“I have always wanted to go deeper, far below the surface, further in. I want to peel the onion to the core. Touch it gently—the see-through skin, the milky, wobbly, soft membrane. Maybe something is living inside, pulsating, moving slowly. Like a vague movement, something in the corner of your eye.
Is it pain? Is it loneliness? Is it shame? Or contempt? Is it all the feelings ever felt by all humans over all time? Maybe it’s just a black hole?
A vacuum, a space where the thoughts finally quiet down and something unknown takes over. A subtle shift in the air, a small turn in direction.
Something different develops—a transformation of some kind.”
Nervsystem_Ett & Hon är någon annan nu, 2026.
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Baderskorna (Detail) 2022 - 2026.
Hon är någon annan nu (Detail) 2026.
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Work in progress - Brytpunkten & Untilted, 2026.
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Work in progress - Fågelräddningen, 2022 - 2026.
“In my artistic practice, I aim to convey a narrative through my hands—something within me that wants to emerge. I translate my experiences of being a woman, a mother and a human being existing in this fragmented contemporary world. Through a intuitive process, I let the fine lines of pencil and ink meet flat and marbled structures of color. The drawing transitions into painting, boundaries blur, both in motif and material. Cotton threads transforms into branches, and branches become veins and nervous systems.“
Baderskorna (Detail) 2022 - 2026.
Work in progress - Brytpunkten & Untilted, 2026.
Work in progress - Fågelräddningen, 2022 - 2026.
“With pen & paper I go hunting. The picture is shifting in different directions, growing, shrinking, developing. I put the pieces together and then I cut them apart. Cut your losses, as they say. When I think I'm ready, I'm not. It's a constant shift, only temporary certainty, nothing firm, movements and moments of stillness.”
- Annelie Carlström 2026
