Rasmus Nossbring (b. 1991, Sweden) is a glass artist whose vivid sculptures of stacked towers and surrealistically combined forms feature animals, appendages, eyes, and doodle-like squiggles. Colors eddy in the flux of glass, generating vibrant and unexpected combinations. Occasionally, Nossbring repurposes found objects and old press molds from the Gustavsberg factory, adapting traditional elements of Swedish design to his own idiom. At other times, he finds poetry in life’s unhurried rhythms, as with one sculpture’s title, “Watching Snow Melt,” or in another showing the frozen image of a man bathing.
Nossbring has worked with glass from an early age, initially taking on an apprenticeship at the Reijmyre Glassworks as a teenager, where he continued to work for eight years. He went on to pursue a Bachelors and Masters degree at Konstfack University. Today, he operates the glass studio STHLM Glas in Gustavsberg alongside his co-founder Simon Klenell. Nossbring’s work has received recent awards from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, ELLE Sweden, and the Estrid Ericson Foundation. He is included in the collections of the National Museum in Stockholm, the Glass Factory in Boda, Färgfabriken Art Hall, and Public Art Agency Sweden.
RASMUS NOSSBRING
b. 1991, Sweden
EDUCATION
2021
MFA, Craft, Konstfack University, Sweden
2017
BFA, Ceramics and Glass, Konstfack University, Sweden
2016
Exchange Semester, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2010
Apprenticeship, Reijmyre Glassworks, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden
Härnösands Konsthall, Sweden
2023
Lost & Found, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden
2022
Den Skapande Handen; Tyst Kunskap, Reijmyre Art Lab, Rejmyre, Sweden
Minneskavalkad, Blås & Knåda, Stockholm, Sweden
Sintra, Göteborg, Sweden
2021
Backstabbers, Dotdotdot, Stockholm, Sweden
Kaleido, Uppsala, Sweden
Printed Matters, The New Era, Stockholm, Sweden
Ung Svensk Form, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Beautiful Everyday, DotDotDot, Stockholm, Sweden
Collect, Widell Projects, London, UK
Residence Together, Blås & Knåda, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
En Lagom Varm Sommar, Tranås Konstförening, Tranås, Sweden
I Ryggmärgen, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden
Residence Together, The Glass Factory Boda, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
2018
Chart Art Fair, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lvl4 Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Young Glass, Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2016
Masters Behind the Glass, Österlens Glashytta, Brösarp, Sweden
2015
Unikt Glas, Göteborg, Sweden
2012
Formex, Älvsjö, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Ein Herz für Glas, Galerie Hantwerk, Munich, Germany
Come Nu Kom Now, Dotdotdot, London, UK
Generation Glas, CF Hill, Stockholm, Sweden
2022
Ohsh, London, UK
Object with Love, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2021
Konstfack Graduation Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden
Expanding Terrains, Panncentralen, Gustavsberg, Sweden
2020
Svälla, Norrköping, Sweden
2019
Chinese Whispers, Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Minsta Gemensamma Nämnare, Blås och Knåda, Stockholm, Sweden
Arbete/Existens, MEKEN, Smedjebacken, Sweden
En Konsthantverklig Avsmakningsmeny, Blås och Knåda, Stockholm, Sweden
Open Craft, Örebro, Sweden
2017
Spot On, The Glass Factory Boda, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
Mass, The Glass Factory Boda, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden
Spring Exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Enköping Konsthall, Enköping, Sweden
PROJECTS
2022
Restaurants in Dubai
HEM, Limited Edition for HEM X
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023
Årets Blickfång (Eye-Catcher of the Year), Elle Interior Sweden
2022
Working Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020
Konstack Grant
2019
Estrid Ericson Stipend for Residence Together
The Glass Factory Boda, Residence Together
2018
Assistant Grant for Martin Janecky, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017
Blås och Knåda Stipend
Estrid Ericson Scholarship
Konst och Bruksglasföreningens Stipend
Liljessons Stiftelse Stipend
The Glass Factory Boda, Residency Stipend
2016
Estrid Ericson Scholarship
Fabrikör J.L Eklunds Stipend
Konstfack – Corning Partner Scholarship
Norrköpings Fabriksförenings Stiftelse, Stipend
Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers Fond, Stipend
People’s Choice Award, Pilchuck Annual Auction
The Freemason Scholarship
Young Craftsperson of the Year, Bengt Juhlin’s Fund, Friends of the National Museum
Young Swedish Design Award
2015
Corning Museum of Glass, Class Scholarship
Estrid Ericson Scholarship
Företagarna Norrköpings Scholarship
Wiks Folkhögskola, Annual Stipend
COLLECTIONS
Arrivals
Ebeltoft Glasmuseum
Färgfabriken
National Museum of Sweden
Nationalmuseum Design
Österlens Glashytta
Reijmyre Glasbruksmuseum
Statens Konstråd (Public Art Agency Sweden)
The Glass Factory Boda
