Agneta Hobin

"It has become more and more important for me, as an artist from Finland, to experience the northern atmosphere and its essential elements. Frost, snow and ice transform nature into a unique world of light and structure. For some time I have been working with yellow mica trying to solve the mystery of northern elements. The potential of this material seems endless."
 

Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (6th International Triennial of Tapestry); National Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland; School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (solo exhibition); Barbican Centre, London, England; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Textile Museum, Borås, Sweden (solo exhibition); Tournai, Belgium (International Textile Triennial); Designmuseum, Helsinki, Finland; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (Transformations); Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan (The Language of Craft); Neue Messe, Munich Germany (The Universe of Metal, solo exhibition); Oslo, Norway (Anker Collection); Finland Institute, Paris, France (Textiles and Sculptures, solo exhibition); Art Museum of Oulu, Finland; Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England (Cloth & Culture NOW, traveling exhibition); Collection of the President of Iceland (Finnish State Gift). Recipient: 15-Year Artist Grant, Government of Finland; Nordic Award in Textiles; 2004 TEXO Textile Artist of the Year; Bavarian State Prize, Munich, Germany.