LONDON.- Pangolin London opened the highly anticipated solo exhibition of new sculptural ceramics by Danish artist Merete Rasmussen. Whilst nature has been a constant source of inspiration, from the abundant garden of her childhood in Sweden, to the sculptural sand dunes of Namibia where she travelled during her studies, this new body of work, produced over the last two years, reflects a renewed engagement with her own garden in East Sussex.

Working with ambitious scale and complexity, Rasmussen hand-builds each unique sculpture using the coil technique before carefully paring back the hardened clay, a process that allows her to construct structures without a discernible beginning and end. Akin to the cultivation of the soil, sowing of seeds and propagation of cuttings, the process demands patience and a deep knowledge acquired from experience over time. Continuing her use of distinct, singular colours, applied between firings by painting or spraying onto the ceramic surface, she uses the interplay of colour and line to animate each work with either a calm rhythm or a dynamic sense of movement.

This exhibition brings together over twenty new ceramic works and bronzes. A highlight of the show is a large orange freestanding ceramic sculpture, Meandrina (2026), which takes its name from the group of stony corals that feature winding ridges and deep grooves. Rasmussen has manipulated the repeated folds of the clay upwards and then out to an overhang, almost as if a coral were rising up through water. Similarly, a recent wall-work titled Circumvolution (2026) winds and coils outwards from a central axis, and its petal-like folds are coated in a canary yellow slip, giving the work an inherent sense of motion. This new direction in her work brings into sharper focus Rasmussen’s inquisitive observation of the natural world, in particular its underlying geometries and repetitive or asymmetric forms.

Haven marks the fifth solo show of Merete Rasmussen’s work at Pangolin London, and eleven years since she began collaborating with Pangolin Editions Foundry, Gloucestershire. Alongside her instantly recognisable sculptural ceramics, we are delighted to present a small selection of works cast in bronze, perfect for display outdoors, together with sterling silver statement jewellery. Together, these new works reveal a growing confidence in scale, complexity and spatial tension, marking her most direct engagement with nature and reaffirming Rasmussen’s position as one of the most innovative contemporary ceramic sculptors working today.

The exhibition runs from 11 November through 23 December 2026.

A catalogue will be available on request, with an introductory essay by Billie Muraben.

Merete Rasmussen (b. 1974) is a highly regarded sculptor working with both ceramics and bronze. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and brought up in Sweden. Returning to Denmark to study at the Designskolen Kolding, she was inspired by the iconic designs of fellow Danes Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton. Rasmussen has lived and worked in the UK since graduating in 2005 and continues to develop new work in collaboration with Pangolin Editions Foundry, Gloucestershire, where she has cast bronze editions of her work since 2015.

Rasmussen has exhibited widely, and her work is held in a number of public collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum, The National Museum of Scotland, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, the National Fund of Contemporary Arts, France, the Crafts Council Collection, UK and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.