Marcia Harvey Isaksson, photo Karin Björkquist

About


Born: 1975 in Harare, Zimbabwe

Based: Since 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden


Education:

2014-2015 Sveriges Arkitekter, Program för professionsutveckling

2013 Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto

2005-2008 Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm

2004-2005 Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö


Board member: 

2018-2022 Stockholms Arkitektförening

2017-2020 Handarbetets Vänner


Recent art exhibitions:

2023 "In:Tangible", Form och Design Center, Malmö (group)

2023 "Den Första Tropen", Galleri Trop, Stockholm (group)

2022 "It´s a Mixtape", Bag Factory, Johannesburg (group)

2022 "A Cacaphony", Lizamore Gallery, Johannesburg (group)

2021 "Matriarchs: Myths & Legends", Fiberspace, Stockholm (solo)

2020 "Knowledge Stones", Skantzen, Hallstahammar (solo)

2020 "Väva, Fläta, Fästa", Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås (group)

2018 "Weavers in the West", Etnografiska Museum, Stockhom (solo)


Residencies:

2022 The Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa

2019 Ett kulturliv för alla, Hallstahammar, Sweden

2018 Plats för det handgjorda, Etnografiska Museum + Slöjd Stockholm


Awards:

2022 Cathrine von Hausswolff stipendiet

2022 Dynamostipendiet, Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2020 Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee


Work experience:

2022 - present, Founder and head curator of Southnord

2015 - present, Founder and curator of Fiberspace

2012 - present, Founder of sqCircle AB

2008 - present, Interior Architect, member of Sveriges Arkitekter

2008 - present, Exhibition Designer


For information about the Afro-Nordic art platform, Southord, please visit southnord.com. For interior architectural, exhibition design and curatorial projects please visit sqcircle.se and for information about the textile art, crafts and design platform, Fiberspace, please visit fiberspace.se.