My practice explores the relationship between fashion and sculptural art. For me, the tension lies in exploring what makes certain textiles become charged with fashion qualities and turn into carriers of identity. Through my sculptures, I aim to examine, amplify, and find connections - or frictions - with the textiles we dress in and the textile we dream of wearing.


Klara Helin 

Born 1988 in Västra Götaland.

Lives and work in Norsesund.


Education 

2023 - 2025 Master of Fine Arts in Craft, Textile Art, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg

2013 - 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textile, Konstfack, Stockholm

2011 - 2012 Foundation in Fashion Design, Swedish School of Textiles, Borås

2010 - 2011 Pattern Cutting and Sewing, 1 year, Tillskärarakademin, Gothenburg


Exhibition

2025 -2026, Stipendiat utställning Anna-Lisa Thomson, Uppsala Konstmuseeum 

2025 - Vad Händer? Projekt tillsammans med Konsthantverkscentrum och Textilmuseet Borås 

2025 - Skissernas Rum, Konstnärscentrum Väst, Göteborg 

2025 - Talking Hands, Degree show HDK-Valand, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg

2025 - Sketches, solo exhibition Galleri Rotor HDK- Valand, Göteborg

2024 - We Didn´t Playtest This Show, Group exhibition MFA Craft HDK-Valand, Craftweek, Stockholm

2024 - We Didn´t Playtest This Show, Group exhibition MFA Craft HDK-Valand, Craft Days, Göteborg

2024 - Workflow, Group exhibition Konsthantverkscentrum Stockholm

2022 - 2023 Ung svensk form, Svensk Form, national touring group exhibiton

2017- 2018  Showroom KT, Studio 183, Berlin

2017 - Sweat meGalleri Nos , Solo exhibition, Stockholm

2017 - Vårutställning, bachelor degree show , Konstfack, Stockholm

2016 - Dressed, fashion show Liljevalchs, Stockholm


Scholarship

2025 - Anna-Lisa Thomsons stiftelse

2025 - Eric Ericsson 

2025 - Gurmund/ Neubergh stiftelse

2024 - Estrid Ericssons stiftelse

2023 - Estrid Ericssons stiftelse

2023 - Petersenka hemmet

2023 - Helge Ax:son Johnson stiftelse

2021 - Krisstipendium 3 , Konstnärsnämden

2020 - Krisstipendium 2 , Konstnärsnämden

2016 - Carl Cason stipendiumfond

2016 - Stiftelsen Maria Lindgren Sömmerskehem