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    

Analyst, Cultural Strategy, Flamingo Global, London (Sept 2021 — July 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

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 London School of Art


E X H I B I T I O N S

2025

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, DK

When Roots Burn, Textile Museum of Sweden

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

2024

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

2023

Speaker — 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 

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

Participant — Generation Why: Heritage and Craft. Talk moderated by curator Marcia Harvey Isaksson, held at Risør Kunstpark, NO 

Participant — 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

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

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

2021

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

Participant — 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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