about/CV

As an artist and designer Evelina Björnqvist (b. 1996) navigates between conceptual and material-based approaches. Her primary mediums are wood and ceramics, though she often incorporates elements of other materials. Her expression is rooted in functional objects, recognizable forms, or encounters between materials that seek new relationships. She is interested in ambiguous symbolism and subtle shifts between the everyday and the ritual. Through various collaborative projects with choreographers, photographers, and composers, her practice at times approaches scenographic methods— focusing on the relationships between object, body, and movement.

Represented by the gallery / concept store Arranging Things, Stockholm.

www.arrangingthings.se

Ongoing / upcoming

2026        (ongoing theater production) TBA, scenographer, Göteborgs stadsteater
2025/26   (ongoing theater production) Min søster i dette huset. Director: Rebecka Hemse
                 Assistant for scenographer / light designer Jens Sethzman, Nationaltheatret Oslo
2026        (upcoming group exhibition) Vad händer?, Textilmuseet Borås
2025/26   (ongoing project) Vad händer?, collaboration with Rian designmuseum and Konsthantverkscentrum
2027        (upcoming solo exhibition) TBA, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm


Education

2019 - 2022         Bachelor of Fine Arts / Furniture Design, specialization in wood, HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design,
                            Campus Steneby, Dals långed (SE)
2021                    Exchange at the BFA program Crafts in Glass and Ceramics, Royal Danish Academy - Architecture and Design,
                            Bornholm (DK)
2021                    Throwing course, Capellagården, Öland (SE)
2017 - 2019         Foundation years, cabinet making and woodworking, Stenebyskolan, Dals långed (SE)
2015 - 2017         Foundation years, Österlenskolan för konst och design, Simrishamn (SE)


Employments / project employments

2022 -                  Freelance designer/artist
2022 -                  Scenic carpenter, Göteborgs stadsteater
2023                     Assistant for Sanna Lindholm


Exhibitions solo / duo

2025        (duo with composer Anton Örarbäck) AUTOMATA, Not Quite, Fengersfors
2024        (solo) Real grapes, Galleri Lerverk, Göteborg
2024        (duo with choreographer Ida Kjällquist) SWIM, Valhallabadet, Craft Days Biennale, Göteborg


Exhibitions group

2025        Hook me up, Streck Office, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2025        Konsthantverk möter fotografi, curated by Centrum för fotografi and Konsthantverkscentrum, Formcenter väst, Göteborg
2025        Kocken, tjuven, Galleri Résistance, Göteborg
2025        KKV GBG 50 år - Jubileumsutställning, Kronhuset, Göteborg
2024        Salong24, Norrtälje konsthall, Norrtälje
2024        Open, curated by Arranging Things, Riche Fenix, Stockholm
2024        Hem X Evelina Björnqvist, Hem pop-up showroom, 3 days of design, Copenhagen (DK)
2024        SWIM, Nordic Art Agency, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2024        Stockholm Furniture fair, Arranging Things POP-UP shop, Stockholm
2023        Arranging Things C/O Nordiska Galleriet Archives, Stockholm
2023        NO SENSE OF BALLS, curated by Candytuft, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2023        BISE x SSDD, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2023        Project Network 2023 Session II, Apple House Gallery, Skælskør (DK)
2022        Ex-works 22, Möbeldesignmuseum - The Museum of Furniture Studies, Stockholm
2022        Exam exhibition 22, Trädgårdsföreningen, Göteborg
2021        Stockholm Furniture and Light fair, Stockholm
2020        TRÄTEMPLET, Göteborg
2020        FAQ Square, Not Quite, Fengersfors
2020        Olga Birkfelt Art grant, Bengtsfors konsthall, Bengtsfors
2019        Power Plants - upcomming designers, Galleri Studio L2, Stockholm
2019        Stockholm Furniture and Light fair, Stockholm
2017        Utan titel - exam exhibition, Ystad konstmuseum, Ystad


Awards and grants

2026        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2025        Assistant grant, Konstnärsnämnden - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2025        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2024        One-year working grant, Konstnärsnämnden - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2024        Project funding Pronto, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2024        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2023        International exchange, Konstnärsnämnden - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2022        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        The Handicraft Association of Stockholm, Jenny Åkerström-Söderströms’ foundation
2021        Västsvenska kulturfonden, (West Sweden Cultural Foundation)
2021        Slöjdsamfonden, (The Handicraft Fund), Bengtsfors municipality
2021        August Ringnérs’ foundation, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2021        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft foundation
2021        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        Adlerbertska travel grant
2021        Foundation AAA
2021        Johan Jeppssons donation to Steneby school
2021        Doktor Felix Neuberghs’ foundation
2020        The Handicraft Association of Stockholm – Elma Levin’s Memorial Fund
2020        Olga Birkfelts’ art price, Bengtsfors municipality
2020        Makarna Lindeqvist foundation, The Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2020        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft foundation
2020        Foundation Telefondirektören H.T. Cedergrens’ fund
2020        Adlerbertska study grant


