Sofia Hagström Møller

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Sofia Hagström Møller weaving at the loom during her residency at UW-Madison.

Lineage is an exhibit by the Denmark-based textile artist Sofia Hagström Møller. Recent works that grew out of a 2020 residency at the Weaving Lab in the UW School of Human Ecology explore how Scandinavian design concepts have inspired or been inspired by works from cultures around the world, held in the school’s Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Hagström Møller will present a keynote lecture (5 p.m., March 2) and workshop (4 p.m., March 4), and attend a reception (4-6 p.m., March 3); find RSVP details at cdmc.wisc.edu.

press release: Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery – January 26-April 3, 2022

Sofia Hagström Møller: Lineage investigates the roots of Scandinavian textile design and celebrates the legacy that American weaving shares with these traditions. By translating her grandmother’s patterns through the digital technology available to her during a 2019 residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hagström Møller’s work transcends language and travels through time and space. Since the residency, her collaborative work with UW-Madison Professor Marianne Fairbanks has continued to play with these ideas, discovering even more of the richness that’s possible when you follow your curiosity from inspiration to creation to education and beyond.

Artist lecture: Wednesday, March 2 at 5pm, Elizabeth Holloway Schar Hall | 5th Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall. This event is free and open to the public but reservations are required. Reserve your ticket HERE.

Hagström Møller will show images from previous projects that have been important in her process, and how she uses her teaching workshops in weaving and dyeing as an active link between her own works of art and the dissemination of weaving traditions.

Hagström Møller will also discuss how she has collaborated with Professor of Textiles, Marianne Fairbanks, and about her residency in 2020 hosted by Weaving Lab at UW-Madison. Scandinavian weaving traditions are key to her inspiration and she will show how she has used these processes and techniques to communicate her own personal stories.

Reception: March 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Workshop: Friday, March 4 from 4-5pm Sofia Hagström Møller will host a workshop in which she discusses how to use the nuances of colors in a small woven sample. Reservations will open January 26. Reserve your ticket HERE.

This project was made possible with financial support from the Danish Art Foundation, the National Bank of Denmark and the Grosserer, L. F. Foghts Foundation.

Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery Hours

Monday-Tuesday: closed

Wednesday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Thursday: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Friday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday: 12–4 p.m.

By Appointment: cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu