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Tobias Birgersson
Programme Supervisor
The Design and Crafts Steneby UnitSenior Lecturer
The Design and Crafts Steneby UnitAbout Tobias Birgersson
Tobias BirgerssonSenior Lecturer, University of Gothenburg
Tobias Birgersson is a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg’s HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, where he has been an integral part of shaping the curriculum and guiding students in the craft and design disciplines. With a background as both an educator and a practicing artist, Birgersson brings a unique perspective that bridges theoretical knowledge and hands-on expertise in the studio.
A master craftsperson in metal, jewlry and holloware arts, Tobias has established himself as a renowned artist, whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
His practice is driven by a deep understanding of materiality and form, often exploring the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary art and design. This duality is reflected in his teaching philosophy, where he encourages students to push boundaries, experiment with materials, and cultivate their own artistic identities while remaining grounded in the technical skills that are essential to craftsmanship.
Throughout his academic career, Tobias has been committed to fostering an inclusive and dynamic learning environment. His passion for craft, combined with his innovative approach to teaching, has earned him a reputation for mentoring a new generation of designers and makers who are well-prepared to engage with the evolving demands of the contemporary creative reality.
In addition to his work at the university, Tobias continues to actively exhibit his work and collaborate with other artists, continually enriching his pedagogical approach with insights from his own creative practice.
Tobias’s recent artistic achievements include his latest solo exhibition, Bombyx Mori – Toolness of the loom at K.A Almgren Silk weavers in Stockholm, and his representation in the Swedish National Gallery. He is currently exhibiting at Liljevalchs in the group show DECO/DEMO with Nutida Svenskt Silver. Tobias also co-curated and exhibited in the critically acclaimed Wunderkammer in Munich. He is a founding member of Gallery LOD, Tobias continues to contribute to the growth of the contemporary craft scene. Additionally, he recently took part in the duo exhibition The Swedish Connection at Penland Gallery in the United States a collaboration with Andrew Hayes.
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WUNDERKAMMER
Tobias Birgersson, Heiner Zimmermann, Nils Hint, Jokum Lind Jensen, Lina Söderberg, Karl Hallberg, Marcelo Ferreira, Gustafsson, Emille deBlanche, Piret Hirv, Karolina Hägg, Urmas Lüüs, Eve Margus, David Clarke, Andrew Hayes, Johannes Postlmayr, Sabine Straub, Jorge Manilla, Janne Peltokangas, Rick Smith, Daniel Strandow, Klara Eriksson, Seth Gould, Adam Hawk
Orangerie, Englisher Garten (Org. City of Munich) Munich Jewellery Week, 28. February - 3. March 2024 - 2024 -
Gone Astray/Auf
Abwegen
Tobias Birgersson, Ellen Maurer Zilioli (Curator) Tobias Alm, Sawa Aso, Astrid Becksteiner-Rasche, Naama Bergman, Tobias Birgersson, Beatrice Brovia/Nicolas Cheng, David Clarke, Kanako Ebisawa, Ute Eitzenhöfer, Åsa Elmstam, Anne Fischer, Karolina Hägg, Nils Hint, Kateřina Jirsová, Junwon Jung, Anders Ljungberg, Kateřina Michálková, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Eija Mustonen, Markus Pollinger, Karen Pontoppidan, Anna Rikkinen, Hans Stofer, Vivi Touloumidi, Tarja Tuupanen, Luzia Vogt, Stella Wanisch, Jing Yang.