Residencies

2023        Artist in Residence, IFÖ-Center, Bromölla
2023        Project Network AIR, Guldagergaard - International Research Ceramic Center, Skælskør (DK)
2020        Material residency, Ställbergs gruva, Ställberg
2018        AIR - wood workshop, Not Quite culture center


Represented

Arranging Things
Design Furniture Archive by Möbeldesignmuseum
The Studio ceramic collection at Gulgagergaard
Möbeldesignmuseum 2018-2022 by Kersti Sandin, Lars Bülow och Kerstin Wickman (book)
Sight Unseen, 30 Projects We Loved at the 2024 Stockholm Furniture Fair
www.sightunseen.com/2024/02/30-projects-we-loved-at-the-2024-stockholm-furniture-fair/
Form Magazine no. 2, 2024, Ny svensk form, Arranging Things


Teaching experience

2024   guest teacher at BFA in Design, HDK-Valand - Academy of Arts and Design
2023   external tutor in degree project, BFA in Design, HDK-Valand - Academy of Arts and Design
2022 - 2024, teacher in cabinet making


Membership

Konstnärscentrum
Konsthantverkscentrum
Svensk form


Ongoing / upcoming

2026        (ongoing theater production) TBA, scenographer,
                Göteborgs stadsteater
2025/26   (ongoing theater production) Min søster i dette huset.
                
Director: Rebecka Hemse
                Assistant for scenographer / light designer Jens Sethzman,
                Nationaltheatret Oslo
2026        (upcoming group exhibition) Vad händer?, Textilmuseet Borås
2025/26   (ongoing project) Vad händer?, collaboration with
                Rian designmuseum and Konsthantverkscentrum
2027        (upcoming solo exhibition) TBA, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm


Education


2019 - 2022          Bachelor of Fine Arts / Furniture Design,
                             specialization in wood,
                             HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design,
                             Campus Steneby, Dals långed (SE)

2021                     Exchange at the BFA program
                             Crafts in Glass and Ceramics,
                             Royal Danish Academy - Architecture and Design,
                             Bornholm (DK)

2021                     Throwing course, Capellagården, Öland (SE)

2017 - 2019          Foundation years, cabinet making and woodworking,
                             Stenebyskolan, Dals långed (SE)

2015 - 2017          Foundation years, Österlenskolan för konst och design,
                             Simrishamn (SE)


Employments / project employments

2022 -                   Freelance designer/artist
2022 -                   Scenic carpenter, Göteborgs stadsteater
2023                     Assistant for Sanna Lindholm


Exhibitions solo / duo

2025        (duo with composer Anton Örarbäck) AUTOMATA, Not Quite,
                Fengersfors
2024        (solo) Hemliv, Galleri Lerverk, Göteborg
2024        (collab with choreographer Ida Källquist) SWIM, Valhallabadet,
                Craft Days Biennale, Göteborg


Exhibitions group

2025        Hook me up, Streck Office, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2025        Konsthantverk möter fotografi, curated by Centrum för fotografi and
                Konsthantverkscentrum, Formcenter väst, Göteborg
2025        Kocken, tjuven, Galleri Résistance, Göteborg
2025        KKV GBG 50 år - Jubileumsutställning, Kronhuset, Göteborg
2024        Salong24, Norrtälje konsthall, Norrtälje
2024        Open, curated by Arranging Things, Riche Fenix, Stockholm
2024        Hem X Evelina Björnqvist, Hem pop-up showroom, 3 days of design,
                Copenhagen (DK)
2024        SWIM, Nordic Art Agency, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2024        Stockholm Furniture fair, Arranging Things POP-UP shop,
                Stockholm
2023        Arranging Things C/O Nordiska Galleriet Archives, Stockholm
2023        NO SENSE OF BALLS, curated by Candytuft,
                Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2023        BISE x SSDD, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö
2023        Project Network 2023 Session II, Apple House Gallery,
                Skælskør (DK)
2022        Ex-works 22, Möbeldesignmuseum -
                The Museum of Furniture Studies, Stockholm
2022        Exam exhibition 22, Trädgårdsföreningen, Göteborg
2021        Stockholm Furniture and Light fair, Stockholm
2020        TRÄTEMPLET, Göteborg
2020        FAQ Square, Not Quite, Fengersfors
2020        Olga Birkfelt Art grant, Bengtsfors konsthall, Bengtsfors
2019        Power Plants - upcomming designers, Galleri Studio L2,
                Stockholm
2019        Stockholm Furniture and Light fair, Stockholm
2017        Utan titel - exam exhibition, Ystad konstmuseum, Ystad


