Åsa is a London based Swedish illustrator & designer with over fourteen years experience working both in-house and freelance on a wide range of projects and products; print design for apparel & products, packaging design, murals, children's books and led drawing workshops and art activities for children. She is a creative full of ideas and have developed a range of products from an initial idea and concept to a finished product; copy writing, liaising with manufacturers, graphic design, packaging design, artworking and creative direction. Her work is inspired by childhood nostalgia, play, her love for nature, character design and bold, clean graphics.
Clients
Exhibitions
Super superficial
Åhlens
Sammy Icon
TSHIRTSTORE
The Wallery
Bilingual by Music
npw
Hostel Art
Translate Bar
Camberwell Arts Festival
Diesel
Desenio
Rex London
Education
FdA Illustration
Camberwell College of Arts
London, UK, 2008-2010
BA HONS Computer Visualization and Animation
Ravensbourne College of Communication
Chislehurst, Kent, 2006-2008
What's your sign?
Ljunggren, Stockholm, Sweden 2018
Allt hade varit så mycket bättre om jag inte var så dum i huvet
Ljunggren, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
Man's Best Friend
Fika, London, 2015
Bat Country
Craft Coffee, London, UK, 2014
Animal Kingdom
Ciferblat, Moscow, Russia, 2014
Animal Kingdom
Bar Nada, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
Artist in resident: January
Scandinavian Kitchen, London, UK 2014
On These Magic Shores
O3 Gallery, Oxford, UK, 2013
Once Upon A Time
Urban Outfitters, High Street Kensington, London, UK, 2012
The Winter Exhibition
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2011
The International Postcard Show 2011,
The Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Amnesty; Protect The Human
Shoreditch Church, London, UK, 2010
Curated & organised exhibitions
When Hell Breaks Loose
Old Shoreditch Station, London 2016
Ashley Amery, Lucy Kirk, Karin Soderquist, Åsa Wikman, James Swain.
A Study of Sports and Leisure
Exposure Gallery, London, UK, 2013
Mogu Takahashi, Kate Hindley, Mr Millerchip, Matt Pringle, Karen Cheung, Karin Soderquist, Lorna Scobie, Åsa Wikman, Sara Ray.
Let's Fika!
Fika, London, UK, 2012
Hanna Melin, Martin Wollerstam, Daniella Dobric,
Karin Soderquist and Åsa Wikman.
Press
City Kids Magazine, Autumn 2022, no 32
Stylist, issue 488, 4/12 2019
Clearly, 12/3 2018
Svensk Damtidning, Online article, Feb/2018
Print & Pattern: Nature Paperback by Bowie Style, 2017
Hus & Hem, issue 9, 2014
Cap & Design,issue 4-5, 2013
Burst Magazine, issue 11, 2013
Lemonade Magazine, Issue 1 & 4, 2012
British Vogue, 2012
Nya Rum, Issue 4, 2012
Less Common More Sense, Issue 18, 2010
Hemmets Veckotidning, Issue 32/ 2010,
Tara, Issue 11, 2010