At Platina winter 2009
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Sofia Björkman
Born 1970 Ekerö, Sweden
Business
Founder and owner of Platina Stockholm AB, 99- Platina is a gallery, studio,
and shop for contemporary jewelry. www.platina.se
Own business in private studio -03
Own business in Kvarngatans studios, -99
Own business in Christer Jonsson studio, 98-99
Represented
Platina, Stockholm
Jewellers Werk, Washington DC, US
Beatrice Lang, Bern, Swizerland
Röhsska Museum of art and design, Sweden
Nationalmuseum, Sweden
In studio
Curating exhibition at Gotland
Making ventilation
for my studio with my doughter
At Platinas
workshop
Education
Konstfack university college of arts, craft and design, department of metaldesign, 93-98
Special studies at Bezalel Univercity College of Arts and Crafts, department of object design, jewelry and silversmithing, Jerusalem 96-97
Practical work experiense under silversmith Josefine Davidsson, at her studio, 91-93
Nyckelviken school of art, department of metaldesign, 90-91
Basis school of art, 89-90
Qualifications
MFA, metaldesign/jewellery -98
BFA, metaldesign -96
Working at Konstfack 1995
Necklace in silver. Detail. MFA work -98
Baptismal Font for Ängskyrkan. BFA work -96
Headpiece for listening and understanding. Made in Jerusalem during exchangestudies -97
Photo; Wendy Sue Lamm
Oriented courses/
Workshops, Selected
Workshop by Iris Eichenberg, KORU3 Imatra -09.
Supported by IASPIS- The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Taking Parts, Karin Seufert, -08
Ädeldog -Workshop at Konstfack, by Ruudt Peters, -04
Updating History - workshop in Lappeenranta, Finland by Hilde de Decker,
-03
Cow Now - Jewelry course by Ruudt Peters, Netherlands, -02
Platinum- cours, Konstfack, -01
Workshop by Iris Eichenberg, KORU3 Imatra -09.
Yoggi the dog, Ädeldog dogwalk -04
Updating History, workshop Hilde de Decker -03
Cow Now, workshop Ruudt peters
exhibiton butchershop, Amsterdam -02
Teaching
Guestteacher at Konstfack School of Art and Design, Stockholm, -03, -04
Guestteacher at Beckmans School of Design and Fashion, Stockholm -02,
-03
Guestcriticiser at Beckmans School of Design and Fashion, Stockholm -01,
-07
Regulary education for small groups at Platina, since 2000
Assignments
Additional member in the Art Grants Committee, Sweden, -05-07
Additional member in IASPIS Committee, Sweden, -06
Commitee of education, Konstfack, -04-07
Commitee in KUN, -09-
Memberships
Gulsmedsmästarföreningen
KIF
Konsthantverkscentrum
Koru3 exhibition 2009
Business trip together with Åsa Skogberg
Necklace
schampoobottles. Made together with Åsa Christiansson. workshop
Taking Parts -08
Guestteacher at Konstfack -03
Works by Agnes Larsson
Solo Exhibitions Selected
Home, Platina -08
Time, Platina -06
Lost Form, Platina -05
To a lonley island, Platina -02
Group Exhibitions
Selected
2010
Konstslöjdsalong, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg 2010
Frame, Hantwerksmesse, Munich 2010
Special show Scmuck 2010, München
Supported by IASPIS- The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2009
500 Enamelled Objects, Velvet da Vinci gallery. San Fransisco
Horror vacui- in fear of the void, Forum fur schmuck, touring exhibition
08-09
MAIS OU VA LE DESIGN SUEDOIS ? de Karin et Carl Larsson à Front.
Röhsska museet i samarbete med svenska kulturinstitutet i Paris Utställningen
är en omarbetad version av Sundborn goes Extreme Again.
Sakernas tillstånd. Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Sweden - Finland Jewellery art today" "Hanasaari - the Swedish-Finnish
Cultural Centre. Utställningen visas också på Eskilstuna
Konstmuseum och Nääs Konsthanverk, Nääs Slott
Nano, Studio44, Platina in conjunction with Studio44 andGrupo Doc, Brasilien
The silence is so loud, Loupe Gallery, US
Fair Trade jewellery, Grohp Gallery, Stockholm
Konstslöjdsalong, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg
The dreamer and the dream, Museum of Fashion & Textile, London
Frame, Hantwerksmesse, Munich
Borta Bra Men Hemma Bäst, Platina
Lingam, Konstfack, Stockholm, Museum Catarijne Convent, The Netherlands
Platina celebrates 10 years anniversary 2009
KORU3, Finland, Supported by IASPIS- The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
The silence is so loud 09
Loupe Gallery, US
The dreamer and the dream 09
Fashion Museum, London
Fair Trade jewellery 09
Ring in Trade Fair Gold
Frame 09
Hantwerksmesse, Munich
2008
500 pendants Velvet da Vinci gallery. San Fransisco
It´s not like walking along the beach- nature as motifs in contemporary
swedish crafts, cutated by Love Jönsson, touring exhibition since
-07: Röhsska museum of applied arts -08
Horror vacui- in fear of the void, Forum fur schmuck, touring exhibition
08-09
Things we do for love, Platina
Extended, curerated by Åsa Lockner and Ann Livén- West in
conjunction with the swedish institute. touring exhibition -06-08, Cornerstone
Gallery, Liverpool -08
100 tankar om konsthantverk, touring exhibition since -05, Roma Kungsgård.
