Nordic Art Guide 2021/22 by Bellamonti Art by BellamontiArt

ISBN 978-91-519636-3-1 Edition 1:1 © Cinnamoni Art & Words AB, 2021 Publisher: Cendorian Publishing, Helsingborg, Sweden Editor: Gina Cinnamoni Cover design: Gina Cinnamoni Cover photo: Mathias Frykholm, “Du Sköna”, (2020) Layout: Joe Sade Print: Specialtrykkeriet Arco, Denmark 2021

Introduction Nordic art and design has been a subject for discussions ever since the World Art Fair in Paris 1898. Sweden has been known for its grace since the 1950’s, Denmark for its craftsmanship, Finland for its connection nature just as Norway and Iceland. The world of art is changing, affecting what nowadays can be called Nordic art or not. Daily influences from all over the world through TV, internet and other digital media have affected the Nordic art and what it stands for. Still Nordic art is something to count on, to cherish and to enjoy. It is something that were created with inspiration from the nature, the people who surround us and our inner being, the core, the source of all creation. The Nordic Art Guide 2021/22 is proud to present sixty-five Nordic artists, everyone with their own expression and their own story behind each artwork. But what connects them all besides their love for the art, is the urge to tell a story, to be a part of something larger than life. May it be a piece of art history or a community. In some cases, it is to not be a part anymore, but to be complete, a whole puzzle without jagged pieces, fulfilled. In this first edition of the Nordic Art Guide we have chosen artists and creators who either presents high quality or who we think have potential to develop as an artist in short term or long term. We have also chosen to present art which is a reflection of our time by accepting today as it is. It’s my hope, that you as a gallery owner, art curator and art lover, will find that special artist who deserves to be shown in the public room and to you as a client to find an artist to invest in, either for your own personal use in your home or as a generating investment for the future.

Gina Cinnamoni Founder of Nordic Art Guide

About The Editor Gina Cinnamoni (b.1984) started her career in the art field when she discovered the magic of colours and canvases combined during a winter stay in Barcelona 2011 – 2012. With only the experiences in visiting a few art exhibitions, she started Galleri Cinnamoni, located at Fågelsångsgatan in Helsingborg, Sweden. This initiative and passion for the arts, led to several exhibitions of her own art in the southern parts of Sweden and in Copenhagen, Denmark. In her gallery, she exhibited more than sixty local and international artists during the two and a half years it was open, until Gina Cinnamoni had to focus on her new life as a mother. In 2017 she organised Skånes Fria Konstrunda which was a group exhibition located in Oxhallen, Helsingborg with almost 2000 visitors during the three days it was open to the public. More than thirty artists who had a connection to the area of Skåne exhibited in the group exhibition and had their own solo exhibitions and open studios in the region. Since then, Gina Cinnamoni has studied art at the university for three years to complete a Bachelor in Art History. Her essay “Vacker och Fult i Helsingborg (2019)” where the most beautiful and the less desirable architecture in the city was discussed based on the opinions of citizens in Helsingborg, became a hot topic when an interview with Gina Cinnamoni concerning the subject was published in Lokaltidningen Helsingborg, October 2019. Now Gina Cinnamoni combines her experiences as an artist, gallery owner, event coordinator and former university student by gathering artists in the Nordic Art Guide and the European Art Guide, choosing artists who either show high quality and/or have the potential to develop and those artists who are driven to succeed in the art field. Feel free to contact Gina Cinnamoni at +46-708-61 64 53 or gina@ginacinnamoni.com

Table of Contents

GOLD ARTISTS Broända, Susanne Bülow, Fredrik Ehrenborg, Martina Frykholm, Mathias Järvinen, Matti Pietari

12 20 28 36 44

Lundeström, Linda 52 Petronio 60 Runland, Kersti Pia 68 Stålnacke, Gudrun 76 Söndergaard, Birgitte Tim Timmey Valfridsson, Helena Wentzel, Stefan

84 92 100 108

DENMARK

Gjertrude 118 Nyby, Janni 120

FINLAND Silander, Jenna Uthardt, Martina

NORWAY

Aardalsbakke, Anita Glomnes, Gro Jakobsen, Martha Kiær, Thea Nygaard Palmberg, Marianne Saether, Morten Store Olsen, Lena Marie Vea, Anne Olga Waldahl Dea, Theodora

124 128

134 136 138 142 146 148 152 156 158

SWEDEN

Alfredsson, Fredrik Blanking, Lotta Carris, Caroline Cinnamoni, Gina Cinnamoni, Linus Dagsberg, Malin Dahl, Emelie Ekberg Renström, Kristina Eriksson, John

164 166 168 170 174 178 182 186 190

Forslund, David 192 Glans, Helena 196 Hedin, Lars 198 Jansson, Lotta 202 Johansson, Anna-Lena 204 Jormfeldt, Alinde 206 Lasson, Linda 208 Kjærnsbeck, Stine 212 Lennartsson, Jennifer 216 Lindström, Maria 218 Lingmerth, Rebecka 220 Ljung, Emma 224 Madcake 228 Nordlund, Caroline 232 Norell, Moa 234 Persson, Sofie 238 Rydgren, Anna Sophia 240 Scillasdotter, Zamina 242 Segerpalm, Katarina 246 Shu, Vi 250 Sjölander, Malin 254 Slättman, Maria 258 Stuimo 262 Stärner, Cecilia 266 Tchantouria, Revaz 270 Thorén, Nina 272 Tönnberg, Maria 276 Wall, Jenny 280 Wictorin, Marie 284 Öien, Jennie 286

Alinde Jormfeldt

206

Anita Aardalsbakke

134

Anna-Lena Johansson

204

Anna Sophia Rydgren

240

Anne Olga Vea

156

Birgitte Söndergaard

Caroline Carris

168

Caroline Nordlund

232

Cecilia Stärner

266

David Forslund

192

Emelie Dahl

182

Emma Ljung

224

Fredrik Alfredsson

164

Fredrik Bülow

Gina Cinnamoni

170

Gjertrude 118

Gro Glomnes

136

Gudrun Stålnacke

Helena Glans

196

Helena Valfridsson

100

Janni Nyby

120

Jenna Silander

124

Jennie Öien

286

Jennifer Lennartsson

Jenny Wall

280

John Eriksson

190

Katarina Segerpalm

246

Kersti Pia Runland

Kristina Ekberg Renström

186

Lars Hedin

198

Lena Marie Store Olsen

152

Linda Lasson

208

Linus Cinnamoni

174

Lotta Blanking

166

Lotta Jansson

202

Malin Dagsberg

178

Malin Sjölander

254

Maria Lindström

218

Linda Lundeström

Madcake 228

216

Marianne Nygaard Palmberg 146

Maria Slättman

258

Maria Tönnberg

276

Marie Wictorin

Martha Jakobsen

Martina Ehrenborg

Martina Uthardt

128

Mathias Frykholm

Moa Norell

234

Morten Saether

148

Nina Thorén

272

Petronio 60

Rebecka Lingmerth

220

Revaz Tchantouria

270

Sofie Persson

238

Stefan Wentzel

Stine Kjærnsbeck

212

Stuimo 262

Matti Pietari Järvinen

138

108

Susanne Broända

284

Thea Kiær

142

Zamina Scillasdotter

242

Theodora Waldahl Dea

158

Tim Timmey

Vi Shu

250

GOLD ARTISTS

Susanne Broända I S K M O ,

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Susanne Broända I S K M O ,

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Susanne Broända is an active artist from Finland whose art can be described as a mixture of dreams and wakefulness. Her way of using colours and clear imagery invites you as a viewer to a world of mirrors and windows. Through her art, you get an opportunity to reflect inwards and meet your inner world or turn your gaze outwards and observe what meets you there. In an unforced way, her colour choices and motifs create a subtle invitation for you to rest in the moment as well as to develop and learn from what her art evokes within you. The language of colours and images may at first trick you into thinking that what you see is what you get, but if you allow yourself to stop and look, you will notice that something is starting to happen inside. The background to her creations is, as she describes it, an alternative spiritual view of life. Since the artist’s earliest childhood, she has felt a strong connection with animals, nature, and the energy of life. She uses her sensitivity to energies as one of her tools in her painting. The great sources of inspiration are the inner personal development, the mysterious and nature, and motifs that are particularly characteristic of Broända are birds, the universe, nature, and the abstract. Due to health challenges that began around the age of 30, her creations and techniques have been adjusted gradually. Today, she is limited in her painting both in how she can hold on to her brushes and in how long she can work at a time. Despite this, she has continued to work with her art. Broända always has a painting going on in her head and she can’t imagine a life without her colours and worlds, which she puts down on paper or canvas.

• 2021 Group exhibition, ”Barcelona Contemporary 2021”, Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Journey | Resa | Matka”, Vaasa Market Hall, Vaasa, Finland • 2020 Group exhibition, “Österbottniska konstföreningars samutställning nr 6”, Art Gallery Torni, Vaasa, Finland • 2017 Group exhibition, ”Konstens natt/ The night of art”, Wasa Wellness, Vaasa, Finland • 2012 Group exhibition, “Vasa Konstnärsgille’s open summer exhibition - Still Leben”, Vaasa Art Gallery, Vaasa, Finland

susanne.broanda@gmail.com www.ivar.fi @art.konst.taide

The World Needs You | Acrylic and Ink on Printmaking Paper, 107x79 cm, 2021 17

Travelling Tribe | Acrylic and Ink on Printmaking Paper, 107x79 cm, 2021 18

Gravity Acrylic on Printmaking Paper, 107x79 cm, 2020

Inner Fire Inner Truth 00 Acrylic on Canvas, 41x33 cm, 2020 19

Follow Your Own Path Acrylic and Ink on Printmaking Paper, 107x79 cm, 2021

Inner Fire Inner Truth 01 Acrylic on Canvas, 41x33 cm, 2020 20

We Will Meet Again Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150 cm, 2020

Inner Fire Inner Truth 02 Acrylic on Canvas, 41x33 cm, 2020 21

Fredrik Bülow H E L S I N G B O R G ,

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Fredrik Bülow H E L S I N G B O R G ,

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When Fredrik Bülow puts his headphones on something happens. The heavy metal music penetrates his eardrums, goes around in his head, down into his heart and soul and through his hands and into the paintbrush, and onto the canvas. Listening to the depth of the instruments and the words of the lyrics takes him to another place, back in times, to memories of what has been. For better or worse.

• 2021 Interior design, SKIP Kitchen & Bar, Helsingborg, Sweden

Bülow never planned on starting to paint until a few years ago. With a lot of spare time, he sat down and grabbed a pen and some paper, and started to draw. One thing led to another and now, three years later, the Swedish artist has made over 400 acrylic paintings on both stretched canvases and thick paper had about 15 gallery exhibitions and gotten represented by two galleries in Manhattan, New York, and one in Laguna Beach, California.

• 2019 – 2021 Group exhibition, “Gallerinatten/The Gallery Night”, Galleri Engleson, Malmö, Sweden

His style extends from abstract to funky surrealism, cubism, action painting, pop art, and everything in between. What the result will be is not always predetermined. For Bülow, art is not a destination or goal, it´s a journey. As long as the paint flows with the music and it feels right, then he is on the right path.

• 2019 Interior design, Restaurant Hamnplan 9, Viken, Sweden

• 2020 – 2021 Representation, Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, U.S.A.

• 2019 – 2021 Representation, New York Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

fredrick1978@hotmail.com

When you look at Bülow’s art, you can see a piece of himself, a piece of his soul. Maybe it´s storytelling of his life or his thoughts. Maybe it´s a way of inner chaos or a way of inner calmness. Maybe it´s a way of moving forward and leaving bad memories behind. Maybe it´s a way of lashing out or a way of reflection. Maybe it´s a way for him to say: ”This is me, this is who I am”.

www.konst.se/fredrikb @art_by_bulow

Family | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150 cm, 2019 25

No Ice Cream | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x50 cm, 2019 26

Unexpected Connection (I-II) Diptych | Acrylic on Canvas, 180x100 cm, 2020

Zed’s Dead Baby | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x90 cm, 2019

No Title nr 69 | Acrylic on Paper, 42x59 cm, 2021

No Title nr 23 | Acrylic on Paper, 42x59 cm, 2021 28

No Title nr 45 | Acrylic on Paper, 42x59 cm, 2021

No Title nr 73 | Acrylic on Paper, 42x59 cm, 2021 29

Martina Ehrenborg G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Martina Ehrenborg G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Martina Ehrenborg is a figurative and abstract painter from Göteborg, Sweden. She uses different techniques and mediums for her works, but mostly aquarelle and acrylic. Her works have been sold to many different countries around the world. Ehrenborg has also been a digital artist and sculptor for many years. In New Zealand, she worked for the filmmaker Peter Jackson. While there she painted textures for animated characters in feature films such as The Hobbit, Hunger Games, and Planet of the Apes. Ehrenborg thinks that working with visual effects was an amazing experience and loved being part of big productions, however creating her art and being able to paint whatever is in her mind is a dream that she’s always had. Martina Ehrenborg has a special way of seeing the world. She sees the world in colours, as an inner canvas in her mind. She sees letters, numbers, days, weeks, time, music, and feelings in different colours and shapes. For her the letter M is always yellow, Tuesday is white, August is red, number 8 is black. This way of seeing the world is called synaesthesia, and it is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to stronger connections between certain parts of the brain. People with this condition experience unusual associations and a sort of “crossing” of the senses. Ehrenborg sees her synaesthesia as a gift. Like an additional “hidden” sense that she doesn’t want to live without. She believes it gives her a lot of inspiration and ideas.

• 2014 Senior Texture Artist: Weta Digital, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”, New Zealand • 2014 Senior Texture Artist: Weta Digital, “Fast and the furious 7”, New Zealand • 2014 Senior Texture Artist: Weta Digital, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes “, New Zealand • 2013 Lead Texture Artist: Weta Digital, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire “, New Zealand • 2002-2005 Education Bachelor Degree, “3D Animation, Art and Film”, University of Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden

contact@martina.ehrenborgstudio.com

Ehrenborg paints what she feels and what she sees in her mind. She hopes to affect people with her paintings, that they will get a strong impression, or maybe a mix of feelings and emotions that cannot be easily described in words. Martina Ehrenborg believes that sometimes the heart and mind see what’s invisible to the eye. She thinks it’s magic how we can create amazing worlds inside of us. The artist feels that we all need a little bit of magic in our lives, so we can escape the gravity of this tough world.

www.martina.ehrenborgstudio.com www.imdb.com/name/nm5523906/ @martina.ehrenborg

Serenity | Aquarelle, 50x70 cm, 2020 33

Abstract Portrait Aquarelle, 60x80 cm, 2021

Abstract Portrait Aquarelle, 60x80 cm, 2021 34

Abstract Portrait | Aquarelle, 100x70 cm, 2021

Ethereal | Aquarelle, 50x70 cm, 2020

Mother Nature | Aquarelle, 60x80 cm, 2020 36

Abstract | Aquarelle, 40x50 cm, 2020

Angel | Aquarelle, 50x70 cm, 2020 37

Mathias Frykholm H A M M A R Ö ,

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Mathias Frykholm H A M M A R Ö ,

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Mathias Frykholm loves to capture the beauty in the world in a realistic way in his paintings. Inspiration often comes from Swedish nature and environment. He lives very close to Sweden’s largest lake and many of his paintings depict the beautiful surroundings of the lake. Sometimes he paints a human in the motif, to show the interaction between man and nature.

• 2020- Owner of Hammarö Art Gallery & Carlstad Art Gallery, Sweden

Frykholm prefers to do big, immersive paintings for the beholder to get lost in. He loves to work with the small details that make the painting come alive. He continuously strives to develop his artistic skills and believes that there is always room for improvement. As an earlier athlete, he is familiar with working towards a goal and he implements that in his artistry.

• 2020 Public art, “Dömle Herrgård”, Ordered by Dömle Herrgård, Published in Dömle, Sweden

Spectators often believe that Frykholm’s paintings are photographs when first viewed. He sees that as a huge compliment as he wants to express his art with realism. As a person, he is a bit of a perfectionist and that reflects in his paintings. Painting progress often starts with the artist taking a lot of pictures with his camera for inspiration. When he has the inspiration he needs, he starts to sketch the motif on the canvas before moving on to the painting part.

• 2020 Solo exhibition, Galleri Ekdahl, Karlstad, Sweden

• 2021 Selected as a member of Värmlands Artists’ Association • 2019 Public art, “Stenbron i Karlstad”, Karlstad Municipality, Karlstad, Sweden

mathias@frykholm-art.se www.frykholm-art.se

Mathias Frykholm has been working with different mediums but finds acrylic paint the best way to create his art, especially since he found a slower drying acrylic brand. This gives him more time to form his paintings to a realistic look. Frykholm’s art is sought after in both private homes, companies, and public settings and he now lives his dream by working full time as an artist. He continuously wants to spread and show his art to both the Swedish audience and abroad.

