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E-mail lovisa@axen.se
Phone  +46 (0) 73 574 8720

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About

Lovisa Axén (b. 1996, Götlunda) is an artist based in Malmö, Sweden. Working primarily with textiles, she explores the fragility of memory, how it blurs, fractures, and reshapes over time. Through pixelation and subtle distortions, her works evoke the spaces between clarity and loss, where what is absent becomes as present as what remains.

In her practice, everyday materials like shirt buttons are transformed into carriers of intimacy and recognition, inviting viewers into a quiet, searching encounter. Without demanding technical decoding, her pieces offer instead an emotional resonance—fragments that ask to be pieced together, but never fully resolved.

Interest

I am interested in collaborating with new galleries, art spaces, and other creative organizations.
Get in touch or visit me in my studio!

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Education

Uppsala University

MA in Archival Science, 2025–2027

Konstfack

University of Arts, Crafts And Design;
BFA Textile, 2018-2021

Nyckelviksskolan

Color, Shape & Craft, 2017-2018

Beckmans Design School

Visual Communication, Evening School, 2017-2018

Hällefors Folkhögskola

Interior Architecture & Graphic Design, 2016-2017

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Residencies

Textile Arts Center, AIR 15, New York

Brooklyn, New York / 12 months
September 2023 - September 2024

Icelandic Textile Center; Ós Textile Residency

Blonduós, Iceland / 3 months, September - November 2022

Artist in office at Konsthantverkscentrum (KHVC)

Stockholm, Sweden / 6 months, Mars - August 2022

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Represented By

Eleventh Hour Art

Brooklyn, New York

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Artworks In Public Collections

Rian Design Museum, SWE

Schmetterling I & II
STARDUST I

Uppsala Kommun, SWE

Swedish Midsummer
Sometimes I Miss The Outdoors

Konsthantverkcentrum (KHVC), SWE

STARDUST III

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Member

SKF

Konstnärshuset

BUS

Bildupphovsrätt (Image copyright Sweden)

Lekke

Creative collective by & for creatives

KHVC

Konsthantverkscentrum

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Solo/Duo Exhibitions 

Lovisa Axén: Ambitious Failure

Solo Exhibition at Alice Hair & Art, Stockholm (SWE), 2026

Debutant 2025

Solo Exhibition, Galleri VERA / Nobergs Kommunbibliotek (SWE), 2025

We´ve Been Trying To Reach You

A Duo Exhibition with Lovisa Axén and Carter Schocket
Eleventh Hour Art, Brooklyn, NY, (USA), 2025

The Female Urge To Feel Small

Solo Exhibition, Arboga Stadsbibliotek (SWE), 2022

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Group Exhibitions

2025
The Other Art Fair: Presented by TAC

Art fair group exhibition with alumni and artists
of the Textile Arts Center (TAC), Brooklyn (USA)

Tell me more!

Group Exhibition with members of 
Konsthantverkscentrum, Malmö (SWE)

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Group Exhibition Curated by MAD. and HUD SPACE as part of 
Stockholm Craft Week 2025 (SWE)

Siden Soufli 

Group Exhibition, 22-29/6, Soufli (GR)

Art for Gagnef Festival

Lek & Bus - Gagnef (SWE)

Pompa Shop & Shapeshifter ft. Lovisa Axén

Parallel Collective, Sthlm (SWE)

Lekke Festival

Plåtpalatset, Sthlm (SWE)

Konsthantverkliga Lagningar 

Group Exhibition, Galleri K18, Sthlm (SWE)

COMA (season 2)

Online Collaboration

2024

9 Contemporary Textile Artists Interpret Karin Bergöö Larsson

Galleri K18, Sthlm (SWE)

Towards The Path Of Totality

Group Exhibition, Textile Arts Center, NYC (USA)

Liljevalchs Vårsalong  with Liv Strömquist

Group Exhibition at Liljevalchs, Stockholm (SWE)

Improvisation & handarbete

Part of Stockholm Craft Week, Liljeholmen, Sthlm (SWE)

! Ateljé-rensning

Group Exhibition, Studio K18, Sthlm (SWE)

The Shape Of Play

Group Exhibition, Textile Arts Center, NYC (USA)

2023

Stockholm Craft Week: Alumni

konstfack, Sthlm (SWE)

Nesting Part II 

Group Exhibition, Brändan, Malmö (SWE)

Spin

Group Exhibition at Crum Heaven, Sthlm (SWE)

