CV

CV

Karin Roy Andersson, 1983-03-22, Umeå, Sweden

Work
2010- Founder and manager of Four, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010- Together with Sanna Svedestedt part of the project group Diagonal
2010-2014 co-worker at Klimt02 Community, Spain

Education
2010 Assistant for jewelry artist Marc Monzó Barcelona, Spain
2007-2009 Master of Applied Art, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg, Sweden
2004-2007 Baccalaureate Jewellery Art, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg, Sweden

Solo Exhibitions
2023: Hug a tree, solo exhibition, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2021: Repetitions and rhythms, solo show, Kaleido, Uppsala Sweden | Solo show, Galerie Spektrum, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013: Catching Big Fish, solo show, Beyond Fashion, Antwerp, Belgium

Group exhibitions
2023: Pensieri Preziosi. Artists in Dialoge, Padua, Italy | Citational Art, Galerie Chéret, Paris, France | DNA, Espace Solidor in Cagnes-sur-mer, France | Generation WHY, Risør Art Park, Risør, Norway | As Gaudy As A Butterfly, group exhibition, Melting Point Valencia, Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarios Gonzáles Martí, Valencia, Spain | Iigo Lea, duo exhibition with Monica Blind Påve, Nääs konsthantverk, Nääs, Sweden
2022: Bird, fish or somewhere in between, duo exhibition with Sofia Björkman, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | Can You Hear Me? Group exhibition, Galeria FAB, Tirana, Albania | A Magic Night in Daylight, group exhibition, Gallery O, Seoul, Korea | Between my truth and your truth, Geological Museum, Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Bird, fish or somewhere in between, duo exhibition with Sofia Björkman, Not Quite, Fengersfors, Sweden
2021: Close to Nature, Nationalmuseum’s summer exhibition, Läckö Slott, Lidköping, Sweden | Iigo lea / Eller hur, duo exhibition with Monica Blind Påve, Norrbottens museum, Luleå, Sweden | group exhibition with Hanna Liljenberg and Jelizaveta Suska, Sintra, Göteborg, Sweden | Schmuck 2021, Messe München, Munich, Germany (online)
2020: Repeat it, group exhibition, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden | Souvenirs from Paris, Four Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden  Ocean 2050, Galerie Elsa Vanier, Paris, France | Bird, fish or somewhere in between, duo exhibition with Sofia Björkman, Centre National de la Danse, Paris, France | Omtag, duo exhibition with Monica Blind Påve, Övre Soppero, Sweden | One World, online exhibition, Gallery Loupe, New Jersey, USA | Group exhibition, Galerie Spektrum at Galerie Klaus Lea. Munich, Germany | BKV Gemeinschaftsfläche, Der Bayerische Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany
2019: Contes d’hiver / Winter’s Tales, Galerie Elsa Vanier, Paris, France | Scissors and Cuts, duo show together with Hanna Liljenberg, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm Craft Week, KHVC, Stockholm Sweden | Sopor är bra, RIAN Designmuseum, Falkenberg, Sweden | Charmed, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox USA | Material Revolution, Pistachios Art Jewelry Gallery, Chicago, USA | 3K, Galerie Spektrum, Karlsruhe, Germany | BKV at Frame, IHM Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany | Zona Maco, Trece sin 3, Mexico City, Mexico
2018: 18 +, Galerie Caractère, Neuchâtel Switzerland | AJF 2018 Artist Award Finalists, SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA | Triple Parade Biennial, How Art Museum, Shanghai, China | Ögonstenar, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Ateliers de Paris, Paris, France | Official opening of the new Gallery Spektrum, Galerie Spektrum, Karlsruhe, Germany | Cominelli Awards, Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy | Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery 2018, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia | 2018 AJF 2018 Artist Award Finalists, Craftgallery, Guangzhou, China | The Enchanted Moment, NEED21 Gallery, Seoul, Korea | The After Joya Effect V, Popeye loves Olive Art Space, Athens, Greece | Ögonstenar, VIDA Museum, Öland, Sweden | PLATINA for pleasure, González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, Valencia, Spain | Relics of Nature, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium | Tendenser 2018. “How much time have you got?” / “Give it time”, Galleri F15/Punkt Ø, Jeløy, Moss, Norway | AJF 2018 Artist Award Finalists, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | BKV Prize 2018, Internationale Handwerksmesse IHM, Munich, Germany | AJF 2018 Artist Award Finalists, Internationale Handwerksmesse IHM, Munich, Germany | European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden
2017: Apple of my Eye, Kammaren Gallery, Lund, Sweden | European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium
| Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Santa Monica Arts Center, Barcelona Spain | SMACK, Ingallery, Barcelona, Spain | Impact, Gallery Koch, Stenungssund, Sweden | In Hot Water, SNAG Urban South, New Orleans, USA | Fragments, Four, Göteborg, Sweden | Exhibition curated by Christian Hoedl, Munich, Germany | Friedrich Becker Preis 2017, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany | Swedes and Belgian Blues, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium
