Name: Åsa Ekström

Born: in Karlskrona, Sweden, 1983. Currently living in Malmö, Sweden

Education: 3 years at the Comic School in Malmö, Sweden.

Below is summary of my works, exhibitions and media exposure since 2004 and forward. I work mostly towards Sweden but my books are also published in Scandinavia and Germany. Other works have been published in the UK, Italy and exhibited in Japan. For full CV please contact me at asa@asaekstrom.com

Exhibitions

2009:

“World of Comics” Original pages of Sayonara September exhibited at the Örebro Läns museeum 03.06.2009 - 27.09.2009

2008:

”The Human Journey”  illustrations and comic for the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Natural History from 12.02.2008, Stockholm, Sweden

Pictures at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo frame with samples of my pictures exhibited at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo, summer 2008

2007:

“Amongst skyscrapers and Northern Light Horses” Haninge Konsthall 31.05.2007 - 17.08.2007, Sweden

”Åsa Ekström – Swedish Manga” solo exhibition at Seriegalleriet in Stockholm 11.08.2007 – 05.09.2007

2006:

”Åsa Ekström exhibits Swedish Manga” Solo exhibition at gallery Artmakers in Gamla Stan Stockholm, 01.04.2006 - 27.04.2006

Bibliography

2009:

”Meeting” radio interview for P4 station, Stockholm 17.03.2009,Sweden

“Mangaqueen debutes with book” interview in Täby Dandery magazine 08.10.2009, Sweden

“Everyone wants manga” interview in City Stockholm newspaper 22.10.2009, Sweden

“Malmömanga” interview in City Malmö Lund newspaper 24.10.2009, Sweden

2007:

”Big in Japan – Åsa Ekströms backwards career in the enchanted land of Manga” 4 page  interview in Bild&Bubbla no 1-2 2007 as well as in the newspaper Metro, Sweden.

”Manga Mania interviews Åsa Ekström” 1 page interview in Manga Mania no 7 2007, Manga Media, Bonnier Carlsen July 2007, Sweden

2006:

”Feminist Manga” Interview in the magazine Motdrag no 1 2006, Sweden

”Japanese comic in Mazetti” Interview and comic in Vårt Malmö 04.05.2006, Sweden

”With a taste for Manga” Interview in the newspaper DN 03.12.2006, Sweden

2005:

"Åsas Manga  makes an entry in Buster" interview in the newspaper SvD 18.01.2005, Sweden

"Manga in Swedish" interview and collage in the newspaper SvD 17.07.2005, Sweden.

"Female trio behind new Swedish manga" article  in Skånska Dagbladet 08.10.2005, Sweden

2004:

"Sweden has got itself a Manga Comic" article in Metro 12.07.2004, Sweden

"The first Swedish Manga is here" article in the newspaper DN: Namn & Nytt, journalist: Hanna Hellquist 2004
Radio Interview Radio Stockholm July 2004.