Glass artist Hanna Hansdotter transforms her amorphous material into iridescent designs informed by Scandinavian craft traditions. Hansdotter trained in Glasriket —a region in Sweden with a history of hand-blown glass that stretches back to 1742 —and received her BFA from Konstfack in Stockholm in 2017. While in school, Hansdotter experimented with blowing glass into handmade iron molds to create tactile patterns; she has become known for these imprinted surfaces, which make the material appear soft and bulbous. Hansdotter later moved to the Swedish design capital of Småland (the birthplace of IKEA), where she produces jewel-toned vessels out of her studio and hot shop. Her works are in collections like the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the Glass Factory in Boda Glasbruk.
EDUCATION
2017 Hot glass sculpting, CMOG, Corning museum of glass, NY
2015 BA, Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design, Sweden
2012 BA,Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design, Sweden
2008 Glassblowing, technical education, Orrefors National School of Glass, Sweden Qualified glassblower and cold working, Kosta Glasscenter, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO (and DUO) EXHIBITIONS
2021 Once Twice, Dual show with Ry David Bradley, The Hole, New York, US
2020 Ornamental Abstractions Of Industrial Memories, Solo show, Kulturcentrum, Ronneby, Ronneby, Sweden
Fading Prints, in association with Åke Andrén Grant, Prins Eugen Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
Rabbit Hole, Solo show, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
2.0, Solo show, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Fading Prints, Solo show, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Enter Art Fair, The Hole, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Collection, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
2021 Design Miami, Side Gallery, Basel, Schweiz
Market, Steinsland Berliner, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden
Chart Art Fair, Steinsland Berliner, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
East Hampton Hole, The Hole, New York, US
2020 Palatset, The Glass Factory Boda, Boda, Sweden
Chart Art Fair, Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 Swedish Glass, Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium Bachelor, Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden
Sculpture, Sculpture, Sculpture!, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden 2018 Dallas Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Dallas, US
Meet and Greet, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden
Immersion, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2017 Whats Your Dna, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Hommage, Kosta Boda Art Gallery, Kosta, Sweden
Whats Your Dna, Form and Designcenter, Malmö, Sweden
COMMISSIONS, COLLABORATIONS, OTHER PROJECTS
2022 Comission work for Hötorget with Vasakronan, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 Documentary SVT, Designhistorier
2020 Store front installation, Selfridges, London
2019 Public art installation, Linneuniversity of Kalmar, Sweden
Designer of The Glass Factory Boda yearly museum collection
2018 Absolute Vodka, commercial
Art Collaboration with Artilleriet, Göteborg, Sweden
2017 Designer/ Artist at Orrefors Kosta Boda, Sweden
Interior installation, Sneakersnstuff, New York & London
Hommage, Kosta Boda 275 years, ”Nightfall series”, design commission for Kosta Boda
GRANTS
2020 Åke Andrén Artist Grant
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, two year working grant
2018 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one year working grant
2017 Estrid Ericsson travel grant
Studio grant, The Glass factory Boda
Degree work grant, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Konstfack travel grant for international cultural exchange, Corning, New York
Fredrika Bremer scholarship fund
2016 JL Eklund Crafts foundation
Petersenska Hemmets Scholarship fund
Kosta Boda working grant
Fredrika Bremer scholarship fund
2015 Petersenska Hemmets Scholarship fund
AWARDS
2019 Lauritz craft prize
Residence Magazine, design award, craft of the year
2018 New Glass Review, published in book, Corning, NY
Plaza Interior, design award, craft of the year
ELLE Decoration Swedish Design Awards
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2021 Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Gothenburg
2019 Statens Konstråd, Public Art Agency Sweden
2018 The Glass Factory Boda, Glass Museum
2017 Nationalmuseum, Swedish National Museum collection