Gone Astray/Auf Abwegen CODA Museum Apeldoorn NL May 17 to September 22 -2024 & Schmuckmuseum Pfortzheim GER 6 October 2023 through to 14 January 2024 - 2024 -
Svenskt
Silver
Tobias Birgersson, Nutida Svenskt Silver Kajsa Avila Tobias Birgersson Ingrid Bärndal Maria Börjesson Annika Dævel Josefine Davidsson Niklas Ejve Åsa Elmstam Judit Fritz August Happ Hanna Havdell Katarina Henriksson Connie Hultberg Sarah Hurtigkarl Karolina Hägg Tove Knuts Mia (Maria) Larsson Magnus Liljedahl Caroline Lindholm Anna Nordström Filip Palmén Christine Ramel Helena Sandström Margareth Sandström Aviva Scheiman Christina Sommarström Pernilla Sylwan Pamela Wilson Simon Westling
Nutida Svenskt Silver at Galleri Montan, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 31 - November 30 - 2024 - 2024 -
DEKO|DEMO
Liljevalchs+
Tobias Birgersson, 30 st Silversmeder och metallkonstnärer Nutida Svenskt Silver, Nutida Svenskt Silver Anna Nordström, Annika Daevel, August Happ, Aviva Scheiman, Beata Grahn, Caroline Lindholm, Christina Sommarström, Christine Ramel, Filip Palmén, Hanna Havdell, Helena Sandström, Hubert Hydman, Ingrid Bärndal, Josefine Davidsson, Judit Fritz, Kajsa Avila, Karolina Hägg, Katarina Henriksson, Magnus Liljedahl, Margareth Sandström, Maria Börjesson, Mia Larsson, Niklas Ejve, Pamela Wilson, Pernilla Sylwan, Sarah Hurtigkarl, Simon Westling, Tobias Birgersson, Tove Knuts, and Åsa Elmstam.
Nutida Svenskt Silver - Liljevalchs+ Falkenbergsgatan 3, Djurgården. Stockholm, Sweden. 18 oktober – 1 december 2024. - 2024 -
Bombyx Mori – Toolness of the
Loom
Tobias Birgersson, Marcelo Ferreira, Gustafsson, Andrew Hayes, Wolfgang Bremer
Stockholm Craft Week: Bombyx Mori – Toolness of the Loom at K. A. Almgren silk mill & museum October 2nd – November 2nd 2024 - 2024 -
"NAMESAKE" - STHLM Craft
Week
Tobias Birgersson, Heiner Zimmermann, Karl Hallberg, Jokum Lind Jensen, Lina Söderberg, Marcelo Ferreira, Gustafsson, Siri Tolander, Emille de Blanche , MetalArt Alumni Guillaume Klein · Chrisse Kuisma Karlsson · Matthias Kühn · Johannes Postlmayr · Filip Schmidt · Miriam Ståhlgren · Frida Svensson · Rika Žemaitytė, Filip Schmidt
Stockholm Craft Week 4–8 October 2023. "NAMESAKE" Exhibition in cooperation with @pasergelstorg - 2023 -
TALA
SILVER
Tobias Birgersson, Kerstin Wickman, Cilla Cilla Robach, Anders Ljungberg, Sofia Silfverstolpe, 34 silversmiths Members of Nutida Svenskt Silver
Tala Silver (Speak Silver), Hardcover book, published in conjunction with Nutida Svenskt Silver’s 60th anniversary - 2023 -
Gone Astray / Auf
Abwegen
Tobias Birgersson, Ellen Maurer Zilioli, Cornelie Holzach, Carin. E.M. Reinders
GONE ASTRAY The Art of Gold- and Silversmithing on the Edge of Reason: Hollowware—Jewelry—Utensils by Ellen Maurer Zilioli and Cornelie Holzach. - 2023 -
LOD Metallformgivning: verkstad, butik, galleri &
mötesplats
Tobias Birgersson, Christina Zetterlund, Damian Skinner, David Clarke, Dorota Liszke, Glenn Adamson, Inger Wästberg, Kerstin Wickman, Mari-Louise Franzén, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Pierce Healy, Pravu Mazumdar, Päivi Ernkvist, Roberta Burchardt, Ruhi Tyson, Simon Westling, Petronella Eriksson, Pernilla Sylwan, Miro Sazdic Löwstedt, Maki Okamoto, Lena-Stina Jerström, Jenni Caldwell, Eva Wistedt, Erik Tidäng, Klara Eriksson, Dan Gordan (Red)
