Ulla West (born 1954 in Trollhättan) is a

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artist who lives and works in

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. Ulla West has had several exhibitions at galleries, both in Sweden and internationally since the 1980s. For example, she exhibited in

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and

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. In 2007, she was involved in Kaunas Art Biennale and in 2008 in

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at the International Fiber Art Biennale. In 2009, she was invited to show in the exhibition "Irreverent, Contemporary Nordic Crafts Art" in

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, natio ...

, YBCA. Her most recent exhibition in Stockholm was on Hallwylska Palatset 2009. Ulla West also work with stage design and costume design for theatres and film- and TV-productions. Participating in the exhibition ''Cut my legs off and call me shorty!'' at

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summer 2009.

Publications

*''Om en robot'' (''About a Robot''), Mormor Publishers, Stockholm (2008)

External links

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