Artist Statement
My work is photography based, but ultimately deals with the deconstruction and transformation of the photographic image, both in terms of surface and content - Combining seemingly disparate images, adding pigment, paint and/or cutting out parts of the image I initiate a process in which the image is removed from its context, its referent and expected narrative; I further explored this through the arrangements and combination of works; with the intention to create ambiguous narrations, formations of details, or a kind of temporary entropy.
The subjects of my imagery, depicting scenes, spaces, elements, figures, or abstract shapes are less significant than my wish to prompt a deeper sense of reflection, a grasp of the intangible, or a glimpse of the other.
CV
born 1970 in Sweden
lives and works in Berlin
1994–1997
Camberwell College of Art, London Institute – B.A. Fine Art
1997–1999
FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts, Prag – M.A. Photography and History of Photography
Solo Exhibitions
2009–2017
The Compost - The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
The door - LOGE Berlin
Object Amnesic - The Ephemeral Collection, Salonistes, Venice
times new roman, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Stockholm
Mashti, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin
to the letter, Der Würfel, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
quarter of a kind, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
second life – first place, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
Komplexraum #1, General Public, Berlin (with Ivan Seal)
Vanishing, Galerie SAKS, Geneva
o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucerne (with Barbara Davi)
Henrik Strömberg, Hässleholms Konsthall, Hässleholm, Sweden
DW, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009–2017
Thirdness, (upcoming september) Künstlerhaus Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
Lady Dada Kalam, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin
Perceptions, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin
NAK Benefiz Auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Kollision. Im Labyrinth der unheimlichen Zufälle, Künstlerhaus Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
Geheimnis, Kunstverein Potsdam
Transient Material, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Frames, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
DRAMA Salon, O&C Antiques project space, Berlin
Bodybuilding, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
SUER GAZ, Zagreus Project, Berlin
L'Age d'Or, General Public, Berlin
K3 Malmö photography Biennial, Malmö, Sweden
Jahresgaben, Lage Egal, Berlin
Artist Talks / Presentations
The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
Mashti, book presentation, TABS – The Artist Book Shop, Berlin 2016
Panel discussion for Lucida Journal, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin 2015
"Collectors Piece" Presentation – Research ‘n Motion, DUVE, Berlin 2013
work presentation, Picture Berlin residency program, Berlin 2012
Artist Talk, o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucerne, 2010
Artist Talk, Hässleholms Konsthall, Sweden, 2009
Bibliography
The Compost artist "fanzine" made together with Jens Soneryd 2016
Mashti, monograph, published by Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin 2016
39 Null Magazine, feature / text by Felix Fiedler, Spring issue, 2016
Blind Spot Magazine, 20 year anniversary issue, 2014
LOFT Bookazine, feature / text by Saskia Neuman, 2013
Source, Fanzine, design by Adi Ehrat, 2007
Source, Artist Book, 2007
Einladung, catalogue, published by Schloss Plüschow, 2006
7 Scenes, catalogue, 2003
Places To Go People To See, book, Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2001
Grants / Scholarships
2017 AArtist residency, The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
2016 Berlin Senat Research Grant for Statues project
2010 Sitterwerk Foundation, St. Gallen, Switzerland (residency)
2007 Konstnärsnämnden, "Source", Malmö, Sweden (project grant)
2007 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (residency)
2006 Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow (residency)
Collections
Kultur Hässleholm, Sweden
Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow
Region Skane, Sweden
La Luxembourgeoise SA, Luxemburg
Representation
Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin and Stockholm