About Anna Carlgren
Born 1960. Anna Carlgren is a glass artist, writer, glassmaker, sculptor, designer and glass designer.
Anna Carlgren (pronounced ['ana 'ka:lgre:n]; born July 1960, Växjö) is a Swedish glass artist.
Education In 1977-78, she studied painting and Chinese calligraphy under Han Bong Duk in Stockholm. and Annelies van der Vorm, among others.
In 2002, Carlgren, Durk Valkema, and Annelies van der Vorm decided to create the Vrij Glas Foundation in Zaandam, NL. While an artist-in-residence in Paris 2003-04, Anna Carlgren consulted for IASPIS International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden and worked on plans for the foundation.
She is one of the founders of the Glasakademin in Sweden, where she has been its acting President for six years and is currently head of the Glasakademin's Commission for Knowledge Transfer.
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Swedish glass artist (born 1960)
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Anna Carlgren was born in 1960 in Växjö.
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Anna Carlgren is a glass artist, writer, glassmaker, sculptor, designer and glass designer.
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Anna Carlgren's recorded nationality: Swedes.
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