I am a Swedish visual artist working with a broad range of media including drawing, sculpture and video. My practice is centered around how we gain knowledge about ourselves and our surroundings through visceral experience. Focusing on the natural environment, structural influence and body image, I look into experiences of wilderness, belonging, migration and solitude. In more recent work I explore themes of objectification, maternity and desire.
I live and work in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Education
B.A. Anthropology (Ethnology), Uppsala University, Sweden 2019
M.F.A. Fine Art (Art, Space and Nature), Edinburgh College of Art 2005
B. A. Fine art (Drawing and Painting), Edinburgh College of Art 2003
Awards
VACMA Edinburgh Artist Bursary Award 2022
Creative Scotland open project funding award (group exhibition) 2016
Scottish Arts Council, Artist Professional Development Grant, 2008
Scottish Arts Council Curatorial Practice Grant, 2008
Royal Scottish Academy: Gillies Artist Residency at Hospitalfield, Arbroath in 2007
EVAAC Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Award 2007
Selected exhibitions
The Opposite End, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, (solo show), 2023
Presentation, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh 2019
Coup de Theatre, Summerhall, Edinburgh 2016-2017
Duplicit, Snehta Gallery, Athens, Greece 2016
Corridor Illusion, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh 2016
Drawing on Performance, Basic Mountain, (performance piece), Edinburgh 2015
Beyond Perception, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen 2015
Sunshine & precipitation/ De la pluie & Du beau temps, La Station, Nice, France 2012
Troll Coprolite Archive, Blue Box Room, Annuale, (solo show), Edinburgh 2012
PreFix, Catalyst Arts, (performance festival), Belfast 2011
Give and Take, PS2, Belfast 2011
Give and Take, LCCM, Fort Bragg, California, USA 2011
Janus Threshold, Exchange Gallery, (solo show), Dublin, Ireland 2010
Janus Threshold, Micro-Residency, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, (solo show) 2010
Research, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2008
Starting Point, the Point Hotel, Edinburgh 2008
OK, Okay, St. Andrews Museum, St. Andrews 2007
Art is note mute, Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2007
Shrubbery, Total Kunst Gallery, (solo show), Edinburgh 2006
Enclosure, Sleeper Gallery (solo show), Edinburgh 2005
Dudelsack, Deutzer Brucke, Cologne, Germany 2005
Privacy – A Programme of Symposia, various venues, Henry Moore Foundation, Edinburgh 2004
Projects/Commissions/TEACHING
ESW Teaching a concrete casting course 2019
MIDLOTHIAN WOMEN’S AID Lead artist in project Baking and Eggshells in 2012. Leading art workshops and organising an exhibition with workshop participants.
MIDLOTHIAN WOMEN’S AID Commission of sound piece, 2012.
MIDLOTHIAN WOMEN’S AID Commission of public art piece, made in collaboration with participants from Midlothian Women’s Aid community through a series of art workshops, 2014.
ECHO Curatorial project with Tonya McMullan. Organising exhibitions and events in Edinburgh and Stockholm with artists from the UK, 2008-2010.
ARTLINK Multi-sensory art workshops for teenagers and adults with learning disabilities, 2005-2010.
Publications
Privacy (2006), ed. Nicolai O., Davies B. & Duval S., (published by Artist House, distribution: Revolver Books, Frankfurt) ISBN 0955187508 / ISBN 386588249
Atopia Journal: urg/üleistu (2006) ed. numerous. (editorial assistance) ISBN 1469-3291 Dudelsack (2005), (Dudelsack/Primaprint; Köln) ISBN 1-904443-06-0
Going Continental (2002) ed. Bielz G. & Merrington K., (GIFT/Wimbledon School of Art; London) ISBN 0-948327-15-4