ABOUT
Anna Elzer Oscarson, was born in 1970, raised in Gothenburg, where she is still located today. She holds a master´s degree in Design at HDK / Gothenburg University and has received a number of awards, including Design S, Elle Deco Design Award and Swedish Design Award by RUM. Her work is represented at Nordiska Museet (the Nordic Museum) and the Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft.
”The things surrounding us affect and move us, whatever they may be. The faster the world spins, the greater becomes our need for enrichment and inspiring environments; calm places where wecan find strength to meet the rushing world outside.”
Anna’s work include both pattern- and product design. For the past 12 years, she has created ceramics under her own brand, in close collaboration with the Porcelain factory in Lidköping, resulting in the collections Dusty Diamonds and Dancing Dune. For Swedese, she has recently designed the vase ANNA, inspired by nature’s transience, the poetry of Karin Boye and a desire to visualize spring’s first signs of new life.
As a designer, I am responsible for the messages my designs convey.
I want to carefully craft beautiful things that are worth keeping for a lifetime.
EXHIBITIONS
Nordstil 2017 / Hamburg
FORMEX Stockholm Furniture fair 2017 / Stockholm
FORMEX Stockholm Furniture fair 2016 / Stockholm
MINT Gallery 2016 / London
P & O Cruises Britannia 2015 / Southhampton
PMQ 2014 / Hong Kong
MINT Gallery 2013 / London
MAISON & OBJET Scènes d’intérieur 2012 / Paris
THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2011
Swedish Design Goes London
NIVÅ 125 2011 / Båstad
RÖHSSKA museum 2011 / Gothenburg
Västra Götaland Goes Milano Goes Röhsska
Superstudio Piú, Zona Tortona 2011 / Milan
Swedish Love Stories
Greenhouse /Stockholm Furniture fair 2010 /Stockholm
Greenhouse /Stockholm Furniture fair 2006 /Stockholm
Västerås Art museum 2005 / Västerås
FORMEX Stockholm Furniture fair 2005 / Stockholm
DESIGNKANALEN 2005 / Gothenburg
Sveriges Riksdag 2005 / Stockholm
Svensk Form
Röhsska museum 2005 / Gothenburg
REPRESENTED
Nordiska Museet (the Nordic Museum) / Stockholm
Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft. / Gothenburg
STUDIES
2005 | Master of Fine Arts, HDK / University of Gothenburg |
2002 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, HDK / University of Gothenburg |
1998- 1999 | Hovedskous Art school |
1996-1998 | KV Art school |
AWARDS / GRANTS
2017 | Swedish Design Award by RUM |
2017 | Working Grant, Västra Götalandsregionen |
2016 | Design S |
2016 | Formex Formidable, Nominee |
2014 | Kulturstipendiat VGR |
2012 | Design S, Nominerad till |
2010 | Göteborgs Slöjdförening |
2007 | Elle Deco Design Award |
2004 | Orrefors scholarship |
ASSIGNMENTS
2022 – | Vice Chairman, Svensk Form Väst |
2021 – | Project Manager Svensk Form Väst |
2021 – | Project Manager SPOK Västra Götaland |
2020 – 2022 | Vice Chairman, ADA |
2018 – 2022 | Chairman, Svensk Form Väst |
2019 – 2021 | Board member, Svensk Form |
2017 – | Board member, Svensk Form Väst |