Education
- 1959–63 University College of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm, Sweden
Awards
- 1973 American Institute of Architects Craftsmanship Medal
- 1996 American Craft Council, College of Fellows
- 1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Governor’s Arts Award
- 1999 Sweden’s Prins Eugen Medal
- 2000 Swedish American of the Year
- 2002 Sophie Adlersparres Medalj
Solo Exhibitions
- 1973 Museum of Modern Art, New York. NY
- 1974 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- 1977 Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1986 The Public Library, Birmingham, AL
- 1998 Galleri Österdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1990 American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- 1997 LongHouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
- 1997 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- 1999 Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
- 1999 Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2001 Zornsamlingarna, Mora, Sweden
- 2012 American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 1964 “Form Fantasi,” Liljvalchs Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1965, 1967 and 1969 "The 2nd, 3rd and 4th International Tapestry Biennales, ”Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1973 “The Craftsman's Art,” Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
- 1976 "Tre Temperament i Vav,” The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1986-88 "Craft Today: The Poetry of the Physical,” American Craft Museum, New York
- 1988 “Architectural Art Affirming the Design Relationship,” American Craft Museum, New York
- 1988-90 "Frontiers in Fiber: The Americans," North Dakota Museum of Art, and a tour of Asia
- 1992 "Talkative Textiles,” Textile Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 1993 "Tales and Traditions, Storytelling in 20th Century American Craft,” Washington University Gallery of Art in Conjunction with Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
- 1994 "Visions-Tapestry,” Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
- 2003 “Generations/Transformations American Fiber Art,” American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
- 2012 “Sourcing the Museum,” Textile Museum, Washington, DC
Public Collections
The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; The Museum of Craft and Design, New York City; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; The Rohss' Museum of Arts & Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden; The Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Quebec. Canada; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan; Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden.
Selected Corporate Commissions
- 1968 Cunard Steamship Company, London, England
- 1969 Swedish Embassy, London, England
- 1970–71 Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA
- 1971 Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH
- 1971 St. John's City Hall, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- 1973 and 1975 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, PA
- 1974–75 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA
- 1975 United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, TX
- 1976 Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
- 1977 Aid Association for Lutherans, Appleton, WI
- 1978–79 Dallas Centre, Dallas, TX
- 1979 Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- 1981 and 1989 Johnson & Johnson Baby Products, Belle Mead, NJ
- 1981 Texas Commerce Bank, Houston, TX
- 1982 Newsday, Melville, NY
- 1982 Oklahoma First Tower, Oklahoma City, OK
- 1983 Pacific Eagle Holding Corporation, San Francisco, CA
- 1984 Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT
- 1986 Kellogg's Company, Battle Creek, MI
- 1987 Ringhalsverket, Statens Vattenfallsverk, Varobacka, Sweden
- 1987 The John Buck Company, Chicago, IL
- 1988 Bank of New England West, Springfield, MA
- 1989 Peabody Holding Company, St. Louis, MO
- 1990 PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY
- 1990 One Ninety One Peachtree Tower, Atlanta, GA
- 1992 450 Lexington Avenue Venture, LP, New York, NY
- 1992 C & S Sovran, Atlanta, GA
- 1995 Main Post Office, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1996 Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA
- 1996 Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN
- 1997 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Chicago, IL
- 1997 and 1998 First USA Bank, Wilmington, DE
- 1998 J. Eugene Smith Library, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
- 2001 William T. Young Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- 2002 World Trade Center West, Pembroke Real Estate, Boston, MA
- 2003–2006 Time Warner Center, One Central Park Lobby, New York, NY
- 2004 Pascack Valley Hospital
- 2007 The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
- 2007 Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
- 2010 Purdue University School of Visual and Performing Arts, West Lafayette, IN
- 2011 Margaret A. Cargill Philantrophies, Eden Prairie, MN
Selected Presentations
- 1975 Aspen Design Conference, CO
- 1984 Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1987 Japan International Design Conference
- 1998 Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
- 1988 International Tapestry Symposium, Melbourne, Australia
- 1990 The American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- 1990 Convergence 90, San Jose, CA
- 1998 Convergence 98, Atlanta, GA
- 1992 Design Week, Designers Institute of New Zealand
- 1995 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- 1995 The School, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 1997 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2003 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME
- 2008 House of Sweden, Washington, DC
- 2008 Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), New York
- 2008 Konstmuseet, Leksand, Sweden
- 2008 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- 2008 University of Minnesota, College of Design, Minneapolis, MN
- 2009 European Tapestry Forum, Skaerbaek, Denmark
- 2009 Saterglantan, Insjon, Sweden
- 2010 Dalarnas Museum, Falun Sweden
- 2010 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2012 The Textile Museum, Washington DC
- 2012 American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
- 2012 College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI
- 2014 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 2015 Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
- 2015 & 2016 Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield, CT
Teaching
- 1995, 1996 and 1997 Rhode Island School of Design
- 2003 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
- 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 Sätergläntan Arts and Crafts School, Sweden
- 2009 European Tapestry Forum Master Class, Skaerbaek, Denmark
- 2012 American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
- 2012 & 2014 Alice Lund Textilier AB, Sweden
