ELSA ÅKESSON, contemporary artist and sustainability entrepreneur

The Art Business

Elsa Åkesson is a 25-year-old New York City based contemporary artist and entrepreneur. As a 2020 Fine Art bachelors graduate from the University of the Arts London and a 2022 Sotheby’s Institute masters graduate in Art Business, Elsa has managed to combine both her passion for painting with that of business. Today, Elsa focuses her career on the development of her studio practice, and her promising start-up SPONGY BAGS. This start-up has received Sotheby’s Institute’s recognition on May 18th, 2022, by gaining the Gavel Prize, and has as its core mission - to shift the way we package art, create a sustainable impact.

@elsalovespaint @spongybags www.spongybags.com

intro and outro music

‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)

by TOT TAYLOR

is used by kind permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

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