My artistic practice explores the relationship between information, materiality and systems of knowledge. I am interested in how abstract ideas, rules, measurements and codes can become physical objects, and in the unexpected aesthetic worlds that emerge around highly specialized forms of knowledge.
My working process is in many ways similar to the scientific method. I often begin with a question, an observation or something I find unexpectedly fascinating. From there I research, formulate hypotheses, make experiments and allow the results to lead the work in directions I could not have anticipated. Failure, deviations and unexpected results are an important part of this process. The final artwork is often less an illustration of the original idea than the material consequence of having investigated it.
I am drawn to the meticulousness of technical and scientific practices, particularly the ways in which seemingly abstract systems are translated into concrete procedures and physical forms. I spend a great deal of time gathering information from research papers, technical documentation, standards, specialist communities and instructional material. This research can become almost obsessive, but the accumulation of knowledge is not an end in itself. I am interested in the moment when it begins to generate its own questions and can be translated into an artistic process.
My research frequently becomes a physical experiment. I build tools and electronics, write software, work with industrial materials and develop methods for manipulating them. The resulting works can take the form of sculptures, machines, optical constructions, images or installations. They often retain something of the logic of the systems that produced them, while shifting that logic into a different context where questions of function, precision and efficiency become questions of perception and meaning. I am interested in what happens where an investigation does not necessarily need to produce a useful result or a definitive answer.
My background in programming, which I worked with professionally for around twenty years before studying Fine Art at Konstfack, is an important part of this practice. It has given me a way of thinking in terms of systems, rules and iterative problem-solving, as well as an appreciation for the peculiar beauty of technical solutions. I am interested in what happens where an investigation does not necessarily need to produce a useful result or a definitive answer.
Curating together with Jens Masimov2024 Debutant Award exhibition, Köpings Museum, Köping
Participating artists: Alba Lindblad, Alexander Bäckman, Anders Nilsson, Andy Allen, Birt Berglund, Björn Rudberg, Cara Tolmie, Caroline Nord, Christoffer Jansson, Dan Jensen, Danae Valenza, Daniel Eriksson, Daniel Iinatti, David Torstensson, Einar Zotterman, Eli Eli, Ellen Rosdala, Ellen Söderhult, Erik Wisell, Evelina Nolin, Felix Alberg Eriksson, Heidi Edström, Hållams Linnea Henriksson, Ingrid Gustafsson, Jakob Hördegård, Jens Masimov, Jon Ashbourne, Jonas Callander, Jonas Jordell, Jonas-Petter Wallner, Josse Thuresson, Judit Weegar, Julia Steinbach, Jussi Jailheart, Karin Keisu, Karl-Linus Börjesson, Katrin Tryggvadottir, Linnea Hansander, Madelene Hertz, Mikal Styrke, Nicklas Hållen, Niklas Delin, Nisse Bergman, Otto Svensson, Oulia Makkonen, PA Sandberg, Sandra Wisell, Sarali Borg, Sofia Hökvind, Stella Dieden Richter, Torbjörn Rolandsson, Tova Fransson, Tova Tilliander and Yasmine Alishenas
Exhibition for Konstfrämjandet Västmanlands (People's Movements for Art Promotion) Debutant Award 2024.2024 Buss 501, Norberg
Curating together with Jon Ashbourne and Mikaela Backman2023 Drejargatan på Hornsgatan - Den fantastiska platsen, Stockholm
Participating artists: Felix Alberg Eriksson, Jon Ashbourne, Mikaela Backman, Birt Berglund , Nisse Bergman, Sarali Borg, Stella Dieden Richter, Heidi Edström, Antto Eloranta, Mark Frygell, Jussi Jailheart, Jonas Jordell, Mika Kastner Johnson, Danai Lytra, Jens Masimov, Lisa Morrissey, Sophie Murray, Evelina Nolin, Nicklas Persson, Ellen Pålsson, Ellen Rosdala, Alva Roselius, Evelina Rönnung, John Andersson, Tova Tilliander, Cara Tolmie, Cilia Wagén, Jonas Petter Wallner, Mika O Wiborgh and Sandra Wisell.
with Jonas Jordell, Niklas Delin and Birt Berglund.2023 Buss 501, Norberg
Curating together with Jon Ashbourne and Mikaela Backman2023 Terrains of Togetherness - Galleri Svarta Gran, Borlänge
Participating artists: Alexander Bäckman, Alva Roselius, Antto Eloranta, Birt Berglund, Cara Tolmie, Daniel Eriksson, Elsa Schiöle, Evelina Nolin, Fredrik Andersson, Frida Ashbourne, Ida Lindgren, Jens Masimov, Jesper Thor, Jon Ashbourne, Jonas-Petter Wallner, Judit Weegar, Kondrad Lidén, Lisa Morressey, Mikaela Backman, Mikal Styrke, Nicklas Hållén, Nisse Bergman, Olle Bergman, Sofia Hökvind, Sophie Murray, Tova Tilliander, Tove Dreiman, Victoria Tyboni and Viktor Örberg
Curated by Nils Claesson with Takao Momiyama and Gunnel Pettersson2023 Dalarnas Museum - Falun
Curated by Maria Backman. With Karin Häll, Margareta Klingberg, Afrang Nordlöf Malekian, Ola Nilsson, Hanna Sjöberg, Cristian Quinteros Soto, Karin Willén och Maria Backman.2022 Red Stipple - kl.09.00, Stockholm
curated by Max Ronnesjö and Jenny Danielsson2022 Anti-Patterns - Havet, Konstfack, Stockholm
with Anna Sagström2017 Signalflaggor - Boda Brygga, Värmdö
with Jon Ashbourne2017 Tipsrundan - Noren, Norberg
with Jon Ashbourne2016 Skriktornet - Botskogen, Norberg
with Jon Ashbourne2015 Livets Lotteri - Odenplan, Stockholm
with Joanna Ekström och Michelle Eismann