Katla #3

Release of Katla, Crum Heaven, Sthlm (SWE)

Lidelsen

Art for Lidelsen, Sthlm (SWE)

2022

Archives

Group Exhibition at Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens (GRE)

Progress

Group Exhibition at Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós (ISL)

Exploring

Group Exhibition at Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós (ISL)

Gustaf Westman, The Pavilion

Way Out West (SWE)

Summer Window exhibition

Konsthantverkscentrum, Sthlm (SWE)

Hjorten Skulpturpark

Group Exhibition, Hjorthagen, Sthlm (SWE)

Art Or Work

Way Gallery curated på Arvida Byström, Sthlm (SWE)

Zoologi at Artworks

Digital Exhibition at Artworks

Spring Break

Group Exhibition at Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg (SWE)

2021

The Ghost In The Thread

Group Exhibition curated by Pandora, Tornrummet, Gothenburg (SWE)

Stab Someone In The Back

Group Exhibition curated by DOTDOTDOT, Stockholm Caft Week (SWE)

Can You Repeat That?

Group Exhibition, Stockholm's Craft Week (SWE)

Österåker Art Hall Summer Exhibition

Group Exhibition at Österåker Art Hall (SWE)

Konstfack's spring exhibition

Graduating Exhibition at Konstfack, Stockholm (SWE)

Tete-A-Tete

Group Exhibition curated by Pandora, Tower Room, Gothenburg (SWE)

Hang In There

Group Exhibition curated by DOTDOTDOT, HV Gallery, Stockholm (SWE)

Salong Sergel

Group Exhibition at Sergels Torg, Stockholm (SWE)

2020

T.E.X.

Group Exhibition at Konstfack, Stockholm (SWE) 

Liljevalch's spring salon

Group Exhibition at Liljevalch's, Stockholm (SWE)

PAY

Group Exhibition at Momangen Gallery, Stockholm (SWE)

Craft Pop Up

Digital Group Exhibition

2019

LUNCH

Group Exhibition at Konstfack, Stockholm (SWE)

Rhythm ON/OFF

Group Exhibition at Fiberspace Gallery, Stockholm (SWE)

On The Thread

Group Exhibition at Art School Basis, Stockholm (SWE)

Open Ataljér

Group Exhibition at Konstfack, Stockholm (SWE)

LUSH

Group Exhibition at Konstfack Student Gallary, Stockholm (SWE)

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Other Works

Art Workshop for Uncan Art, Norberg,  2026
Art for Gagnef Festival - Lek & Bus, 2025
Textile for Gallery Vera at the library in Noberg, 2024
Assisting Liv Strömquist, Dec 2022 - Jan 2024
Textile art for Murmur´s live concerts, 2023
Assisting Linnéa Andersson with mural painting, Dec 2022
Vinyl cover for Nils Agnes (release date 2023)
Book cover for Simon Magnusson’s Doctoral thesis, Södertörns Högskola, 2022
Stage clothes and scenography for Konstellation; Kvartett summer tour 2022
Mirrors for APLACE Julbazar 2021
Leader of Web Design Course for Master Students in Craft! at Konstfack - University for Arts, Craft & Design, 2021
Textile Patchworks for Åsa Maj Norman, 2021
VÅT Swimwear, Konstfacks julmarknad 2020
Member of the selection committee, Nyckelviksskolan 2018

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Art Grants / Awards

Västmanlands Debutant Prize, 2025
Malmö City Cultural Grant, 2025
The Swedish Grant Committee: Travel Grant, 2025
Malmö City Studio Grant, 2025-2026
Estrid Ericsons Foundation, 2025
Helge Ax: Son Johnsons Stiftelse -Travel Grant, 2025
Estrid Ericsons Foundation, 2024
Axel N Andersson’s Testament Foundation, 2023
Estrid Ericsons Foundation, 2023
Textile Arts Center (TAC) Partial residence scholarship, 2023
Fabrikör J. L. Eklunds Crafts foundation, 2023
The Swedish Grant Committee; Assistant scholarship with Liv Strömquist, 2022
Gudruns Good Deed, 2022
Ines Svenssons memory, 2021
Maria Lindgrens Sömmerskehem, 2021
Estrid Ericsons Foundation, 2020
Maria Lindgrens Sömmerskehem, 2020
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Group Travel Grant, 2020
Konstfack, Group Travel Grant, 2020

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