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Johanna Ulfsak is an artist and textile designer based in Tallinn, Estonia.
Her work is presented as artworks in gallery exhibitions and as non-seasonal collections of design and fashion objects. Ulfsak combines and mixes traditional weaving techniques with contemporary art concepts to create unique items and installations that challenge the established boundaries between disciplines.
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<b>Selected Projects & Exhibitions</b>
2021– “Floor Plan”, London Design Festival, Dray Walk Gallery, UK
2020– “Soft copies”, The 7th Artishok Biennial COPY, curated by Laura Linsi and Roland Reemaa,
Kai Art Center, EE
2020– SEÑORA! a group show curated by Sarah Lucas and Kris Lemsalu, Galerie Meyer Kainer,
Vienna, AUT
2020 “IRL” ”Can You Feel It?” at Virtual Destination by Adorno, London Design Festival online show,
curated by Kai Lobjakas & Anne Vetik
2020- Guest lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts
-2019 — NO FUN RUGS second collection FOLDED presentation, YEIJ Studio, Tallinn, EE
-2019 — Interwoven, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, FI
-2019 — Installation Live Streams S, Identity, 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial Exhibition, Riga, LV
-2018 — Save As, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, EE
-2018 — Inquiry & Investigation, Johanna Ulfsak & Lolina, Artists Space, New York, US & Cafe Oto, London, UK
-2018 — Launch of NO FUN RUGS, Pirate Showroom in Julice Laverie, Paris, FR
-2017—2018 – Interactive textile Live Streams, Intermedial in European Parliament building, Brussels, BE
-2017 — Live Streams XL, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee, Estonian Presidency in Creative Hub, Tallinn, EE
-2016 — Live Streams, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, EE
touring at: Contemporary Art Centre in Rapla, Rapla, EE
-2016 — The Next Great Fashion Designer, Johanna Ulfsak & Alina Astrova, OVERDUIN & CO, LA, US
-2015 — 2016 Interior textiles installations, Rakvere Smart House Competence Centre, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee, Rakvere, EE
-2014 — Costume and stage design in Russian Theatre for a play Cat Pampuš, EE

<b>Awards and mentions</b>
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-2019 – Johanna Ulfsak’s works are a part of public collection of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
-2017 — Young textile designer award, Johanna Ulfsak & Kärt Ojavee
-2014 — Business starting scholarship from Enterprise Estonian -2014 – 6-month creative scholarship, Estonian Cultural Endowment
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<b>Articles & Interviews</b>

-2019— <a href="https://vimeo.com/349613368&quot; rel="nofollow">Artist interview: Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak, by EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art</a>
-2018— <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14759756.2019.1588688&quot; rel="nofollow">Floppy Cloth: Textile Exhibition Strategies Inside the White Cube, by Jessica Hemmings</a>
-2017— <a href="http://www.estonianart.ee/design/storytelling-through-interactive-screens/&quot; rel="nofollow">Storytelling Through Interactive Screens, by Nithikul Nimkulrat</a>

<b>Education</b>

-2011-2013 MA Textile Design, Kolding School of Design, Denmark -2012 Kasuri weaving course, plant dyes. Autumn semester, Kawashima Textile School, Japan
-2007-2010 BA Textile Design, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia -2006—2007 BA Leather Design Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia