ARTIST BIOGRAPHY


Ellen Dynebrink (b.1986) is a textile artist based in Gothenburg. Ellen's focus on patchwork in particular derives from her love for the textile material and interest in the relationship between the textile field and women’s history. With her practice she seeks to explore values and preconceived notions in feminine coded expressions and techniques. Throughout Ellen’s work there is an ongoing investigation of the gap between the production of images and representation, and the relationship between the gaze and the image, with following questions about subjectivity. By using digital tools, she edit and convert photos and sketches which in later hand are sewn into patchwork. Digital distortions combined with the inherent limitations and specific conditions of the patchwork technique, and the characteristics of the textile material adds to the aesthetic outcome, offering further filtration of abstraction and alternative readings of the patchwork image. Even the monotonous process of cutting squares apart and sewing them together forms a central part of Ellen’s artistic language and expression – a kind of meditation on the material and a way to ”participate in” or ”lose herself in” the image.

 

In 2017 Ellen received a MFA in Textile Art from HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, and in 2014 a BFA in Textile Design from The Swedish School of Textiles. Between 2019-2020 she undertook studies at the post-master class Research Lab CRAFT! at Konstfack, University of Art, Craft and Design.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally; Format Gallery (Oslo), Konstepidemin (Gothenburg), Charlottenborg Kunsthall (Copenhagen), 3e våningen/GIBCA Extended (Gothenburg), Gustavsberg Konsthall (Värmdö), Nina Sagt Gallery (Düsseldorf).

EDUCATION


2019 – 2020 

2014 –2017 

2010 – 2014  

2007 – 2008



EXHIBITIONS


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2022

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2021 – 2022

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2014



PUBLIC ART


2021


2021



RESIDENCE & PROJECTS


(upcoming)2024

2021 - 2022

2020 - 2021
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2015 



SCHOLARSHIP


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PUBLICATIONS


2023-05-15



2022-07-26


2022-04-22



2021-11-12


2021-07-12


 

2021-07-06



2020-02-25 

 

2020-01-11

 


2019-08-06



 

2017-08-25


2017-06-13



2017-05-30





MEMBER



REPRESENTED

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Research Lab CRAFT!, 60 hp, Konstfack, University of Art, Craft and Design
MFA, Konstnärlig masterexamen i konsthantverk, textilkonst, HDK, Göteborgs Universitet

BFA, Konstnärlig kandidatutbildning i textildesign, Textilhögskolan i Borås

Konstnärlig Grundutbildning, KV Konstskola, Göteborg





NULL BYTE INJECTION, The Wrong Biennale

NATURAL IMPRESSIONS, 360 Virtual Exhibiton

KMK Medlemsutställning, Konstepidemin, Göteborg 

Sintra, Göteborg

Konstepidemins Vårsalong – På tal om värde och bla bla, Konstepidemin, Göteborg

Images Knocking on Your Door, Format Galleri, Oslo
You and Me, Nääs Konsthantverk, Floda


Lagar och logik – på sätt och vis, Fullersta Gård, Stockholm

Vårsalong, Galleri Backlund, Göteborg

GIRLY HANDS – WORKING ARMS, Klippans Konsthall, Klippan


Duo-utställning m Emma Hasselblad, Open art/The Contemporary Garage, Örebro

SUPERMARKET, Galleri Nos, Stockholm

TAKEAWAY, Stockholm Craft Week, Galleri Duerr, Stockholm

PANDORA – Tête à tête (under Craft Days), Tornrummet, Sockerbruket, Göteborg
HEM – VMT medlemsutställning, Not Quite, Fengerfors


TAKEAWAY – MARKET FOR EMERGING ART, Stockholm Gallery Weekend, Galleri Duerr, Stockholm

HÖSTSALONG, Galleri Silk, Digital utställning på www.gallerisilk.com

PANDORA – A TEXTILE RENDEZVOUS, Konstepidemin, Göteborg

BAGERIET – I PROCESS, med Mona Wallström & Emma Hasselblad, Konstepidemin, Göteborg

RENEGOTIATING MATERIAL CULTURE, Etnografiska, Stockholm

CHARLOTTENBORG SPRING EXHIBITION, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Köpenhamn

