Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1969

 

EDUCATION

1992 Parson School of Design, New York City BFA
1990 Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
1988 American School of Paris, France

Fluent in Swedish, German and French

ORGANIZATIONS

KKV Monumental Malmö
Sveriges Konstsmidesförening
American Welding Society
ABANA (Artist Blacksmith Association of North America)
SWABA (Southwest Artist Blacksmith Association)
IATSE Local 480

EXHIBITIONS/ PERFORMANCES

2023 The Flybrary, Quinta do Amor, Azeitão, Portugal
2023 Capsule, Transfix, Las Vegas, NV 
2022 The Flybrary, Radical Horizons at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK
2020 Pecha Kucha Taos (about Capsule –>)
2020 Capsule, Seco Live & The Paseo, Taos, NM
2019 Mitt Uthus, The Paseo, Taos, NM
2019 The Flybrary, Honorarium at Burning Man, NV
2019 Raising Gamayun, Encore Gallery, Taos, NM
2018 Mitt Uthus at KAOS, Berlin, Germany
2016 Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM
2016 SWARM at Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
2015 TaranTula at Art Outside, Austin, Texas
2015 TaranTula, Voodoo Arts & Music Festival, New Orleans, LA
2015 TaranTula, The Paseo, Taos, NM
2014 Caged Pulse Jets, Glastonbury Festival, UK
2014 Caged Pulse Jets, The Paseo, Taos, NM
2013 Caged Pulse Jets, Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA
2012 Machine Wilderness & Taking Flight Exhibit, Harwood Museum, NM
2012 International Symposium for Electronic Arts 2012, NM
2012 Taos Contemporary, Center of Visual Art, Denver, Co
2012 Paint For Peaks Exhibit, Taos Ski Valley, NM
2011 The Heron Project at Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA
2011 Caged Pulse Jets Rev2, Honorarium Sculpture, Burning Man Festival
2010 Pecha Kucha, The Art of Making Large Scale Sculpture, Taos, NM
2010 The Art of Christian Ristow and Christina Sporrong, Encore Gallery
2010 The Heron Project at Chalk the Block Street Arts Fair, El Paso, Tx
2010 Caged Pulse Jets, Honorarium Sculpture, Burning Man Festival
2010 The Sacred Feminine Exhibit, FaFa’s Gallery, Taos, NM
2009 The Heron Project, Honorarium Sculpture , Burning Man Festival
2009 Re Make It, Santa Fe, NM exhibit of various kinetic sculptures
2009 The Heron Project Debut, Taos, NM
2008 “Amortec II” Aerial Cabaret, Penasco Theatre, NM
2007 Propulsion, Taos Center for the Arts Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
2007 The Junction Project, Taos Junction Bridge, NM
2006 Frankenstein Theory and Robotics, BOCA/Blasthaus, San Francisco, California
2006 “Amortec “ Device Art 2.006 Zagreb, Croatia
2006 Device Art 2.006 Galzenica Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 Women Do Iron Aztec, NM
2005 “Nine Beating Hearts” LA Arts Fest, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Circus Luminous, Lensic Performing Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Shidoni Gallery Tesuque, NM
2004 En Celebracion De Muerte, Historic Martinez Hacienda, Taos, NM
2003 Act Against War & Empire, All Points Gallery, Taos, NM
2003 Circus Luminous, Lensic Performing Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Bridging the Gap between Art and Craft, TCA Stables Gallery, NM
2001 Benefit Art Exhibit Taos Talking Pictures, Taos, NM
2001 The Bike Rodeo at the Rodeo Grounds, Taos, NM
1999 Paramount Open Acts, Wise Fool NM, Santa Fe, NM
1998 The Fire Opera at Stagecoach Hotsprings, Taos, NM
1998 Group Show, The Bean, Taos, NM
1996 Group Show Seattle Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1995 Group Show One Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Masquerade Exhibit, Weathered Wall, Seattle, WA
1994 Group of Nine, 311 Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1993 One Woman Show, Puss Puss Café, Seattle, WA
1993 Collage Exhibition Sit and Spin, Seattle, WA
1993 ¡Tchkung! Installation, Orpheum Records, Seattle, WA

VOCATIONAL EDUCATOR

2019- 2022 UNM TAOS– Adjunct Professor in Welding
2020-2022  Vista Grande Charter High School– Vocational Welding Teacher
1998-Present  Women’s Welding Workshops– Lead Instructor
2000-Present  Welding and Blacksmithing Course– Lead Instructor

 

FEATURED PRESS/ LECTURES/ SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

BBC NEWS Feb. 2022
Southeastern Louisiana University Visiting Lecture Series 2020
Desert Arts 3 View Virtual Presentation for Burning Man 2019
Art Speaks 2019 Burning Man
Remarkable Women of Taos, Taos.org
The Taos News The Year in Review January 2012
El Paso Times, October 2010
The Taos News, Tempo, October 2010
Santa Fe New Mexican, August 2010
The Taos News, August 2009
Artisode 1.10 by Erin Hudson for KNME/PBS TV
From Fire to Form, Mathew S. Clarke
The Taos News, April 2009
Santa Fe New Mexican, August 2009
Journal Santa Fe, August 2009
Albuquerque Journal, August 2009
The Taos News, Tempo August 2008
The Taos News, Tempo November 2007
The Anvils Ring, Summer 2006
The Durango Herald, “Arts and Entertainment” 2005
Hammers Blow, Fall 2005
The Anvils Ring, Summer 2004 issue
Pounders Press, May 2004
Welding Journal, November 2003 issue
The Taos News, June 2001
Alternatives Magazine, Winter 2001 issue #16
The Taos News, Tempo May 2000

FUNCTIONAL ART EXHIBITS

1998-2006
Shidoni Foundry & Gallery, Tesuque, NM
Lo Fino Design & Gallery, Taos, NM
All Points Gallery, Taos, NM
William Hawley Design, Taos, NM
Country Furnishings of Taos, NM
The Dragonfly Café, Taos, NM
FX 18 Taos, NM

RESIDENCIES

NES- Iceland January 2023