@frykholmart

Morgondimma över Räggårdsviken | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x60 cm, 2021

Du Sköna | Acrylic on Canvas, 190x130 cm, 2020

Lugn över Vänerland | Acrylic on Canvas, 135x95 cm, 2021

Du Sköna II | Acrylic on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2020

Räggårdsviken VI | Acrylic on Canvas, 135x60 cm, 2021 44

Räggårdsviken VII | Acrylic on Canvas, 130 x 65 cm, 2021

Räggårdsviken IV | Acrylic on Canvas, 90 x 65 cm, 2021 45

Matti Pietari Järvinen K O U V O L A ,

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Matti Pietari Järvinen K O U V O L A ,

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Finnish artist Matti Pietari Järvinen was born into an artist family in 1984. His father served as a rector of the University of the Arts in Imatra, Finland, so Järvinen grew up surrounded by art. During his childhood and youth, Järvinen felt art was mostly boring, except for primitive arts like African masks and American Indian totems. Järvinen started to make art by himself in 2017 and you can see primitive art influencing his pictorial expression. He draws inspiration from people and life around him but above all - from his emotions. Järvinen loves to use bright colours and strong contrasts in his works. He does not want to place himself into a category of any particular art trend but instead creates what he feels like to create. Järvinen has participated in several group exhibitions in Europe and the United States. His artworks are in private collections around the world. In the future, Järvinen is willing to have more solo exhibitions and he is looking for opportunities to paint murals in public places. Järvinen is also willing to fill museums - you could be among the first of the new wave supporting him.

• 2018 Group exhibition, “Hingemaastikud”, gallery pART, Poltsamaa, Estonia • 2019 Group exhibition, “Perhekuvia”, Keuruu Art Museum, Keuruu, Finland • 2020 Group exhibition, “Boom boom boom: Art inspired by the songs of the blues”, Song-word Art House, Malibu, U.S.A. • 2021 Group exhibition, “be**pART”, Atelier Montez, Rome, Italy • 2021 Group exhibition, “CODO drops exhibition 2.0”, CODO Drops, Bangor, Ireland

mattipietar.art@gmail.com www.mattipietarijarvinen.com @mattipietar.art

Man Riding an Elephant | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x81 cm, 2020 49

Thor | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x81 cm, 2019/2021

Equality | Mixed Media on Canvas, 150x100 cm, 2021 50

Fearless Mixed Media on Canvas, 65x54 cm, 2021

Fashionable Mixed Media on Canvas, 65x54 cm, 2020 51

Untitled Mask Mixed Media on Pine Wood, 24,5x20x3,5 cm, 2018/2021

Untitled Mask Mixed Media on Pine Wood, 25x16,5x3,5 cm, 2018/2021

If We Were Wise | Mixed Media, 40x50 cm, 2018/2021

Linda Lundeström G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Linda Lundeström G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Linda Lundeström is a 44-year-old woman and artist from Sweden. Born and raised in Malmberget, Lappland, where nature was a daily part of life, she now lives in the pulsating heart of the city of Gothenburg.

• 2021 Music exhibition, “Harmonics of colors”– a virtual live-painting soirée”, By Margin Alexander, New York, U.S.A.

Lundeström is a self-taught artist. Ever since she was a child she has been surrounded by pens, paint, and artists’ materials. She has always been a creative person in all her endeavors, and her creative journey has involved experimenting with many different art forms. Linda Lundeström has observed and studied the works of other artists to find inspiration; in this way, she has succeeded in establishing her unique style.

• 2021 Digital group exhibition, “Paraiso”, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milano, Italy and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.

linda.lundestrom@gmail.com

Drawing faces is something she has always done, and today her art consists of the unique faces she creates. Mostly she makes portraits of people who don’t exist. They are mostly imaginary faces. Her process involves looking to her inner self where she sees faces as fields and colours; her pieces are always extraordinarily colourful. Essentially, Lundeström experiences a feeling which she wants to put down on paper. She uses graphite pencils, markers, and marker paper to produce her artwork. For her, the act of creating is a form of meditation where time stops and she experiences a sense of freedom and of being her best self. Artistic expression for her is also nourishment. Today Lundeström regards herself as an artist. She has for many years reflected on what an artist is. She thinks that an artist is one who creates and who sees themselves as an artist. It is then up to the observer to decide how a particular artwork makes them feel. The artist means that you can shape your reality, that you are the only true creator in your life. If you can be conscious of this, you can change your world.

@lindalundestrom_art

Stephen | Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2021 57

Annie | Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2021 58

Savannah Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2021

Kim Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2021 59

Leo Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2020

Polly Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm,2020 60

Nellie | Markers on Paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2020 61

Petronio J O N S T O R P,

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Petronio J O N S T O R P,

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Petronio is a British street/pop artist living and producing art in southern Sweden. Petronio grew up in London during the 70s/80s with a fascination for science fiction, marvel comics, and Hip Hop. After seeing the pioneering graffiti documentary “Style Wars” in an empty class period in school 1983, he started writing Graffiti with some classmates. Although never a prolific graffiti artist - the style of this genre would later become an inspiration in many of his works. Petronio later went on to study fine art painting (1989-91) at Central St Martins School of Art, during which time he, unfortunately, became homeless and was forced to turn to squatting (occupied housing) as a means of survival. With his life increasingly unstable it eventually became impossible for him - both mentally and financially - to be able to complete his studies. He then turned towards his musical skills for several years barely earning a living by “busking” in a street percussion/performance act during the days and performing in clubs during the evenings. It was years before he felt inspired to paint again and in 1998 he had his first exhibition (since his art school days) in “La Brocca” in West Hampstead where he exhibited a collection of oil paintings. His style at the time was dark semi figurative abstract canvases inspired by the futurist movement of the 1930s and more recently the Swiss artist H.R.Giger. His return to art was short-lived and in 1999 Petronio went back to his studies taking a master’s degree in Interactive Media. Combining his artistic talents with these new digital skills he was able to build a multimedia career in everything from graphic design, art direction, pop videos, and animation. From 2007 onwards - after moving to Sweden - Petronio started to produce art once more. This time combining street, pop & contemporary into his own unique and often “loud” flavours.

• 2019 & 2021 Art Fair, “Affordable art fair”, Art2 Collective, Nackstrandmässan, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 Art event, “Art nights Zwolle”, By Margin Art & Media, De Statenzaal, Zwolle, The Netherlands • 2018 Group exhibition, “Asian teaser tour”, by Margin Art & Media, Dutch Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam • 2017 Solo exhibition, ”Monkey brain”, Kulturhotellet, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2014 Juried exhbition, ”Kullasalongen”, Krapperups Konsthall, Nyhamnsläge, Sweden

me@shawpetronio.com www.shawpetronio.com @shawzki

Bad Picture | Mixed Media, 100x100 cm, 2020

Red Monkey | Mixed Media, 100x100 cm, 2017

Pop Art Is Dead | Mixed Media, 70x90 cm, 2021 66

Ruth | Mixed Media, 65x80 cm, 2019

Frida | Mixed Media, 140x140 cm, 2021

Yolandi | Mixed Media, 140x140 cm, 2021 68

Ruth | Mixed Media, 100x100 cm, 2021

Pippi | Mixed Media, 120x120 cm, 2021 69

Kersti Pia Runland K Ø G E ,

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Kersti Pia Runland K Ø G E ,

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Kersti Pia Runland is a Danish artist born in 1967. She has been creative most of her life and is from a family where creativity and expressing her artistic sides were important life lessons. She has also studied art for one year at Niels Gerhard Stevns classes of art. Runland whose artistry goes under the name Ketty Boop Galleri also does a lot for charity and has devoted her heart to Danish veterans both among soldiers and among veterans of the police force. In the difficult times of Covid-19, she has made 100 posters in the size of A3, with the text “Together we can make it”, for the first responders and others fighting in the battle against Covid-19. A few of the posters are now in a museum in Holbæk/Denmark. The Danish painter also expresses herself by painting colourful happy paintings, some with a quote some without, but they leaves us all with a feeling of joy and hope. Runland makes portraits as well, and she loves to immerse herself into the world of naturalism and tight curves as a contrast to the naive paintings with a lot of colours. It kind of creates balance in her life. Kersti Pia Runland has contributed with a painting of a soldier at a charity event, where Alexa Bruun Rasmussen from Bruun Rasmussens Kunstauktioner in Copenhagen was responsible for the auction.

• 2021 Solo exhibition, Kulturloftet, Stevns, Denmark • 2021 Solo Exhibition, “Romantica”, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Milano, Italy • 2021 Solo Exhibition, “Art Nordic”, Copenhagen, Denmark • 2020 Charity posters, ”Covid-19”, Holbæk Museum, Holbæk, Denmark • 2019 Charity auction, By Alexa Bruun Rasmussen, Moltkes Palæ, Copenhagen

kettyboop.galleri@gmail.com www.kettyboopgalleri.dk @kettyboopgalleri

Helle Schmidt Christensen | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x90 cm, 2020 73

Thomas Rathsack og Selma | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x70 cm, 2020

Af hjertet, tak | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x100 cm, 2021 74

Life | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020

Dots | Acrylic on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2020 75

Together We Can Make It | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

Lev For Helvede! | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

This Is My Life | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021 77

Gudrun Stålnacke S T O C K H O L M ,

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Gudrun Stålnacke S T O C K H O L M ,

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Do you want to see something beautiful where colour and shape bring you joy and happiness for a moment in your life? A moment where you can gather strength and rest? Life has a fast pace; you are good and most things go well. That is when that moment is needed - when you look at a painting you like can both calm you and make you regain your strength. Follow Gudrun Stålnacke on a journey through urban settlements and landscapes. The city is a magical environment where she with colours and shapes creates a journey through decades and modern life. In her paintings Stålnacke lets houses from previous decades meet today’s living conditions, like a child in a wheelchair or on a walk with a preschool group creates an interesting meeting with a 17th-century house in the Old Town, which presents to you the modern life and living. Stålnacke is an autodidact artist. She drew as a child and of course the art was her best subject. Then there was a living until she was in her fifties when she started painting water-based oil paint. But then years before that, her daughter thought she should learn how to paint using watercolour. It wasn’t something Stålnacke had been attracted to, painting shimmering flowers wasn’t her thing. But the daughter was pushy and had found a watercolour course in Svalöv held by Ria Roes. That was the jump-off to make Stålnacke convert into a gouache artist.

• 2020 Group exhibition, “Autumn exhibition”, Kulturfyren, Organized by Artportable, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Group exhibition, ”Kom och se vår konst!”, Galleri T, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Group exhibition, ”Nu händer det!”, Galleri Engelson, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 – 2021 Art courses, 2 – 4 days/ each, Course leader Björn Bergström, Stefan Gardnell, Beatrice Jansson & Ria Roes, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, “Naivistisk konst”, Bibb Galleri, Gröndals Library, Stockholm, Sweden

gudrun.stalnacke@hotmail.se

At first, Gamla Stan was the focus of all the Swedish artists’ paintings. There were about thirty of them before she broadened her horizons with nature paintings and paintings from Stockholm in focus. The cultural center, The City Hall, Hornstull, and other known places became her new repertoire. The white colour is included in all of her paintings. Stålnacke’s favorite artists are Lars Lerin, Stefan Gardnell, and Björn Bergström, whereas she has been taken courses at the two last-mentioned several times and their style is today found in her art.

www.konst.se/stalnacke @utkiksbacken

Hornstull Stockholm | Gouache, 40x60cm, 2020 81

Storkyrkobrinken Gamla Stan | Gouache, 60x40 cm, 2020 82

Under Kastanjen på Brända Tomten Gamla Stan | Gouache, 30x40 cm, 2019 83

Rivning av Beckers Färgbutik | Gouache, 40x60 cm, 2020

Spaning på Fjället | Gouache, 30x40 cm, 2020 84

Kulturmöte på Prästgatan Gamla Stan | Gouache, 40x60 cm, 2020 85

Birgitte Söndergaard S T O C K H O L M ,

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Birgitte Söndergaard S T O C K H O L M ,

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Birgitte Söndergaard was born to a Swedish mother and Danish father on the west coast of Sweden in 1957. By the age of eighteen, she was accepted to National Theatre School in the town of Gothenburg, from where she graduated in 1981. After spending a couple of years performing on stage on Sweden’s largest regional theatre, Östgötateatern, she moved to Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. The following two decades were spent performing on stage, but also in front of the camera starring in movies, some of which such as ‘S.O.S: Sällskapsresan’, has become Swedish household classics. She was also seen on-screen bringing life to one of the muses of the famous Swedish painter Anders Zorn, a role which promptly engaged the public’s attention. By the early 2000s, after years of working on stage and in front of the camera, Söndergaard longed to express herself further, to return to her younger self’s creative process. In her studio, she began to paint. The pieces first emerging from Söndergaard were heavily inspired by nature. With time, however, she moved away from these early motives and began painting faces; faces whose eyes hold the onlooker’s gaze with a sometimes haunting intensity, a fixing stare of bright colour that demands attention and inspires curiosity and introspection. Söndergaard’s artworks became widely prized, and her vibrant and expressionistic work has been exhibited not only all over Sweden but also internationally. Her art has been represented in juried art exhibits, both domestically in Avesta Art as well as internationally, amongst which the Louvre and in Milan. Her work can be seen in both private and official collectors and has become a renowned name within the Swedish art conversation. The last twenty years the multifaceted artist spent cultivating her unique imagery, and whilst some of her initial traits linger such as the boldness of colour and the intense immediacy of her work, other aspects have taken a step back. Söndergaard’s paintings currently reside in the land in between expressionism and surrealism, creating its sphere of dreamlike beingness where her motives come together. Through a dreamy forest saunters a ballerina, whose face we cannot see, but whose resolve and wonder leads us down an alluring path from which it’s difficult to keep from exploring.

• 2009 Group exhibition, ”Från Lilla Paris till Louvren”, Vänersborgs Museum, Vänersborg, Sweden • 2008 Group exhibition, “Avesta Art, Avesta World Exhibition” by Avesta Municipality, Avesta, Sweden • 2007 Solo exhibition, Art Studio, Paris, France • 2007 Solo exhibition, Carrousel du Louvre, Louvren, Paris, France • 2006 Solo exhibition, Gallery 1380, Milano, Italy

birgitte@birgittesondergaard.se www.birgittesondergaard.se @birgittesondergaard

Love | Oil on Canvas, 150x100 cm, year unknown 89

Lonely | Oil on Canvas, 230x195 cm, year unknown

Drömpromenad Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 150x100 cm, year unknown

Early Morning Acrylic on Canvas, 81x100 cm, year unknown 91

Figurer | Acrylic on Canvas, 81x100 cm, year unknown 92

Persona | Acrylic on Canvas, 81x100cm, year unknown

Look at me | Mixed Media on Paper, 70x90cm, year unknown 93

Tim Timmey H Ö G A N Ä S ,

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Tim Timmey H Ö G A N Ä S ,

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Tim Timmey started to write graffiti in 1997 and soon moved away from the traditional style of lettering and developed his style of colourful caricature animals combined with repeating geometric patterns. Tim Timmey often poses the animals in a surreal and playful manner - usually stacked on one another in some kind of fantasy setting. One of these animals - his “yellow bird” motif - can be seen in most of his work and has become a signature element in his work. In his earlier years, Tim Timmey was an active graffiti artist in both Sweden and across Europe. Nowadays he has turned his art into a successful full-time business and is prolific across Sweden producing commissioned murals and sculptures in towns, schools, and public areas. The Swedish artist also features in many collaborative and solo exhibitions every year, where he brings his animal creations onto colourful canvases and also has a range of beautiful ceramic sculptures of his signature bird character.