Awards and grants

2026        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2025        Assistant grant, Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2025        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2024        One-year working grant, Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2024        Project funding Pronto, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2024        Studio support, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2023        International exchange, Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2022        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        The Handicraft Association of Stockholm,
                Jenny Åkerström-Söderströms’ foundation
2021        Västsvenska kulturfonden, (West Sweden Cultural Foundation)
2021        Slöjdsamfonden, (The Handicraft Fund), Bengtsfors municipality
2021        August Ringnérs’ foundation, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2021        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft foundation
2021        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        Adlerbertska travel grant
2021        Foundation AAA
2021        Johan Jeppssons donation to Steneby school
2021        Doktor Felix Neuberghs’ foundation
2020        The Handicraft Association of Stockholm –
                Elma Levin’s Memorial Fund
2020        Olga Birkfelts’ art price, Bengtsfors municipality
2020        Makarna Lindeqvist foundation, The Department of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2020        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft foundation
2020        Foundation Telefondirektören H.T. Cedergrens’ fund
2020        Adlerbertska study grant


Residencies

2023        Artist in Residence, IFÖ-Center, Bromölla
2023        Project Network AIR, Guldagergaard
                International Research Ceramic Center, Skælskør (DK)
2020        Material residency, Ställbergs gruva, Ställberg
2018        AIR - wood workshop, Not Quite culture center


Represented

Arranging Things
Design Furniture Archive by Möbeldesignmuseum
The Studio ceramic collection at Gulgagergaard
Möbeldesignmuseum 2018-2022 by Kersti Sandin, Lars Bülow och Kerstin Wickman (book)
Sight Unseen, 30 Projects We Loved at the 2024 Stockholm Furniture Fair
www.sightunseen.com/2024/02/30-projects-we-loved-at-the-2024-stockholm-furniture-fair/
Form Magazine no. 2, 2024, Ny svensk form, Arranging Things


Teaching experience

2024   guest teacher at BFA in Design,
           HDK-Valand - Academy of Arts and Design
2023   external tutor in degree project, BFA in Design,
           HDK-Valand - Academy of Arts and Design
2022 - 2024, teacher in cabinet making


Membership

Konstnärscentrum
Konsthantverkscentrum
Svensk form







Ongoing / upcoming

2026        (ongoing theater production)
                TBA, scenographer,
                Göteborgs stadsteater
2025/26   (ongoing theater production)
                Min søster i dette huset.
                
Director: Rebecka Hemse
                Assistant for scenographer 
                Jens Sethzman,
                Nationaltheatret Oslo
2026        (upcoming group exhibition)
                Vad händer?
, Textilmuseet
                Borås
2025/26   (ongoing project) Vad händer?,
               
collaboration with
                Rian designmuseum and
                Konsthantverkscentrum
2027        (upcoming solo exhibition) TBA,
                Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm


Education

2019 - 2022         
Bachelor of Fine Arts / Furniture Design,
specialization in wood,
HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design, Campus Steneby, Dals långed (SE)

2021
Exchange at the BFA program Crafts in Glass and Ceramics, Royal Danish Academy - Architecture and Design, Bornholm (DK)

2021
Throwing course, Capellagården,
Öland (SE)

2017 - 2019
Foundation years,
cabinet making and woodworking, Stenebyskolan, Dals långed (SE)

2015 - 2017
Foundation years,
Österlenskolan för konst och design,
Simrishamn (SE)


Employments / project employments

2022 -      Freelance designer/artist
2022 -      Scenic carpenter,
                Göteborgs stadsteater
2023        Assistant for Sanna Lindholm


Exhibitions solo / duo

2025        (duo with composer
                Anton Örarbäck) AUTOMATA,
               
 Not Quite, Fengersfors
2024        (solo) Hemliv, Galleri Lerverk,
                Göteborg
2024        (collab with choreographer
                Ida Kjällquist)
SWIM,                 Valhallabadet,
                Craft Days Biennale,
                Göteborg


