• Collections

    Wiwen Nilsson's work across disciplines is held in hundreds of private collections as well as in museums and institutions around the world. Selected public museums and institutions include:

  • INTERNATIONAL British Museum, London, UK Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Die Neue Sammlung – The...

    INTERNATIONAL

    British Museum, London, UK

    Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA

    Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich, Germany

    Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway

    Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA

    Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway

    National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

    Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway

    Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland

    Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

  • SWEDEN Hallands kulturhistoriska museum, Varberg, Sweden Kulturen, Lund, Sweden Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden...

    SWEDEN

    Hallands kulturhistoriska museum, Varberg, Sweden

    Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden

    Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

    Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden

    Royal Collections, Stockholm, Sweden

    Röhsska museet, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Exhibitions

    1923

    Various artists, Jubileumsutställningen i Göteborg (The Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition), Gothenburg, Sweden

    1923

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, Sweden

    1925

    Various artists, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts), Paris, France

    1925

    Gösta Adrian-Nilsson and Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Skånska Konstmuseum (Art Museum of Skåne), University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    1926–1927

    Group exhibition, International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Travelled to: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; The Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit; The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

    1926

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

    1926

    Various artists, Neuestes Kunstgewerbe aus der Pariser Ausstellung 1925 (The Latest Decorative Arts from the Paris Exhibition in 1925), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zürich, Switzerland

    1926

    Various artists, Svenska Folkvisor (Swedish Folk Songs), Gummesons Konsthandel, Stockholm, Sweden

    1926

    Various artists, Bygge och Bo (Build and Live), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

    1927–1928

    Various artists, Exhibition of Swedish Contemporary Decorative Arts. Travelled to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    1929

    Various artists, Konstindustri och hemslöjd (Art Industry and handicraft), Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    1930

    Various artists, Modernt silver (Modern silver), Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, Sweden

    1930

    Various artists, Stockholmsutställningen: Av Konstindustri Konsthantverk och Hemslöjd (The Stockholm Exhibition: Swedish Arts & Crafts and Home Industries), Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm, Sweden

    1930

    Various artists, Art Concret: International Exhibition of Post-Cubist Art, curated by Otto G. Carlsund, Stockholm, Sweden

    1930–1931

    Various artists, Decorative Metalwork and Cotton Textiles, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. Travelled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA

    1930–1931

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Svensk-Franska konstgalleriet (Swedish French Art Gallery), Stockholm, Sweden

    1931

    Various artists, Anglo-Swedish Society; Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Art, Dorland House, London, UK

    1933

    Various artists, Svensk stil och standard (Swedish style and standard), Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway

    1933–1934

    Various artists, A Century of Progress International Exposition, The Swedish Chicago Exposition, Chicago World’s Fair, Chicago, USA

    1933

    Various artists, Konstindustriutställningen. Travelled to: Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia; Tartu, Estonia; Kaunas, Lithuania

    1934

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Martha Cronwin, Stockholm, Sweden

    1934

    Various artists, XIX Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

    1935

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Galleri Modern, Stockholm, Sweden

    1935

    Various artists, Exposition Universelle de 1935 (World Exhibition of 1935), Brussels, Belgium

    1936

    Various artists, Konstindustriutställningen, Vienna, Austria

    1937

    Various artists, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

    1937

    Various artists, Vår Bostad (Our Residence), Röhsska museet, Gothenburg, Sweden

    1938

    Various artists, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Travelled to: Instytut Propagandy Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland

    1939–1940

    Various artists, New York World’s Fair: The World of Tomorrow, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York, USA

    1939

    Various artists, Atelier Borgila, Stockholm, Sweden

    1940–1941

    Various artists, Orrefors Galleries, New York, USA

    1941

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, Sweden

    1944

    Various artists, Kontakt med nyttokonstnären (Contact with the utility artist), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

    1945

    Various artists, Handmade Silver Jewellery Designed by Johanna Van Ryn, Franz Bergmann, Wiwen Nilsson, Margaret Craver and Adda Husted-Andersen, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, USA

    1945

    Various artists, 100 år och sedan… (100 years and then…), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

    1946

    Various artists, Nordiskt Konsthantverk (Nordic Arts and Crafts), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

    1948

    Various artists, Georg Jensen Inc, New York, USA

    1949

    Various artists, Schwedisches Schaffen heute (Swedish creation today), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich, Switzerland

    1951

    Various artists, IX Triennale, Merce e Standard, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, Italy

    1951

    Various artists, Scandinavia at Table, The Tea Centre, London, UK

    1953

    Various artists, Svenskt silver idag (Swedish silver today), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

    1953

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Glimmingehus, Simrishamn, Sweden

    1954

    Various artists, X Triennale, Prefabbricazione e Industrial Design, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, Italy

    1954

    Various artists, Mostra Mercato Internazionale dell’Artigianato (International Craft Market Exhibition), Florence, Italy