• 2021 Group exhibition, “Art in Residence”, Höganäs Museum and Art Gallery, Höganäs, Sweden • 2021 Public artwork, “Animaltower”, Google Head Office, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, Galleri Ekwall + Törnblom, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 Group exhibition, ”This is not a zoo”, Festival Boreal, MUNA Museos de Tenerife Naturaleza Arquelogia, Tenerife, Canary Islands • 2018 & 2019 Juried exhibition, ”Kullasalongen”, Krapperups Konsthall, Höganäs, Sweden

info@timnedrup.com www.timnedrup.com @timtimmey

There is A Light That Never Goes Out | Mixed Media On Canvas, 120x120 cm, 2020

Think Outside the Frame: Grouper | Mixed Media on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021

Tower of Toucans Mixed media on Plywood Board, 100x120 cm, 2021

Bird Up! | Mixed Media on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2021 99

Lets Go For A Swim | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

Animaltower | Mixed Media on Plywood Board, 120x100 cm, 2021 100

Train To Nowhere | 100x80cm, Mixed Media on Plywood Board, 2020

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Helena Valfridsson J Ö N K Ö P I N G ,

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Helena Valfridsson J Ö N K Ö P I N G ,

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Helena Valfridsson is a Swedish artist who lives and works on Toveryd farm just west of Jönköping. The interest in image, shape, and colour has existed since childhood. After high school, work with scenography in a theatre project and teacher studies with art courses followed. As a teacher, Valfridsson taught visual arts and drama, among other things. Before 2021, the art had mostly consisted of commissioned smaller horse paintings in acrylic. In the autumn of 2020, plans began to start up the art project Toveryd Art Concept, which was launched in January 2021. The idea was to work with art in a more abstract way and with more focus on her ideas. The big passion lies in working with large paintings in strong colours. The goal is to create art that will be a colourful eye-catcher in the room. The motifs are often female figures with a focus on the interplay between light and shadow. A lot of time is spent working on ideas and studying the human body in different positions. The work is most satisfying when the sketch is finished and the painting goes on an inner feeling and the strong clean colours are allowed to flow forward, often with the fingers as a brush. Valfridsson works mostly with acrylic paints, preferably with a finish of shiny varnish to enhance the colours. She likes to experiment with different materials and mixed media, rough structures, and metallic colours. These paintings then usually become purely abstract and are painted entirely on inner feeling. A part of the art still consists of commissioned works, usually horse paintings with artistic freedom. The plans for the future are to continue to develop her projects and ideas, preferably with different structures and materials. Construction of her studio and gallery will be completed in 2021 and before that, the base will be in a rented gallery in “Tändsticksområdet” in central Jönköping.

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• 2020 Group exhibition, “Konstrunda”, Art Castle, Kristianstad, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, “colours & Curves”, Invited by LIGA design, Tändsticksområdet, Jönköping, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, “colours & Curves”, Tullhuset, Jönköping, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, “colours & Curves”, Sand Golf Club, Jönköping, Sweden • 2020 Group exhibition, ”Södra vätterbygdens konstrunda”, Jönköping, Sweden

helenava@live.se www.toverydartconcept.com @toverydartconcept

Femme Fatale | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

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Divine | Mixed Media on Canvas, 70x100 cm, 2021

Girl by The Sea | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x120 cm, 2021 106

Donna Unica | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021 107

Skanör | Acrylic on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2021

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Feel Free (To Do What I Want) Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

Sensual Acrylic on Canvas, 100x120 cm, 2021 109

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Stefan Wentzel H Ä S S E L B Y ,

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Stefan Wentzel is an artist and illustrator, whose journey began in Stockholm in the 80s / 90s when street art was in focus and a lot of murals came to life. In recent years, Wentzel opened his eyes to buildings and architecture and he has created many detailed city paintings over the years. The influences from the foundations of street art can still be traced in his contemporary art, often through colourful details or choices of technique. With brush or airbrush, the artist brings cities and other motives to life in an imaginative and colourful world of his own. The art is multidimensional and forms a harmony at the same time as it constantly leaves the observer with something new to discover. As a young man, Wentzel also illustrated materials for various companies and took commissioned jobs. Eventually, he took a break from art when he instead worked and managed Wentzel’s hobby in Stockholm, but he never really let go of art and the creative spirit. In 2014, he had an exhibition in Oldtown, Stockholm which was a success - from here it moved on with many exciting and challenging commissions. After an injury with fractures to the head and jaw, the art became a refuge and an important part of the rehabilitation to get back on his feet. Wentzel painted more than ever and through art got an outlet for all his creativity and curious contemplation of his surroundings. After rain comes sunshine and in 2019, he had exhibitions all around Sweden, from Sundsvall in the north to Malmö in the south and some art even flew abroad. Stefan Wentzel looks bright on the future and looks forward to many more exhibitions and innovative collaborations. He will continue making art that hopefully will make people happy and if possible, feel inspired.

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• 2021 - Project Manager, Konstlobbyn.se • 2021 Art collaboration, ”Where art meets metal”, Susanne Lilja – metal artist, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition/murals/furniture art, Fröken Vandal, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Group Exhibition/murals, “Easter art round”, Art Castle, Kristanstad, Sweden • 2020 – Representation, galleristockholm.se, artongallery.com, Stockholm, Sweden

info@artbywentzel.com www.artbywentzel.com @artbywentzel

Gamla Stan | Mixed Media, 40x50 cm, 2019 113

Dandelion | Acrylic on Canvas, 64x80cm, 2020 114

Rose | Acrylic on Canvas, 64x80cm, 2020 115

Piano Piano | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80cm, 2021

Gitarr Town | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x70cm, 2021 116

From Stockholm to Paris | Digital Art, 2021 117

DENMARK

Gjertrude T O R N B Y ,

D E N M A R K

This is Gjertrude and she’s twenty-two years old. She lives in northern Denmark and has created art since she was four. Furthermore, she had her first censored exhibition at ARoS in 2010 held by “Junior Biennalen” as a nine-yearold. She doesn’t follow the norm in art – she paints what her mind wants to paint. Sometimes it’s provocative, but it’s not her aim. In Gjertrude’s artwork, the focus is on the parts of the human being that are not normally shown. As an example, the dark, ugly, scared, or childish human being. She fancies the hidden sides of human nature – and because of that, humans are always a part of her artworks. Furthermore, Gjertrude’s works of art are often simple to observe, but with the title or further thought and observation, maybe you will see and feel much more than you initially saw because it might awaken some of your old experiences, memories, and/or guilty pleasures. • 2021 Group exhibition, spring/summer exhibition, Galleri Liisberg, Hundested, Denmark

Mostly, she works with paintings where she uses acrylic on canvas, but sometimes she also uses multimedia. Gjertrude has also worked with many other media such as sculpture, photography, and installation art. In the future, she wants to experience all corners of art and materials.

• 2020 Group exhibition, ”XLART”, Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Søby Ærø, Denmark • 2015 Group exhibition, Easter exhibition, Mygdalhus, Mygdal, Denmark • 2015 Group exhibition, Easter exhibition, Knivholt Hovedgård, Fredrikshavn, Denmark • 2010 Group exhibition, “CATCH10 Junior Biennal – censored”, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

johanne.lykke@live.dk www.facebook.com/gjertrude.art @gjertrude_art

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I See You | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2020

You Look Like A Cow | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x60 cm, 2019 121

Janni Nyby A A L B O R G ,

D E N M A R K

Janni Nyby paints colourful nature and landscape abstractions. She combines a sea of different techniques and typically starts a painting based on preliminary thoughts, which during the creation process can transform in completely different directions before she puts the signature on the finished painting. Her approach is best described as abstract expressionist and she loves to use all colours in the palette. She is deeply intrigued by the individual’s interpretations and perspectives on what the viewer sees and she is delighted every time one of her paintings becomes “a bridge to the other human being”. Therefore, Nyby deliberately avoids giving her paintings titles, to give the viewer unlimited freedom in terms of sensing, experiencing, and telling.

• 2021 Group exhibition, PAKS Gallery at The International Art Fair Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France • 2021 Group exhibition, Almhaga Art Gallery at Artexpo New York, New York, U.S.A.

In the painting process itself, Janni Nyby loves when colours, shapes, composition, and expression come together in a whole where there is both calm and energy. As she paints with many layers and often changes both elements and the overall painting many times in the process, she paints with acrylic paints that dry quickly on her canvases. Nyby participates in many exhibitions in her home country of Denmark as well as abroad. In addition, she is permanently affiliated with some galleries for example Singulart in Paris, Almhaga Art Gallery in New York and Sweden, and Jarsbo Contemporary Art in Denmark and she has her gallery in her hometown. She is also a member of the ISCA Advisory Board.

• 2021 Solo exhibition, “3 x solo Gardasson, Nyby og Hansen”, Galleri Jarsbo Contemporary Art, Aalborg, Denmark • 2021 Published in the art book, “The Best Modern and Contemporary Artist 2021”, curated by Salvatore Russo and Francesco Saverio Russo, Rome, Italy • 2020 - Representation, Singulart.com, Paris, France

janninyby@hotmail.com www.gallerijanninyby.dk @gallerijanninyby

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Untitled | Acrylic on Canvas, 150x100 cm, 2021

Untitled | Acrylic on Canvas, 120x120 cm, 2021 123

FINLAND

Jenna Silander T A M P E R E ,

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Jenna Silander is a 32 years old self-taught artist from Tampere, Finland. She has lived most of her life in Tampere but she has traveled a lot, explored, and lived abroad a few times in Egypt, Ireland and the U.S. These trips made her realize where she belongs and what truly inspires her. She started to paint with acrylics in 2015 which was a major turning point for her as she started to develop her skills and the idea of painting beautiful scenes and places she would like to visit started to build up. Nature has been the biggest source of inspiration for her, especially evergreen spruce tree forests. Silander is a master at creating misty forest paintings. In her paintings, you can feel the mystical atmosphere and see the depth that she has created into her paintings. Throughout her paintings, Silander tells untold stories. She adds a little bit of magic to each of her paintings and gives a feeling of peacefulness to the viewer by letting the mind wander, relax and find new adventures. In addition, she likes to paint different kinds of landscapes with an exceptional number of details. • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Let the forest seduce you”, Almi Art Gallery, Loviisa, Finland

Along with creating beautiful art, Silander started in 2020 to teach acrylic painting through online courses on an international platform. Through teaching, she gets to share her passion and skills.

• 2020 - 2021 Published acrylic online courses at www.timgagnon.com, Collaboration with U.S artist Tim Gagnon • 2020 Juried exhibition, Romantique art exhibition, Klementinan Galleria, Helsinki, Finland • 2020 Juried exhibition, Annual art exhibition of Suomen Taiteilijat Ry, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland • 2020 – Member of Suomen taitelijat ry, Finland’s Art Association.

jenna.silander@gmail.com www.taidesivut.net/jksilander/ taidemyynti @jk_silander

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Piece of My Soul | Acrylic on Canvas, 33x41 cm, 2020

A Heartbeat Away | Acrylic on Canvas, 33x41 cm, 2021 127

One of The Thousand Moments | Acrylic on Canvas, 104x72 cm, 2021

Don’t Say Anything | Acrylic on Canvas, 61x50 cm, 2021 128

A Whisper | Acrylic on Canvas, 73x60 cm, 2021

My Choice | Acrylic on Canvas, 61x50 cm, 2021 129

Martina Uthardt Ö V E R M A L A X ,

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Martina Uthardt paints abstract art using acrylic paints. She resides in the picturesque village of Malax, Finland, and finds great inspiration in its surrounding nature. Martina´s paintings are often described as bringing a sense of joy and as life-affirming with a streak of melancholy. She paints mindfully, letting the colours and forms play freely. Uthardt has painted all her life and has tried several different mediums, for example, oil painting, watercolour painting, and pencil and charcoal drawings. She has been a professional photographer for the past eleven years and has worked with several companies as well as being a portrait photographer. Over the years, Uthardt has had over ten solo photo exhibitions and has published several books as well as having had her photography featured in books published in collaboration with others. For example, she has written a storybook containing her photographs that have been very well-received and read by many. • 2020 - 2021 Representation, Fragileexpress.com • 2021 Art catalog, “March 2021 issue – The Art Edit”, House & Garden, U.K. • 2020 Solo exhibition, “Blue”, Café Raawka, Vasa, Finland

Martina Uthardt feels passionate about painting- The opportunity to focus wholeheartedly on abstract painting after having worked visually for so long feels like a natural transition. Her goal is to continue to develop and to find an even more personal style, to collaborate with galleries, and exhibit her work in solo exhibitions. Above all Uthardt wants to spread joy and energy through her paintings. She donates part of her income from her paintings to charity as she firmly believes that kindness is one of the most important virtues in life and hopes to make a small positive impact in this way.

• 2020 Solo exhibition, “Flow”, Wasa konditori, Saluhallen, Vasa, Finland • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Life”, Närpes Art Gallery, Närpes, Finland

martina.uthardt@hotmail.com www.martina-uthardt.com @martinauthardtart

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Peace | Acrylic on Canvas, 65x81 cm, 2021 131

Bubbly Happiness Acrylic on Canvas, 89x116 cm, 2020

Comforting Landscape Acrylic on Canvas, 50x65 cm, 2021 132

Delight | Acrylic on Canvas, 81x100 cm, 2021

Powerful | Acrylic on Canvas, 65x81 cm, 2021 133

NORWAY

Anita Aardalsbakke H A F R S F J O R D ,

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Anita Aardalsbakke lives on the west coast of Norway together with her family. From an early age, she was a creative spirit. However, she did not take art classes before she was a grown-up woman. Aardalsbakke has developed her expression of art over the years by participating in art classes and by learning from other artists. She has no formal education in art. Lights and colours fascinate Aardalsbakke especially, and this is often the origin of her art. She finds it interesting to observe how the different paintings are being observed and interpreted by people. For Anita Aardalsbakke, the art of painting is very personal. She wants to tell about colours, nature, and life itself. In this way, a piece of her is reflected in every piece of art and is underlined by the carefully selected naming of the piece.

• 2021 Art fair, “WE Contemporary Art Show”, Organized by MUSA International Art Space, Raum Salmgasse, Vienna, Austria

Using acrylic paint on canvas allows the styles to vary, which is also a normal part of artistic development. Aardalsbakke wants to convey colours mean something to every person’s life, even though you may not be aware of it. The artist has experienced the joy of using her art for the joy of others in many ways. Art makes your everyday life richer. Everyone should have a colourful painting in their living room, giving the possibility for a mental escape or just enjoying. Anita Aardalsbakke’s work has been displayed in several group exhibitions.

• 2020 Digital group exhibition, ”Fable”, M.A.D.S, Milano, Italy • 2018 – 2020 Recurring group exhibition, “November exhibition”, Atelier Lyst, Randaberg, Norway • 2019 – 2020 Group exhibition, Outdoor, Kragerø, Norway

anita.aardalsbakke@lyse.net anita-art.com @anitaaa.art

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The Sun and Winter are Dancing Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021

Evening Hug Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2020 137

Gro Glomnes F E T S U N D

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N O R W A Y

Gro Glomnes is a Norwegian artist born in 1967. She had a long career as a portrait photographer before she began engaging herself in the craft of painting. Glomnes builds her paintings through an intuitive process that begins from the first stroke and continues until the final result. Here, an unfolding of colours and shades occurs. It’s a process of constant development where Glomnes explores creativity her way. Leaving the result both incidental as well as thoughtful. Glomnes’ paintings consist of layers upon layers of acrylic paint. She has a variety of expressions, leading from very simple to compounded images. She loves to explore new techniques and expressions. Several of her works have a rich focus on detail and pattern, all born from extra attention to small joys and the love that enriches life.

• 2020 Group exhibition, “Höstutställningen/Autumn Exhibition”, Organized by Fet Kunstforening, Galleri Vinkelen, Fetsund, Norway

The hours in front of the canvas come from sheer immersion. It takes time to shape a language that slowly takes form. Nothing is decided before the brush being picked up. During the process, elements are removed and added intuitively. The most intimate is a too great inspiration, and changes in time as seasons, atmospheres, activities and emotions evolve. That which is felt, seen, and experienced are mixed. To find room and time to paint is to give oneself a healing space that touches the deeper strings within.

• 2013 Solo or group exhibition, “Going red”, Galleri Gro Glomnes, Fetsund, Norway • 2011 Solo exhibition, “Der tiden står stille/Where time stands still”, Galleri Gro Glomnes, Fetsund, Norway

gro.glomnes@gmail.com www.gro.glomnes.wordpress.com @groglomnes

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Bustling Summer Life | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x60 cm, 2020

Hearts Together | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x90 cm, 2021 139

Martha Jakobsen K R I S T I A N S A N D ,

N O R W A Y

Martha Jakobsen, born 1969, was raised in Mandal, a small southern village in Norway but moved to Kristiansand when she was 22 years old. She has always loved the shapes, colours and various expressions that art gives. Jakobsen started painting with her daughter in 2019 and was surprised at how much joy this gave her, it was like a new world opened up. The Norwegian artist paints almost every day and loves to experiment with different techniques such as tissue paper, sand, salt etc. She uses mostly spatulas, but also brushes and sponges. The inspiration comes from music, people and nature. Paints intuitively, abstractly and somewhat figuratively, many of the images are created along the way. She has a sense of the rough and the not perfect in art as in people and nature.

• 2021 Solo exhibition, Galleri Såpass, Kristiansand, Norway • 2021 Solo exhibition, Tidemans, Mandal, Norway • 2021 Solo exhibition, Café Strandhaven, Lillesand, Norway

Jakobsen’s paintings can be described as abstract approaches to nature’s own processes, movements and structure. The works are characterized by nature’s colour palette and shapes. Paint several layers of acrylic paint to bring out the depth and tension in the pictures. Denomination in natural tones such as brown, bronze, blue, grey and autumn colours. Her paintings provide a kind of spiritual space for peace and quiet. In the spring of 2021, Martha Jakobsen became a partner in an Atelier in Lillesand, a small southern village in Norway, where she works on the weekends.

• 2020 – 2021 Solo exhibition, Alti, Mandal, Norway • 2020 Solo exhibition, Bakgården, Kristiansand, Norway

martha.jakobsen@hotmail.no @mj.akryl

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Fanget Lys | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2021

Under Overflaten | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021 141

Livets Sirkel | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021

Distanse | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2021 142

Tenkeren | Acrylic on Canvas, 40x80 cm, 2021

Elvedans Acrylic | Acrylic on Canvas, 40x80 cm, 2021 143

Thea Kiær T R O N D H E I M ,

N O R W A Y

Based on painting, drawing, printmaking, digital art, knit design, and mixed media techniques Thea Kiaer is exploring shapes, rhythms, and colours to visualize human thoughts and emotions. She is also wandering around societal issues and visualizes universal messages coming through to the canvas during meditation. Thea is working very intuitively and creates what comes to her the moment she is in her creative flow. Her paintings are in the intersection between figurative and abstract, while she’s mostly focusing on the human figure and face in her drawings. Kiaer mostly identifies within spiritual art as a spiritual colourist, making healing pieces of art through her delicate use of colours. Some of the themes she likes touching are life, death, and life after death. Being a spiritual soul, Kiaer finds a lot of inspiration from the healing vibrations of crystals, but she’s also finding a lot of inspiration from other artists she’s discovering on Instagram. • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Imagine”, Gallery F48, Oslo, Norway • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Forms, Rhythms, and colours”, Det Øde Galleri og Skaperi, Røyse, Norway • 2020 Solo exhibition, “The Human Mind”, Gallery F48, Oslo, Norway

Kiaer is currently into doing inner abstract landscapes in alcohol ink and epoxy resin on big canvases. She is also drawing a lot of portraits and is open for commissions. The artist has a background as a preschool teacher, interior designer, art mediator, and art teacher for children. She is currently studying BA (Hons) Painting at The Open College of The Arts, University for the Creative Arts, UK, as an online student combined with working towards solo exhibitions in Norway.

• 2019 Group exhibition, Akron Gallery, Trondheim, Norway • 2019 Group exhibition, “The Illusion of Reality”, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

thea.kiar@gmail.com www.thea-art.com @thea.kiaer

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Floating | Epoxy Resin and Acrylic Ink on Canvas, 50x50 cm, 2019

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The Future Ahead | Alcohol Ink on Polypropylene Paper, 34x48 cm, 2021 146

Jumping Ballerina | Dry Pastel on Paper, 53x86 cm, 2021 147

Marianne Nygaard Palmberg D R A M M E N ,

N O R W A Y

Marianne Nygaard Palmberg is a visual artist from Norway. She has an educational background in teaching, and among other subjects, she teaches arts and crafts. Painting has been an essential part of her everyday life for years, and she likes to experiment with different painting techniques. Nygaard Palmberg has participated in various painting courses to develop her artistic skills and to grow as an artist. Anette Martens art school in Oslo is one example. In the last few years, she has sold several paintings and has displayed her work at different art shows all over Norway. She paints abstract paintings in numerous sizes. She works intuitively by using colours, movements, and elements to create different expressions and emotions. Through her paintings, she tries to grasp and convey distinctive emotions and sentiments. Her biggest source of inspiration is nature, and you will often get a glimpse of this in her paintings.

• 2019 Solo exhibition, Galleri Vevstua, Drammen, Norway • 2020, Solo exhibition, Bibliotekgalleriet, Sandefjord, Norway • 2020 Solo exhibition, Traktern, Horten, Norway

Through her depictions of nature, Nygaard Palmberg wants to create the same kind of powerful presence, mood, and beauty that nature represents. She needs to use the same colours, structures, lines, contrasts, and surfaces that nature itself consists of. She also tries to grasp the same kind of energy and sensory impressions that you find in nature. The main goal of Nygaard Palmberg is to convey positive experiences and feelings and make sure that her viewers can genuinely sense that and take that to heart.

• 2020 Group exhibition, Hurumgalleriet, Tofte, Norway • 2021 Solo exhibition, Galleri Pusterommet, Høvik, Norway

post@artbymarianne.no www.artbymarianne.no @art_by_marianne_

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Into The Blue | Acrylic on Canvas 80x100 cm, 2021

Color Energy | Acrylic on Canvas 80x80 cm, 2021 149

Morten Saether O S L O ,

N O R W A Y

Morten Saether is a freelance photographer and painter. He favors using mixed digital photography techniques to produce his works. Photography is often the essence of his art. So often his work consists of different photos put together in layers and presented in a new way, mostly abstract but sometimes with elements you can recognize. He sometimes also mixes his paintings into the finished artwork – acrylic paintings that are painted on paper or canvas. The starting point for his photography is not f-stops, shutter speeds, or exposure. These are purely left-brain, camera variables. When Saether looks at a subject, he studies it like a painter and decides what he wants to create. His imagination takes over and he sees what the object before him might look like. He sees the object with his imagination. He calls this right-brain photography. The Norwegian artist also loves traditional collages, so this is a technique he calls “cut-outs”. These are also photography, but cut out and mixed digitally and the visual language looks maybe more like a silkscreen effect. • 2014 Solo exhibition, “VOYAGE - From Photography to Print”, Dalype Gallery, Sagene area, Oslo, Norway • 2015 Group exhibition, “Rom for alle”, Hydrogenfabrikken Kunsthall, Fredrikstad, Norway

Alongside his self-taught artistic practice, Saether has enjoyed an extensive professional career as an art director and graphic designer. His photography and paintings have been featured in exhibitions in Collioure (France), Barcelona (Spain), Fredrikstad, Horten, and Oslo (Norway). Saether is keen to continue to exhibit his work throughout Europe and is focusing on Scandinavia, Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona as his target markets.

• 2018 Solo presentation, “URB: Urban Landscapes”, Gallery Albin Art, Oslo, Norway • 2019 Group exhibition, “CrisolArt”, Barcelona, Spain • 2019 Solo exhibition, “FORM”, Tveten Gård, Tveita, Oslo, Norway

ms@lox.no www.parisartprints.com @mortyohlala

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Paris Fragments | Art Print, 80x80 cm, 2021

Outlaw | Art Print, 50x70 cm, 2020 151

Tossa Tower | Art Print, 50x50 cm, 2020

DOM | Art Print, 50x50 cm, 2020 152

Some Kind of Animal | Art Print, 50x50 cm, 2020

The Dream | Art Print, 50x50 cm, 2020 153

Lena Marie Store Olsen F R O G N E R ,

N O R W A Y

Lena Marie Store Olsen was born in Skedsmokorset near Oslo, Norway. She loved to draw and was creative already as a child and experimented with aquarelle as a young adult. She has drawn and used colours in many of her education and hobbies throughout the years. But it was not until 2020 that Store Olsen for the first time tried out painting on canvas. It was “a cominghome experience” when she took a course in intuitive painting. Now she’s an intuitive painter and the inspiration to her paintings often comes to her inwardly. Store Olsen is also inspired by other artworks. She chooses her motives, colours and what she wants to paint at the moment. Paintings just come out of her hands by themselves. In the start, the artist laughed and laughed when she was painting because she didn’t believe that it was her painting these wonderful paintings. I was often surprised by what was coming out on the canvas. • 2021 Art Fair/Solo exhibition, “Art Nordic 2021”, Lokomotivværkstedet, Copenhagen, Denmark

It is often what’s in her life and what she’s going through or where her vibration is, even in dreams that Store Olsen is painting. She started sharing her paintings on social media and soon after this, she got inquiries from people who wanted to buy her art and inquiries for cooperation from art galleries.

• 2021 Group exhibition, ”Art Marbella 2021”, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain • 2021 Group exhibition “1st International Biennial of Art in The World”, Effeto Arte Gallery, Palermo, Italy • 2021- Collaboration, Prints, Inzpero.no, Norway • 2021 Group exhibition, ”Coming Out”, M.A.D.S. Gallery, Milano, Italy

post@abelone.no www.artbylenamarie.com @artbylenamarie

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Freedom | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x90 cm, 2020

Self Love | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020 155

Nordlyset | Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40 cm, 2020

The Black Swan | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x120 cm,2021 156

The Awakening | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x90 cm, 2020

Visitors | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x50 cm, 2020 157

Anne Olga Vea B R Ø T T U M ,

N O R W A Y

Anne Olga Vea started doing space-inspired art about ten years ago, she got inspired by watching some videos online. She chose to use a sort of mixed technique that combines the use of spray paint and traditional acrylic paint in addition to other materials like glitter, glitter glue, acrylic markers, and pen. Before this, she used to paint more traditional themes using acrylics, watercolour, and oil and she was often inspired by the arctic nature. She has chosen to turn to more astronomical-inspired art due to her lifelong interest in astronomy and the natural sciences, this way of expressing her creativity is only limited by one’s imagination and Vea likes the way it does challenge the traditional view upon what art is and ought to be. It is possible to create landscapes and expressions which cannot be seen here on earth, her art can be described as unrealistic realism since the images may be possible in theory but they have never been seen for real.

• 2021 Group exhibition, “Coming out”, M.A.D.S Gallery, Milano, Italy

Vea is constantly evolving her technique and she is getting new ideas a lot. The Norwegian artist paints on canvas and the size of her art does vary from rather small to over a meter across. Vea does also makes the art and works with more traditional media like watercolour and pencils. In addition to this, she also does make bead jewelry, loves to take photos, and is a self-published fantasy writer.

• 2021 Jewelry for sale online, Epla.no, Norway

www.skogtrollet.net skogtrollet_7@hotmail.com @annevea

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Triple Sunrise | Mixed Media, 90x70 cm, 2013

Twin Suns | Mixed Media, 50x70 cm, 2013 159

Theodora Waldahl Dea O S L O ,

N O R W A Y

Theodora Wahldahl Dea is an Oslo-based artist, who studied visual art at NISSNordic Institute of Stage and Studio in the early 2000s. Back then, she made more figurative paintings on canvases inspired by a difficult time in her life. To Dea, art is a necessity for expressing and processing emotions. After years with a brush and a lot of work to change her narrative, she moved on in life and so did her art. She went from liquid arts such as pouring, to discover the art of epoxy resin which is the medium used today. She uses a mixed media technique of alcohol ink and resin to create organic and geometric shapes. Also adding gold and shimmer to elevate the 3D effects of the different layers of media, and to make the art playful to light. Dea has always loved nature, everything from the mountains to the ocean and to the far galaxy, from micro to macro. Although the ocean holds a special place in her heart. This is where she draws inspiration as well as from within. It’s important to Dea to constantly develop both herself and her art as she inspires to keep creating, capturing, and sharing vibrations. • 2021 Solo exhibition, ”Alt som er Oslo”, Galleri Albin Upp, Oslo, Norway • 2020 Solo exhibition, “Universal Flow”, Uncle Max Tattoo, Oslo, Norway • 2010-2012 Visual art study, NISSNordic Institute of Stage and Studio, Oslo, Norway

contact@theodora-arts.no www.theodora-arts.no @theodora_arts

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A Section of The Age of Aquarius | Resin and Mixed Media on Board, 120x90 cm, 2021 161

Oslo | Resin and Mixed Media on Board, 120x80 cm, 2021

Mangfold | Resin and Mixed Media on Board, 120x80 cm, 2021 162

A Section of Infinity | Resin and Mixed Media on Board, 120x90 cm, 2021 163

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Fredrik Alfredsson G Ö T E B O R G ,

S W E D E N

Fredrik Alfredsson is a self-taught artist currently living in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a wife and two children and besides the endeavour of becoming an acknowledged artist, he works as a sous-chef at one of Scandinavia’s finest hotels. After moving from his hometown Vänersborg, Alfredsson went to different acting schools and eventually became part of the cultural scene in Gothenburg. He has always felt close to the creative side of life and after some years of acting, creative writing, painting, and so on a trip to New York in 2006 finally set the path. Alfredsson works almost exclusively in acrylic and his art is moving from an abstract/abstract expressionistic style to somewhat closer to neoexpressionistic. The techniques he uses vary from ordinary/classic ones to other more unconventional to create different forms and structures. But how a painting ends up depends on the emotional state he’s in at the time. • 2021 Music exhibition, “Lake Ohrid muses travel to Manhattan – a virtual live-painting soirée”, By Margin Alexander, New York, U.S.A.

When asked about the future he says he has a vision in his head but if he’s ever going to reach it, he’s not so sure of - but in the meantime, Fredrik Alfredsson hopes that his art can affect a lot of different people. Both in the art world and the everyday people, because he believes that art should be exposed for everyone to see and feel.

• 2021 “PhÌlo-Poém”, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milano, Italy • 2021 Online representation, www. galeriaazur.es, Galeria Azur, Madrid, Spain • 2021 Solo exhibition, Skärhamns Popup Galleri, Tjörn, Sweden

markisdigorgonzola@hotmail.com @essman_art

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Obstacles | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x60 cm, 2021

Rebirth | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2020 167

Lotta Blanking M A L M Ö ,

S W E D E N

Lotta Blanking is a self-taught artist, from Malmö, Sweden, who works with driftwood sculptures as well as mixed media and acrylic painting. She gets inspiration mostly from nature but also from old, rusty, and sun-bleached materials. Both the figurative and the abstract appeal to her in creation. The latter gives her more freedom and more opportunities, but at the same time places more challenge and demand on her as an artist. Blanking has been collecting driftwood for as long as she can remember, but it is only in recent years that she has started to put them together into sculptures. The driftwood sticks are carefully selected. Either it is the sun-bleached shade, a hint of colour, or an interesting shape that catches her interest. She is convinced that art is everywhere, one just has to learn how to see it. Blanking is inspired by the philosophy behind the Japanese ancient art and aesthetics norms such as the beauty of natural patina and aging in Wabi-sabi as well as the Kintsugi, in which the object’s value, as well as its flaws, are observed equally as something to cherish, not to disguise. • 2021 Juried exhibition, Organized by Öresund Art, Applied with driftwood sculptures, Ödåkra Konsthall, Helsingborg, Sweden

In Lotta Blanking’s creation, the final goal is rarely given from start, it is the creative path that shapes her purpose and intention.

lottablanking@gmail.com www.lottablankingart.com @lottab.art

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Drift Horse | Driftwood and Mixed Media, 74x30 cm, 2019 Photographer: Pernilla Wästberg

Drift Chamois | Driftwood and Mixed Media, 40x55 cm, 2019 Photographer: Pernilla Wästberg 169

Caroline Carris G Ö T E B O R G ,

S W E D E N

Caroline Carris is an artist who is passionate about feelings. A living painting based on everything that happens in life. A way to handle a situation, or just get to know yourself. Emotions are thus in focus, with a large dose of playfulness, and a desire to make the viewer reflect - perhaps on their existence. The language of creativity has always been there since she was a child. Her hands were the link between the inner and outer world. The technique used by Carris is acrylic and carbon, but also elements of gold leaf. Besides painting, she has also used a camera to explore and capture the surroundings. When attending art school her portrait of the graphic designer Annie Ahl was published in the magazine Provins.

• 2001 Education, “Musical paintings & Portrait painting”, Art School of ABF, Göteborg, Sweden

She is not a university graduate in art but has taken courses at folk high school and art school. The good reputation from friends and family, as well as the opportunity to showcase her work through Facebook, and Instagram, has opened up and brought the art forward. Shyness before a public presentation is usually in the way, so for Carris to be able to show her artworks in the Nordic Art Guide is a positive experience for her.

• 1998 Education, KV Art School, Göteborg, Sweden • 1997 Photo publication, “Portrait of Annie Ahl”, Magazine Provins, Norrländska Litteratursällskapet Författarcentrum Norr, Sweden • 1996 - 1998 Education, ”Konstlinjen”, Ålsta Folkhögskola, Ålsta, Sweden • 1995 – 1996 Education, ”Estetisk linje”, Ålsta Folkhögskola, Ålsta, Sweden

carro@carrisma.se www.carrisma.se @carrisma.art

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Don’t Go Too Deep Mixed Media on Canvas, 38x46 cm, 2021

Look Before You Leap Mixed Media on Canvas, 50x61 cm, 2021 171

Gina Cinnamoni V I K E N ,

S W E D E N

Gina Cinnamoni is an artist who thought she had no further talent for painting or photography, although she has always been creative in many other areas of life. During a three months long stay in Barcelona in 2011/2012, the courage took over and she bought brushes and canvases, which resulted in about 20 paintings. Back home, a couple of months later, she opened Galleri Cinnamoni in central Helsingborg and exhibited her art there for 2,5 years together with about 60 other artists. During this time, Cinnamoni’s art was also exhibited at hotels, restaurants, and local events.

