Born in Stockholm, Joakim Allgulander was educated at Konstfack, the National  College of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm.  Allgulander is an established artist and one of the major names in contemporary art in Sweden; he has exhibited at numerous exhibitions worldwide.  Allgulander works with ceramics and sculpture as well as painting; his work shows a love of texture and a curiousity to explore different media and techniques.  Allgulander is now based in Northen Italy.