Alexandra Kostrubala
Artist in Resedency
Place: Storaateljén, BKN
Date: 5 – 19 August + 2 – 17 October 2020
Place: Skrivateljén, BKN
Date: 19 – 27 August
”I am a curator, artist and gallerist MFA from Konstfack University of Arts Crafts and design.
I grew up in Chicago but have been mostly living in Sweden other than a half year on Iceland, Norway, Denmark and New York.
I started as a painter to leave the canvas to the body. The last 30 years I have been doing performance and installations only using place specific ideas, found objects, historical references and myself as material.
I work now returning to the object via my experience as a performance artist. I would like my paintings objects to have the patina of an act and the feeling I have had in the now, now cemented into an inanimate object. Most mediums will be included with performance always being a part of the process.
When I painted last (30 years ago) my childhood home burnt down. On the remaining wall my mothers collections of angels had burnt but were burnt away but the silhouette of their existence was there. This fascinates me to this day. The idea of something that was once there but now gone and how to illustrate this.I find this very challenging but I will try my best to achieve this when at Björkö with working with found and collected objects making small worlds,painting drawing and all having its heart in the existence,act, and performance.
Selection; Gallery 11, Reykjavik Island. Gallery Wohnmachine aka Fredrik Loock Gallerie Berlin. Obervelt, Stuttgart. World cup games Korea, Japan. Memphis Social Apec New York. Printed matter New York. Cultural House, Stockholm. Residency program, Hollufgård Denmark. Berlin Soup,Lliljevalchs spring show. Fall show Oslo Norway. Receiver of Swedish travel and artist grants.”
