Artist Statement
I work with the idea of metamorphosis, decay and the transformation of materials; sculptural objects and their photographic documentation, as well as the deconstruction and transformation of the photographic image itself. 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
1997-1999
FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts, Prag – M.A. Photography and History of Photography
Upcoming/News
BUP book award 2020 - publication of book with Blow Up Press
2020 Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, Seoul
Haus am Lützowplatz, groupshow (stipendiaten, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin)
Solo Exhibitions
2003–2019
refraction of lightness, Fondazione Morra, Palazzo Tarsia Spinelli, Naples, Italy
Vertical Matter, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery Berlin
forward multiplications, Ann Wolff prize presentation, Visby, Sweden
echoes in dust, Åplus, Berlin
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
7 Scenes, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009–2020
| MorphO | Isolation of (portable) pressure, Daegu Photo Biennale, Rosa Luxemburg Kunstverein, Berlin
Vertikalwinkel, Das Schau Fenster, Berlin
Das Treffen dreier Punkte, Interiors to Being, Berlin
Symbiopoiesis, with Diether Roth and Nam June Paik, Galerie Papillon, Paris
imagine a world where the opposite of light isn't dark, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland
Intuitin to fill emptiness, Vadim Zakharov, Freehome, Berlin
fontaine b. presentation together with Jannis Kounellis and Man Ray at Åplus, Berlin
Thirdness, Künstlerhaus Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
Art Brussels, Art fair, Neumeister Bar-Am
Lady Dada Kalam, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin
Market, art fair Stockholm
NAK Benefiz Auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Kollision, Künstlerhaus Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
Geheimnis, Kunstverein Potsdam
Transient Material, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Frames, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
Bodybuilding, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
SUER GAZ, Zagreus Project, Berlin
L'Age d'Or, General Public, Berlin
K3 Malmö photography Biennial, Malmö, Sweden
Artist Talks / Presentations
Vertical Matter, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery Berlin - artist talk with Mark Gisbourne 2019
The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, 2017
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
Texte zur Kunst, "bildstrecke", sketches for the compost, 2019
Das Treffen dreier Punkte, Interiors to Being, Berlin, 2019
DOC! Photo Magazine - selected works in reference to Man Ray 2018
VERK. Magazine - feature with text by Linda Bergman 2018
Artipoeus, podcast by Susie Kahlich - "echoes in dust" 2017
Object Amnesic, The Compost, artist "fanzine", together with writer 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
2019 Fondazione Morra, Naples Italy (residency)
2017 Ann Wolff Prize, Visby, Sweden
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
Fondazione Morra, Naples Italy
Alexander Tutsek-stiftung, Munich Germany
Ann Wolff foundation, Sweden
Christine Symchych Collection, USA
Kultur Hässleholm, Sweden
Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow
Region Skane, Sweden
La Luxembourgeoise SA, Luxemburg
Representation
Fondazione Morra, Napoli
Dorothee Nilsson Gallery, Berlin