Elina Sjöwall
b. 1994, Åland Islands, Finland
b. 1994, Åland Islands, Finland
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education
2024–2026 MFA, Film — Stockholm University of the Arts (ongoing)
2018–2019 Exchange Year, Stage & Film Design — Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien
2013–2018 BA/BFA Studies in Aesthetical Philosophy, Art History & Design — Södertörn University & Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
2018–2019 Exchange Year, Stage & Film Design — Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien
2013–2018 BA/BFA Studies in Aesthetical Philosophy, Art History & Design — Södertörn University & Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Selected Work
2025 Sano — Solo Exhibition, QBEN, Åland Island Arts Museum, Mariehamn
2024 Algebra — Short Film (Writer/Director/Producer), Culture Hub Re-Fest, New York
2023 What If We’re Not Humming — Performance (Sound/Scenography), Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
2022 Ö — Short Film (Writer/Director/Producer)
2022 Medea Mensch — Short Film (Director/Scenography/Producer), Nordic Fringe Festival, Gothenburg
2020 Höhlenbrüter — Theatre (Scenography/FAD), Dir. Miriam Ohlmeyer, Arche Theatre, Vienna
2019 Back to Black (Without Amy) — Group Show, Die Angewandte Festival, Vienna
2018 Eurydike — Theatre (Scenography), 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
2017 Artist Assistant — Katarina Löfström,
2017 Pojkvän — Music Video (Production Designer), Tjuvjakt
2016 Ska Vi Fira — Music Video (Production Designer), Iiris Viljanen
2016 Production Design Assistant — Catharina Nyqvist-Ehrnrooth
2024 Algebra — Short Film (Writer/Director/Producer), Culture Hub Re-Fest, New York
2023 What If We’re Not Humming — Performance (Sound/Scenography), Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
2022 Ö — Short Film (Writer/Director/Producer)
2022 Medea Mensch — Short Film (Director/Scenography/Producer), Nordic Fringe Festival, Gothenburg
2020 Höhlenbrüter — Theatre (Scenography/FAD), Dir. Miriam Ohlmeyer, Arche Theatre, Vienna
2019 Back to Black (Without Amy) — Group Show, Die Angewandte Festival, Vienna
2018 Eurydike — Theatre (Scenography), 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
2017 Artist Assistant — Katarina Löfström,
2017 Pojkvän — Music Video (Production Designer), Tjuvjakt
2016 Ska Vi Fira — Music Video (Production Designer), Iiris Viljanen
2016 Production Design Assistant — Catharina Nyqvist-Ehrnrooth
Honors & Grants
2025 Stiftelsen AAA
2024 Stiftelsen Edit och Levi Erikssons Minnesfond
2024 Lisi Wahl Foundation
2024 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2024 Systrarna Standertskjöld Foundation
2023 Åland Island Cultural Delegation
2023 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2022 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2022 Swedish Literature Society in Finland
2021 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2020 Åland Island Cultural Delegation
2024 Stiftelsen Edit och Levi Erikssons Minnesfond
2024 Lisi Wahl Foundation
2024 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2024 Systrarna Standertskjöld Foundation
2023 Åland Island Cultural Delegation
2023 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2022 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2022 Swedish Literature Society in Finland
2021 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2020 Åland Island Cultural Delegation
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