Born in 1938 in Stockholm, Sweden
Working for Kosta Boda since 1963
EDUCATION
1961-63 Studies in the United States and Mexico on a Royal Scholarship
1957-61 Studies at the National College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Transparent Boundaries, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Gallerie Leger, Malmö
Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Röhsska Museet Gothenburg, Sweden
Gävle Museum, Gävle, Sweden
2003 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, FL
2002 Rihimäki Museum, Finland
Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France
2000 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
1998 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Done Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1995 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Ikaros Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
1994 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
1993 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Galleri Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1992 Gallery Altes Rathaus, Inzlingen, Germany
Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
Azabu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Centre Culturel Sudeoise, Paris, France
1991 AREA II, Kosta Boda Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Niki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Borgward Gallery, Bremen, Germany
Drabantsalen, Borgholm Casel Ruin, Öland, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Kamras, Sweden
1990 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Östergötaland County Museum (retrospective), Sweden
1989 Galleri Kaplanen, Visby, Sweden
Galleri Ann Westin, Stockholm, Sweden
1988 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Smålands Museum, Växjö, Sweden
Traver - Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallerie Trois, Geneva, Switzerland
1987 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Malen, Helsingborg, Sweden
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Building Allegory, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2005 2nd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1999 Global Art Glass Triennial, Olandstryckarna AB - Borgholm, Sweden, 1999
1997 Masters of Contemporary Glass, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Copenhagen International Airport, Denmark
Kalmar Läns Museum, Kalmar, Sweden
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1996 Ducal Palace, Venice, Italy
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1993 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Marco Museum, Monterey, Mexico
Morris Museum of Art, Morristown, NJ
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Major Installation at the Swedish Pavilion at the World Fair, Seville, Spain
XVII Triennale di Milano, Life Between Artifact and Nature, Italy
1991 Europe 91, Baden Wütenberg, Germany
Configura 91, Erfurt, Germany
New Glass in Europe, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hokaido Art Museum, Japan
Mariehamn Museum of Fine Art, Finland
1990 Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Sanske Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Nordform 90, Malmö, Sweden
Kulturen Lund (retrospective), Sweden
1989 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Sails, Borgholm Slottsruin, Öland, Sweden
1988 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
Liljevalch Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Design Art, Berlin, Germany
IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1987 The Fine Art Museum, South Mobile, AL
Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, OH
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Scandinavian Crafts Today, Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo
Museum of Contemporary Crafts (Saxe Collection), New York, NY
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Absolut Collection, NJ
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Die Neue Sammlung, Museum of Applied Arts, Munich, Germany
Düsseldorf Museum of Fine Arts, Germany
Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
H.M The King of Sweden's Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN
JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Norrköpings Museum of Fine Arts, Sweden
Örebro Läns Konstmuseum, Sweden
Pilkington Museum of Glass, Merseyside, England
Prescott Collection at Pacific First Center, Seattle, WA
Röhsska Museum of Applied Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
Småland Museum, Växjö, Sweden
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH
Trondheims Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Vida Museum, permanent wing, Sweden
Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2005 Gold Metal, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Award in recognition of the promotion of Glass Art in the world, Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
The Wilson Award, GAS, New Orleans f Science, Sweden
Urban Glass Award, for outstanding achievements in glass, New York, NY
2002 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, University of Växjö, Sweden
2001 Visionaries Award, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
1995 Outstanding Achievement in Glass Award, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Prince Eugen's medal for Outstanding Achievement in Arts, Sweden
1994 Cultural Scholarship, The South Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Sweden
1991 The Formland Prize, Denmark
1990 Diploma, Nordform, Malmö, Sweden
1988 Excellent Swedish Design, honorable mention for Provence tableware
The Formland Prize, Denmark
1985 Silver medal, International Juried Art Competition, New York, NY
Second prize, Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany
Artist in Residence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1984-86 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1984 Excellent Swedish Design, prize
1983 First prize for Swedish Design, National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Cultural Scholarship, Municipality of Emmaboda, Sweden
1981 Chosen by Japan Interior Design Magazine as the most influential designer in his field
1968 Swedish State Major Work Scholarship
1967 The Illum Prize
1965 Östersund Cultural Scholarship
1962 First Prize, "Young Americans", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1961 Royal Scholarship
College of Art, Craft and Design Scholarship and medal for best student
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997 Lybster, Scotland
1996 North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland
1980-95 Pilchuck Glass School, Visiting lecturer, Stanwood, WA
1994 University of Hawaii, Visiting Professor, Manau, HI
1993 Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, NY
1992 University of Hawaii, Visiting Professor, Manau, HI
1967-84 College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Head of glass design program, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 Drury, John. Glass Quarterly, Review, Spring, No. 110, pg. 62
2002 Kangas, Matthew. Somna Vakna, University of Washington Press, Seattle
1998 Glass Eats Light. Gunnar Lindquist Carlson's förlag, publisher
1997 Rådström, Niclas. Headbook, Kamras, Kamras Publisher
1995 Nilsson, Peter. Anod, Norstedts förlag, Sweden
Fiat Lux, (book on the altarpiece for Växjö Cathedral) Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden
