Elin Wikström is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 artist, born 1965 in Karlskrona

Karlskrona

Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...

. She lives in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

/Umeå

Umeå

- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...

, and was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå

Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå

thumb|right|272px|EntranceThe Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University is a Swedish art school. It was founded in 1987 in a former factory by the river of Uman. Every year 12 new students are accepted to the school, and a total of 60 students currently study at the Academy...

2001-2005.

Solo exhibitions

2004 Rebecka väntar på Anna, Anna väntar på Cecilia, Cecilia väntar på Marie..., Moderna Museet, Stockholm

2003 Cool or lame?, Gallery Brändström & Stene, Stockholm

2003 Cool or lame?, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik

2000 …the need to be free…, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

External links

• Academy of Fine Art, Umeå
• ART FACTS
• Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm