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Artist statement

Parallel to our public life we all live a private life, in which we safely tuck away our secrets and insecurities. In public situations we may come up with nifty solutions to hide what discomforts us, but it is those moments alone that are most confronting. Though we can hide even ourselves from many insecurities, there is no escape from bodily discontent. We can not avoid confrontation with our body on a regular base.

It is this what caught my interest when I created my first hair works ("Yearbook", "Personality Portraits"). Through hair, I explored self-image and self-expression to the outside world. Upon concluding a contradiction between the two, I delved deeper into the inner world of my subjects as well as my own. To do so I deepened my focus towards the thin line between self-consciousness and self-confidence.

In this regard my work consists of subjective matter. I like for there to be room for interpretation in my work. By utilising hair as a surrealist matter one can decide for themselves to either take the work lightheartedly or to shape it to their own ideas. Therefore when a work is finished it is no longer ‘mine’ conceptually.

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CV

Education
2019 - 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague NL
2016 - 2019 Fine Art Foundation, Örebro Art College SE
2010 - 2014 Fine Woodworking, HMC Rotterdam NL

Solo exhibitions
2018 "Point of view" Bunkern Gallery, Örebro SE
2017 "Let your hair down" The Contemporary Garage, Örebro SE

Group exhibitions
2019 "Things Will Change" TENT, Rotterdam NL
2019 "Up and Coming" Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE
2019 "Rio Drop & Charlotte Ostritsch" Galleri Exposé, Örebro SE
2018 Mahalla festival: "Generating New Narratives", Diyalog Dernegi, Valletta MT
2018 "Svensk Konst Nu!" Nora Art, Nora SE
2018 "Now's the time" Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE
2018 "Slättens Vårsolanche" Galleri Slätten, Malmö SE
2017 "Springtime for XXXXXX" Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE
2017 "KORPUS" Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
​2016 "Örebro Konstskolas Vårutställning" Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE

Grants
2018 International Grant - Culture, Region Örebro län
2018 Studio Scholarship, Örebro Art College