ABOUT
I am a textile designer and weaver, based in Borås but with strong ties to my hometown Stockholm, exploring the limits of woven structures.
During my foundation year at HV skola I developed a keen interest in bindings and structures, and in my subsequent BA and MA at the Swedish School of Textiles I learned how to combine my handweaving skills with digital tools and industrial machines. What follows is an ongoing search into the weave structure as programmable, smart system of horizontals and verticals. How can it be pushed, as a construction technique?
My MA degree work Woven Change, Shifting Expressions explores this in form of a changeable structure, shifting transparency, pattern and colours. It was awarded by Ung Svensk Form 2023, with the judges comments:
Well-crafted, subtle woven elements attract attention as they exude high-tech, while still being analogue. Decorative graphic patterns that change through light manipulation and manual power. A solid, clever, keen-eyed design piece that takes textile weaving into the future.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or requests!
sophiejungkvist@yahoo.se
Education
2020 - 2022 Master of Fine Arts, Textile Design, The Swedish School of Textiles, Borås
2017 - 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile Design, The Swedish School of Textiles, Borås
2016 - 2017 Textile Foundation Year, Handarbetets Vänner Skola, Stockholm
2015 - 2016 Bookbinding, Leksands Folkhögskola
AWARDS
2023 One and Twenty Winner, German Design Council
2023 Stockholm Furniture Fair Scholarship for Ung Svensk Form
2023 Ung Svensk Form 2023
2022 Renewer of the Year Honorary Award, Föreningen för Svenskt Hemslöjd
2022 Award from Ellos for Woven Change, Shifting Expressions
2022 Award from Chhatwal & Jonsson for Woven Change, Shifting Expressions
2020 Shifty Weaves shortlisted for Première Vision NextGen Awards
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Woven Change, Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 DES&DO exhibition tour (upcoming): Röhsska Museet, Textilmuseet
2024 DES&DO, Stockholm Furniture Fair
2023 Lin On Me, Rydals Museum
2023 One and Twenty, German Design Council, Milan Design Week
2023 New Power Plants, Studio L2, Stockholm
2023 Ung Svensk Form exhibition tour: IKEA Museum, Sara Kulturhus, Textilmuseet & Malmö Museer
2023 Ung Svensk Form, Stockholm Furniture Fair
2022 Looking Forward, Design Perron, Dutch Design Week
2022 Looking Forward at BASE, Milan Design Week
2022 Looking Forward (Exit), Textilmuseet, Borås
2022 DRAFTS, Berlin Design Week
2021 Material Meetings, Form Design Center, Malmö
2020 Exi(s)t, Dutch Design Week virtual exhibition
2020 Textile Matters, Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair
2018 Knits, Textilmuseet, Borås
2017 HV Textilt Basår, Detroit, Stockholm
Press
VÄV magasinet nr 3, 2023
Elle Decoration Sweden, nr 5, 2023