Designer · Sweden · 1939–2020
Monica Backström
Monica Backström (1939–2020) – Swedish glass designer and artist, associated with Boda glassworks from 1965.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1939–2020
- Country
- Sweden
Monica Backström, née Hultberg, was born on 20 May 1939 in Stockholm and died on 17 February 2020 in Kalmar. From 1959 to 1964, she studied at Konstfackskolan. She won a competition marking the centenary of Boda glassworks and designed glass for it from 1965 onwards.
She exhibited at Röhsska museet and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as well as in the USA and Japan. For the 250th anniversary of Kosta glassworks (1992), she created large glass vessels. She made glass walls and doors for public buildings, including Kulturhuset in Borås (1979). She was the daughter of textile designer Astrid Sampe.