Exhibitions group

2025        Hook me up, Streck Office,
                Southern Sweden Design Days,
                Malmö
2025        Konsthantverk möter fotografi,
                curated by Centrum för fotografi
                and Konsthantverkscentrum,
                Formcenter väst, Göteborg
2025        Kocken, tjuven,
                Galleri Résistance,
                Göteborg
2025        KKV GBG 50 år -
                Jubileumsutställning
,
                Kronhuset, Göteborg
2024        Salong24, Norrtälje konsthall,
                Norrtälje
2024        Open,
                curated by Arranging Things, 
                Riche Fenix, Stockholm
2024        Hem X Evelina Björnqvist,
                Hem pop-up showroom,
                3 days of design,
                Copenhagen (DK)
2024        SWIM, Nordic Art Agency,
                Southern Sweden Design Days,
                Malmö
2024        Stockholm Furniture fair,
                Arranging Things POP-UP
                Stockholm
2023        Arranging Things C/O
                Nordiska Galleriet Archives
,
                Stockholm
2023        NO SENSE OF BALLS,
                curated by Candyfuft,
                Southern Sweden Design Days,
                Malmö
2023        BISE x SSDD,
                Southern Sweden Design Days,
                Malmö
2023        Project Network 2023
                Session II,
 Apple House Gallery,
                Skælskør (DK)
2022        Ex-works 22,
                Möbeldesignmuseum -
                The Museum of Furniture
                Studies, Stockholm
2022        Exam exhibition 22,
                Trädgårdsföreningen,
                Göteborg
2021        Stockholm Furniture and Light
                fair, Stockholm
2020        TRÄTEMPLET, Göteborg
2020        FAQ Square, Not Quite,
                Fengersfors
2020        Olga Birkfelt Art grant,
                Bengtsfors konsthall,
                Bengtsfors
2019        Power Plants -
                upcomming designers,
                Galleri Studio L2,
                Stockholm
2019        Stockholm Furniture and Light
                fair,Stockholm
2017        Utan titel - exam exhibition,
                Ystad konstmuseum,
                Ystad


Awards and grants

2026        Studio support, The Department
                of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2025        Assistant grant,
                Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants
                Committee
2025        Studio support, The Department
                of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2024        One-year working grant,                 Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants
                Committee
2024        Project funding Pronto,
                The Department of Cultural
                Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2024        Studio support, The Department
                of Cultural Affairs,
                City of Gothenburg
2023        International exchange,
                Konstnärsnämnden -
                The Swedish Arts Grants
                Committee
2022        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        The Handicraft Association of
                Stockholm, Jenny Åkerström
                Söderströms’ foundation
2021        Västsvenska kulturfonden,
                (West Sweden Cultural
                Foundation)
2021        Slöjdsamfonden,
                (The Handicraft Fund),
                Bengtsfors municipality
2021        August Ringnérs’ foundation,
                The Department of Cultural
                Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2021        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft
                foundation
2021        Estrid Ericsons’ foundation
2021        Adlerbertska travel grant
2021        Foundation AAA
2021        Johan Jeppssons donation to
                Steneby school
2021        Doktor Felix Neuberghs’
                foundation
2020        The Handicraft Association of
                Stockholm – Elma Levin’s
                Memorial Fund
2020        Olga Birkfelts’ art price,
                Bengtsfors municipality
2020        Makarna Lindeqvist foundation,
                The Department of Cultural
                Affairs, City of Gothenburg
2020        Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds’ craft
                foundation
2020        Foundation Telefondirektören
                H.T. Cedergrens’ fund
2020        Adlerbertska study grant


Residencies

2023        Artist in Residence, IFÖ-Center,                 Bromölla
2023        Project Network AIR,
                Guldagergaard - International
                Research Ceramic Center,
                Skælskør (DK)
2020        Material residency,
                Ställbergs gruva, Ställberg
2018        AIR - wood workshop,
                Not Quite culture center


Represented

Arranging Things

Design Furniture Archive by Möbeldesignmuseum

The Studio ceramic collection at Gulgagergaard

Möbeldesignmuseum 2018-2022 by Kersti Sandin, Lars Bülow och Kerstin Wickman (book)

Sight Unseen, 30 Projects We Loved at the 2024 Stockholm Furniture Fair
www.sightunseen.com/2024/02/30-projects-we-loved-at-the-2024-stockholm-furniture-fair/

Form Magazine no. 2, 2024, Ny svensk form, Arranging Things


Teaching experience

2024   guest teacher at BFA in Design,
           HDK-Valand - Academy of
           Arts and Design
2023   external tutor in degree project,
           BFA in Design, HDK-Valand -
           Academy of Arts and Design
2022 - 2024, teacher in cabinet making


Membership

Konstnärscentrum
Konsthantverkscentrum
Svensk form