I create woven art made of recycled material and material taken directly from nature. The materials have little or no economic value. My work is a response to the modern pressure to consume all that is new by looking to what is already available to us.
It can be fabric from used clothes that were only worn for one season before being discarded. Reeds that grow like weeds in every lake. Plastic from packaging. Small bits of yarn leftover from earlier projects. In all of these otherwise unwanted items, I, as an artist, have the ability to find their inherent value. I reasses and transform.
CV
Current and upcoming projects and exhibitions
2024 Group exhibition with Studio Supersju and Ateljé Grotesk at Konstakademien during Stockholm Craft Week, October 1 - October 5
Education
2013-2016 BA in Textile art, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2011-2012 Textile art, Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm
2010-2011 Fine art, Norra Konstskolan, Stockholm
2006-2009 Tailoring and pattern construction, Nacka Gymnasium, Stockholm
2018 and 2020 Motivational interview tecnique with Stockholm stadsmission
Commissioned work
2024 Weaving for Squares - workshop at Tranebergsängen, commissioned by Bromma district council
2024 Community art project for seniors in Danderyd municipality together with Kolko dance kollektive
2023 Weaving for Squares - workshop commissioned by Haninge municipality at Haninge entré
2023 Vakna, somna, vandra - artwork for Stockholm City hall (Studio Supersju)
2023 City Sky - Installation of handwoven mats commissioned by På Sergles torg
2023 Weaving for Squares - Workshop commissioned by På Sergels torg and Levande Stockholm
2023 Interior textiles, Kafé Lykke, Stockholm
2022 Ovan, under jord - artwork for The Non Existent Center, Ställbergs gruva (Studio Supersju)
2021 Art commission for Kornellen care home in Örebro municipality (Studio Supersju)
2019 Album cover “Beloved Exile” by Steve Moore
2016 Vinterskörd - artwork for Printz bageri och kafé, Stallarholmen
2015 Childrens workshop space at the exhibition Utopian bodies-fashion looks forward, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
Selected exhibitions
Solo
2023 “Weaving for Squares” , Haninge Kulturhus
2023 ”Weaving for Squares”, Sergels Torg
2021 “RYA” Kungstensgatan 27, Stockholm
2021 “SPEKTRUM” Tekniska nämndhuset, Stockholm
2018 “Vinterskörd18” 125 Kvadrat, Stockholm
2017 “Vinterskörd” Kaleido Konsthantverk, Uppsala
Group
2024 Workflow, exhibition currated by Craft Scotland at Konsthantverkscentrum, Stockholm
2024 “Trasryor-textil åter(i)bruk” exhibition at Roslagsmuseet, Norrtälje
2024 “Recession” K18 Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Studio Supersju x Skansen, Stockholm
2022 Studio Supersju at GKF gallery, Visby
2022 “They sewed this, they sewed that” exhibition arranged by På Sergels torg, Stockholm
2022 Affordable Art Fair, group exhibition arranged by NfinityMark, Stockholm
2021 “De fyra årstiderna” HV Gallery, Stockholm
2020 Jubileumsutställning, Fiberspace Gallery, Stockholm
2020 “TAKEAWAY” pop up konstmarknad, Galleri Duerr, Stockholm
2020 “TEXTILT” Örebro konsthall, Örebro
2020 “Vävgruppen Studio Supersju” Västermorrlands muséum, Härnösand
2020 “Butterfingers” Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm
2019 “Malmsten x Studio Supersju” Malmstenbutiken, Stockholm
2019 “Studio Supersjus smeksamma slag” Kaleido Konsthantverk, Uppsala
2019 “Rum för textil konst” utställning under symposium arrangerat av Svenska Vävakademin, Konstfack, Stockholm
2018 “Dödligt material” Gustavsbergs Konsthall
2018 “Fuzzy Things” Designgalleriet, Stockholm
2017 “Väv till salu!” Fiberspace Gallery, Stockholm
2016 “5 Unga” Almgrens sidenväveri och museum, Stockholm
2016 Graduation exhibition, Konstfack
Represented
2023 Stockholm municipality art collection
2021 Haninge municipality art collection
2020 Gävle municipality art collection
2020 Örebro municipality art collection
2020 Fiberspace gallery art collection
Grants and awards
2022 1 year working grant from Konstnärsnämnden
2022 Helge Ax:son Johnson stipendium
2022 Estrid Ericsons stipendium
2022 Kulturrådet, project grant (Studio Supersju)
2022 Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor, project grant (Studio Supersju)
2020 Design S (Swedish design awards) (Studio Supersju)
2018 Cathrine von Houswolffs stiftelse, grant for design development (Studio Supersju)
2018 Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor, project grant (Studio Supersju)
2017 Bo Hammarskjölds stipendium
2017 Helge Ax:son Johnson stipendium
2016 Kaleido konsthantverks grant for young artists
2016 Konstfacks stiftelse, samfond för förtjänta studenter
2016 Jenny Åkerström-Söderströms fond