• 2019 Juried exhibition, “Helsingborgs Dagblads Vår Salong/Spring Salon” – curated by Carolina Falkholt, Applied with conceptual photography, Kulturhotellet, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2018-2020 Art Studies (90hp), “Art theory and art history”, Uppsala University & Halmstad University, Sweden

Gina Cinnamoni started with colourful paintings, mainly kissing fictional figures, but also semi-abstract art with motifs inspired by the world. Nowadays, she thrives best on creating with the medium that her heart and needs desire. The ideas can be shaped in the form of, for example, photography and conceptual art. The most important at the moment for Cinnamoni, instead of just creating, is that there is a message behind everything. Something that makes the viewer philosophize and wonder what they see and put the experience into an entirety, and also apply it to their own life. The same goes for the artist’s debut novel from 2020, “Ofelia’s forbidden colours” where the main character, Ofelia, who only paints in black and white since her mother’s death, finds herself and develops her art with the help of the secret encounters with her 15-years older married stepbrother. Gina Cinnamoni believes that one must explore several aspects of oneself, to let go of one’s self-perception and thus one’s creative expression.

• 2018 Group exhibition, “Art in Christmastime”, Grand Hotel, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2017 Group exhibition, “Skånes Fria Konstrunda”, Oxhallen, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2012 Solo exhibition, “Faces and Places”, Custom House, Copenhagen, Denmark

gina@ginacinnamoni.com www.ginacinnamoni.com @ginacinnamoni 172

Cuba Libre | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2018

Let’s Say Hi in Dubai | Acrylic on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2018 173

Pablo en la Cama | Mixed Media, 16x12 cm, 2018

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No One Ever Notices Me And Tells Me I’m Pretty, But My Mirror Watches Me All The Time And Never Shuts Up (Serie II photo I), Photography, 2019

No One Ever Notices Me And Tells Me I’m Pretty, But My Mirror Watches Me All The Time And Never Shuts Up (Serie II photo III), Photography, 2019 175

Linus Cinnamoni V I K E N ,

S W E D E N

Linus Cinnamoni is an autodidact artist who lives in Viken, in the south of Sweden. Together with his wife, Gina Cinnamoni, he ran Gallery Cinnamoni in Helsingborg for some years. Cinnamoni’s childish and colourful style is inspired by ancient cultures, animals, and just about anything that affects him in his life and it has been so since he was a child. But mainly, his intuition guides every stroke. The chosen media of Linus Cinnamoni includes both pen and paintbrush. Together they create a very unique style. Even though Cinnamoni has been painting for many years without showing his art to the public more than on a few occasions, not even to his friends or family, it is only during the last two years that he has found the style that expresses what he feels in his heart. By incorporating acrylic pens in his art, the artist has developed his unique style. • 2021 Juried exhibition, “Helsingborgs Dagblads Vår Salong/Spring Salon” – curated by Marina Schiptjenko, Kulturhotellet, Helsingborg, Sweden

Linus Cinnamoni looks forward to continuing to share his art with the world and is aiming for exhibitions worldwide and developing his art name by continuing to explore the unlimited world of creating. Although he has more than 10k followers on Instagram at the moment, Cinnamoni has just started his art career and has planned to stay in the art field for a long time.

• 2021 Group exhibition, “Grand Opening”, Galleri Plume, Viken, Sweden

The artist’s mission is also to spread a message of hope, joy, and colours from his soul to yours. He would like to share this with the world with the help of art because true art should come from the heart of the artist.

• 2012 Group event, ”Konst på stan´/Art in the city”, organized by Helsingborg municipality, Galleri Cinnamoni, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2012 Group exhibition, Gallery Cinnamoni, Helsingborg, Sweden

linuscinnamoni@hotmail.com www.linuscinnamoni.com @mrartnet

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The Unknown King | Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x40 cm, 2021 177

You Are Unique Mixed Media on Canvas, 90x120 cm, 2021

Vitamine C Mixed Media on Canvas, 90x120 cm, 2020 178

Passione Mixed Media on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2021

My Life in Orange Mixed Media on Canvas, 40x40 cm, 2020 179

Malin Dagsberg K R I S T I A N S T A D ,

S W E D E N

Malin Dagsberg’s painting Rabbit could just as easily have been called “Danius” after the former academy member. Meeting could be “The whole world is crazy”, human abuse on our earth. From darkness to light. You cannot stop looking at Dagsberg’s abstract artwork that invites you as a viewer to let yourself immerse yourself in your imagination. What you see is a depth of small and large unique images. Dagsberg’s paints with alcohol ink. Drops that create unique stories and images. From nothing, everything can be created. In connection with a course in hypnotherapy in 2016, a member talked about alcohol ink as an interesting tool for artists. She became curious and decided to take a distance learning course from Sheryl Williams, who runs an academy for painting in alcohol colour in the USA. And so it became. In addition to her painting, Dagsberg leads workshops and courses in alcohol ink as a technique. • 2019 Design fair, Studio 11, Kristianstad, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, “Easter Art Round / Konstrunda”, Kivik, Sweden • 2016 – 2020 Group exhibition, ”Konst på stan”, Arranged by the city of Kristianstad, Kristianstad, Sweden

Through her art, she transforms used lamps and turns them into exciting works of art. What would you say about a lamp skirt hanging from the ceiling? Dagsberg received a special paper that inspired her creative thinking that became a work of art of full-size dresses. Six fantastic creations that immediately won the hearts of art lovers. It’s said that art gives you joy in life and Malin Dagsberg is a very good example of this. She has Parkinson’s disease and doesn’t suffer from shivers yet, but alcohol ink is good to work with if you have problems handling a brush.

• 2016 Group exhibition, “Easter exhibition”, Bäckaskogs Castle, Fjälkinge, Sweden • 2016 Online Education, Beginner’s course & Ink tools & Technique, course leader Sheryl Williams, Academy of Alcohol Ink, U.S.A.

dagsberg2@gmail.com @malindagsberg_art

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68 | Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper, 50x70 cm, 2021 181

55 Alcohol Ink on Canvas, 50x50 cm, 2021

54 Alcohol Ink on Canvas, 50x50 cm, 2021 182

69 | Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper, 50x70 cm, 2021 183

Emelie Dahl H E L S I N G B O R G ,

S W E D E N

Emelie Dahl is an active artist from Helsingborg, Sweden whose art can best be described as a tribute to women and nature with its wildness, peacefulness, and strength. One recognizes her art through its calm and simple expressions and colour scheme. Dahl gets inspiration from the serenity and strength found in nature and within ourselves, as well as from the strong women she encounters daily. She believes in the power found in nature and that we can gather energy from it, which she wants to convey in her art by nature and women being interwoven in her motifs. She often paints women with large hair to salute everything a woman’s being entails. Through the motifs, we can mirror our deepest emotions and qualities and feel the connection with other every day goddesses around us.

• 2020 Project for fundraising foundation, “Ett Penseldrag för Ellas hjältar”, Ellas Hjältar, Helsingborg, Sweden

In the fall of 2017, Dahl felt a need to be more in the present which is the reason she started painting. This was the first time she tried acrylic painting, the feeling was magical and she was hooked. To see every brushstroke create magic on the canvas and to dig deep inside of herself to convey the right feeling of the motif is now something she sees as both healing and important. She hopes that many women will be able to recognize themselves and collect power and bravery in and through her art.

• 2021 Group exhibition, Teaterhotellet, Malmö, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, “Easter exhibition”, Art Castle, Kristianstad, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, Good Morning Hotels, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2021 Solo exhibition, Galleri Pionen, Vaxholms Kastell, Stockholm, Sweden

emeliedahl.art@gmail.com www.emeliedahlart.se @emeliedahl.art

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Come Give Me Sunshine | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021 185

Magic Garden Acrylic on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2021

Catching A Dream Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2020 186

Flowers and Fire Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2021

Winter Dreams Acrylic on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2021 187

Kristina Ekberg Renström S K Ö V D E ,

S W E D E N

Painting and creating is a big part of Kristina Ekberg Renström’s life - it gives her satisfaction more than anything else. When she paints, she uses oil and acrylic and she paints mainly women, the female body, and faces. She wants to create beauty and sensuality, where colour and shape can emphasize the female body. She wants the viewer to get a feeling when they see her paintings, that they are touched. To develop and be able to express the body artistically, Ekberg Renström has taken croquet lessons. To be painting a lot and to be studying and analyzing your work is an important process to reach a good painting. It is important for her as an artist to take time with a painting and to get distance from her own creating. Ekberg Renström thinks that is the best art teacher she can get and that the human body is the most beautiful thing you can express through art. Kristina has exhibited in both big and small cities, several times in Stockholm, Sweden, and Lisbon, Portugal. • 2020 & 2021 Newspaper advert, Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet by Artportable, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Juried exhibition, Gallery Stenhallen, Borgholm, Sweden • 2019 & 2020 Solo exhibition, Artportable, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 - Member of Swedish Artists’ association • 1991 Juried exhibition, ”Skaraborgssalongen”, Kulturhuset, Skövde, Sweden

stina.ekberg@hotmail.com www.konst.se/kristinaekbergrenstrom @kristinaekbergrenstrom

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Female | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x90 cm, 2019

Trust | Oil on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2019 189

In The Beginning | Acrylic on Canvas, 30x40 cm, 2019

We Want | Oil on Canvas, 85x85 cm, 2021 190

Happiness | Oil on Canvas, 85x85 cm, 2020

Sensuality | Oil on Canvas, 85x85 cm, 2021 191

John Eriksson S P Å N G A ,

S W E D E N

John Eriksson was born in 1979 and grew up in Sweden. He is educated in TV production and has worked for many years as a photographer and editor in Stockholm where he lives. The interest in composition and image has always existed and he was a prolific drawer from early school age. Eriksson paints both in oil and acrylic and the paintings are usually in the slightly larger format. His art is inspired by the baroque idiom of the churches’ ceiling painting with its dramatic and exaggerated clouds and religious elements. You can also see similarities to Jan Van Huysum’s flower paintings with fateful backgrounds.

• 2021 Juried exhibition, “Kreativ Paus”, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden

Eriksson’s art often contains dramatic clouds with a palette of emotions reflected in the weather phenomenon. When we look at a painting that has a clear tone in the form of light and weather conditions, it makes people naturally feel calm or anxious. It is built into her instincts to predict the weather for her survival. Eriksson’s art is powerful and invites strong emotions in his fabulous and slightly unreal world. The paintings play with bright colours and light that enhance the dynamics between the imaginative formations. For John Eriksson, the interest in painting photorealistic has not been primary. He wants to challenge the viewer in another way, with their analytical mind.

• 2021 Art Fair, “Salon International d’art Contemporain”, Organized by art3f, Brussels, Belgium • 2021 Solo exhibition, Galleri St:Erik, Stockholm, Sweden • 2021 Collective art show, Van Gogh art gallery, Madrid, Spain • 2020 Juried exhibition, “Vällingby Vår Salong”, Stockholm, Sweden

joppaeriksson@hotmail.com www.konst.se/johneriksson @john_eriksson_art

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Rose Explosion IV Oil on Canvas, 89x116 cm, 2021

Royal Blue Acrylic on Canvas, 70x100 cm, 2021 193

David Forslund L I N K Ö P I N G ,

S W E D E N

David Forslund is a Linköping-based artist who paints nature and animals with a vivid, imaginative colour palette. He thrives on inspiration and reinvention. Every artwork is a new experience. Recently his materials of choice are watercolour and oil pastels. Forslund perceives art as a life force and an emotive language that speaks about beauty and our world in ways that words cannot. In the hunt for these qualities, he is driven by depicting the beauty in nature. A recurring theme in his art is the wild, untamed, ancient aspects of nature in contrast to the modern man. His inspiration is often drawn from the forests of Östergötland with its magical green worlds of moss-clad boulders and old trees. Rocks and boulders are often seen in his works. As an experienced rock-climber, he possesses an intimate relation to these geological formations and their eternal, comforting presence.

• 2021 Digital exhibition, “I trädens och mossan värld”, Linköpings culture week, Linköping, Sweden

Forslund was born in Uppsala, Sweden in 1984. He combines his life as an artist with a career in natural science. With a degree in engineering physics, he specializes in mathematical image processing. In the artistic field, he studied for a year at the School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania, Australia. He has also taken several shorter courses. Most of David Forslund’s artistic development however stems from studying other artists; his teenage mentor Linda Bergqvist, old masters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer, and contemporary peers.

• 2009 Painting for an album cover, “Dream Dance”, Invited by Simon Alderborn, Sweden • 2008 Animated short movie “Tid att växa”, Uppsala short filmfestival, Uppsala, Sweden • 2007 Education, “Fine arts and design”, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia • 2006 Solo exhibition, “Digitala drömmar”, Slottsbiografen, Uppsala, Sweden

davidforslund@gmail.com www.azurite.se @azurite.art

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Betraktelser Från Fjällmyren | Oil Pastel on Paper, 70x50 cm, 2019

Betraktelser Från Savannen | Oil Pastel on Paper, 70x50 cm, 2016 195

En Sten i Skogen Kan Vara En Hel Värld | Aquarelle on Paper, 36x48 cm, 2021 196

Everlasting III | Aquarelle on Paper, 70x50 cm, 2020 197

Helena Glans T I D A H O L M ,

S W E D E N

A glance should be all that is needed when you consider intuitive, abstract art. You are going to be pulled into it and picked up by everything the painting wants to tell you. It can be emotions that affect and speak to you. The limitation is your imagination. This is what the Swedish artist Helena Glans wants you to experience and feel when you look at her paintings. She describes that creating her art is an emotional and intuitive process. It starts by taking in the feeling in the linen or cotton cloth and which acrylic colours will be included and developed. Glans works with her fingers, brushes, and other accessories that feel right at the moment. The care in the choice of frame and hanging is the next step in the development of finished work. Glans’ creative side has been around her whole life. Even as a little girl, she created in different ways and various forms of expression. This also meant that in her youth she practiced as a hairdresser to find expression for her creativity. Now in mature age, intuitive creativity manifests itself in autodidact painting. • 2021 Group exhibition, “Coming out”, M.A.D.S Gallery, Milano, Italy • 2021 Group exhibition, “Konstnatten”, Tidaholm/Falköping, Sweden

helena.glans@telia.com @artbyhelenaulrikaglans

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A New Road | Acrylic on Canvas, 106x86 cm, 2020

Feel The Silence | Acrylic on Canvas, 75x100 cm, 2021 199

Lars Hedin L E K S A N D ,

S W E D E N

M I J A S ,

S P A I N

Lars Hedin, born in 1981, is an artist born in Dalarna, Sweden. He grew up on a small farm in Almo, a village with about 200 inhabitants outside Siljansnäs in the city of Leksand. Today he lives in Mijas just above the beautiful city of Fuengirola in southern Spain. The desire to draw, paint, make marks and create was apparent from a very early age. He’s an autodidact with early roots in the world of graffiti, Hedin wants his art to make the world a little more enjoyable. His paintings are a very wide mix of motifs and techniques, as said Hedin is formed from a graffiti background and that makes him a bit impatient, and wants everything to go quick and smooth. Nowadays he usually works with acrylic, but even watercolour and oil can sometimes appear.

• 2020 Group exhibition, “New beginning”, Gallery Art Club, Fuengirola, Spain

Lars Hedin had his first exhibition in his early teens, but after that, it took him 20 years to do the next one. Now Hedin and his art are well known in the art world of southern Spain and he has his art in homes of private collectors all over the world. He has been exhibiting his art so far in Moscow, Madrid, Malaga, Fuengirola, and Leksand.

