Artist in Residence, Stockholm, 21 April – 18 May 2026

Katarina Spik Skum is a duodjár/Sami craftswoman and textile artist. Her artistry is based on traditional duodje/Sami crafts and Sami traditions and cultural heritage. In her creations, Katarina primarily uses natural materials, where tanned reindeer hide is a material she produces herself. Katarina’s work moves between several expressions: traditional duodje/Sami crafts, innovative duodje, and Sami crafts. She often works with traditional and nature-based materials to and draws her form and her design language from the foundations and traditions of duodje, especially with inspiration from the Lule Sami-inspired area where her family comes from. While growing up, she often accompanied her áhkko (grandmother) and her áddjá (grandfather) when they practiced reindeer herding, and memories and experiences from these contexts are a recurring theme in her art. Katarina has a formal education with a master’s degree in duodje at Sámi allaskuvla/Saami University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway, and she has also inherited the knowledge from her mother and grandmother.

Photo: Helena Eriksson

Katarina Spik Skum

The Residency is organized by The National Museums of world Culture Sweden in collaboration with IASPIS, Konstfack, Southnord, and the Nordic Art Association, with Banji Chona and Katarina Spik Skum. The residency is part of the project “Bringing the Objects to Life – and Challenging the Museums’ Colonial Histories.