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Annika Thorn Legzdins
About
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, 1965. Lives and works in Stockholm. Represented by Swedish Photography in Berlin.
ATLs relation to photography is direct. She uses it to convey a feeling, a story, a personal reality reasonably based on autobiographical material.
Many of her works originate from nature. She focuses on – simultaneously questioning and reaffirming – our view of nature as a virgin state, a primitive state. There are certain elements in her work that can be traced back to landscape painting in a Nordic romantic tradition. She attempts to investigate the mysteries of human existence, using nature as a basis.
The landscapes in her images seems more and more magnificent. However, her way of looking at the world remains essentially neutral and one gets the impression that the beauty in her later photographs does not come from esthetic decisions, but from the fact that reality happened to be beautiful when the picture was taken.
- Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Website
- http://www.legzdins.se/annika
Education:
The Academy of Photography / Department of Fine Arts, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, (MFA), Stockholm, Sweden 1996-1999
Photography, Projektterminen, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm 1995
Photography, GFU, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm
1991-1992
Solo Exhibitions:
Galleri Ikon, Stockholm 2009
Galleri art-E, Halmstad 2004
Bildhuset, Stockholm 2002
Galleri 60, Ume 1999
Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm 1999
Swedish Television, Stockholm 1998
Group Exhibitions:
Centrum Fr Fotografi, Stockholm 2008
Konsthall C, Stockholm 2008
Centrum Fr Fotografi, Stockholm 2007
Fotografins Hus, Stockholm 2005
Sala Barna, Barcelona 2005
Galleri Charlotte Lund c/o Bildhuset, Stockholm 1998
Scenario,Elverket, Stockholm 1998
Scenario,Chokladfabriken, Malm 1998
Allt ktt r h, Vita havet Konstfack, Stockholm 1998
Galleri Gufot, Gteborg 1997
The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me..., Dblensgatan Stockholm 1996
Collections:
The National Public Art Council, Sweden
Cultural Administration Stockholm County Council
Grants and Residencies:
Travel Grant of Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation 2007
Grant of The Arts Grants Committee 2003-2004
NIFCA ( Nordic Institute for Contenporary Art) Artists Residency in Riga, Latvia 2001
Travel Grant of Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation 1999
Travel Grant of Anna Whitlocks Foundation1998
Bibliography:
Existentiella betraktelser Nysyner, Malm Museer 2003
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