B. 1986
sara.elggren[at]outlook.com
Selected/ Konsthantverkcentrum
三つ [みっつ] Mittsu Publications
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Upcoming / Current:
Public Commission for Södersjukhuset Stockholm,2024-2025
Past:
#Sara Elggren, Hudiksvalls Konsthall, 2023
#Iaspis- International programme for visual and applied arts, Stockholm artist in residence 2023
#The X-factor, group show Sthlm Craft Week 2023
# End of Summer Show, IASPIS Stockholm, 2023
#“Sara Elggren, Small Works 2014-2022” monograph, Mittsu Publications, Artist Talk and book release IASPIS Stockholm 2023
# Residency Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida Japan 2023
# A forged spider’s web, group show curated by Anne Low, Unit17, Vancouver, 2023
#Mail Show 3, digital exhibition curated by Niklas Wallenborg, 2023
# Indigo Madder, Group show Fiber Space gallery 2023
# Så som i en Spegel, Group Show SKF/ Konstnärshuset, 2022
#Studio Solgul with Sara Elggren and Matilda Dominique, Sthlm Craft Week 2022
#VÄV 22, International handweaving fair, Halmstad 2022
#Commission for @Dashi restaurant 2022
#Side-by-Side, group show, Konstnärshuset, april 2022
#Pop-up, Brahekliniken, Stockholm 2022
#Think Pink! @Artworks 2022
#In the Rough, group show Stockholm Craft Week / Konsthantverkscentrum 2021-2022
#Woodland Circle @Kristinehamn Konstmuseum, 2021
# Gelb @Artworks 2021
# VÄV, trio exhibition with Matilda Dominique and Josefin Gäfvert, _Konsthall Årsta, 2021
# Making, looking, thinking - Thinking, looking, making, group show curated by Sandra Leandersson, _Konsthall Årsta 2020
# Il Giardino, group show curated by Giulia Cairone / Galleri Nos, 2020
# Textile Obscure, WIP: Sthlm / Stockholm Design Week 2020
# Public Commission for Hammarkullen Underground Station 2019/2020
# Döttrarna, Saab Art Gallery, Linköping 2019
#Handmade Tales / Sthlm Craft Week, HangmenProjects, 2019
#TEX - Boo Växthus / Konstrum K/ Frida Tham Creative, 2019
# Rum för textil Konst, Svenska Vävakademin, Konstfack Vita Havet 2019
# Enskilda Samtal / Dual Monologues - C-print, Gelb 2019
# Utflyttningsutställning, curated by Giulia Cairone, 2019
# Mellandagsrea/ Gelb Open Studios 29.12.18
# Fermenting Feminism / Hunters Moon, Copenhagen (DK) 25.10 2018
# Soshiki Zu (織組織図), Kamikatsura Onocho, Kyoto (JP) 2018
# Tutoring with Saitou Kazu, Kyoto (JP) 2018
# Arkivet för Temporär Konst, Sickla 2018
# Saab Gallery Terassen, Linköping, 2018
# Woodland Circle, group show and residence Kristinehamn 2018
# Gelb Open Studios Group Show, Gelb Ateljéer, 2018
# The Nature Of, Stockholm Design Week, Telefonplan 2018
# Satans Död, Sickla 2017
# Kyoto Tenugui, 27.9-10.10 2017
# Workshop Ali Holloway, London UK, 2017
# Woodland Circle / LadanCon, Kristinehamn 2017
# Fe – grundämne 26, group exhibition Maskinhuset Grängesberg, 2017
- documentation film by Wizworks Studios
# Artist-in-Residence Maskinhuset Grängesberg / Ludvika Kommun, 2017
# WeaveSpaceFace, Workshops Täby International English School, 2017
# WeaveSpaceFace, Workshop, lecture, Kulturskolan KAP, 2017
# 31.3-22.4.17 KH7 Artspace, Aarhus, 2017
# Satans Delirium, group show Sickla 2016
# California Textile Guild, Oakland California 2016
# Soft sculptures for bed / Giulia Cairone, AIRY gallery, Kofu, Japan, 2016
# Lådan-Öy/No Name, Erskines Låda, Stockholm, 2016
# Zine No. 1-2-3-4! Distributed by Good Press, Glasgow 2016
# Group sketch public commission for SVT, 2016
# Konstfack Vårutställning, Konstfack 2016
# Satans Demokrati, group show, Sickla 