Astrid Gillenius
- Sculptor
My chief inspiration is the human figure. I play with different ways of comunicating feelings and states of mind through the body. To interact and use your own body with my sculptures is something I find especially exciting and rewarding since it often makes people engage with the sculptures in a playful way. I often use intuition when I start sculpting or drawing, I get a clear image in my head of what I want to express. The way I sculpt is based on a figurative academic training that I modify in various ways, for example through playing with scale and porportion.
I have studied, lived and worked with sculpture in Italy, New York City and London. Today I live and work in my studio in southeast England and on the westcoast in Sweden. I sculpt in clay and granite and cast in plaster, jesmonite and bronze.
Exhibitions
- Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 2023
- Koster´s Gardens(Kosters Trädgårdar), Koster 2022
- Rivercity Gallery, Gothenburg 2021
- Pop up exhibition with MIR, Gothenburg 2021
- Summerexhibition KKV-B, Skärholmen 2011-2023
- Kronovalls winecastle, Kronovall 2015- 2019
- Galleri Roddarhuset, Stockholm 2013- 2019
- Le Murate, Florence, Italy 2015
- Galleri Sjöhästen, Nyköping 2014
- The Town Hall, Marstrand 2014
- Galleri Backlund, Gothenburg 2014
- Atelier Z, Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, 2013
- Kulturhuset Fregatten, Stenungsund 2013
- Konstgalleriet i Åhus, Åhus 2013
- Villa Pisani, Museo Nazionale, Venize, Italy 2013
- Scandinavian Realism, Galleri Scandinavia, Göteborg 2008
- Alumni Exhibition, the Florence Academy of Art, Florence 2007
