A. Karlsson Rixon

Axel (Annica) Karlsson Rixon (born 1962, Gothenburg) graduated from Nordens Fotoskola in 1988, and was part of the generation that made photography a natural place within art institutions in Sweden in the 90s. They has since been active as an artist with photography as a point of departure, took an MFA at CalArts (1997) and did their PhD in photographic design at the University of Gothenburg (2016). Karlsson Rixon is represented at Moderna Museet, Gothenburg's art museum and other art collections. In recent years, they has mixed their own artistic projects with public design assignments. They shares her life between Brännö and Los Angeles.