Lotta Grimborg
Lotta Grimborg (SE) is a Swedish textile artist based in Gothenburg and Jonsered, with a background as a professional tennis player. She holds an MFA in Textile Art from HDK-Valand and a BFA from Konstfack. Through embroidery, beadwork, and soft sculpture, she explores the aesthetics of sport, drawing connections between discipline, competition, and artistic practice. Her works examine endurance, performance, and unfulfilled expectations, transforming persistence into a poetic visual language.
Combining detailed embroidery and glass pearls, Grimborg balances strength and fragility. The trophy recurs as a motif of both victory and struggle, while glitter, pink, and softness become tools for reflection on power, femininity, and identity — creating works that are playful and nostalgic,
An Upward Strategy of Lines
Frotté, aluminium
90 × 175 cm
2025
In Between the Lines, Grimborg presents An Upward Strategy of Lines (90 × 175 cm), a hanging terry-cloth tapestry where applied lines create rhythm and movement. The material evokes tactile associations with the body, sweat, locker rooms, and intimacy, while a palette of blue, green, pink, and yellow gives the work a playful, nostalgic feel.
She also presents six textile trophies, created with embroidery and glass pearls, shaped as colorful sculptures — some adorned with flowers, ribbons, and smileys. With titles such as Almost Flawless and Rising Star, they reflect on both victory and defeat, challenging hierarchies between art, sport, and femininity.
Rising Star
Glass pearls, cotton, polyester, metal, stone base
6 × 16 × 6 cm
Heartbreaker
Glass pearls, polyester, metal, stone base
13 × 19 × 7 cm
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For Showing Up
Cotton, polyester, metal, stone base
13 × 24 × 8 cm
Forget-Me-Not
Cotton, polyester, metal, stone base
16 × 23 × 6 cm
Face of the Year
Glass pearls, felt, metal, stone base
10 × 25 × 5 cm
Almost Flawless
Glass pearls, felt, wood, metal, stone base
15 × 33 × 7.5 cm
“The first time I encountered Lotta’s work, I immediately smiled. There was a sense of joy and curiosity that drew me in. Her use of glass pearls felt nostalgic yet deeply intentional. What captivates me is how she unapologetically embraces the feminine — glitter, pink, shine — and transforms it into something both cute and powerful. Her works are delicate and joyful, but also uncompromising, reminding us that what is often dismissed as “girly” can in fact carry strength, beauty, and depth.”
— Katia Maria Hassve, Curator