2016: Swedes and Belgian Blues, Four, Göteborg, Sweden | Hunting Trophies from the Concrete Jungle, duo show with Linnéa Eriksson, Not Quite, Fengersfors, Sweden | LOOT 2016: MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA | Jewels from the 21st Century, Hallwylska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden | Jewellery Art inspired by Nature, Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden
2015: Mirage / You got the look, duo show with Sanna Svedestedt, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | Rooted, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Salts Mill, United Kingdom | Textil/Juvel, touring exhibition starting at The Folly, Settle, United Kingdom
2014: Parallel Worlds, Alliages, Lille, France |
 Distant Relations: Jewelry between East and West, Two Cities Gallery, Shanghai, China | United States of Sweden, Four, Göteborg, Sweden |
 Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy |
 Jewellery as a Guest, Helsingborg, Sweden
2013: Pushing Boundaries & Chasing Challenges, 2013 Beijing International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition, Century Hall of China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China | Four Shadows, Lerverk, Gothenburg, Sweden | Art & Science, 3e våningen, Göteborg, Sweden | Suspended in Pink, The Atrium Gallery Birmingham School of Jewellery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany and Heidi Lowe, Rehoboth Beach, United States |
 Preziosa Young, Munich, Germany, Legnica, Poland and Marino Marini Contemporary Museum of Art, Florence, Italy |
 (ig)noble, Schwedische kirche, Munich, Germany
2012: Corpus Container + Christmas Jewellery Fair, Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
 The Body Talk, Galleria Samona’, Padova, Italy | | Alla, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg, Form/Design Center, Malmö and Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden | Jag har tappat min vante, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden | Just Rings Galerie Violaine Ulmer, Toulouse, France | A Matter of Act – Sustainability in Contemporary Jewellery, Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam, Netherlands | We Make Our Own, Sliperiet, Borgvik, Sweden | Suspended, Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany | In the Forest, Schwedische kirche, Munich, Germany | Platina at FRAME, Neue Messe Munich, Germany | Schmuck-Show, MaximiliansForum, Munich, Germany | Four at Sintra, Sintra, Göteborg, Sweden
2011: Julform, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden | Passion for Freedom, Unit24 Gallery, London, United Kingdom | ALLA, traveling exhibition on trains, Kiruna, Boden, Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm, Sweden | A Pieceful Swedish Smörgåsbord Kungspassagen, Umeå, Sweden | Umeå Fashion Week, Umeå, Sweden | Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook Release, Iberjoya, Madrid, Spain | Four Escapes, Lilla Galleriet, Klädesholmen, Sweden | Sensibelt, Konsthandeln, Konstnärshuset, Smålandsgatan 7, Stockholm, Sweden | A Pieceful Swedish Smörgåsbord, Schwedische kirche, Munich, Germany | Mini showcases exhibition, Gallery Hnoss, Göteborg, Sweden
2010: Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice del Benaco, Italy | Opening of Four, Four, Gothenburg, Sweden | Hnoss Extended, Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg | 4 Jewellery Artists, Hop Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia | Konsthantverkarna in Örebro, Örebro, Sweden | For Long and Faithful Duty, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2009: Stories in the shape of Jewellery, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden | Master graduation exhibition 2009, Rhösska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden | Konstslöjdsalongen, Rhösska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden | Ung 7, traveling exhibition 2009 – 2010 Stockholm, Sweden; Kungälv, Sweden; Malmö, Sweden; Sundsvall, Sweden; Örebro, Sweden; Prag, Czech Republic; Tokyo, Japan; Falun, Sweden; Umeå, Sweden; Rjukan, Norway.
2008: En Joia’t, La Basílica, Barcelona, Spain | Nääs konsthantverksgalleri, Nääs, Floda, Sweden
2007: Hnoss Extended, Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden | Bachelor graduation exhibition 2007 Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden | Temporary Connections, NK, Gothenburg, Sweden | Love Signs, Galleri Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2006: Färg! Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
2005: Hnoss Extended, Galleri Hnoss, Gothenburg, Sweden 2002 8, Umeå Galleria, Umeå, Sweden

Coming exhibitions
2024: Generation WHY, group exhibition, Rundetornet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024: Body of water, group exhibition, Art Hall of Japan Special Steel, Tokyo, Japan
2024: Between Body and Soul, Biennial Orizzonti d’Autore, the Civic Museum of Asolo, Italy
2024: As Gaudy As A Butterfly, Istanbul, Turkiet

