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Nanna Melland is a crafts artist, best known for her jewellery creations.

Early life and education
Nanna Melland was educated as a goldsmith at Elvebakken Technical School in Oslo in 1992-1995. She graduated in Social Anthropology, History of Religion and Tibetan Language from the University of Oslo (MA, 1997), in Design Studies from the Institute of Precious Metals in Copenhagen (2001), and in Jewellery and Holloware from the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (2008), where she was a student of Otto Künzli.

Solo exhibitions

 * 2013: "Swarm" at the Deichman Public Library in Oslo
 * 2012: "Swarm" at Gallery Spektrum in Munich

Selected group exhibitions

 * 2020: "Site effects", Bayerisch Arts and Crafts Organization in Munich
 * 2019: "Everyone says hello" at Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo
 * 2019: "Schmuckismus" ar Pinakotek Moderne in Munich
 * 2019: "Body Control" at the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem (the Netherlands)
 * 2017: "The Annual Craft Exhibition" by the Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts at Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim
 * 2010: "It's all about love" at the Centre for Experimental Studies in Mexico City

Public collections
Her work has been collected by major institutions such as Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design) in Trondheim (Norway), Collection Marzee in Nijmegen (the Netherlands), and Collection Hiko Mizuno in Tokyo (Japan).

Awards and nominations
She has been awarded the Prize of Excellence at the exhibition "Pushing Boundaries & Chasing Challenges" in Beijing in 2013. She has also received the First Prize at the Arts and Crafts Triennial in 2008, awarded by Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond (BKH).

She has received a 5-year Artist Support Grant from the Norwegian government in 2016, a 3-year Artist Support Grant from the Norwegian government in 2012, a 2-year Artist Support Grant from the Norwegian government in 2010, and a 1-year Artist Support Grant from the Norwegian government in 2009.

Other
Melland has taught as a guest teacher at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, Institute of Precious Metals in Copenhagen, and Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.

Melland has been Norwegian Crafts's representative in the Committee of Public Art in Oslo (2013-2019), as well as a member and the leader of the Norwegian Acquisition Fund. (2013-2017).

Selected bibliography

 * Schmusckismus, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019
 * Medusa, Jewels and Taboos, 2017
 * Pushing Boundaries & Chasing Challenges, Beijing International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition, 2013
 * Nanna Melland, Art Academy of Munich, 2008