The Fine Little Day Art Award 2026 is presented to Gothenburg-based ceramicist Frida Mälarborn Hoshino. Frida works in stoneware using the Japanese nerikomi technique, where colored clay is layered, sliced, and joined to create complex, vibrant patterns.
Frida Mälarborn Hoshino works in stoneware using the Japanese nerikomi technique, where colored clay is built up, sliced, and joined to create complex, vibrant patterns. It is a process that demands time, precision, and presence—every step is visible, and every decision remains embedded in the material.
Her work exists somewhere between sculpture and painting. The surfaces pulse with color, almost optical in nature, while the forms carry a sense of weight and tranquility. In her artistry, an 18th-century-influenced Swedish design language meets Japanese craft tradition—something historical and something deeply contemporary in the very same movement.
"With exceptional technical skill and deeply rooted craftsmanship, Frida Mälarborn Hoshino defies conventions, creating an expression where ceramics are experienced as painting in a spatial dimension. Her work moves between the tactile and the visual, where the surfaces possess an almost hypnotic quality. In her work, 18th-century Swedish design language and the Japanese nerikomi technique meet in a contemporary, poetic unity."
The jury Elisabeth Dunker, founder and Creative Director.
Ulrika E. Engberg, founder and CEO.
13 JUNE – 30 AUGUST
THUR - SUN, 11 — 16
Welcome to FLD Gallery hosting Frida’s exhibition Movement in Dialogue.
About the Artist
Frida Mälarborn Hoshino was educated at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design and HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, where she is currently based. She is a member of Konsthantverkarna in Stockholm (The Association of Swedish Craftsmen and Designers) and Konsthantverkscentrum (The Swedish Crafts Centre). Her work is represented in the collections of the Röhsska Museum, the Public Art Agency Sweden (Statens konstråd), and several Swedish regions. She exhibits regularly both in Sweden and internationally, including in Japan, the USA, and Germany.
About the Fine Little Day Art Award
The Fine Little Day Art Award was established in 2021 with the ambition to highlight inspiring artistry—without applications, without shortlists, without compromises. The jury itself chooses whom they wish to bring into the spotlight.
Starting in 2026, the award takes a new direction. The Fine Little Day Art Award shifts its gaze from the global to the local, choosing to focus on Sweden. A conscious shift—from looking outward to digging where we stand. To getting closer. To seeing what is actually happening here, in what belongs to us.
Previous recipients:
2025 Laura Carlin and Jo Briggs
2024 Carl Martinsson
2023 Anna Danielsson
2022 Emma Holmgren
2021 Johanna Grigarová