Gotland, Finland mueum of crafts, Jyväskylä -08
ANIMAL, curated by Mia Maljojoki and Beatrice Lang touring exhibition
-07-08: Norsu Gallery in Helsinki, Finland, -08
Summerexhibition, KHVC, Örebro
Sundborn goes extreme again, Carl Larsson museum and Röhsska Museum.
8+8 Sweden - Finland Jewellery art today 09
Necklace in silver and paint
500 Enamelled Objects
Velvet da Vinci Gallery 09
Brooch in silver and enamel
Konstslöjdsalong Röhsska Museum 09
Brooches in polyuretan and silver
Nano 09
Platina in conjunction with Studio44 andGrupo Doc, Brasilien
2007
European Voices, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zeeland, Curators Love Jönsson and Liesbeth den Besten
Love Signs, Platina
100 thoughts about applied arts, touring exhibition since -05: Örnsköldsviks museum, Ronneby Konsthall, Ånghammaren Öserbybruk, Lokstallet Strömstad, Norrköpings Stadsmuseum
Brännbart, Svensk Form, touring exhibition, -06-07, Härnösand -07
Extended, curated by Åsa Lockner och Anna Livén West in conjunction with the Swedish Institute, touring exhibition -06-08, Minsk -07
Artifact 2007, WCC-Europe, , International Contemporary Crafts Fair, Bruges/Belgium
Enter Platina Jewellery, Nivå 125, Båstad
It´s not like walking along the beach- nature as motifs in contemporary swedish crafts, cutated by Love Jönsson, touring exhibition -07-08: Dalsland museum of art, Eskilstuna museum of art -07
SOFA, NY, gallery Jewelerswerk/Ellen Reiben, Washington
ANIMAL, curated by Mia Maljojoki, touring exhibition, -07, Galerie Beatrice Lang, Bern, Schwizerland -07, Platina -07
ANIMAL, Mia Maljojoki and Beatrice Lang -07
Works by Jivan Astfalk
Things we do for love, Platina -08
Rings shaped between the bodies of two lovers
Lovesigns, Platina -07 "First love"
Photo; Rikard Westman
White Fiskars -04
2006
Extended" curated by Åsa Lockner och Anna Livén West
in conjunction with the Swedish Institute, touring exhibition -06-08,
Moskow, Kaliningrad -06
Gallery 1:18, Bottna Cultural Festival
100 thoughts about applied arts, touring exhibition since -05: Konsthallen
Skellefteå, Arkivet för Svensk Formgivning Nybro, Husby konsthall
Kista, Örebro Länsmuseum, Konstens Hus Luleå, Hovdala
slott Hässleholm, Culturen i Västerås
The house of culture Ragnarpers in Gärsnäs
Brännbart Svensk Form, touring exhibition, -06-07, Svensk Form -06,
Luleå-06
Special show Scmuck 2006, München
Museum of Arts and Design New York -06
2000 - 2005
Art
and Design Fair i New York -05
100 thoughts about applied arts, touring exhibition since -05: Parapeten
Helsingborg, Kulturhuset Stockholm -05
Inspired by nature, Bergianska Botanical Garden, Stockholm -05
Stockholm Art Fair, -05
What shall the neighbour say? Hudiksvall and Platina -05
Teatergalleriet,
Centrum for Art, Stenkyrka, Gotland -04
White Fiskars Finland, -04
Nordic
Cool-Hot Women Museum for women in the arts Washington -04
Hotel Birger Jarl, Stockholm -03
Opening for gallery KHVC, Wadköping -03
Cow Now in Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland -03
Metal vs Glass, Hotel Birger Jarl, Stockholm -03
Things we do for love, Platina, Stockholm -03
Cow Now - Works from Jewelry course by Ruudt Peters, Buchershop Amsterdam
-03
The magic ring, Värmlands arthall, -02
Exploring metal, Gallery Sculpture to wear in co-operation with swedish
consul, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, -02
Stockholm Bride, in co-operation with Hotel Birger Jarl and Art& Design
gallery, Birger Jarl Hotel, Stockholm -02
Julbak the movie, film baked jewelry and photoexhibition of Christmas,
-01
Schmuckstucke, Munic, Germany -01
Swedish Jewelry, LA international, Los Angeles, -01
Frozen Garden, C/O Stockholm AB, Stockholm, -00
Spring
at Platina, -00
Inspiered by nature? Bergianska -05
Rings "Sambo"
Made together with Lasse Hässler -03
Bracelet made of old weddingrings
Platina Christmas -06
1993 - 1999
Antike Ringe- Neue Ringe eine Konfrontation, Galerie Katia Rid, Münschen, Germany, -99
Narratives,International Jewelry Art Exhabition, Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, -98
Jewelry Art, Stockholm Fashion Fair, -98
Degree Show, Konstfack, -98
Talente 98, International Trade Fair, Munschen Germany, -98
Jewelry from the department of metaldesign, Konstfack, Metallum Gallery, Stockholm, In conjunction with the jewelrytrienal at Millesgården, -97
