Camilla Edström
(She/her)
Address: Studio 11, Sinsenveien 11, 0572 Oslo
Floor: 3
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
I’m fascinated by how human knowledge relates to reality and how we narrate and construct the world based on our own experience of it. By placing my works in borderlands where the idea of human autonomy is challenged – where our bodies overlap and merge with our surroundings and/or other bodies – I seek to explore other possible worlds. Death and transience are central themes in my artistic practice, and my sculptural works are often activated over time as they break down, fall apart, or are consumed by other organisms. The materials I work with often present tangible resistance in the process. Instead of forcing the material into a predetermined form, I must allow for a dynamic dialogue where a compromise can be formed – a collaboration that challenges my own authority over the material.
Over the past year, I have explored reliefs in OSB board, drawing inspiration from architectural ornamentation and vanitas motifs. The fragmentary board forms a diverse unity that I feel a connection to. By engaging in time-consuming processes with OSB, a relatively inexpensive and often overlooked material, I aim to understand how values are created in today’s society and how they relate to time – what constitutes eternal value in a world marked by crises, declines, and rapid technological development? What does the idea of eternity entail in terms of function?
sculpture, installation, drawing, video
Diptyque, Camilla Edström Ödemark, two reliefs in OSB board, 29x29 cm, 2024, Galleri CC, detail
CV
EDUCATION
2020 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, MFA (NO)
2014 Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, BFA (SE)
2011 Royal Institute of Art, SE
Södertörn University, SE
SELECTED SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Transformers, Galleria Sculptor, FI
2021 Mouth Pieces, Bærum Kunsthalle, NO
2021 Dressing Room with Kaare Ruud, Kunstnernes Hus, NO
2020 Circles, OK Corral, DK
2020 Heaven is a Place On Earth, Norwegian Sculptors Society, NO
2019 Frontiers, Galleri 54, SE
2019 Infinite Cycle/Nothing Beyond, Galleri Sinne, FI
2018 Splinter, Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2016 Environmental Exposure, isthisit?, online
2016 Frontiers, studio17, Stavanger, NO
2015 Heavenly Orders no.2, with Jasmin Daryani, Spriten Kunsthall, NO
2015 White Voids, Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2014 Decadent Breakfast, MKC, Stockholm, SE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ SCREENINGS
2024 the way things are. the way they are going to be. 6, Collective Misnomer, US
2023 Faltering Language – from Finnskogen, Torsby Finnskogscenter, SE
2022 Ultima Festival, screening at Kunstnernes Hus Kino, NO
2022 Østlandsutstillingen, jury, Nitja Kunstsenter & Opplands Kunstsenter, NO
2022 Falnande språk – from Finnskogen, Konsthall Meken, SE
2022 Falnande språk – from Finnskogen, Gävleborgs Länsmuseum, SE
2021 First Festival of Manuports, Kunsthalle Kohta, FI
2021 Struktura.time, Oslo City at BO, NO
2019 Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, jury, NO
2018 Die Frie Variabel, Schimmer Projects, G
2018 Location Fuck Me, Nordic Embassy, DK
2018 the way things are. the way they are going to be. 2, Collective Misnomer, US
2017 Galleri CC at Art Safari Art Fair Bucharest with Rina Ejde Løvaasen, RO
2017 the way things are. the way they are going to be., Collective Misomer, US
2016 AFK, isthisit?, London, ENG
2014 Yes(plus), Vapaan Taiteen Tila/Free Art Space, Helsinki, FIN
2013 Moderna Bar, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, SE
2013 IMPORT/EXPORT, jury, Aine Artmuseum, Tornio, FIN
CURATORIAL WORK
2019 Life is going to be sad and sexy at the same time, Sorbus Collective, Galleri CC, SE
2019 Extended protection/ Allegoric defence, Monia Ben Hamouda, Galleri CC, SE
2018 Keren Cytter/Fördärvet, one-night-only, programmed together with Arngrímur Borgþórsson, Galleri CC, SE
2018 Mesh, 23 video works by Nordic artists, programmed together with Arngrímur Borgþórsson, Galleri CC, SE
2015 Heavenly Orders, Jaakko Pallasvuo/ Nicole Levaque, Henna Hyvärinen/ Andres Mos, programmed together with Anna Ihle, Spriten Kunsthall, NO
SELECTED GRANTS
2023 1-year work grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Association, Norway
2022 Oskar Öflund Foundation, Finland
2022 Taike Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2022 1-year work grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Association, Norway
2021 Arts Council Norway, Norway
2021 COVID-19 support, Taike Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2021 Arts Council Norway, Norway
2020 Arts Council Norway, Norway
2020 FKDS studio grant, Norway
2020 Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme
2019 Grönqvist Foundation, Finland
2018 Konstsamfundet, Finland
2018 Oskar Öflund Foundation, Finland
2018 Swedish Cultural Foundation, Finland
2018 Aase & Richard Björklund Foundation, Sweden
2017 Cultural Foundation for Sweden-Finland, Finland
2017 Swedish Cultural Foundation, Finland
RESIDENCIES
2024 Material-based art residency, KKV-B, Sweden
2023 NK Dale, Norway
2023 PortRes, Sonja Krooks Foundation, Finland
2022 Timmerhuset, self-initiated, Finland
2021 Notam, Norway
2021 FAIR Fabrikken, Denmark
2020 Falnande språk, Gävleborg, Sweden
2017 Guest artist at Hordaland Kunstsenter, Norway
AIR Sandnes, Norway