2025: Generation WHY, group exhibition, Rian Designmuseum, Falkenberg, Sweden

Permanent collections
Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-mer, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Montreal Fine Arts Museum, Montreal, Canada
Rian Designmuseum, Falkenberg, Sweden
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
Fondazione Raffaele Cominelli, Contemporary Jewellery, Permanent Collection
School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden

Awards/scholarship
2020: Selected for Schmuck 2021, HWK Munich, Germany
2020 2 year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020 Formvisare 2020, Scholarship from Svensk Form Väst
2020 AiR Övre Soppero, Scholarship from Sámi Doudji Sameslöjdsstiftelsen
2020 KHV Stipendiat 2020, Scholarship from Konsthantverkets Vänner
2019 Årets Formbärare, Västerbotten, appointed by Svensk Form
2019 AiR Övre Soppero, Scholarship from Sámi Doudji Sameslöjdsstiftelsen
2018: Winner of BKV Prize 2018, awarded by the Bayerische Kunstgewerbeverein
2018 AJF 2018 Artist Award one of five finalists, nominated by Art Jewelry Forum
2018 Working grant from Region Västra Götaland
2017 Formvisare 2017, Scholarship from Svensk Form Väst
2016 Winner of Enjoya’t 2016 Professional category
2016 Working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2016 the Dynamo scholarship for actors in the contemporary art field who creates new arenas for showing and promoting contemporary art, craft and design from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2015 Alumi award from the university of Gothenburg
2014 Culture award from the City of Gothenburg
2009 Eric Ericsson, artist award
2007 Svenska slöjdföreningen, art and craft award

Lectures/workshops etc
2023: Curator for the exhibition “With a golden frame”, Nääs Konsthantverk, Floda, Sweden
2023: Curator for the exhibition “Welcome to the jungle”, Lastbryggan, Nääs Fabriker, Tollered, Sweden
2022: Lecture with Sofia Björkman, invited by KHVC, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden
2022: Curator for the exhibition “Fatta Galopp” (Galopp), Röbäck Glas & Lera, Umeå, Sweden
2022: Lecture at Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
2022: Lecture at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2022: Lecture at Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, Israel
2021: Election jury for KRO (The Swedish Artists’ Association)
2021-22: Mentor for Tove Knuts during a coaching program arranged by Konsthantverkcentrum
2021: Jury member, Koru7, Lappeenranta, Finland
2021: Opponent, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, MA, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021: Webinar/lecture, Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore, Pakistan
2020: Strategy, action, survival, webinar/lecture, Norske Kunsthåndverkare, online/Oslo, Norway
2020: Fredag på museet, lecture at Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Göteborg Sweden
2020: Opponent, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, BA, Norway
2019: The Joy of Repetition, lecture at “Designers Friday”, invited by Svensk Form, Umeå, Sweden
2019: Opponent, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, BA, Norway  2019: The Joy of Repetition, workshop at Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore, Pakistan
2018: The Joy of Repetition, workshop at Creative Space Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon2017: Communicating with jewellery, Sweden’s Art Associations, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017: The Odyssey of Diagonal, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2016: Making a Living, Academy of Design and Craft,  Gothenburg, Sweden
2016: The Odyssey of Diagonal, Joya 2016, Barcelona, Spain
2015: Göteborg Art School, Göteborg, Sweden
2015: MIMA Jewellery Conference, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
2014: Future Seminar, Academy of Design and Craft,  Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Mind Your Language, Inspiration vs Imitation, Zimmerhof Symposium, Zimmerhof Germany
2013 Catching Big Fish, Beyond Fashion, Antwerp, Belgium

Appears in the following publications
2022: Art jewellery : a personal perspective” by Inger Wästberg/ Arvinius + Orfeus,  Stockholm, Sweden
2021: Smykkeskrinet, Jorunn Veiteberg, Skald, Leikanger, Norway
2021: New Bracelets: 400+ contemporary jewelry designs, Promopress, Barcelona, Spain
2018 New Brooches: 400+ contemporary jewelry designs, Promopress, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Art Jewellery Today Europe, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, Atglen, USA
2013 Noovo Paper Editions vol 5, The Pepin Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 Suspended In Pink. Laura Bradshaw- Heap, Dublin, Ireland
2012 Jewelbook International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13, Stichting Kunstboek Oostkamp, Belgium
2012 Humor in Craft, Brigitte Martin
 Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania, USA
2012 Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry, Lark Books, Sterling publishing Co. Inc New York/London, USA/UK
2011 Contemporary Jewellery Year Book 2011, Grupo Duplex, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Fondazione Cominelli, exhibition catalogue
2009 500 Plastic jewelry designs, Lark Books, Sterling publishing Co. Inc New York/London, USA/UK