Soloexhibition - Art at Frösundavik, SAS konstförening, Stockholm, -96
Birdbaths, Rosendal garden, Stockholm, -95
Noble tendencies, The historical museum, Stockolm, -95
Konstfullt, Måleri, skulptur, objekt på temat alkohol, The historical museum of wine and spirits, Stockholm, -95
Pots and cuttlen, Metallum Gallery, Stockholm, -95
150 rings, touring exhibition -94, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Brussels, Stockholm meeting point. Warzawa, design center, Polen, Vjadowskie castle, Polen
Konstfack 150 years, jubilée exhabition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, -94
The goldroom competition, Second prize The historical museum, Stockholm, -94
Roots, Konstfack, -93
Ars Ornata Seminar Travellers on the tram was making jewellery drawings on my body -03
To a lonely Island. Solo at Platina -02
Instalation at Stockholm Sjukhem -04
Frozen Garden, Stockholm, -00
Curating
Exhibitions
Presentations of a number (about 40) national and international jewelry
artists, solo and group exhibitions at gallery Platina 2000-2008
"Frozen Nature", Kalsongpalatset Stockholm dec-00
Swedish Jewelry, LA international, Los Angeles, Co-operator -01
Julbak the movie, film baked jewelry and photoexhibition of Christmas,
dec-01
Exploring metal, Gallery Sculpture to wear in co-operation with swedish
consul,
Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, -02
Things we do for love, gallery Platina-03
Stockholm fair -03
Teatergalleriet, Centrum for Art, Stenkyrka, Gotland Summer-04
Tokyo Style, Gallery Arai from Tokyo guests Platina-04
"Shop in Shop", in conjunction with Scmäck, Umeå
-05
Platina at Stockholm Art Fair, -05
What shall the neighbour say? Hudiksvall and Platina-05
Inspired by nature, Bergianska Botanical Garden, Stockholm, -05
Love Signs, Platina, -07
"Enter Platina Jewellery" Nivå 125, Båstad, -07
"Things we do for love" Platina, -08
-"Winter" Platina-08
Curating
Performances
Jewelry from the department of Metaldesign, Konstfack, In conjunction
with the jewelrytrienal at Millesgården, -97
"Jewelry in public", Stockholm Central station, In conjunction
with Ars Ornata Europeana -Stockholm -98, The Modern museum, - 98
"Jewelry Art", Stockholm Fashion Fair, -98
Striat, The City Hall of Stockholm, -98
ID-a seminar on identity in cooperation with Kulturhuset in Stockholm,
Konstfack, Ruudt Peters, Charles Koroly, Martin Jönsson and Miro
Sazdic, -05
Pecha Kucha with Åsa Skogberg Berns -07
Hotel Birger Jarl -03
Made together with Lasse Hässler
My Ducati Monster outside Platina
Making jewellery with Sonja Ekman
Taking parts workshop -08
Grants
Lindeqvistska Donationsfonden, -94, -95
Gålö-stiftelsen, -94, -95, -96
Estrid Ericsons stiftelse, -95, -96, - 98, -99, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06,
-09
Eidem-stiftelsen, -95
Fredrika-Bremer-Förbundet -97
Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse -98
Otto Säfströms minnesfond for studies -98
K.A. Rassmussen silvergrant -98
Examinationgrant, Konstfack foundation -98
Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond, -98
Konsthantverkets vanner, -02
IASPIS, -03, -09
1 year working grant from the Art Grants Committee, Sweden, -02
2 year working grant from the Art Grants Committee, Sweden, -05-06
Project grant from the Art Grants Committee, Sweden, -08
Stockholm city culturegrant -08
Other
Historical Museum organized in connection with gold room opening a contest
"Konstfack compete for the gold room and exhibition. 2nd Prize, -04
Mission to design and manufacture a babtisefount to Ängs- Church
in Tumba -96
Platinas shop was awarded the 2nd prize for the best interior in 2001
by the magazine Forum, -02
For Platinas 2-year anniversary, Platina together with artist and filmmaker
Pål Hollende made the movie "Julbak the movie" and a Christmas
exhibition with photographs and jewellery of gingerbread and other sweets
-01
Panel discussion / consultation for the design year 2005, -03
Discussion leader in the Nordic Contemporary Crafts seminair in Gothenburg
, -03
Dogwalk at Norrmalmstorg. Ädellab, Konstfack, -04
"shop in shop" in cooperation with Schmäck in Umeå,
-05
Lecture Svensk Form, Genuine - Imitatio,-06
Pecha Kucha, Berns, by Svensk Form, -07
Opponent for the candidate, ceramics and glass, Konstfack, -08
Lecture HDK, -08
Lecture Röhsska Museum, -09
Lecture Museum of Fashion & Textile , -09