Gallery Pascale COTTARD-OLSSON
History :
The Gallery Pascale Cottard Olsson was created in 1998. Since 2000 it is mainly a gallery of design: furniture, ceramics, textiles, glass and graphism. The purpose of the gallery is to present and promote the work of designers firstly form the nordic countries and secondly from all of the world. These creators are higlhy educated and belong to the most prestigious ones. Among the ones who exhibited we can name : Francois Bauchet, Eric Jourdan, Mattali Crasset, and Arik Levy from France, A & E Design, Owe Gustafson, Birgitta Hahn, Tom Hedqvist, Johan Huldt, Anna Kraitz, Jonas Lindvall, Eva Schildt, Per Sundberg and Mats Theselius from Sweden, "Wake Up" from Japan, Anna vonn Schewen, Fredrik Mattson, Alexander Lervik, Björn Dahlström, Pia Amsell, Mattias Bakhuizen, Thomas Bernstrand, Louise Herderström, Tom Hedqvist, Anna Kraitz, Alexander Lervik, Ulrika Martensson, Carina Seth-Andersson, Per B. Sundberg, Sara Szyber, Pia Törnell, Barbro Wesslander.
Theme exhibitions prevail also in the gallery. "Rosa, Rosae, Rosam" (2000) was dedicated to vases and female designers. "Bä bä" (2002) concerned the world of small children, "60 +" (2004) was related to famous swedish designers who were more than 60 years old.
Gallery Pascale Cottard Olsson owns also a little shop of design objects that are unique and in small series in Sweden.
Gallery Pascale Cottard Olsson is the only gallery of design in Stockholm.
Among the customers of the gallery the National Museum of Sweden can be named.
Biography :
Pascale Cottard Olsson is french but has been living in Sweden for more than 10 years. After studying in France and in the US (MBA from University of Nebraska) she decided to quit the professional life of large corporations to concentrate only on her passion : art and design. Since 1998 she created a gallery and since 2000 the activities of the gallery are mainly related to design.
Pascale Cottard Olsson is not only a gallerist but also a curator of exhibitions. She has been promoting the Biennale Internationale of design in Saint Etienne in Scandinavia since its start in 1998. She has been named curator for the nordic countries for the last 4 editions. She has also curated a big project called "Angles Suedois" in 2000. This exhibition was aimed to the french speaking countries (Saint Etienne, Paris, Caen, Nice in France, Bourlingster in Luxembourg and Athens in Greece). 2002, she was the first one to promote swedish female designers with the exhibition "Sweden@home" (Angers, Paris and Saint Etienne).
Finally Pascale Cottard Olsson is a historian of design (preparing for a Master of Design History in Konstfack in Stockholm). She makes lectures all over the world as well as she writes articles in different magazines ( Skona Hem etc.)
