curriculum vitae


E D U C A T I O N

BA (Hons) Textile Design — UAL, Central Saint Martins (2017 — 2021)

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design — City & Guilds of London Art School (2016 — 2017)

Apprentice in Men’s tailoring — Stiftelsen Hantverk och Utbildning, Borås, Sweden (2013)

Textile and Clothing — Upper Secondary School, Almåsgymnasiet, Borås, Sweden (2009 — 2012)


W O R K    

Worshipful Company of Clothworkers’ Residence Awardee, Cockpit Studios, London (2021 — 2024)

Analyst, Cultural Strategy, Flamingo Global, London (2021 — 2022)

Research Assistant, Studio Samira Boon, Amsterdam (2020)

Studio Assistant, Kiki & Joost, Eindhoven (2020)

Assistant Buyer, Nelly.com, Borås, Sweden (2013 — 2016)

Weaver, Faustine Steinmetz, London (2013)

Assistant Tailor, GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg (2012)


A W A R D S ,   G R A N T S

2026 Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse, Stockholm

2026 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation, Stockholm

2025 Work grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm 

2024 Research grant, Sweden/Lithuania Cooperation Fund, Vilnius/Stockholm

2024 Travel grant, Sweden/Lithuania Cooperation Fund, Vilnius/Stockholm

2023 Tore G. Wärenstams Foundation, Borås, SE 

2023 Work grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm 

2022 Project grant, The National Swedish Handicraft Council, Stockholm

2022 Längmanska Culture Fund, Stockholm

2021 Worshipful Company of Clothworkers’ Studio Award, Cockpit Studios, London 

2021 (SHORTLISTED) LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Award, UAL, London 

2021 Bo Hammarskjöld Foundation, The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies, Stockholm 

2020 The Royal Society for the Promotion of Diligence, Stockholm 

2020 Ulf K. Nordensons Foundation for wooden handicraft, Stockholm 

2020 Estrid Ericssons Foundation, Stockholm 

2019 TEKO Funds of Sweden, Borås, SE 

2019 Borås Kulturstipendium, SE 

2017 Andrew Simpson Award, City & Guilds of Art London School  


E X H I B I T I O N S

2026, ‘’The Exhibition!’’, Konstfack, Stockholm

2025 Plural Kinships, Aspex Portsmouth, UK

2025 GENERATION WHY, Rian Designmuseum, SE  

2024 3EIB, NAFS Space, London

2024 A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe, 13b Gallery, London

2024 GENERATION WHY, The Round Tower, Copenhagen

2024 When Roots Burn, Textile Museum of Sweden, Borås

2023 Fiber II, MALMÖVÄV, SE 

2023 POP-UP: In Thoughts, Together: craft, tradition, cosmopolite life, Form/Design Center, SE 

2023 I Tankar, Tillsammans (In Thoughts, Together), The Craft Association of Southern Sweden 

2023 GENERATION WHY, Risør Kunstpark, NO

2023Global Voices, Buckle Street Studios, London 

2022 POP-UP: To Be and To Become: Identity in art, craft and design, Textile Museum of Sweden 

2022 Att Vara och Att Vilja Bli: To Be and To Become, Boy Konsthall, SE 

2021 Graduate Showcase, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London 

2021 TALKING HANDS, Nordic Textile Art, online group exhibition 

2018 Weaving Futures, Uniqlo Late at Tate Modern, London 

2018 Design & Make, Central Saint Martins, London 

2017 Diploma Graduate Show,  City & Guilds of London Art School


L E C T U R E S,  T A L K S,  W O R K S H O P S

2026, To Be and To Become: Crafting a Plural Kinship along Tradition, reading, the Anti-gender & Anti-migraton Connection, Mångkulturellt Centrum, Stockholm

2025, Connect, part reading, part workshop, University of Portsmouth x Aspex Gallery, UK

2025, Crafting a Plural Kinship along Tradition, part reading, part lecture, HDK-Valand — Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg

2025, To Be and To Become: Hedared, Heritage and the Basket, lecture, Regenerate! (MAACH) Symposium, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht

Book launch series:


2025, Crafting a Plural Kinship along Tradition, reading, SUPeR bookstore, Copenhagen

2025, Crafting Kinships, in-conversation with curator Marcia Harvey Isaksson, Nord Books, Stockholm

2025, Tradition in Transition: the role of slöjd in the 21st century, in-conversation with handicraft advisor Sara Degerfält, Pony Books, Göteborg

2024, Mend, Do and Make: Royal Designers for Industry Summer Session, Dartington Hall, Devon, UK

2023, The Hedared Basket: a journey through generations, part online lecture, part online talk together with master basketeer Curt Bengtsson, The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies 

2023, In Thoughts, Together: craft, tradition, cosmopolite life, part lecture, part talk together with Dutch publisher Freek Lomme, Form/Design Center, SE 

2023, Generation Why: heritage and craft, talk moderated by curator Marcia Harvey Isaksson, Risør Kunstpark, NO 

2023, Global Voices: international influences in craft, panel discussion moderated by Cockpit Studios CEO Annie Warburton, Buckle Street Studios, London Craft Week 

2022, Preserving skills for the future: maintaining knowledge chains, The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm

2022, To Be and To Become: identity in art, craft and design, panel discussion, Textile Museum of Sweden

2021, Att Vara och Att Vilja Bli: To Be and To Become, online lecture, The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies

2021, Journeying: five artists discuss making art and craft in and out of Europe, panel discussion moderated by author Tanya Harrod, Europe House Westminster, London 


P U B L I C A T I O N S

2026, att korga, INSTITUTION(ING)S Online Glossary, digital platform, EU

2025, The last basket makers from Risa: crafting a plural kinship along tradition, Set Margins’ Publications, NL













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