Elina Sjöwall was born on the Åland Islands, Finland and is currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
She works mainly with moving images and holds an MFA in film from Stockholm University of the Arts.
Education
2026 MFA Film & Media — Stockholm University of the Arts
2017 Stage & Film Design — Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (exchange year)
2017 BA Art History & Aesthetics — Södertörn University, Stockholm
2016 Konstfack University of the Arts, Craft and Design, Stockholm
Additional Studies
2026 CPH:DOX Academy — Sound Class
2026 Introduction to Deep Listening — The Center for Deep Listening (founded by Pauline Oliveros)
2025 CPH:DOX Academy — Sound Class
2025 Composing for Film, Games, Theatre A, B— Umeå University
2024 Music Production I, II — Linnaeus University
2020 Poetry of Acting: The Embodied Voice — LumparLab (AX), Vera Stasi (IT)
Selected Works
2025 Small Herd of Invisible Cattle — group screening, National Museum of Science & Technology, Stockholm
2025 Sano — solo exhibition, QBEN, The Åland Island Arts Museum, Mariehamn
2024 Algebra — short film (director), Culture Hub Re-Fest, New York
2023 What If We’re Not Humming — performance (sound/stage design), Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
2022 Ö — short film (director)
2022 Medea Mensch — short film/performance (director), Nordic Fringe Festival
2020 Höhlenbrüter — theatre (stage design/FAD), Arche Theatre, Vienna
2019 Back to Black (Without Amy) — group show, Die Angewandte Festival, Vienna
2018 Eurydike — theatre (stage design), Die Schöne Bühne, Vienna
2017 New Eelam: Tensta — group show, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2017 Joints — group show, La Fábrica, Havana, Cuba
2017 Small Building — group show, Hötorgsterrassen, Stockholm
2016 Artist assistant — Katarina Löfström
2016 Pojkvän — music video for Tjuvjakt (production design)
2016 Ska Vi Fira — music video for Iiris Viljanen (production design)
2016 Production design assistant — Catharina Nyqvist-Ehrnrooth
Grants
2026 Fredrika Bremer Association
2025 Stiftelsson AAA
2025 Amos Andersson Fund
2024 Stiftelsen Edit och Levi Erikssons Minnesfond
2024 Lisi Wahl Foundation
2024 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2024 Systrarna Standertskjöld Foundation
2024 Åland Island Cultural Delegation
2023 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2023 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2022 Swedish Literature Society in Finland
2022 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2020 Åland Island Cultural Delegation