsala, Sweden
2022
In Motion / Group Exhibition / Stockholm, Sweden
4 Consistencies of Waiting / Solo Exhibition / Stockholm, Sweden
feeding, listening / Solo Exhibition / Arita, Japan
2023
making\visible / Group Exhibition / London, UK
Differences / Presentation Clay In Conversation / London, UK
2024
Ceramics in Sensuous Choreography / Solo Exhibition / London, UK
The Performing Object: Ceramics as Performance / Conference Presentation / London, UK
2025
upcoming:
Networks — Surface, Rhythm, Affect / Solo Exhibition / Saga, Japan + London, UK
Breath, Pulse / Group Exhibition, Brent Biennial / London, UK