• 2020 Group exhibition, “Hope”, Studio 33, Fuengirola, Spain • 2020 Russian art week, Invited by Studio 33, Moscow, Russia • 2020 Group exhibition, “Desde RUSIA con Arte”, Imagina Galeria, Barcelona, Spain • 2021 Solo exhibition, “The four seasons”, Svenska kyrkan, Costa del Sol, Spain

art@hedin.es www.hedin.es @lhedinart

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Nostalgia Acrylic on Canvas, 90x60 cm, 2021

Love Acrylic on Canvas, 90x60 cm, 2020 201

The Little Dalahorse | Acrylic on Canvas, 24x32 cm, 2019

Banana | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x40 cm, 2020 202

Kiss Mee | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x81 cm, 2020

Kaos | Acrylic on Canvas, 81x130 cm, 2021 203

Lotta Jansson S T O C K H O L M ,

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Lotta Jansson was born in Sweden, Stockholm in 1970. She loved to draw since she was a child. In the beginning, the most important thing was to use imagination and a lot of colours. Later it became more and more interesting to draw or paint faces and expressions. Jansson thinks the best feeling is to be swept away, feeling free, and when the picture is the only thing that matters at the moment. She loves to draw faces and thinks that the expression of the eyes and the soul is what’s challenging and the part she works on the most. To see the small details that are the most important about a person and get it down on paper is the most enjoyable part of the creative process. Jansson draws portraits often with help from a photo and sometimes changes the environment, the clothes, and even the person’s look a little. Other times she wants it to be more like the photo. Sometimes she draws animals, mostly cats so far. Often, she uses graphite pencils and coloured pencils. It also happens that she uses watercolours and acrylics. • 2021 Solo exhibition, Vantörs Konstförening, Bandhagen, Sweden

In the future, Jansson wants to use more colours and paint more often. But the faces will still be most important. To find the expressions in the faces and make the persons feel alive is the most challenging and fun part.

• 2020 Art studies (drawing, painting, sculpturing), Folkuniversitet, 172 hours, Stockholm, Sweden • 1988 Art studies, Art School, 60 hours, Stockholm, Sweden

skaparhorna@gmail.com @skaparhorna

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Happy Girl Graphite Pencils on Paper, 21x30 cm, 2021

Contemplative Woman Colour Pencils on Paper, 21x30 cm, 2021 205

Anna-Lena Johansson V I S B Y ,

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Anna-Lena Johansson is an active artist living on Gotland, where she has her studio and company Anna-Lena Artwork. Her art conveys joy and zest for life. She sees painting as a communication between the artist, the work of art, and the viewer and believes that it is precisely in this meeting that the art experience arises and something is created. Johansson’s creative process sometimes begins with a colour, a shape, a stretch, or a movement. She often paints pictures with a touch of irregularity and a motif that often reappears in her paintings is dancing women. In the creative process, life experiences are woven, meetings that have made an impression, travel around all corners of the world. She usually paints on canvas with acrylic paints.. The board is then built up layer upon layer and the different layers in the board are saved and left to shine through. Johansson’s art often conveys a joy of life that both tells and gives power.

• 2021 Representation online, NOA Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden

She sometimes sees herself as a romantic thinker, where the focus in her creation wants to convey a belief in man and where the emotions in a face, movement, or/and colour can touch the viewer. It is about conveying hope and joy. Johansson has several art educations in her life backpack where she has studied art at both folk high schools and at the University.

• 2021 Group exhibition, ”Olikheter”, Galleri Engleson Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden • 2021 Virtual group exhibition, ”Romantica”, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milano, Italy • 2019 Group exhibition, Clarion Hotel Wisby, Visby, Sweden • 2018 & 2019 Juried exhibition, “Öppna ateljéer”, Gotlands Konstmuseum, Visby, Sweden

anna-lena@konter.se www.shop.konter.se @artworkannalena

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Romantic | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x90 cm, 2021

Queen of Flowers | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x90 cm, 2021 207

Alinde Jormfeldt A N D E R S T O R P,

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For Alinde Jormfeldt, art is something more than just a beautiful image. Painting always has a deeper meaning. Jormfeldt has painted for as long as she can remember, but it was not until 2018 after a break-up with a now exboyfriend that she began to show her works in public. Emotions are the main source of inspiration and she works in a state of flow. By painting abstractly, she channels emotions. Jormfeldt uses a lot of colour and movement when she creates. When a work is finished, she wants the viewer to experience a balance through her way of using colour, technique, contrasts and so the dots of course. Jormfeldt uses watercolours but the final result she must call “mixed technique” as the works are completed by adding dots and acrylic. These contribute to a recurring pattern in her exhibitions.

• 2021 Solo exhibition, Open studio, Konstrundan Gislaved Gnosjö, Anderstorp, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, Älmhults konstrunda, Älmhult, Sweden

Along with the title, each painting is like a story. When Jormfeldt paints, she has known and experienced things that she has tried to put into words and that is how the title of each work comes about. When Alinde Jormfeldt exhibits, she wants to create a sense of context in her works. It should feel that they belong together and that everyone contributes to a larger whole, but each work should at the same time be able to exist in its individuality. Watercolour is often associated with landscape and traditional painting, Jormfeldt wants to change that - she wants to create simple and timeless contemporary art that the viewer can enjoy for a long time.

• 2020 Solo exhibition, Kulturhuset Blohmé, Älmhult, Sweden • 2020 Art Scholarship, ”Spring salon”, ArtÖresund, Spritan, Ödåkra/ Helsingborg, Sweden • 2018 Solo exhibition, ”Konstväggen”, Ljungby Arena, Ljungby, Sweden

ednila89@gmail.com www.konst.se/alindejormfeldt @alindejormfeldtart

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Djupverkan Mixed Media on Paper, 50x70 cm, 2019

Sjusärdeles Mixed Media on Paper, 61x91 cm, 2019 209

Linda Lasson H Ä R N Ö S A N D ,

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Linda Lasson is a textile artist based overlooking a lake and forests in the northern part of Sweden. The surrounding landscape is a constant presence and inspiration to her when creating embroideries, taking elements from the patterns shapes, and colours of nature and blending them into intricate works of art. There is also a literal natural presence in many of her artworks, as Lasson often mounts the embroideries on bark from different trees. Another great inspiration for the artist is the indigenous people located in the north of Europe - the Samí. Some of the embroideries are about their situation; trying to hold on to their traditions (managing herds of reindeers) while living surrounded by local people who want to exploit their land for mining, and facing increasing threats from other people who don’t agree with their way of living.

• 2021 Juried exhibition, “Liljevalchs vårsalong”, Stockholm, Sweden

Utilizing simple, thin sewing thread, Lasson’s work has both sculptural and graphic expressions. She combines materials such as reindeer skin geotextiles and reinforcing cloth, though she considers the search for different materials to use, to be infinite. Lasson’s artwork can be seen in exhibitions both in Sweden and London as well as in cities such as Amsterdam, New York, and Montreal.

• 2020 Juried exhibition, “Liljevalchs vårsalong”, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, Gallery Helle Knudsen, Stockholm, Sweden • 2019 Travelling group exhibition, Germany • 2018 Solo exhibition, Sundsvall Art Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden

lassonlinda@gmail.com lindalasson.hemsida24.se @linda_lasson

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Forest II | Handembroidery on Lining Paper, 67x55 cm, 2021 211

Forest I Handembroidery on Lining Paper, 67x55 cm, 2021

Fleere Handembroidery on Lining Paper, 56x70 cm, 2021 212

Raven Valley | Handembroidery on Lining Paper, 67x56 cm, 2021

Burned Land I | Handembroidery on Burned Lining Paper, 60x60 cm, 2021 213

Stine Kjærnsbeck V Ä R M D Ö ,

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In the archipelago in Stockholm, Värmdö, we find the linocut artist Stine Kjaernsbeck. In her studio she creates hand-printed linocuts, blurring the line between graphics and painting. Kjaernsbeck works a lot to bring out variation in the print itself, to create life, movement, and depth into the artworks. A “perfect” print is not the goal individual artworks are created here and not classic print series. Kjaernsbeck grew up in Norway, with a father who is a lithographer. In high school, she studied art and there she tried linocuts for the first time. Many years later, she found some of her old works from school and with that, a desire was awoken within the artist to take up this knowledge.

• 2021 Group exhibition, Virtual Art exhibition “BLAST”, The Holy Art, London, U.K. • 2021 Group exhibition, ”Summer exhibition”, Bang Bang Art group, Nora Gård, Värmdö, Sweden • 2020 Group exhibition, LENK, Bellman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

When Kjaernsbeck creates, it is often with simple contrasts and few colours. She mixes the printing colour “carelessly” to avoid an even colour, and to rather have it break with another or multiple colours. She also likes to use other techniques in her creation such as watercolour to create a dynamic between the static in the print, and the more alive watercolour. Kjaernsbeck finds much of her inspiration for her works in her own life and experiences. She likes to explore how details on the body can express different emotions and situations. A big favorite is to work with the female body, and how the female body can be portrayed naked, strong, and confident without being objectified. Through her art, Stine Kjaernsbeck lets her inner perfectionist rest in the “unfinished”. The fact that she can never fully control the final result, triggers her creativity and curiosity.

• 2019 & 2020 Art show, Galleri Zeitgeist Art Show, Uppsala Saluhall, Uppsala, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, StineKdesign, Nora Gård, Värmdö, Sweden

stinekdesign@gmail.com www.stinekdesign.se @stinekdesign

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Heaven | Mixed Media, 50x60 cm, 2021 215

Her | Linoleum Print, 50x70 cm, 2020 216

Let Go | Linoleum Print, 60x80 cm, 2020 217

Jennifer Lennartsson K A R L S T A D ,

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Jennifer Lennartsson is a Swedish artist based in Karlstad, where she has her studio and runs her own business. Lennartsson is very emotional and has always been a creative person, she paints, writes poetry, and makes photo art, and through her paintings, she wants to mediate a feeling and her emotion. In the process, Jennifer finds new sides of herself in every corner and she sees life expand beyond the imaginable. Art is a part of her, in heart and soul. We are all like art in a way she thinks. Lennartsson’s paintings are mostly different abstract motifs including a series of ”In my mind” (abstract faces), ”City lights” (abstract cities and landscapes), and ”Embrace your body” (abstract bodies). Lennartsson’s paintings are recognized by the strokes of her brush, her colour palette (she loves gold), and her texture in the paintings. Every painting and series is combined with a poetry text but she also loves to hear what other people see and feel because she thinks that nothing can be right or wrong and that’s where we can meet in this world of art. • 2021 Solo exhibition “To capture a feeling”, Exhibition at Carlstad Art Gallery, Karlstad, Sweden

The artist’s inspiration comes from when Jennifer Lennartsson explores new sides of herself as a person or relationships to others and she wants to embrace all sides of who we are both light and dark. To meet all of who you are and to evolve and transform that’s fascinating, she thinks.

• 2021 Charity auction, ”Konst för livet/ Art for life”, Organized by Stockholms Auktionsverk & Team Rynkeby, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2021 Art fair, “International contemporary art fair”, Invited by Van Gogh Art Gallery, Paris, France • 2020 Art group event, ”City together”, Karlstad, Sweden • 2018 Solo exhibition, “Let your art out”, Clarion Hotel Plaza, Karlstad, Sweden

96lennartsson@gmail.com www.facebook.com/ Artbyj-624516048177390/ @byj.art13

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City Lights | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x70 cm, 2021

In My Mind | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x50 cm, 2021 219

Maria Lindström V Å X T O R P,

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If you stand with your back to Hallandsåsen, about 15 km east of Båstad and from there throws a large stone, as the giants did in the past in the world of old fairy tales. Where that stone then ends up, you will find Maria Lindström and her business, Galdra Keramik. At the Hallandic plain in an old detached farm, with scents from the past, she lives and creates her works. In pursuit of peace and seclusion from the hectic world out there. In the smaller cottage on the farm, which is now more converted into her workshop, the air is filled with thoughts that turn into action. Nothing is turned there. Instead, Lindström builds, thumbs up, rolls out her creations, to the voices of the worlds of talking books. Articles that become sculptures, jewelry, tiles, mosaics, sinks. Clay that turns into shapes, and with different surfaces of hardness, depending on the temperature of the firing. Raku, earthenware, stoneware.

• 2020 Group exhibition, By Scanian Art Group, Karlshamns Konsthall, Karlshamn, Sweden

Old wallpaper lies close to her heart, as are the shapes of nature - those that so often recur in her creations, hand-decorated motifs. And of course, a splash of gold for the magpie within. To dye textiles with onion peel, acorns, avocado, etc, then create something based on it is incredibly enticing and it tickles the feeling of exploring more. To never stop marveling and to search further. It is for Maria Lindström to live.

• 2019 Group exhibition, ”Konst på kryss”, Sofiero castle, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2019 Juried exhibition, Mölnlyckefabriken, Mölnlycke, Sweden • 2018 Group exhibition, ”Morgondagens kulturarv”, Keramik Muséet, Laholm, Sweden • 2009, 2018 - 2021 Group exhibition, ”Vårsalong”, Halmstads Konsthall, Halmstad, Sweden

galdrakeramik@gmail.com @galdrakeramik

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Förvaring av Krossade Drömmar Ceramics and Gold Leaf, 50x17 cm, 2021

Ur Djupet av ... | Ceramics, Raku and Gold Leaf, 30x18 cm, 2019 221

Rebecka Lingmerth FA R S T A ,

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Her name is Rebecka Lingmerth from Stockholm, Sweden. She is an artist with her brand, Unique things by Lingmerth. She sells paintings and interior products with her design. Each motive is a printing of an illustration or painting that she has made. Nature painted in abstract form, women’s faces and femininity is something that Lingmerth enjoys making, a mix of exciting materials and textures that become innovative and unique art and design. She many times contributes her art to various charity projects related to animals and nature as it is something that she is passionate about. In 2008 - 2009 she attended the art school, Nyckelviksskolan in Lidingö, Stockholm. She learned several techniques such as textile, graphics, sculpture, and fine art. She has also studied art for three semesters at Uppsala university from 2010 - 2011 at the art teacher program.

• 2022 Solo exhibition, Artportable, Stockholm, Sweden

Lingmerth has exhibited her art at several fairs and exhibitions around Sweden and has now also entered the world’s largest Art Fair for modern art in Manhattan, New York, Art Expo New York in April 2022. In 2022 she will also exhibit at the world-renowned Art Fair Carrousel du Louvre in Paris and her home country with Artportable in February 2022.

• 2020 Group exhibition - virtual and physical, “FO-KO Art To Go”, Söderhallarna, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Virtual art exhibition, Hansford and Son’s Fine Art Gallery, London, U.K. • 2019 Art exhibition, Gallery ZeitGeist, Uppsala, Sweden • 2016 Solo exhibition, Gallery Magno Art, Stockholm, Sweden

shop.uniquethings@gmail.com www.uniquethingsbylingmerth.com @unique_things_by_lingmerth

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The Reflection Acrylic on Canvas, 80x100 cm, 2019

Splash Acrylic on Canvas, 80x100 cm, 2019 223

The Garden Acrylic on Canvas, 80x100 cm, 2019

Archipelago Dream Acrylic on Canvas, 80x100 cm, 2021 224

The Elephant in The Room Acrylic on Paper, 30x40 cm, 2020

Circle of Life Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40 cm, 2020 225

Emma Ljung G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Emma Ljung’s art is inspired by nature, the mystical feminine, the cosmic and unseen, as well as the connection between energy and matter. Her works are created in a state of flow, where the ideas of perfection and results are left behind, allowing the art to grow and emerge organically. It becomes what it is meant to become, its creation. Art and painting have been a part of her life since childhood. Ljung’s wish is for her paintings to be windows into another dimension, a space you can travel to ignite your creative spark. She loves the abstract expression because she feels the painting will mirror what you need to see. Everyone sees and notices different aspects, often things she hasn’t noticed. That’s what Emma Ljung loves - art as a mirror of you. And just like a mirror – it will show you what you need to see.

• 2018 Permanent group exhibition, Krokstads Herrgård, Värmland, Sweden

Ljung works with oil and liquid acrylics, exploring textures and structures to find new ways of putting the energies of cosmic nature into form. She weaves thick layers with flowing watery patterns, often adding small details such as dots and lines, as a finishing touch. Her dream is to exhibit her art internationally and to continue growing as an artist.

• 2018 Group exhibition, Galleri Lillhammar, Göteborg, Sweden • 2018 Solo exhibition, ”Naturens Magi/The magic of nature”, Hantverksmagasinet, Åmål, Sweden • 2017 Solo exhibition, ”Intuitiv”, Ölme Lanthandelsmuseum, Kristinehamn, Sweden

info@emmaljungart.com www.emmaljungart.com @emmaljungart

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Forest | Acrylic on Canvas, 50x61 cm, 2018 227

Spring | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x80 cm, 2018

Earth | Mixed media, 70x100 cm, 2021 228

Elements I - Water | Mixed Media, 20x20 cm, 2021

Elements II - Nature | Mixed Media, 20x20 cm, 2021 229

Madcake U P P S A L A ,

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Madcake loves the contrasts in life, and it is reflected in her art. She works with sharp bold lines mixed with a brave exploration of colours. Her signature is that you can see both perfection and chaos working together in harmony, in the same piece of art. Madcake’s creations often emerge without any specific plans, and without sketching in advance. But common to all paintings is the colours and playfulness to make the viewer smile. The bigger artworks are made in her parents’ garden and if you take a closer look, especially with the wooden ones, you can see a lot of hidden treasures from nature in a Madcakepainting.