    1954–1957

    Various artists, Design in Scandinavia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA. Travelled to: Colorado, Houston, Dayton, Chicago, Seattle, Cleveland, Baltimore, Portland, Hartford, Manchester, Brooklyn, USA; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Canada

    1955

    Various artists, Helsingborgsutställningen 1955 (H55 International Exhibition of Applied Arts of Housing and the Interior), Helsingborg, Sweden

    1955

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

    1956

    Various artists, Levande konsthantverk (Living Arts and Crafts), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

    1957

    Various artists, Scandinavian Design Cavalcade, Artek, Stockholm, Sweden

    1957

    Various artists, Schwedisches (Swedish), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich, Switzerland

    1958

    Various artists, Formes Scandinaves (Scandinavian Forms), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

    1959

    Various artists, Nutidssmycken (Contemporary Jewellery), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

    1959

    Various artists, Sakral konst (Sacred Art), Skånska konstmuseum (Art Museum Skåne), Lund, Sweden

    1959

    Various artists, Zweedse Vormgeving (Swedish Design), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    1961

    Various artists, International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890–1961, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, UK

    1961

    Various artists, Brudkronor från svenska kyrkor (Bridal crowns from Swedish churches), Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

    1964

    Various artists, Form och Fantasi (Form and Fantasy), Svenska Slöjdföreningen, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

    1964

    Various artists, Nutida skandinaviska smycken (Contemporary Scandinavian Jewellery), Röhsska museet, Gothenburg, Sweden. Travelled to: Georg Jensen, New York, USA

    1965

    Various artists, Orfèvrerie Suédois/Zweeds Zilver (Swedish Silver), La Maison de Suède/Huis van Zweden, Brussels, Belgium

    1967

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    1973

    Wiwen Nilsson, Wiwen Nilsson, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

    1974–1975

    Wiwen Nilsson, Wiwen Nilsson: Silver från 1920–30-talen (Wiwen Nilsson: Silver from the 1920s–30s), Malmö Museum, Malmö. Travelled to: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Röhsska museet, Gothenburg, Sweden

    1976

    Various artists, Brudkronor från Västsverige (Bridal crowns from West Sweden), Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

    1977

    Gösta Adrian-Nilsson and Wiwen Nilsson, GAN och Wiwen Nilsson (GAN and Wiwen Nilsson), Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden

    1978

    Various artists, Skånska smycken (Jewellery from Skåne), Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

    1979

    Various artists, Svenskt Avantgarde (Swedish Avantgarde), Norrköping Museum, Norrköping, Sweden

    1980

    Various artists, Arkitektur-Form-Konst (Architecture-Form-Art), Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

    1982

    Wiwen Nilsson, title n/a, Grand Hotel, Lund, Sweden

    1984

    Gösta Adrian-Nilsson GAN – 100 år (Gösta Adrian-Nilsson GAN – 100 years), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden. Travelled to: Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

    1988–1989

    Various artists, Enkelhetens triumf: Svenskt silver under 350 år (Triumph of Simplicity: 350 Years of Swedish Silver), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden and Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA

    1988

    Various artists, Silver och Guld (Silver and Gold), Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    1990

    Wiwen Nilsson, Wiwen Nilsson, Solo memorial exhibition, Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    1992

    Various artists, Silver of a New Era – International Highlights of Precious Metalware from 1880 to 1940, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium

    1998–present

    Various artists, Modernism, Kulturen, Lund, Sweden

    2000

    Various artists, Utopi och verklighet: Svensk Modernism 1900–1960 (Utopia and Reality: Swedish Modernism 1900–1960), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Travelled to: Bard Graduate Center, New York, USA (2002)

    2006–2008

    Various artists, 500 år av svenskt silver (Five Centuries of Swedish Silver), Röhsska museet, Gothenburg, Sweden. Travelled to: San Francisco Airport, San Francisco; Scandinavia House, New York USA; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China

  • Churches & Cathedrals

    Wiwen Nilsson's religious and sacred objects form an important part of his artistic practice. He was a student of religion and philosophy, with a profound respect, belief and affection for the emotional aspect of sacred and ceremonial objects. His religious work can be found in over 200 churches in Sweden and abroad, including:

     

    INTERNATIONAL

    Greek Orthodox Church, New York, USA

    Skálholtsdómkirkja (Skálholt Cathedral), Skálholt, Iceland

    St Marien Kirche Hessisch Oldendorf (St. Mary's Church Hessisch Oldendorf), Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany

    Svenska Kyrkan i Köpenhamn (Swedish Gustaf's Church), Copenhagen, Denmark

    Svenska Kyrkan i Paris (Swedish Sofia Church), Paris, France

    Svenska Kyrkan i Berlin (Swedish Victoria Church), Berlin, Germany

     

    SWEDEN

    Linköpings Domkyrka (Linköping Cathedral), Linköping, Sweden

    Lunds Domkyrka (Lund Cathedral), Lund, Sweden

    Västerås Domkyrka (Västerås Cathedral), Sweden

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