Ulla West (born 1954 in Trollhättan) is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm.

West lived in Trollhättan until 1973, when she moved to Göteborg to study North Germanic languages and literary studies.[1] She later studied at Konstfack in Stockholm.[1] She also spent parts of her childhood in Krokom.[2]

Ulla West has had several exhibitions at galleries, both in Sweden and internationally since the 1980s. For example, she exhibited in Japan, Russia and Thailand. In 2007, she was involved in Kaunas Art Biennale and in 2008 in Beijing at the International Fiber Art Biennale. In 2009, she was invited to show in the exhibition "Irreverent, Contemporary Nordic Crafts Art" in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, YBCA.[3] She participated in exhibitions at Hallwylska Palatset 2009 and the exhibition Cut my legs off and call me shorty! at Tensta Konsthall in 2009[4]. Ulla West also work with stage design and costume design for theatres and film- and TV-productions.

Publications

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  • Om en robot (About a Robot), Mormor Publishers, Stockholm (2008)

References

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  1. ^ a b Myrholm, Jonas (8 November 2014). "Tankegångar i dået och nuet : Ulla West tillbaka och firar 30 år som konstnär". TTELA (in Swedish). p. 30.
  2. ^ Aronsson, Torbjörn (16 June 2015). "Konstnärlig vandring i natursköna Jämtland". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). pp. 12–13.
  3. ^ Baldon, Russell (16 Apr 2015). "A Crafted Presence Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft". The Journal of Modern Craft. 3 (2010): Pages 115–117.
  4. ^ Allerholm, Milou (4 July 2009). "Med skrattet i halsen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). p. 61. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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