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ELSA ÅKESSON, contemporary artist and sustainability entrepreneur
FromThe Art Business
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Elsa Åkesson is a 25-year-old New York City based contemporary artist and entrepreneur. As a 2020 Fine Art bachelors graduate from the University of the Arts London and a 2022 Sotheby’s Institute masters graduate in Art Business, Elsa has managed to combine both her passion for painting with that of business. Today, Elsa focuses her career on the development of her studio practice, and her promising start-up SPONGY BAGS. This start-up has received Sotheby’s Institute’s recognition on May 18th, 2022, by gaining the Gavel Prize, and has as its core mission - to shift the way we package art, create a sustainable impact.
@elsalovespaint @spongybags www.spongybags.com
intro and outro music
‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)
by TOT TAYLOR
is used by kind permission of the artist
©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)
PRS/MCPS/PPL
@elsalovespaint @spongybags www.spongybags.com
intro and outro music
‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)
by TOT TAYLOR
is used by kind permission of the artist
©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)
PRS/MCPS/PPL
Released:
May 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (50)
CONRAD CARVALHO, PRIZE DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGING ARTIST PRIZE, ART CONSULTANT AND CORPORATE ART ADVISOR: Conrad studied Pure & Applied Mathematics at Warwick University and his early career was in oil derivatives trading. He took my summer school in Art & Its Markets at Sotheby's Institute of Art and was inspired to become an art consultant and dealer. ... by The Art Business