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 (Sept 2021 — Sept 2024)

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

Research Assistant, Studio Samira Boon, Amsterdam (Feb — June 2020)

Studio Assistant, Kiki & Joost, Eindhoven (Sept 2019 — Jan 2020)

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

Weaver, Faustine Steinmetz, London (June — Oct 2013)

Assistant Tailor, GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg (2012)


A W A R D S   &   G R A N T S

2025

Recipient of the annual Work Grant Scheme, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm 

2024

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

2023

Tore G. Wärenstams Foundation, Borås, SE 

Recipient of the annual Work Grant Scheme, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm 

2022

Recipient of the annual Project Grant Scheme, The National Swedish Handicraft Council, Stockholm

Längmanska Culture Fund, Stockholm

2021

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

SHORTLISTED, LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Award, UAL, London 

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

2020

The Royal Society for the Promotion of Diligence, Stockholm 

Ulf K. Nordensons Foundation for wooden handicraft, Stockholm 

Estrid Ericssons Foundation, Stockholm 

2019

TEKO Funds of Sweden, Borås, SE 

Borås Kulturstipendium, SE 

2017

Andrew Simpson Award, City & Guilds of Art London School   


E X H I B I T I O N S

2025

Plural Kinships, Aspex Portsmouth, UK

GENERATION WHY, Rian Designmuseum, SE  

2024

3EIB, SPACE FOR SWANA, NAFS Space, London

A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe, onethreeb Gallery, London

GENERATION WHY, The Round Tower, Copenhagen

When Roots Burn, Textile Museum of Sweden, Borås

2023

Fiber II, MALMÖVÄV, SE 

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

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

GENERATION WHY, Risør Kunstpark, NO

GLOBAL VOICES, Buckle Street Studios, London

2022

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

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

2021

Graduate Showcase, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London 

W2021, CRAFT SPACE HELVETET, online group exhibition 

TALKING HANDS, Nordic Textile Art, online group exhibition 

2018

Weaving Futures, Uniqlo Late at Tate Modern, London 

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

2025

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

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

Regenerate! Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MAACH) Symposium, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht

Book launch series:


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

Crafting Kinships, in-conversation with curator Marcia Harvey Isaksson moderated by Daniel Nordgren, Nord Books, Stockholm

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, held for The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies 

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

Generation Why: Heritage and Craft, talk moderated by curator Marcia Harvey Isaksson, held at Risør Kunstpark, NO 

Global Voices: International Influences in craft, panel discussion moderated by Cockpit Studios former CEO Annie Warburton, held at Buckle Street Studios, London Craft Week 

2022

Preserving skills for the future: maintaining knowledge chains, conference arranged by The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies, held at the Nordic Museum, Stockholm

To Be and To Become: Identity in art, craft and design, panel discussion held at the Textile Museum of Sweden

2021

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

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


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

2025

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













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