Ulrika Leander

Ulrika Leander was born and educated in Sweden, a country with a rich tradition of textile art. She wove her first tapestry at age 13 and followed her artistic passion through 5 years of studying textile art and interior design to earn her MA at the HV College of Textile Art and Design in Stockholm.
Ulrika finds her inspiration in the colors, forms and movements in the natural world and her work is all about the joy, peace and tranquility that comes with the contemplation of Nature.
Ulrika’s tapestries have been widely exhibited in solo and group exhibits and commissioned for private collections, corporate and public buildings in the US and in Scandinavia. Examples include, the US District Court of the District of Columbia Washington, DC, Northrup Grumman Corp. Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH, and St Matthews Lutheran Church Washington, DC.
Ulrika was invited to participate in the Art in US Embassies Program with one of her large tapestries chosen for the US embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ulrika’s studio is located in Norris, TN at the edge of the Cumberland Mountains.

Handarbetets Vanners College of Art and Design
Stockholm, Sweden

2021-2022 Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
2019-2020 Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2018-2021 U.S. Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2018 Blue Lines Art, Roseville, CA
2017 Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, MD
2016 Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2015 Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY
2014 Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD
2014 The Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL
2014 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2014 Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Ystad Museum of Art, Ystad, Sweden
2013 The Hillars Museum of the University of
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
2013 Montcalm Gallery, Gatineau, Canada
2013 Musee des Maitres et Artisants du Quebec,
Montreal, Canada
2009 Gallerie Gora, Montreal, Canada
2000 Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO
1999 The Bayeux Gallery, Denver CO
1999 Acclaim Gallery, Long Grove, IL
1999 FRB Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Gallery 621, Tallahassee, FL
1996 Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
1996 Arts American, Atlanta, GA
1996 New Vision Gallery, Marshfield, WI
1996 Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1994 OSU, Lima, OH
1993 The Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH
1992 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1990 Oregon School of Art, Portland, OR