The purpose has been to examine the textile artist Viveka Nygrens ́s artistry and her abstract textile expression between the years 1985 and up to 2000. This is done through an examination of Nygren ́s textile production in general and in detail through an examination of the textile expression in color, shape, and weaving techniques in two selected works. Furthermore, both the existence of the abstract expression in textile art during Nygren ́s time and the contemporary art field ́s views on and values about the relationship between art and art and craft are studied. This is done through a case study of the exhibition catalogs from the Scandinavian art triennials that were carried out within the chosen time frame.  Issues is:  What does Nygren ́s textile artistic look like? What choices does she make in her craft, regarding technology and materials? How does she use the hand weaving techniques in the abstract expression? What does the abstract textile art scene look like during the period 1985 – 2000? Are handwoven techniques used and what do the textile work look like? Are there actors who express opinions about the relationship between art and art and crafts? Theoretically, the essay is based on the concepts of art and art and craft and the field of tension that prevails between them. On the one hand it is about a creative relationship between art and art and craft, which is based on knowledge and creativity, in an individual and on the other hand it is about the excitement, in society and the field of art, in the question of what art is and what is art and craft. The survey showed that the non-imaginative abstract expression dominated the textile art scene and interest in weaving techniques fell sharply in the last year of 1995. The survey showed that the relationship between art and art and craft was very tense for each triennial. In the essay ́s investigation of the textile triennials, it emerged that on the textile art scene there has been a shift from an art form based on a craft tradition to one among other techniques on the art scene. Thus, it can also be stated that Viveka Nygren ́s artistic starting points were a craftmanship that served under her abstract art expression.