“Ulrica has meant so much to Kosta Boda and the Swedish glass industry. No one could ever assume the mantle of what she did for us. Now the time has come for us to honour her great artistry and works. Ulrica was generous with her knowledge and always supported the young artists who worked in the hot shops. We hope that this foundation will help to keep Ulrica’s artistry alive.”

Bertil is internationally renowned, holds several design and art awards, and his work is represented in the most prestigious museums around the world. Thus, we are honored to unveil Passage, perhaps Bertil Vallien's most awe-inspiring and majestic masterwork.


Passage embodies an extraordinary artistic partnership between Bertil Vallien, one of the world's leading artists, and Kosta Boda, Sweden's most storied glassworks. Hawk Galleries feels privileged to unveil the crown jewel of these two titans' 53-year collaboration at one of America's leading art fairs, SOFA Chicago 2016.

Originally, the idea was that Crystal Magic would feature all the colours of the rainbow, like those created by the refraction of light through crystal – but really, pink is the only colour there is.

Taking over as marketing manager during the rebirth of Kosta Boda in 2017 was electrifying – being here to top off the successes of last year by presenting the new design collaborations we’ve had with Åsa Jungnelius is truly an honour.

I think it’s important that every figure represents a unique expression. It’s a part of the aesthetics, but it also creates a value all its own. You might not choose the vase that is the most attractive, but the one whose expression appeals to you the most.

It’s a wonderful feeling to work with glass, and it’s great that this can live on,

Kosta Boda represents quality and ideas, it’s modern and much-loved – so I’m glad to be here today.

Passage embodies an extraordinary artistic partnership between Bertil Vallien, one of the world's leading artists, and Kosta Boda, Sweden's most storied glassworks. Hawk Galleries feels privileged to unveil the crown jewel of these two titans' 53-year collaboration at one of America's leading art fairs, SOFA Chicago 2016.

Bertil is internationally renowned, holds several design and art awards, and his work is represented in the most prestigious museums around the world. Thus, we are honored to unveil Passage, perhaps Bertil Vallien's most awe-inspiring and majestic masterwork.

“My personal favourite music styles are rock’n’roll and classical music as played by the big symphony orchestras, but I also find the colourful spectrum of styles in the Eurovision Song Contest incredibly fascinating,”

I want each Planet to be unique and beautiful. Like us humans. We all come from one egg with different content and then we are cut into different characters. We become our own small planets.

Made for your every day use, you can mix and match, Bruk is safe for dishwasher. Bruk simply is form and function with colorful elegance.


For me, it’s important to go back to my own initial impressions of Kosta Boda as an innovative, experimental company where they accept and even encourage experimentation and product development out “on the floor” in the studio.

“Septum” actually means “dividing wall”, e.g. the dividing wall between the right and left atrium and ventricle in our heart. Could we somehow create a dividing wall in glass, inside the vases?

When I got the question to make limited carpets I thought: what fun! I can take my small sketches and turn them into much larger formats and also translate these onto carpets. It was an amazing challenge and very exciting.

This is a dream come true for me. Art can come in so many different forms. It feels like a huge privilege to see my pictures on exclusive handmade glass from Kosta Boda.

Liv Eklund Swartz, one of the winners

It is exciting to see art being sold at an auction where the currency is emotions rather than money. It opens up to a lot of interesting questions such as what art is worth and who should have the possibility to own it. I hope that the person who wins will feel that it was worth every single heartbeat.

This is a dream come true for me. Art can come in so many different forms. It feels like a huge privilege to see my pictures on exclusive handmade glass from Kosta Boda

The sculpture is named Intruder and is inspired by a line in a song by Leonard Cohen (Anthem) - There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in

Like the power in the strike of lightning

From a young age, I have been a great admirer of the craftsmanship of tattooing. So to get a chance and attempt to do a tattoo machine with Mats was an offer I couldn’t refuse!