Unni Toivola (b. 1991) based in Göteborg. Toivola’s artistic practice moves between painting, textiles, and sculpture, with a focus on materiality, repetition, and transformation. Her working method is intuitive and process-based, often beginning with fragmented sketches drawn in parts. Motifs reappear across media exploring how repetition changes both form and meaning.
Education
2018 – 2019 Art History, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg
2013 – 2016 BFA in Design, HDK-Valand, Göteborg
2012 – 2013 Graphic Design, Helliden Folkhögskola, Tidaholm
2010 – 2012 Textile, Helliden Folkhögskola, Tidaholm
2013 – 2016 BFA in Design, HDK-Valand, Göteborg
2012 – 2013 Graphic Design, Helliden Folkhögskola, Tidaholm
2010 – 2012 Textile, Helliden Folkhögskola, Tidaholm
Solo Exhibitions
2025 It Seems Like These Days Merge As One, Detriti Gallery, Göteborg
2022 And That, Too, Fine Little Day, Lindome
2022 Repeating Myself, Hall Gallery, Göteborg
2020 Full Circle, Folk, Göteborg
2022 And That, Too, Fine Little Day, Lindome
2022 Repeating Myself, Hall Gallery, Göteborg
2020 Full Circle, Folk, Göteborg
Group Exhibitions
2025 Salong Östergötland, Passagen Konsthall, Linköping
2024 Medlemsutställning, Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2024 Hibernal, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2024 Curated By, Fine Little Day, Lindome
2024 Amor Pleni, Detriti Gallery, Göteborg
2023 Hay Fever, Hall Gallery, Gothenburg
2022 Utsocknes, hemvändare och ortsbor, Stationshuset, Motala
2022 Spring Break, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2021 open-and-shut, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2021 Tabula Rasa, Hall Gallery, Göteborg
2020 Vårsaloni, Galleri Slätten, Malmö
2019 52 veckor, Ateljéföreningen Hamnen, Göteborg
2019 A New Dawn, Ateljéföreningen Hamnen, Göteborg
2015 Book on the Fritz, Gallery A-venue, Göteborg
2015 Norra Vätterns Konstrunda, Motala
2015 Exhibiting the exhibition, Vasa Kyrkogata 5, Göteborg
2024 Medlemsutställning, Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2024 Hibernal, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2024 Curated By, Fine Little Day, Lindome
2024 Amor Pleni, Detriti Gallery, Göteborg
2023 Hay Fever, Hall Gallery, Gothenburg
2022 Utsocknes, hemvändare och ortsbor, Stationshuset, Motala
2022 Spring Break, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2021 open-and-shut, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2021 Tabula Rasa, Hall Gallery, Göteborg
2020 Vårsaloni, Galleri Slätten, Malmö
2019 52 veckor, Ateljéföreningen Hamnen, Göteborg
2019 A New Dawn, Ateljéföreningen Hamnen, Göteborg
2015 Book on the Fritz, Gallery A-venue, Göteborg
2015 Norra Vätterns Konstrunda, Motala
2015 Exhibiting the exhibition, Vasa Kyrkogata 5, Göteborg
Grants
Ateljéstöd Göteborgs Stad (since 2021)
Marta, Wivi och Åke Liljesons stiftelse
Konstnärsnämnden resebidrag
Adlerbertska stiftelsen
Zachrisson och Lindegrens fond
Stiftelsen AAA
Norra Vätterns Bild och Formkonstnärers stipendie till unga vuxna
Marta, Wivi och Åke Liljesons stiftelse
Konstnärsnämnden resebidrag
Adlerbertska stiftelsen
Zachrisson och Lindegrens fond
Stiftelsen AAA
Norra Vätterns Bild och Formkonstnärers stipendie till unga vuxna
Other
Mural for ArtMadeThis 2020