• 2021 Group exhibition, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy

Madcake’s artistic journey started at the end of 2016. Since then, with great support from her loved ones, the paintings have developed to what we now call the specific “Madcake-style”. She paints on paper, canvas, wood, and glass and you can find her art in homes, on public walls, at galleries, and as street art. In an alley in the center of Uppsala, you´ll find the bird Frankie Heart, a celebration of her hometown, and at Gallery Zeitgeist, you can see five of her paintings. Her first art show was released in September 2020, produced by Dezool, and it is a digital showcase where the imagination has been left to run wild.

• 2021 Presentation in the art book, “Art Anthology”, Madrid, Spain • 2021 Group exhibition, Gallery Zeitgeist, Uppsala, Sweden • 2020 - Digital art Show, “Mushroom”, produced by Dezool, madcake.app/ mushroom • 2020 Mural painting, “Frankie Heart”, Påvel Snickares Gränd, Uppsala, Sweden

madcake@madcake.se www.madcake.app @madcake.se

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Ladybug Hood | Acrylic on Wood, 140x90 cm, 2020 231

Crackerjack | Acrylic on Wood, 109x90 cm, 2020 232

Edward | Marker on Paper, 42x59 cm, 2021 233

Caroline Nordlund U P P S A L A ,

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Caroline Nordlund lives and works in Uppsala, where she has been painting in her studio for just over a year now. She has always been interested in expressing herself in colour and form and it has taken on different expressions over the years, but since 2018 she paints almost exclusively in watercolour. Nordlund is largely self-taught but has taken shorter watercolour courses. She spends a lot of time on her painting and constantly strives to develop and try new techniques. One interest is, for example, to paint monochrome, to try to create life and depth in a painting through just one colour. She is fascinated by how the watercolours have an ability for a life of their own. And is happy to use it as a starting point in her painting. The Swedish artist paints in a rather subdued colour scale and is often told that her paintings are harmonious. The inspiration comes largely from nature, with a slightly abstract feel. It can also be everyday objects or preferably what is perceived as a bit ugly and worn that appeals to Nordlund. A withered flower, a broken chair, or a deserted house. • 2020 Juried exhibition, Watercolour, Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, Gallery Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

From the beginning, there has been no clear goal for Nordlund with her paintings. More of a constant longing to create. But now there is a dream to be able to spend as much time as possible on painting and maybe be able to live on it in the future.

• 2020 Group exhibition, Uppsala Artists’ Association, Gallery Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden • 2019 Group exhibition, ”The culture night” by Gallery Zeitgeist, Uppsala market hall, Uppsala, Sweden • 2019 Art & design fair, ”Art Garden” by Gallery Zeitgeist, Hotel Clarion Gillet, Uppsala, Sweden

skapatavcaroline@gmail.com www.galleriz.se/konstnar/skapat-avcaroline/ @skapat.av.caroline

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Vinterbjörkar | Aquarelle, 56x76 cm, 2019

Isen Ligger Tjock | Aquarelle, 56x76 cm, 2021 235

Moa Norell S T O C K H O L M ,

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Moa Norell started painting already as a child thanks to her mother who worked as a photographer and as an educator for artistic activity. Norell has attended art schools such as Nyckelviksskolan and previously worked as an assistant to Anders Wallin. She has also worked as an art teacher at ABF, Dieselverkstaden, and Didaktus Gymnasium, among others. You will recognize Norell’s paintings as vigorous acrylic paintings that depict human emotions such as, joy, affinity, loneliness, hope, inclusion, and exclusion through dance, often infamous Stockholm environments. The artist strongly believes that life, as well as people, are unique and as complex, full of possible parallel positions and stories as the random meetings on a crowded dance floor. Portraying emotions and life through dance has therefore become a medium for her.

Photographer: Jonas Enander

Through her artwork, the artist wants to attract people to explore the colloquial and fragile in life, as well as what empowers us and thus contributes to meaningfulness, understanding, and hope for the viewer.

• 2021 Group exhibition, “Spring Salon”, Gallery Grip, Stockholm, Sweden • 2021 Solo exhibition, “While we wait”, Gallery Grip, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, Dreams Café Bambu, Malaga, Spain • 2007 Group exhibition, Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm, Sweden • 2001 Solo exhibition, “On the way”, Café Blue, Stockholm, Sweden

moa.norell@gmail.com www.konst.se/moanorell @moa79norell

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Dans vid Hornsbergs Strand | Acrylic on Canvas, 41x32 cm, 2020

De Innerliga | Acrylic on Canvas, 41x31 cm, 2020 237

Serie 1 | Acrylic on Canvas, 36x48 cm, 2020 238

Serie 2 | Acrylic on Canvas, 36x48 cm, 2020 239

Sofie Persson U P P S A L A ,

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Sofie Persson was born in 1981 and raised in Åland, but is currently living in Uppsala, Sweden. Her grandmother was a watercolour artist, hence Persson has been exposed to the fascinating world of watercolour since her early life. Several years after the passing of her grandmother, Sofie found the courage to try watercolour painting and once she tried, she couldn´t stop. One may experience watercolour as erratic and out of control, but it is also a rewarding medium and this specific combination fascinates Sofie. The artist can easily enjoy the mixture of water and dye running on the paper sheets, how their colour change while drying. Watercolours have a unique transparent property, where a painting builds up layer upon layer.

• 2020 Group exhibition, Organized by Uppsala artist´s association, Gallery Upsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Persson finds her greatest inspiration in the Nordic light and nature, using mostly soft colours. Sometimes she also paints in a colourful shell, to challenge herself in painting. In the summertime, most days are spent at Åland, where Persson absorbs the sea, the red granite cliffs, and the archipelago atmosphere. Months later, during the winter, her art takes its form out of her recollection of those summer days. Her artwork is a combination of harmony and mystique; her mission is to let the eye of the beholder interpret. Apart from minor weekend workshops, Sofie Persson is an autodidact artist.

• 2019 & 2020 Juried exhibition, “Watercolour”, Väsby art gallery, Upplands Väsby, Sweden • 2019 Juried exhibition, “Autumn salon”, Organized by the Sigtuna culture association, Märsta, Sweden

sofie.persson.art@gmail.com www.galleriz.se/konstnar/sofie-persson @sofie.persson.art

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Fantasy Birds II | Watercolour Painting, 56x76 cm, 2020

Harmony | Watercolour Painting, 56x76 cm, 2021 241

Anna Sophia Rydgren T Ä B Y ,

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Anna Sophia Rydgren was born in 1972 in the northern part of Sweden. She has her studio ARY ART outside Stockholm City. colours and forms have always been a part of her life. As a young, she attended several art schools and focused on her studies in the art of painting and croquis. With an experimental mindset and a big influence on the Scandinavian heritage of minimalistic design, she has developed her artistic expression. Rydgren uses large brushes in acrylic and palette knives and sponges as an addition. For the sculptural collages, she has developed a technique in Mixed Media to get a unique feeling on these artworks.

• 2021 Group exhibition, “Share your identity”, Focus Art Fair, Atelier Richelieu, Paris, France

For the White On White series, the inspiration comes from the arctic nature with the snowy landscape from where she grew up in the north. When the light changes during the day it drastically changes how the landscape is presented. This experience and perception is something she wanted to capture in her artwork. White On White series is both sculptural and textural and it is a result of her attraction for the subtle changes in curves, textures, and lights. This is her way to combine a painting with her love for the sculptural form. She wants the flowing harmony, yet powerful impact of a sculpture to reach the viewer.

• 2021 Virtual group exhibition, “Infinity”, The Holy Art, London, U.K.

Artworks of Anna Sophia Rydgren hang in international and Northern homes and have been exhibited in cities such as Milan, London, and Paris.

• 2020 Group exhibition, “Fables”, M.A.D.S Milano, Milano, Italy • 2020 Group show, “DressMe”, Milano Fashion Week, Organized by M.A.D.S Milano, Milano, Italy

anna@aryart.se www.aryart.se @aryartstudios

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Inbetween Sheets Mixed Media, 70x100 cm, 2021

The Goldennugget Mixed Media, 80x100 cm, 2021 243

Zamina Scillasdotter S T O C K H O L M ,

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Art couture is how the artist Zamina Scillasdotter from Stockholm would be described. As a tailor-based brand Scillasdotter gives you garments with an exclusive touch. Every fabric and design is carefully handpicked and then sewn by hand in the atelier. Everything is made slowly and the garments are made to be worn for a lifetime. As the brand combines art, tailoring, and design the clothes speak for themselves and if you want to go deeper, each item has its own story. But it is in the eyes of the spectator and you are the one setting the limits of your imagination. That is how she wants you to see it.

• 2021 Designer for Fashion Show, “SS22 Lost Identity”, Stockholm Fashion Week, Stockholm, Sweden • 2021 Designer/tailor/stylist, Melodifestivalen, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Exhibition, ”Närmare än naket/ Closer than naked”, Dalslands Konstmuseum, Dalsland, Sweden • 2019 Tailor assistant, “Iris van Herpen spring collection”, Paris fashionweek, Paris, France

Mostly the ideas come from certain events and the surroundings of the artist. Things she has seen and heard or lived through which she can relate and transform into art and leave the spectator with deeper thought. The artist has a history in singing, dancing, and writing which you can see permeates the clothes. Movement and body create a beautiful dance that allows the garment to sculpt graceful silhouettes. Craftsmanship, societal issues, nature, structures interlace in an elegant mixture. Right where the body and soul intercross are influences that shape the creative process. She has created garments named; Utbränd, Närmare än naket, Distortion, and Whole. Scillasdotter was born in Stockholm in 1992. She is self-taught from a young age and the craftsmanship has a background in the family. At the age of 23, the artist started her big journey in Gothenburg at Tillskärarakademin. She started with studying 1 year of pattern construction and then 3 years of tailoring. She did her internship for one term at the designer Iris van Herpen in Amsterdam. The journey continued with a diploma in Women’s Tailoring. Thereafter she got a scholarship and started her company in her hometown Stockholm.

• 2015 – 2019 Education, “Pattern construction and Women’s Tailoring”, Tillskärarakademin in Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

zaminascillasdotter@hotmail.com www.zaminascillasdotter.com @zaminascillasdotter

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Whole, 2021. Photographer: Gustav Hallén. Model: Awa Touray. 245

Utbränd, 2016. Photographer: Gustav Hallén. Model: Sunita Karlsson.

Närmare än naket, 2020. Photographer: Gustav Hallén. Model: Alexander Malee Nao. 246

It’s in the eye of the spectator, 2020. Photographer: Christofer Zagal. Model: Nermin Irja.

Närmare än naket, 2019. Photographer: Zamina Scillasdotter. Model: Anna Erixon.

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Katarina Segerpalm M A L M Ö ,

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Katarina Segerpalm is a Swedish artist from Malmö. She is a trained art teacher and has taken courses in pattern design, and she has since on her own explored various forms of painting to find her art form. What characterizes her art is her colourful and vibrant paintings. She paints flower paintings in acrylic and watercolour but also likes to work with mixed media and collage. Segerpalm is fascinated by how different colours can convey different moods. Among her paintings you can therefore often find one and the same motif in different colour scales. Another characteristic of her art is the richness of details in her artwork. The richness of detail allows you to study a painting for a long time and still discover details and motifs that you have not noticed before. Through painting, she experiences that she gets in touch with her inner self. It is intuition that controls the process and the motifs emerge gradually, often into a lively and colourful composition. Among her paintings you will find motifs such as flowers, birds, bees, butterflies and dragonflies but also figurative colourful collage paintings. • 2021 Group exhibition, “Lilla Skåne”, Gallerihelgen 2021, Malmö, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, Gottorps Gröna, Organized by Konstmappen, Malmö, Sweden

In recent years, Katarina Segerpalm has participated in a number of exhibitions and her works have been sold both in Sweden and abroad, including the United Kingdom, Belgium, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and India. Her paintings are also printed on textiles and she has collaborations with designers and a few shop assistants.

• 2020 – 2021 Collaboration, “Biocup Art series”, Bio Pak Australia, Bondi Junction, Australia • 2020 Exhibition, Sösdala Art & Design room, Invited by Konstmappen, Sösdala, Sweden • 2018 Solo exhibition, ”Artist of the month”, Hälsans Hus, Lund, Sweden

katarinasegerpalm@gmail.com www.konst.se/katarinasegerpalm @katarina.segerpalm_art

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Vibrant Meadow | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x70 cm, 2021

My Time To Blossom | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x65 cm, 2018 249

The Hummingbird Garden | Acrylic on Canvas, 100x80 cm, 2020

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Poppy Colorsplash Watercolour, 50x65 cm, 2021

Trust Within Collage, 40x50 cm, 2020 251

Vi Shu H E L S I N G B O R G ,

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Vi Shu is an autodidact artist who is based in Sweden. Her work represents the lyrical abstract art tradition. The style strives to create a feeling of freedom and harmony while the subject is open for interpretation. Through lyrical abstraction, she creates her reality that reflects an inner world of emotions and fragments of memories. Vi flirts with abstract from a unique perspective. Through her creation, she tries to highlight harmony that is expressed through both colours and shapes and hover between dream and reality, inner and outer world, the conscious and the unconscious. Her art is not specifically associated with any religion, but there is something overly spiritual and mystical in it. The artist paints mainly in acrylic; she incorporates a variety of mediums like spray paint, paper, sand, and concrete to build layered, complex, and expressive compositions. Under relaxed and soft brushstrokes an endless battle is hidden. Her colour choices create a range of tones from muted and serene to vibrant and electric. • 2016 – 2017, Group exhibition, “Around the Skåne”, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Malmö, Karlskrona, Lund, Kristianstad, Nymölla, Sweden • 2016 Group exhibition, “The force of the circle”, Maria Thorlund Ateljé and Gallery, Lund, Sweden

Vi Shu’s work is characterized by free, emotive, personal compositions unrelated to objective reality, something unknown expressed through her work. The purpose is that the viewer can find a connection with her creations on a psychological, philosophical, or spiritual level and experience a direct visual connection with their inner world.

• 2015 Group exhibition, Gallery D’Arte De Marchi, Bologna, Italy • 2015 Group exhibition, “Art in the city”, Kulturhotellet, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2014 Solo exhibition, “Path of Exile”, Gallery Under Ytan, Malmö, Sweden

vs.galleri@gmail.com vsgalleri.wixsite.com/menu @vi_shu

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Aura | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020

Aurum | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2019 253

Fear | Mixed Media on Canvas, 40x30 cm, 2017

Life Force | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x150 cm, 2018 254

Virtue | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2019

Soul Gazing | Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020 255

Malin Sjölander N Ä S S J Ö ,

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Malin Sjölander gets her inspiration from her love of the Swedish countryside and the many variations in nature as seasons are changing. The artist never knows beforehand what the exact result will be when she starts on a new painting. It usually starts with seeing a plant, a tree, or even just the weather, a mental seed that develops on the canvas. She is in a kind of meditative state of mind when she creates and just lets the magic happen. Sjölander believes that you should always trust the process; a masterpiece needs patience but it should also always feel effortless and unpretentious. The Nässjö-artist mostly paints with acrylic paint on canvas but also paints with watercolours and drawings done with ink. Her latest “obsession” is to paint cows - she just loves their carefree and curious faces.

• 2021 Mural painting, Sensi Salong, Lekeryd, Sweden

Sjölander has since she was little been extremely creative and has always been painting and drawing. But it was when she got fatigue depression that painting became an important tool to find joy and energy in life again. It was also then she started to paint more abstract than figurative, and with painting knives and sponges instead of paintbrushes when painting with acrylic paint.

• 2021 Group exhibition, Good Mornings Hotel, Helsingborg, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, Kulturgatan, Bodafors, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, ”Konstrunda/Art round”, Höglandet, Sweden • 2020 Solo exhibition, Sensi Salong, Lekeryd, Sweden

malinsjolanderart@gmail.com www.malinsjolanderart.com @malinsjolander_art

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Summer Feeling | Acrylic on Canvas, 70x90 cm, 2021 257

Winter Day | Acrylic on Canvas, 40x60 cm, 2020

Lupin | Ink on Paper, 30x42 cm, 2020

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Girls Night Out | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x70 cm, 2021

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Maria Slättman S O L L E N T U N A ,

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Maria Slättman is a contemporary artist based in Sweden. Since early childhood, she was drawing and painting, having a dream of becoming an artist when growing up. However, studies in life science took her in a different direction and she eventually acquired a doctor’s degree in molecular biology. During the years she spent in academia and the biotech industry there was very little time for painting. The turning point came when she was living in Silicon Valley where she got influenced by San Francisco’s inspiring art scene and started taking painting classes. Back in Sweden, she continued to paint during her spare time, and finally, in 2017, there was an opportunity to change her career to become a full-time artist. Slättman has recently started to attract attention from galleries in Europe and is currently represented by two galleries in Spain, her artwork is also found on several digital platforms.

