In Elena von Kraskowski’s works, we meet a way of painting that moves within a concretely abstract and minimalistic tradition. A way of painting about the essence of the method itself, a methodical search and research of the relation between the coloristic effects of colors, as well as their materiality and characteristics. Painting as a performative act, where the painting only represents a course of overpainting, overlapping, and correcting. A process that produces picturesque contents between the methodically organized and the intuitive questioning, between the repetitive and the reducing.
BIOGRAPY
Born 1966 in Sweden
Resides in and works out of Stockholm, Sweden
Education
2019-2021 ArtistLab Stockholm
2017-2017 Stora Konstkursen, Folkuniversitetet Stockholm (Art, People’s University)
2009 Nya Ateljén, Falkenberg Konstskola (Art, New Atelier Art school)
2004-2005 Konstvetenskap, Stockholms Universitet (Art history, Stockholm University)
2004 Visuell Kommunikation, Sveriges Fotografiska Förbund, Stockholm (Visual Communication, Federation of photographers.
1994 GFU, Grundfotografisk Utbildning, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm (Photography, People´s University)
Exhibitions
1998 Beyond, Gallery K, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 Bagateller, Konstrundan Österlen, Sweden. Östangård i Skillinge (Group Exhibition)
2014 The Tourist, Edsviks Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (Group Exhibition)
2014 The Tourist, Biennal de Aguimes, Aguimes, Spain
2018 Hybrider, ArtRooms Fair, Seoul, South Korea. (Group Exhibition)
2018 Black Star, Edsviks Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (Group Exhibition)
2019 Hybrider, Edsviks Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Bibliography
”Och hon ska vara röd”, (”And she should be red”) a novel by Swedish author Annika Frostell 2003, inspired by the collection of photos of the exhibition ”Beyond”.
Newspapers and magazines in Sweden in relation to exhibitions.
Representation
Swedish regional and municipal collections: Kalmar Municipality, Region Sörmland, Region Östergötland, and Region Halland.
Private collections in Sweden, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.