about

Elin Olsson
Illustration, animation, printmaking, graphic design


You there! Simmer down.

I'm a first year illustration student at University of Brighton. I moved here from Sweden in September 2013 and now I share a wonky house under a bridge with four cool cat natives. I'm an in-house (now at a distance) graphic designer for Rootsy and a once-upon-a-time pot-maker (of ceramic persuasion) and print-maker, Japanese-speaker and culture-ponderer. 

Here you'll find doodles, thoughts, prints and the things I do. Check the tags to the left and click around the categories, or just scroll about freely. 

And don't miss the chance to delve into the glamorous world of pineapple-spotting. It's right here -> RED PILL // BLUE PILL

WELCOME.

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Education:

2006-2010
Cultural leadership programme/music at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden (3 years)
2008-2009
Asian Studies programme at Kansai Gaidai (関西外国語大学) Japanese/cultural studies/ceramics, Osaka, Japan (1 year)
2011-2013
Print-making programme at Östra Grevie folkhögskola, Vellinge, Sweden (2 years)
2013-
Illustration (BA) at Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK (3 years)


Exhibitions:

2012
SUB ROSA 2012 - permanent public art commissioned by MKB

Galleri S:t Gertrud (Konstfrämjandet) Print-making class of 2012 end-of-year exhibition

2013
Falsterbo konsthall - Östra Grevie 2:nd year final exhibition

Galleri S:t Gertrud (Konstfrämjandet) Print-making class of 2013 end-of-year exhibition

Malmö Garden Show - collaboration

2014
Homework Club Exhibition - Circus Street old market exhibition with Illustration and Graphic Design students from University of Brighton

2015
Blackmark Awards - design/illustration competition and exhibition in Brighton