2015
# Woodland Circle, collective organization of Residency Series, workshop, group show, event, Kristinehamn 2015
# Conference Call, group exhibition, Arkivhuset 2015
# Stockholm Furniture Fair, group exhibition, Stockholmsmässan 2015
# Hej Mika, talk, Öy/ No Name , Stockholmsmässan 2015
# ELECTION, group exhibition, Konstfack 2015
# Lab II Jul, Kårgalleriet, Konstfack, 2014
# Craft, Master, group exhibition Konstfack 2014
# Lab, Kårgalleriet, Konstfack 2014
# [utan titel], group exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm, 2014
# On Holes, publication, reading, with Nat Bloch Gregersen, Kyoto 2014
# Going Early River, reading/event, Kyoto River, 2013
# River Reading, reading/event, Kyoto, 2013
# Christmas Spirits, performance, Tantei Detective Bar, 2013
# Signs, group exhibition, 3F Project Room, Kyoto 2013
# If You Laugh Cheerfully Tomorrow Will Be Sunny, reading, 3F Project Room, Kyoto 2013
# Release, group exhibition, Konstfack 2013
# Temporära Folkbiblioteket, group exhibition, Temporära Konsthallen 2013
# Tyg, group exhibition, Konstfack 2012
# Öy Arnholma, residence, Arnholma 2012
# Ser du löven för alla träd?, group exhibition, Hemslöjden på Liljevalchs 2012
# Steneby Spring Exhibition, group exhibition, Steneby 2012
# Corgi Frontier, group exhibition, Ship Gallery 2011
# Poetry Pennants, group exhibition, Textival, 2011
# Se boksmak hör luktbok – Labyrint Press, group exhibition/event, Botkyrka Konsthall 2011
# Project manager Labyrint Press Riga Limited Edition, research project Riga-Stockholm, 2011
# Intern Botkyrka konsthall vt 2011
# Öy, residence, Stockholm, 2011
# Öy, residence, Wanås, 2010
# Text production for Absolute Art Collection, 2010
# Tomma Rum, residence, group exhibition, Tranås 2010
# Elementary school art educational guide, with Kerstin Gezelius and Eva Dahlström, 2010
# Concept group, Könad Sprit, Vin och Sprithistoriska museet 2010
# Stockholms Kulturfestival 2008 och 2009, assisting Mobile Art Production
# Brännkyrka gymnasium art workshop, 2009
# Intern Botkyrka konsthall ht 2009 – vt 2010
# Öy, residence, Kristiansstad 2009
# What is to be Done / Chto Delat, group exhibition, reading, publication, Tensta Konsthall 2008
# Graveyard worker, Stockholms kyrkogårdsförvaltning 2004-2018
Publications/editions:
Sara Elggren, Small Works 2014-2022, monograph, Mittsu Publications, 2023
No. 1-2-3-4! (MFA thesis, PDF) 2016
II, Zine, 2013
On Holes, Zine, 2013
m2mm.tumblr.com, Site, 2012-
Lost Loss, Follow C (I), Essay 2011
Riga LTD, Artist Book, 2011
Education:
Konstfack University of Art and Design, Craft Program, Master of Fine Arts in Craft 2014-2016
Konstfack University of Art and Design Textile Program, unfinished BFA 2012- 2014
Kyoto University of Arts and Design, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, exchange 2013
Stenebyskolan, Textile 2011-2012
Grants:
# Swedish Arts Grants Committee
# Längmanska Kulturfonden
# Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
# Japanstiftelsens resestipendium
# Stiftelsen Gotthard Johansson
# Konsthantverkets Vänner
#The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
# August Ringnér
# Siv och Carl Malmsten
# Gustaf och Ida Unman
# Estrid Ericsson
# Maria Lindgrens Sömmerskehem
# Ragnhild Frykberg Stiftelse
# Tekoutbildningarnas Stipendiefond
# JL Ekelund,
# Eva och Oscar Ahrén
# Ester Asplunds Stiftelse
# Anders Otto Swärds Stiftelse/Ulrika Eklunds Stiftelse
# Gålöstiftelsen
Photo: Ulrika Lovén, Giulia Cairone, David Stjernholm, private