Emelie Sandström’s (b.1986, Stockholm) practice stems from a research into traditional techniques and materials, and a fascination in the timeless way in which religion and mysticism use enchantment and fear to construct faith and induce social stability. Producing sculptures with hard materials like wood, bronze, and stained glass, she brings these considerations from the social to the psychological, and takes advantage of these structures to tell a very different story, a story of coping with mental health, obsessive behaviours and anxiety, which is at the source, and often reenacted, by the enchanting objects she creates. Sandström graduated with an MFA from Malmö Art Academy in 2015 and has exhibited at NEVVEN (Gothenburg, 2023), Salgshallen (Oslo, 2022), Ravinen kultur (Båstad, 2021), Galleri Pina (Vienna, 2018), Galleri Thomassen (Gothenburg, 2018), Galerie A.M.180 (Prague, 2018), Malmö Konstmuseum (Malmö, 2017), Ystads Konstmuseum (Ystad, 2017), Galleri Ping Pong (Malmö, 2016), Galleri Riis (Stockholm, 2015), and Galleri Nicolai Wallner (Copenhagen, 2015) among others. Her work is included in the public collection of Malmö Konstmuseum, Bror Hjorts Hus, Region Skåne, Jönköpings Kommun, Lunds Kommun, Uppsala Kommun, and Uppsala Läns Landsting. Sandström lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.
Il Sorriso Degli Dèi
Apr 4 — May 19, 2024
all dreams, all stone
Jun 8 — Sep 3, 2023
Vapenhuset
Nov 10 — Dec 11, 2022
Konstverken förvandlas till tillhyggen för överlevnad
Göteborgs Posten — Nov 14, 2022
Dimensions / Of Possibility at Nevven Gallery
Art Viewer — Sep 8, 2020
VV.AA., Dimensions / Of Possibility, Gothenburg: Nevven Editions, 2020 — Digital exhibition catalog