Johanna
Ulfsak

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. Since 2020 she is a guest lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts.

Selected Projects & Exhibitions

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
2016 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

Awards and mentions

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

Articles & Interviews

Education

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

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Selected Projects & Exhibitions

Awards and mentions

Articles & Interviews

Education

Johanna
Ulfsak