2021 -
Triptyk "See no Evil" Wooden Googles by Tobias
Birgersson
Tobias Birgersson
Galleri Sebastian schildt, Strandvägen 5B, 7 maj 2020 - 2020 -
Answering Pravu. Seven corpus artists and a
philosopher
Pravu Mazumdar, Magnus Liljedahl, David Clarke, Fredrik Ingemansson, Henrik Brandt, Karen Pontoppidan, Miro Sazdic, Tobias Birgersson
2019 -
LOD 20
ÅR
Tobias Birgersson, Maki Okamoto, Petronella Eriksson, Erik Tidäng, Klara Eriksson, Lena Jerström
VIDA Museum och Konsthall Landsvägen Halltorp 387 92 Borgholm Sweden 18 april - 30 juni -2019 - 2019 -
TOBIAS
BIRGERSSON
Tobias Birgersson
VIDA MUSEUM&KONSTHALL during Summer 2019 - 2019 -
FERROUS
19
Tobias Birgersson, Karl Hallberg, Sören Hellqvist, Lina Söderberg, Otto Samuelsson, Heiner Zimmermann
FERROUS FESTIVAL HERREFORD 5th April 2019. - 2019 -
Keeping up with the
Times
Tobias Birgersson
Rosemarie Jäger – Galerie, Wintergasse 13, 65239 Hochheim. GER. - 2018 -
”Answering Pravu III” LOD at
”Konst&Design”
Tobias Birgersson
November 10 -18th 2018, Täby Kulturcentrum, Karby Gård, Sweden. - 2018 -
”The Nailness of Things” in the Exhibition
”Nordland-Studien”
Tobias Birgersson
12 th Forging Biannual in Kolbermoor 2.-5. August 2018. The Exhibition “Nordlandstudien” started with the Biannual and went on to September the 2ond. Kolbermoor lies near Rosenheim, between Munich and Salzburg, Germany. - 2018 -
"Shovelspade"
Tobias Birgersson
23rd-29th of April 2018, Tobiashammer Technisches Denkmahl in Ohrdruf, Germany. - 2018 -
”Stiglucka” Kvarteret Valnötsträdet,
Kalmar.
Tobias Birgersson
Avtäckning 28e juni 2018 Kvarteret Valnötsträdet, Kalmar, Sverige. - 2018 -
Metal+Metal
Tobias Birgersson
10/1 – 4/2 2018 Seminarium 26 Januari. Steneby Konsthall. - 2018 -
Äta
Korpus
Tobias Birgersson
Under Kulturnatten den 24 april, Matevent. Utställning fram till den 5 maj 2018. Galleri LOD. - 2018 -
Nutida svenskt Silver Pop Upp på Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB och Studio
Skarp.
Tobias Birgersson
Onsdag 1/8 till och med lördag 4/8, dagligen 12:00 – 17:00, 2018, Agardhsgatan 9, Båstad och Stationsgatan 6, Leksand. - 2018 -
Tobias Birgersson – The Toolness of Things (Tillverkat här-Galleri
LOD)
Tobias Birgersson
5/5-20/6 2018 And ongoing project with Art Historian Damian Skinner and Photographer Christian Habetzeder, Galleri LOD. - 2018 -
Tenthaus Winter Depot-Cabbage
Patch
Tobias Birgersson
19.1-11.2 2018, Galleri BOX Kastellgatan 10 Göteborg - 2018 -
The Toolness of
things
Tobias Birgersson
Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, US - 2017 -
Nordic
Space
Tobias Birgersson
KINA, nära Hong Kong. - 2017 -
Botticelli Gallery Preziosa
2017
Tobias Birgersson
Italy, Florence, Botticelli Gallery - 2017 -
CORPUS MAXIMUS: In the eye of the
beholder
Tobias Birgersson
Galleri Sebastian Schildt Strandvägen 5B Stockholm - 2017 -
"Feed the Beast" Open
Lecture
Tobias Birgersson
2017 -
"15 Waysof Thinking About a
Blacksmith"
Tobias Birgersson, Damian Skinner
Forge - 2017