JOSEFINE FLAIG

Josefine Flaig is a textile artist and designer whose main body of work are three-dimensional textile sculptures. She describes her practice as „
My work always begins out of curiosity; it starts with an idea, a question or an interest. Following my curiosity leads into a creative process consisting of thinking through my hands, the search for solutions, of reflection and an openness towards the unexpected.

I am a conceptual artist, a craftsman, a self-appointed explorer and a designer. „

Exhibitions

2024 „SEARCHING – how textiles relate“, with Moa Thoreson, ADA Formcenter Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden

2024 ”Monsters” (public art on loan) at Biskopsgårdens bibliotek, Gothenburg, Sweden

2024 Exhibition „SEARCHING – how textiles relate“, with Moa Thoreson, Studio Gordon, Gothenburg, Sweden

2024 Group exhibition ”Venus Transit”, Smedjegatan 5, Gothenburg, Sweden

2022 Solo exhibition „Conversations“, Ljungskile Kultures Hus, Ljungskile, Sweden, https://kulturenshus.se

2021 Workshops and performance ”Birth of a mask”, collaboration with Christian Hjärner, Studio Gordon, Gothenburg, Sweden

2019 Solo -Show „Con De Structing Beauty“, Black- box/ Frilagret, Gothenburg, Sweden, http://www.frilagret.se

2019 Pop-up exhibition „Mapping the progress“ with Moa Thoreson, Studio Gordon, Gothenburg, Sweden

2019 Group exhibition „Sommar, sommar, sommar!“, Galleri Ulvesund, Ulvesund Ljungskile, Sweden, https://ulvesund.com/kurser-galleri/

2018 Group exhibition with Studio Gordon, Askersunds konsthall, Askersund, Sweden

2018 Collaboration in the group Snöstormen (Gusten Aldenklint, Elina Nilsson, Kristoffer Sandberg and Josefine Flaig) at Algot Festival, Algotfestivalen, Dingle, Sweden, http://www.algotfestivalen.se

2017 Solo – Show „It’s not a black and white thing“, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway, http://www.galleriblunk.com

2017 Group exhibition Skede / Phase, Galleri Lerverk, Gothenburg, Sweden, http://www.lerverk.com

2016 HDK Exam exhibition, MA Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden

EDUCATION

Summer 2016
HDK School of Design and Crafts, summer course in Design individual project

September 2014 – June 2016 HDK School of Design and Crafts University of Gothenburg, Sweden Crafts MA level, Textile Art

October 2013 – July 2014
University of Applied Sciences Trier, Germany Fashion Design Master (without degree)

October 2010 – October 2013
University of Applied Sciences Trier, Germany Fashion Design, Bachelor of Arts 1,0

August – December 2012
Exchange semester at Lahti University of Applied Sciences

September 2001 – July 2010
Grammar school Zinzendorfgymnasium Königsfeld Art – prize of Zinzendorfgymnasium, 2010

Scholarships
2014 Estrid Ericsons stiftelse

2017-2024 Ateljéstöd Göteborgs Stad

Experience

2024 Stage costumes for Sienna Root, https://sienaroot.com/

Publications

• https://konsthantverkscentrum.se/profiles/?id=5153&na- me=JosefineFlaig

• Student Essays/ Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek/ HDK – School of Design and Crafts / HDK – Högskolan för design och konsthantverk (jul 2012-) / It’s not a black and white thing (https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/46497/1/gu- pea_2077_46497_1.pdf )

• Schwarzwälder-Bote / Alltägliches inspiriert zu Besonde- rem / 2014

• Volksfreund / Kleider aus Trier, Fotos aus New York / 2014

• Differenz – das Modemagazin der Hochschule Trier / 2014