Annika Berglund graduated from NCAD in 2010. Her career includes solo and group exhibitions nationally and abroad, a year as resident artist in NCAD, several awards including the Crafts Council’s price for Best Craft in the Garden 2008 and the National University of Ireland Art and Design Prize 2010.
Annika has created sculptural art work for over 20 years. Initially working in ceramics, she added glass and bronze to her means of expression around 2010. Just before Covid struck, she was looking for less energy hungry means of expression and found that felted wool suited her way of working and visual language.
She spent 2020 and 2021 skilling up in felt and fibre arts. One of her earliest felt pieces depicted the corona virus and was acquired by the National Museum of Ireland.
Her latest solo show in 2021 was called Interlocked, featuring Felt work and Joomchi (an ancient Korean art form featuring “felted” paper).
Lately Annika has been very active in the guild of Feltmakers Ireland and has contributed as editor and contributor to the book “Exploring Irish Wool For Feltmaking”.