LILJEVALCHS VÅRSALONG, Liljevalchs, Stockholm


NÄÄS KONSTHANTVERK, Nääs Projektrum, Floda

CROSSWORLDS – GIBCA EXTENDED, 3e våningen, Göteborg

OPEN CRAFT, Queer Materialism, Stadsträdgården, Örebro


DÖDLIGT MATERIAL, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Värmdö

IFEMA FILMFESTIVAL, Gränser: en konstutställning, Samarbete med @konstkvinnor, Malmö

VÅRSOLANCHE, Galleri Slätten, Malmö


4 NYA , Almgrens Sidenväveri, Stockholm

HDK – FIXFABRIKEN, Examensutställning, HDK på Fixfabriken, Göteborg


CLUELESS, Nina Sagt Gallery, Düsseldorf

BBY Magazine –  Pop up/release av tidning, Röhsska museet, Göteborg


((Hey Sexy!!), Centrifug, Konsthall C, Stockholm


EXIT 2014, Examensutställning, Textilhögskolan i Borås





HOPE Homage, soloshow in HOPE clothing store, Gothenburg, www.hope.se


Art Made This, Public art commission - DECISIONS 2, Perukmakaren garage, Gothenburg





WASSAIC PROJECT, New York

IASPIS, Stockholm

PANDORA, mobilt galleri för textilkonst
Formvisar presentation, Svensk Form Väst
7 dagar, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet i Skärhamn
Konstnärlig presentation på HDK-Valand
(Hey Sexy!!) Konsthall C, Stockholm





Swedish Arts Grants Committee, International cultural exchange (Wassaic Project)

Västra Götalandsregionens internationella resestipendie

Ateljéstöd, Göteborgs stad

Swedish Arts Grants Committee, International cultural exchange (Athens)

Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant

Göteborgs stads stödpaket – Tillfälligt stipendium 2020

Projektstöd, Göteborgs stad, PANDORA 2021

Ateljéstöd, Göteborgs stad

Konsthantverkets Vänner Stipendiat

Årets Formvisare, Svensk Form
Längmanska kulturfonden, PANDORA – A Textile Rendezvous


PRONTO, Göteborgs Stad, PANDORA – A Textile Rendezvous
Fabrikör J.L Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
Estrid Ericson Stiftelse
Ateljéstöd, Göteborgs stad


Ateljéstöd, Göteborgs stad
Arbetsflitens befrämjande


Estrid Ericson Stiftelse
Kungliga Hvitfeldtska Stiftelsen


Adlerbertska Stipendiestiftelsen
Estrid Ericson Stiftelse
Fabrikör J.L Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
Gustaf & Torild Hammars Stiftelsen

Estrid Ericson Stiftelse


Tekoutbildningarnas Stipendiefonder

 





Göteborgs Universitet, HDK alumni:

https://www.gu.se/nyheter/pa-hdk-valand-fick-ellens-estetiska-lust-ta-plats


Tidningen Rum Hemma, Bakom fasaden, Sandra Gustafsson (text) nr 8 2022


Lagar och logik – på sätt och vis, Towa Jansson (text)

https://nyttiflempan.studentreportrarna.sh.se/2022/04/22/lagar-och-logik-pa-satt-och-vis/


HOPE Homage, Stefanie Ravelli (text)

https://hope-sthlm.com/se/en/hope-journal/profiles/hope-homage/ellen-dynebrink


Textile Curator Helen Adams (text & bild)
https://www.textilecurator.com/home-default/home-2-2/ellen-dynebrink/


Göteborgs Posten  Anna Rosenström (text) & Jenny Ingemarsson (bild)

https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/art-made-this-ställer-ut-40-konstverk-i-ett-parkeringshus-1.50687977


Tidningen Hemslöjd nr 2 2020

 

Göteborgs Posten Magdalena Ljung (text & bild)

https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/recension-vårsalongen-på-liljevalchs-2020-1.22403429

 

Scenkonstguiden Rebecca Stråhle-Wolke (text & bild)

http://scenkonstguiden.se/queer-materialism/?fbclid=IwAR1RXEgd3Zq3nw8GLf16m2okrQN7_czjTJiLx5UEWrA9gV_UzZl0D93xorc

 

Tidningen Hemslöjd nr 4 2017

 

Form magazine Emma Olofsson (text & bild)

http://www.formmagazine.com/en/2017/06/13/gradshow-favourites-hdk-2/

 

Göteborgs Posten Boel Ulfsdotter (text & bild)

http://www.gp.se/nöje/flera-imponerande-verk-på-fixfabriken-1.4311356   




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