Resume
Education
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA. MFA in Artisanry/Fibers 2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. BFA in Furniture 1999
Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden. Spring term in Interior Design/Furniture 1998
Solo Shows
Suspended Animation, Foster Gallery, Noble and Greenough, Dedham, MA Winter 2024
Alster, Rabarber Cafe, Nora, Sweden Summer 2019
States of Being, Kaleido, Uppsala, Sweden Fall 2018
Anna Kristina Goransson: In Between, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY Fall 2016
Color Meditation, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA Fall 2016
Kristina Goransson, Buckingham Browne and Nichols, Cambridge, MA Winter 2016
Sommar Solace, Scandinavian Cultural Center, Newton, MA Spring 2015
Seeds: Work by Anna Kristina Goransson, UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA Fall 2014
Anna Kristina Goransson: Nurture, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA Fall 2012
Light Rescue, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA Winter 2007
Shows
When Fiber Speaks: Six Conversations, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA Fall 2023
Mindscapes, Gleason Public Library, Carlisle, MA Fall 2023
Studios Without Walls, Emerald Necklace, Brookline, MA Summer 2023
Speak Up, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA Fall 2022
Exploring the World of Fiber, Molly Harding Nye Gallery, Lexington, MA Winter 2022
Faculty Show, Concord Art, Concord, MA Fall 2021
Reflection/Reawakening/Resilience, Molly Harding Nye Gallery, Lexington, MA Fall 2021
Call and Response, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI Spring 2021
Fantastic Fibers,Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY Spring 2021
Poetry Collaboration, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA Winter 2021
Hunting Positive, Chocolate Church, Bath, ME Fall 2020
Explorations in Felt, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ Winter 2020
Threaded: Contemporary Fiber in New England , Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA Winter 2020
WOW Factor , Motherbrook Arts and Community Center, Dedham, MA Winter 2020
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY Spring 2019
Unravel: Fiber Arts of Our Time, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA Spring 2019
Taking Form: Fiber and Fabric, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA Winter 2019
Twisted, Twined, and Woven, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA Fall 2018
Fiber and Glass, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI Winter 2018
Fiber of Our Being, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA Fall 2017
Interwoven: Art meets Nature, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA Summer 2017
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY Spring 2017
Excellence in Fibers (Fiber Art Now) New Bedford Art Museum, MA Winter 2017
LandForms, New Art Center, Newton, MA Winter 2017
Talent!, Governor's Island, NYC, NY Summer 2016
Material Perception, Deedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA Summer 2016
Tactile Textiles, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA Summer 2015
Art on the Marquee, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA Summer 2015
Collision:Stealing from the Real Simulation and Sense Making, Boston Cyberarts, Jamaica Plain, MA Summer 2015
Botanica, Deedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA Spring 2015
Cyber and Fiber: Work by Rob Gonsalves and Kristina Goransson, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA Winter 2014
International TECHstyles Biennial 3, San Jose Museum of Quilts and textiles, San Jose, CA Fall 2014
Collision20:Bilocate, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA Winter 2014
From Paper to Pixels: Collaboration+Art+Interactivity, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA Fall 2013
Small Works, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA Winter 2012
Materials: Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX Spring 2012
Felt So Good, some things looming, Reading, PA Fall 2011
Art in the Windows, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA winter 2011
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR Fall 2009
RISD New England Alumni Show, The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA Winter 2009
Out of the Blue, A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA Summer 2008
Lush: An International Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA Summer 2007
Fresh Fiber, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Spring 2007
Light My fiber, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA Fall 2006
Domestic Materials in Contemporary Fiber Art, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA Fall 2005
RISD Staff Show, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI Summer 2005/2004
Firehouse 13, Sara Agnell Gallery, Providence, RI Winter 2002
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Staff Show, ARAC Gallery, Snowmass, CO Summer 2001/2000
Furniture Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI Summer 1999
Artist in Residencies
Pentaculum, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN Winter 2019
Paducah Arts Alliance Artist in Residence, Paducah, KY Fall 2016
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Artist in Residence, Spring 2009
Experience
Movement, Artlinks, Hallway Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Curator, Winter 2024
Labor of Life: Textiles and Fiber, Shaira Ali Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Curator, Winter 2023
Perseverance, Artlinks, Hallway Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Curator, Winter 2023
Nature in a Balance, Artlinks, Hallway Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Curator, Winter 2022
Eliot School, Workshop teacher for felting, indigo, shibori 2015-2022
Lexington Arts and Crafts, workshop teacher for nuno felting and 3-D felting, Fall 2019-2021
Concord Art Association, workshop teacher for felting, summer 2019, Fall 2022
University of Massachusetts, Part-Time faculty, Fall 2018
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Co-curator for Solastalgia, Spring 2018
Community College of Rhode Island, Part-Time faculty, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
University of Massachusetts, Part-Time faculty, Fall 2015-Spring 2017
Mass Art, instructor for Felted Forms workshop, Winter 2017
Eliot School, Intensive in Felting teacher, Summer 2015
Mass Art, instructor for Surface Design: Resists, Fall 2014
Rhode Island School of Design, CE faculty for shibori and felting, Spring and Fall 2012/2014/2015
Concord Art Association, faculty for felting, winter 2014/2015
New Art Center, faculty for felting and shibori, Fall/Winter/Spring 2013/2014/2015
Arlington Center for the Arts, faculty for felting and shibori, Winter/Spring 2013/2014
Eliot School, workshop teacher for Felted Hats, Fall 2013
American Textile History Museum, Workshop instructor for felting, Summer 2011
Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education faculty children and adult, Summer 2009/2010/Spring 2011
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Visiting lecturer, Spring 2009
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Part Time faculty, Fall 2008
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Assistant to Mo Kelman, Fall 2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education faculty, Summer 2008
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Assistant to Jozef Bajus and Carol LeBaron, Summer 2008
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Teacher of Record, Fall 2007/2006
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Assistant to Charlotte Hamlin, Spring 2006
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Studio Technician in fibers, Fall 2005
risd/works, Providence, RI. Sales assistant in RISD alumni gallery/store, 2001-2005
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Assistant for the Wood/Furniture Program, Summer 2000/2001
Honors and Publications
Grima (Danish felt magazine), Artist spotlight article, Spring 2021
Artemorbida interview, Winter 2020
Fiber Art Now, Artist spotlight article, Spring 2017
Honorable Mention Award, Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, KY 2017
Worldwide Colours of Felt, published in this Textiellink book, 2016
500 Felt Objects, published in this Lark Crafts book, 2011
Fiberarts Magazine, featured in the 3rd Annual Student Showcase Nov/Dec 2007
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, visiting lecturer on knitting and natural fibers
Niche Student Awards Finalist, finalist in the furniture category 1998