Emma Hasselblad (b. 1991, Stockholm) explores the opportunities that comes with knitting. Through the flexible, movable, stretch that the knitted fabric allows she makes knitted sculptures with the body as the starting point. Emma received her MFA in textile art from the University of Gothenburg (HDK-Valand) in 2019 and a BFA in Fashion Design from ESMOD Berlin, Germany in 2012. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and fashion venues internationally; Liljevalchs (Stockholm), Galleri Backlund (Göteborg), Textilmuseet (Borås), Galleri Neuf (Oslo), Fashion Clash Festival (Maastritch). She has been an artist in residency at Textile Arts Center, New York, awarded the Hempel Award at Mercedes Benz Fashionweek in Beijing, China, and she received Västra Götalands culture grant 2020. Her work has been featured in Vouge Italia, Nylon magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Göteborgs Posten among others. She currently lives and works in Gothenburg.
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Emma Hasselblad
born 1991 in Stockholm
EDUCATION
2019-2020 Research lab CRAFT! Konstfack, University of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
2016-2019 HDK, Academy of Design and Craft - MFA Programme in Craft, Textile Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012-2015 ESMOD Berlin, University of Arts for Fashion - BFA Programme in Fashion Design, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITION
Upcoming!
2020 - PANDORA - a Textile Rendezvous, Göteborg
2020 - Girly hands -working arms, Feri Gallery, Budapest
2020 - Research Lab Craft på Etnografiska Museet, Stockholm
2020 - Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Stockholm
2020 - 20x20x20, Galleri Socker, Umeå
2020 - Mäktiga Maskan, Virserum Konsthall, Virserum
2020 - Vårsalong 2020, Galleri Backlund, Göteborg
2019 - Crossroads, Göteborgs Auktionsverk, Gothenburg Design Week
2019 - HDK Graduation exhibition Frihamnen, Göteborg
2018 - Galleri Box, Cash Box, Göteborg
2018 - Next Level Craft, Textilmuseet, Borås
2018 - Under Verk, Hamnmagasinet, Varberg
2018 - Vårsolance, Galleri Slätten, Malmö
2017 - Flow arranged by Mitab and Ung Svensk Form, Stockholm
2016 - Fruntimmer ett sexigt samarbete, curated by Basuklubben, A-venue, Göteborg
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 - BODY ON BODY, Galleri NEUF, Oslo
FASHION SHOWS
2016 - Fashion Clash Festival, Maastrich, Netherlands
2016 - Hempel Award, Mercedes Benz Fashionweek, Beijing, China
2015 - Not just a Lable: Fashionfilm screening, Berlin, Germany
2015 - Premium Fashion Fair, Berlin, Germany
2015 - ESMOD Berlin Bachelor Show, Berlin, Germany
RESIDENCE
2018 - Textile Arts Center, New York City
WORKSHOPS/Artist Talks
2020 - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
2018 - Knitting Workshop, Textile Arts Center, New York City
PUBLISHED WORK
2019, 2018 - Göteborgs Posten
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/hdk-studenternas-utställningar-imponerar-1.10129595
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/recension-examensutställning-på-hdk-1.15281970
2017- Nylon, US
2017 - Harpers Bazaar, Japan
2016 - Vogue Italia
2016 - Kaltblut, Fashionclash Festival 2016: Emma Hasselblad
https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/fashionclash-festival-2016-emma-hasselblad/
GRANTS
2020 - Västra Götaland Kulturstipendiat 2020
2020 - Svensk Form Väst - Formvisare
2019 - Göteborgs Stad: Pronto
2019 - Göteborgs Stad Ateljéstöd
2019 - Stiftelsen Petersenska Hemmet
2019 - Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
2019 - Företagarna, Gustaf och Torild Hammars stiftelse
2019 - Karna Askers Fond (Slöjdföreningen)
2019 - Fabrikör JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2018 - Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
2018 - Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2018 - Fabrikör JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2018 - Kerstin Wijk-Broströms Stiftelse
2018 - Stiftelsen Petersenska Hemmet
2018 - August Ringnérs Stipendiefond
2017 - Wikanders Stiftelse
2017 - Fabrikör JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2015 - Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
2014 - Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
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Photo. by Jill Lippens, New York 2018
