Louise Olsson
louise@louiseolsson.com
www.louiseolsson.com
+46 70 2892546
Education
2007-2008 Bachelor of Education for the Upper Secondary School, University of Karlstad, Sweden
2000-2003 The Glass and Ceramics School on Bornholm, Denmark (BFA)
1995-1997 Orrefors Glass School, Sweden
1989-1992 School of Arts, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Exhibititions
2009 Vind och Vatten Arvika Konsthall, Arvika, Sweden
2009 Newly Added Friends! Enough Variety For You? Smålands Museum
Växjö, Sweden
2009 DYNAMO 0:1 Gallery Norsu, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Skål! Sintra, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009 Kalas The Museum of Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden
2008 Glas Galleri Strand, Slottsbron, Sweden
2008 Serendipity 08 Sintra, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 Annual Whidbey Island Glass Invitational MUSEO, Langley, USA
2008 Växtlighet Arvika Konsthall, Arvika, Sweden
2008 Ungt Värmländskt glas Konsthantverkarna, Karlstad, Sweden
2007 Serendipity Konsthantverkarna, Karlstad, Sweden
2006 Festen i konst och konsthantverk Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, Sweden
2006 MUSEO, Langley, USA
2006 The Glassery, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 MUSEO, Langley
2004-2006 Annual Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, MUSEO, Langley, USA
2003 ReForma, Karlstad, Sweden
2003 Konstfrämjandet, Art gallery, Karlstad, Sweden
2003 Exam Graduation Show; Jyllands Posten, Copenhagen, Denmark
Form/Designcenter, Malmö, Sweden
2002 Galleri Kaffeslottet, juried group exhibiton, Gudhjem, Denmark
1997 Galleri Ikaros, Gothenburg, Sweden
Working Experience
2009 Instructor, Glassblowing, Ethiopian Reflection, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2009 Gaffer, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2009 Instructor, Glassblowing, Kosta Glascenter, Kosta, Sweden
2008 Workshop, DYNAMO Glass, Møbelfabrikken, Denmark
2007 North Lands Creative Glass “Hot Residency”, Lybster, Scotland
2006-2007 Sandfish Glass Ltd. Michael Ruh, London, Great Britain
2006 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA
2006 Teaching Asssistant for Boyd Sugiki, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2006 Ingrids Glassverksted A/S, Ålesund, Norway
2005 Visiting Artist, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA
2005 Teaching Assistant for Boyd Sugiki, Cam Ocagi, The Glass Furnace, Turkey
2005 Teaching Assistant for Sean Albert, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, USA
2005 Poleturner, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2003-2005 David Levi, Whidbey Island, USA
2004-2005 John de Wit, Whidbey Island, USA
2005 Teaching Assistant for Boyd Sugiki, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2004 Baltic Sea Glass, Gudhjem, Denmark
1999-2000 Glashyttan på Kungshöjd, Gothenburg, Sweden
1997-1998 The Handmade Glasscompany Ltd. London, Great Britain
Grants
2008 Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
2006 Stiftelsen Värmlands Museiförening
2006 Student Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School
2005 The Mary Beasom Bishop and Francis Sumner Merritt Scholarship
2004-2005 Fabrikör JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2003 Catto Family Scholarship
2002-2003 Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse
1999-2003 Fabrikör JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2002 Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond
2002 August Rignérs Stiftlese
2000 Signe & Carl Gustav Widéns Minnesfond
Courses
2006 Pilchuck Glass School: Peter Ivy;”Think and Tink”
2003 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Boyd Sugiki
2003 Pilchuck Glass School: Katherine Gray & Preston Singletary ”Practical Designing: Making, Using, Improving”
Represented
North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
The Museum of Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden
Landstinget Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden
