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I am Vega Josefine Drake Carlsson, working across scenography, costume, design, voice, and space.
Born in Stockholm, based in Oslo.
Born in Stockholm, based in Oslo.
My practice moves between theatre, puppetry, visual art, and design. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design and a Master’s degree in Theatre, specialising in Scenography, from the Oslo National Academy
of the Arts. I am currently establishing my practice in Norway and across Scandinavia.
of the Arts. I am currently establishing my practice in Norway and across Scandinavia.
I work with material as language – as memory, resistance, archive, playfulness
and body. I’m interested in what materials have been, what they carry, and what they become when placed in space and time. Meaning emerges through friction: between surface and structure, sound and silence, presence and absence.
and body. I’m interested in what materials have been, what they carry, and what they become when placed in space and time. Meaning emerges through friction: between surface and structure, sound and silence, presence and absence.
My scenographic work is driven by visual dramaturgy and sensory experience.
I navigate the tension between minimalism and maximalism, allowing restraint and excess to coexist.
I approach sustainability not as a limitation, but as a method – to reuse, reframe, and listen to what already exists.
I navigate the tension between minimalism and maximalism, allowing restraint and excess to coexist.
I approach sustainability not as a limitation, but as a method – to reuse, reframe, and listen to what already exists.
In 2024, I was awarded a Newly Established Artist Grant from the Norwegian government.
I create spaces that hold narratives rather than illustrate them – spaces that invite attention, resonance, and transformation.
Let’s work together.
CV
SCHOOLS
2025 - 2027 OsloMet, Praktisk pedagogisk Utdanning, Deltid, Design, kunst og håndverk
2021 - 2023 KHIO, Oslo National Academy of Arts, Ma, Teaterhøgskolen, - Scenography
2018 - 2021 KHIO, Oslo National Academy of Arts, BA, Design - Interior architecture & furniture design
2017 - 2018 Ölands folkhögskola, Design
2015 - 2016 Nyckelviksskolan, Färg, form och hantverk
2012 - 2015 Södra Latins gymnasieskola, Bild och Formgivning
RESIDENCE
March 2025 ATLAS residency, Portugal, Carvalhal
One-month artist residence in the beautiful countryside of Portugal.
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
June 2023. Participation in workshops and classes in Prague Quadrennial, 2023
- Eco-Design Charrette med Tanja Beer
- Amplifying Sensory Materiality med Donatella Barbieri
Taking part as a performer in the project "Walking talking minerals", in the student section and as a concept and artist in directing this project was Olga Regitze and the Norwegian theatre academy.
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