• 2021-2022 Representation online, galeriaazur.es, artsy.net & artsper.com, • 2021 Digital group exhibition, “Tékne”, Galeria Azur Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Maria Slättman is using acrylic and mixed media to create contemporary, abstract artworks. She uses colours, layers of paint, and different tools and media to create depth and structure, contrast and balance, and is constantly experimenting with new techniques. She focuses on the creative process itself and the way the painting develops without a preconceived notion of what her result will look like. Slättman is inspired by anything from the micro-world within cells to the beauty of nature.

• 2021 Art fair, “International Contemporary Art Fair Paris”, Invited by Van Gogh Art Gallery, Paris, France • 2019 Juried exhibition, “Överbysalongen”, curated by Ricardo Donoso/ Kerstin Lagerman Haas/John Button, Sollentuna, Sweden • 2018 Permanent exhibition, Testa Center, GE Healthcare, Uppsala, Sweden

art.mariaslattman@gmail.com www.konst.se/mariaslattman @artnthings.bymaria

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Denature | Mixed Media on Canvas, 46x55 cm, 2021 261

Signaling | Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x30 cm, 2021

Junction | Acrylic on Canvas, 89x116 cm, 2021 262

Respiration Acrylic on Canvas, 40x50 cm, 2021

Adhesion Acrylic on Canvas, 89x116 cm, 2021 263

Stuimo B O R Å S ,

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Stuimo makes art that doesn’t look like anyone else’s. Rather, it resembles what you dream of at night when the moon is full and you have your head and chest full of ghosts and anxiety. It is experienced both visually and emotionally. It leaves a longing for more. The magically mysteriously painted figures in Stuimo’s art dance as well as twist like in agony in front of the viewer or stares you right in the eyes with just as much penetrating as an empty gaze. They suck you into their astonishing world of thick brush strokes and heavy layers of muted, earthy colours. Once there, you can’t find your way out. Once there, you can’t breathe like before. But that’s fine because it’s more exciting than on the other side. There are endless depths and exciting new worlds that are mind-altering and euphoric for the bold viewer if you dare.

stuimoart@post.com

Stuimo paints on the material that currently exists. When the feeling comes, whatever it may be, it is the journey that is essential for Stuimo, to get it out of himself and out for us to adore. Once out, it’s hard not to love what Stuimo creates.

www.konst.se/stuimoart @stuimoart

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Nothing as It Seems Acrylic on Cardboard, 54x43 cm, 2018

Nearly Missed The Bus Acrylic on Panel, 22x27 cm, 2020 265

Cut The Islet Acrylic on Panel, 33x24 cm, 2020

Junkhead Acrylic on Canvas, 60x40 cm, 2021 266

Blöt Dröm Acrylic on Canvas, 55x38 cm, 2021

Too Close to Heaven Acrylic on MDF-board, 57x48 cm, 2021 267

Cecilia Stärner S T O C K H O L M ,

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Cecilia Stärner is a classical figurative sculptor. In 2011 she decided to follow her intuition and heart to study art. She studied in Sweden and abroad and is now a full-time artist. Stärner has made several trips to Italy and she has studied at Florence Academy of Art. Stärner is inspired by Italian and Renaissance art and Swedish classical figurative artists such as Carl Eldh, Milles, and contemporary Peter Linde. Lately, the artist has also become more interested in the human psyche and the subconscious through dream interpretation and tarot. Cecilia Stärner takes great interest in studying the human body and she likes to work with live models. The most common working material is clay; however, she also uses concrete, plaster, and bronze to make the sculptures. The sculptures are mostly done in small series with a certain theme. There are approximately 5 - 20 items in each collection. Pictures in Nordic Art Guide show part of the collections created in 2020/21 but not yet exhibited; “My shoes”, “The Bag”, and the portrait series “Nature Spirit”. • 2021 Public art, ”The Pack II” Three concrete hares, Årsta Library, Stockholm, Sweden • 2020 Public art, ”The Pack I” - Concrete bench with two hares, Housing Cooperative Grängen, Stockholm, Sweden

Cecilia Stärner is looking forward to working with new art projects and she would like to collaborate with several galleries and meet art-loving people. “Part of” and “Vulnerable” are upcoming projects that are inspired by the human body.

• 2019 Solo exhibition, “From soil and water”, Södertälje City Hall, Södertälje, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, “The Pack” Tekniska Nämndehuset, Stockholm, Sweden • 2018 Public art, “I am waiting for me” bronze sculpture. Housing Cooperative Perrongen, Stockholm, Sweden

c@ceciliaskulptur.se www.ceciliaskulptur.se @ceciliaskulptur

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My Shoes | Stoneware, 25x22x11 cm, 2021 269

The Bag Stoneware, 30x40x16 cm, 2021

The Bag Stoneware, 30x40x16 cm, 2021 270

Nature Spirit Stoneware, Life-size portrait, 2021

Nature Spirit Stoneware, Life-size portrait, 2021 271

Revaz Tchantouria S T A F FA N S T O R P,

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Revaz Tchantouria develops a style of geometric abstraction. His colourful artworks express the movement of different colours and geometric shapes. Tchantouria has always been very fascinated by astronomy and finds inspiration from the geometric disposition in astronomy. He also takes inspiration from colours in nature and different seasons. The artist works with different techniques, mostly oil on canvas but also with paper collages and mixed media. Influenced by avant-garde artists like Malevich, Kandinsky, and Mondrian, his artworks convey an individual impression and interpretation by each observer. Tchantouria is originally from Georgia in the Caucasus and has lived in Sweden since the late 1980s. He received his education in the studio of the prominent Georgian sculptor-abstractionist during 1974-1977 in Tbilisi. Karlo Grigolia was the founder of Georgian avant-garde art, a forbidden underground movement during the Soviet period.

• 2019 Group exhibition, “Bienal de Arte Barcelona”, Museum of European Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain

During the years, Tchantouria has had several exhibitions around Sweden and abroad. The first exhibition in Sweden was a group exhibition of Georgian artists at Falsterbo Konsthall in 1994. He has for example presented his artwork at The National Museum Kiev Pictures Gallery in 2018 and Bienal de Arte Barcelona at the Museum of European Modern Art (MEAM) 2019.

• 2018 Group exhibition, “To Find and Not Let Go - Ukrainian and Georgian modernism”, National Museum Kiev Picture Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

Tchantouria is a member of The Association of Georgian avant-garde artists since 1986. He is also engaged in the conception of the ”Architectural-Plastic Environment”, together with the Georgian artist Leri Chanturia. This involves the idea of presenting art as a part of different ecological environments.

• 2017 Group exhibition, Amsterdam International Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 2012 Solo exhibition, Gallery Cinnamoni, Helsingborg, Sweden • 1994 Group exhibition, “Konst från Georgien/Art from Georgia by Tchantouria, Chanturia and Grigolia”, Falsterbo konsthall, Skanör-Falsterbo, Sweden

revaz.tchantouria@gmail.com www.revaztchantouria.com @revaztchantouriaart 272

Dynamic Composition, Ocean Motives Oil on Canvas, 181x121 cm, 2013

Form and Color Oil on Canvas, 75x60 cm, 2012 273

Nina Thorén B O R R B Y ,

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Six years ago, Nina Thorén moved from her beloved Stockholm. She longed for a much freer life, closer to nature. A life engulfed by art. Österlen became her new residence. Growing up in the majestical and mythical forests of Västergötland. Her first big inspiration becomes the large naturally carved ice sculptures glistening in the morning light on the shores of Lake Vättern. Interpreting the wild and playful characteristics of the forest is one of the Thoréns main art ingredients. Portraying the harmony of branches of trees playing in a seductive light. Whispering about our combined inner and outer landscapes. Sometimes animals appear with wisdom. Words of wisdom that target our inner, deep longings. The art is made in the key of wildness and freedom. The art of being completely in the present moment with the storm of nature’s beauty roaring outside. Reflecting on the questions we are pondering and the answers we are given. Just remember that the answers to your deepest questions are always available when you surround yourself with the calm harmony of nature. • 2021 Solo exhibition, ”Ursprung”, Nina Thorén Galleri, Blästorp, Österlen, Sweden • 2018 Solo exhibition, Nina Thorén Galleri, Blästorp, Österlen Sweden • 2012 Solo exhibition, at Winterviken, Stockholm, Sweden

By adding magical and mystical elements to her paintings, Thorén wants to hold your hand while you walk a tightrope between reality and fantasy. She wants to boost your longing for wild nature, telling you about ancient secrets within our reach. About the primordial power of the sacred ground, you walk on. Nina Thorén is a self-proclaimed explorer of the wonders of nature and our ever-longing hearts. Her art is painted with water-based mediums such as tempera, acrylic, and watercolour.

• 2008 Solo exhibition, at Winterviken, Stockholm, Sweden • 2002 – 2003 Art education, Fri konst, Hjo konstskola, Hjo, Sweden

thoren.n.5@gmail.com www.ninathoren.com @ninathorenart

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Vild | Aquarelle, 52x71 cm, 2018 275

Dimensioner | Aquarelle, 72x55.5 cm, 2021

Rötter | Aquarelle, 52x71 cm, 2018 276

Bara Vara | Tempera, 116x108 cm, 2021

Härstammar | Tempera, 98x81 cm, 2021 277

Maria Tönnberg G Ö T E B O R G ,

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Maria Tönnberg expresses her passion for art in colours, shapes, joy, and playfulness. She works mostly with acrylic and ink on both big canvas and watercolour paper. Both motifs and sizes vary in her works. Her creations span from sea motifs, to abstract in ink and colourful figurative paintings. Tönnberg always goes with the flow, feeling an emotion, preferably to music when she creates. Since she was young the creativity has been important for her and her prosperity. When Tönnberg creates, she loses time and space. It is like meditation and she always gets power in and from painting. Depending on which element the Swedish artist chooses to work with, the creation process can look a little bit different. In acrylic, the work is more technical and takes longer, while they work in ink is based on mood and feeling in the moment. It´s the ink and water that lead the way. It becomes what it becomes. And it´s so cool to just let go of control. • 2021 Online course “Fearless – create your art business”, Course leader Karin Holmström

Important encounters in life that touch people and leaves an impression are Tönnberg’s inspiration. She is inspired by meaningful conversations, meetings with people, and life itself. To be present when people get inspired, affected, or moved by her paintings is a strong motivation for Maria Tönnberg when she creates. She sees it as an important and beautiful gift.

• 2021 Online course, “Your creative kickoff” & “Feminine figures”, Course leader Fanny Larsson • 2021 Solo exhibition, “Livets frågor”, Änggårdens Hospice, Göteborg, Sweden • 2021 Solo exhibition, ”Leva i nuet”, Pop-up Gallery, Skärhamn, Sweden

mariatonnbergart@gmail.com www.mariatonnbergart.com @mariatonnbergart

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Frost | Ink on Paper, 21x30 cm, 2021

Havets Liv | Ink on Paper, 21x30 cm, 2021

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Uppvaknandet | Ink on Paper, 21x30 cm, 2021

Skyddsänglarna | Acrylic on Canvas, 60x60 cm, 2020 280

Storm | Ink on Paper, 42x30 cm, 2021

Vinter | Acrylic on Canvas, 90x90 cm, 2020 281

Jenny Wall T O R S L A N D A ,

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Jenny Wall is a curious and warm artist who lives in the archipelago in Göteborg, Sweden. She is a self-thought artist with a former career as a freelance makeup artist in Swedish television. Expressing herself in colour and creativity is something that’s been following her since her early years. Her art is warm, powerful, and with movement. Someone even said healing. Wall loves to paint big paintings where nothing can stop her or restrict her. She’s a sensitive spirit with a creative soul and she has had an urge to express her inner emotions creatively since she was a little child. Her paintings are abstract and she never knows how a painting will end up. To paint for Wall is to be free, to let out her inner feelings, memories, and thoughts that need to come out and to be seen. Wall’s vision and dreams are to affect people with her art. To make them feel free, feel love - to feel! But also, to send out a message about how it is a young woman today, all the pressure from around, how we should look, how we should behave. It’s about loving yourself and your body, and that you’re beautiful just the way you are - to accept that your body is amazing and you are amazing. • 2018 Solo exhibition, Invited by SVT’s konstförening, Sveriges Television & Sveriges Radio, Göteborg, Sweden • 2019 Solo exhibition, Grindstugan vid Jonsereds Trädgårdar, Göteborg, Sweden • 2020 Group exhibition, Konstrundan Västra Hisingen, Torslanda, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, “LOVE MY BODY”, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Milano, Italy • 2021 Solo exhibition, “SPIRIT”, Hamngatan boathouse, Skärhamn, Sweden

studiojsweden@gmail.com www.konst.se/jennywallart @jennywallart

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Amazing | Oil on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2020

Under Huden | Oil on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2020 283

Exkluderad | Oil on Canvas, 80x80 cm, 2020

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Spirit nr 2 | Oil on Canvas, 50x60 cm, 2021

Anemon | Oil on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2021 285

Marie Wictorin L I D I N G Ö ,

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Marie Wictorin born in 1982, is based in her home town Lidingö, where she works in her studio. She is a Swedish emerging abstract and mixed media artist who predominantly works with acrylic, often adding fabric and combining with different tools and techniques. The works of Wictorin often explore the interplay between her mind and thoughts and she is interested in digging out the hidden moments, feelings and bringing them out to the surface and transferring them to the canvas or paper. Wictorin has always been interested in creating in various forms and the ways of expression have been many. During the years, she has also taken courses and participated in different forms of training, both theoretical and practical, to develop her craftsmanship and understanding for art. But it is in recent years that she feels in the right expression and it is through her art, she has finally found a way to communicate honestly and raw. This has resulted in sales, both in Sweden and abroad. • 2020 Course, “Ceramics”, Drejstudion, Stockholm, Sweden

Her vision and desire are to continue to explore her creativity and exhibit her art, to expand and broaden the horizon to whatever the future holds. Now it’s finally showtime for Marie Wictorin.

• 2019 Course, “Figure drawing”, Folkkulturcentrum, Stockholm, Sweden • 2018 – 2020 Education, “Undergraduate artistic education l and ll”, Falkenbergs Art School, Falkenberg, Sweden • 2018 Course, Graphic illustration, NTIskolan, Distance, Sweden • 2008 Education, “The Media Programme”, Lidingö Komvux, Lidingö, Sweden

studio@mariewictorin.com www.mariewictorin.com @mariewictorin

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Just One Day of My Days Mixed Media on Canvas, 100x100 cm, 2021

Longing Mixed Media on Paper, 50x70 cm, 2021 287

Jennie Öien M A L M Ö ,

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Jennie Öien was born in 1972 and lives in Malmö, Sweden. She is self-taught and her artistic career started in 2016, but she has been mostly active since 2020. The human mind and emotions have always attracted Öien. She studied psychiatry and psychology, but today she expresses her interest through art. She mainly uses oil with a palette of happy colours, where a playful combination of women, nature, wild animals, and human emotions are created. She loves when deep feelings and sensualism are reflected in her work, and with Öien´s elaborate imagery, the woman’s strength has empathized in her versatile and sometimes contradictory emotional life. In her own technique “wallpaper art”, the artist chooses carefully selected wallpapers that are laid out as “background and frame”, whereupon motifs and effects emerge through collaring in varying shades and details.

• 2021 Solo exhibition, Galleri Pionen, Vaxholms Kastell, Stockholm, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, Teaterhotellet Konstgalleriet, Malmö, Sweden • 2021 Group exhibition, Stadshotellet, Kristianstad, Sweden

Öien has been hired to do several portraits and collaborations. Among these, one collab was with Ava J Holmes & Cacao Center, Puerto Maldonado, Peru. The artist has also done three paintings that will be printed and sold in their Rainforest Cacao shop. All income goes to the conservation of the rainforest’s animals and plants kingdom. Jennie Öien loves bringing people and their feelings to life, and she loves experimental journeys. In the mind and art, she can travel wherever she wants because in art and creation she breathes. To paint is to breathe, according to Öien.

• 2020 Group exhibition, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain • 2020 Art fair, “Salon International d’art Contemporain” by Art3f, Invited by Van Gogh Art Gallery, Luxembourg

artbyjennie@hotmail.com www.artbyjennie.se @art.by.jennie

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Freedom Mixed Media on Wallpaper, 50x70 cm, 2021

Teach Me Tiger Oil on Canvas, 80x100 cm, 2021 289

Peaceful | Oil on Canvas, 100x120 cm, 2020

Esmeralda | Oil on Canvas, 50x70 cm, 2020

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Waves | Oil on Canvas, 100x80 cm, 2021

Colour my Horizon | Oil on Canvas, 120x100 cm, 2021

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