CURRENT NEWS
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Here below I share my upcoming exhibitions, ongoing projects and behind the scenes material from my production both in the studio but also in other places and workshops.
26 October 2025
So excited to finally share my new website!
Over the past few weeks Albin Ulvebring has built and designed it from the ground up, creating a brand-new graphic profile and identity that feels so right for me and my work. It’s been an incredibly fun, creative, and inspiring collaboration from start to finish, and I’m really happy with the result.
I’ve also uploaded my latest works from this summer and early autumn, along with some updated texts that I’ll continue adding to over time.
8 October 2025
Preparations for the upcoming exhibition
Today, I visited the venue where my partner, Rebecca Sharp, and I will be holding a duo exhibition at Apoteketshuset in Sollefteå. It’s going to be very exciting to present our works in such a beautiful space. We came away with some new ideas and various measurements that will form the basis for the exhibition model we’ll start working on in the coming weeks. More to come soon.
28 September 2025
New Things Are Happening Now!
Right now, a lot of work is happening that might not be visible here on the website, but much of it revolves around my artistic practice, where I’m working on the final details of editing the pieces I created during my residency. I have also started work on an entirely new website, which will be designed by Albin Ulvebring. I’m very excited to soon be able to launch a completely new, in-depth site, full of updates and news.
To be continued…
15 September 2025
Starting Our Public Art Vision in ÅngeMunicipality
Last week, Rebecca Sharp and I began our vision work for public art in Ånge Municipality and Region Västernorrland an exciting project that we look forward to exploring together throughout the fall.
The first few days were filled with rewarding meetings and inspiring site visits around the municipality, which laid a solid foundation for the work ahead.
8 September 2025
Tracing Landscapes: Reflections
Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the privilege of being in residence along the Ångerman River in Västernorrland. Here, I’ve had the time and space to delve deeper into my artistic practice, explore the landscape’s vistas, and create new works in the environments once inhabited by Helmer Osslund places I’ve long wished to follow.
The residency has also given me the opportunity to plan upcoming projects and exhibitions, for which I’m deeply grateful. I carry with me the shifting moods of the place, new reflections, and the morning light that dances over the river. A heartfelt thank you to Kulturreservatet Marieberg for allowing me to spend these days between the last nights of summer and the first steps of autumn.
30 August 2025
Sceneries in Light
During my residency period, I have been focusing on creating new photographic works along the Ångermanlands älven, where I am currently based. It has been a wonderful experience to see and explore these landscapes in different light throughout the day and night. Being right in the middle of the landscape, I have just a 15-minute walk to reach this view.
It often feels as if I am stepping into the world of motifs created by the Swedish northern artist Helmer Osslund, which was one of the reasons I accepted this residency. His work has recently been a major inspiration for me in depicting the landscape and the concept of scenery, central to his nature-romantic imagery.
I also find myself reflecting on how we are nurtured into different forms of knowledge and literacy for the landscape. It is easy to connect this to one’s personal background when walking on the white moss, noticing the lingonberry bushes underfoot, and climbing the small hills scattered throughout the forest. These moments shape how I perceive and interpret the natural world in my work.
29 August 2025
Double Meetings on Future Projects
Yesterday, I had two inspiring meetings focused on exciting upcoming collaborations and exhibitions. I'm pleased to be part of Höstljus in Umeå once again this year. I will present a new video work projected in central Umeå, with the opening scheduled for late October. More details will be shared soon.
I also had a meeting regarding my ongoing collaboration with artists Gustav Hellberg, Linda Peterson, and South Korean artist Borahm Kim. Together, we are preparing a joint exhibition as part of our residency in Surnadal, Norway, next summer.
The discussion with the residency's artistic director, Jon Arne, helped shape our plans for both the process and the exhibition. I'm excited to share more as both projects develop.
28 August 2025
Insights and Upcoming Projects: A evening with Curators
Yesterday morning, I temporarily left my artist residency as I had the great pleasure of hosting a studio visit for curators Statens Konstråd and directors from Sweden and abroad at my studio in Örnsköldsvik.
I spoke and shared my experiences, presented my work, and also gave a brief introduction to some of my upcoming exhibitions and projects that I’m currently working on. A heartfelt thank you for the opportunity to share my experiences with you during your short visit.
25 August 2025
Artist in Residency, Day 1
Today I arrived at my artist residency, where I will be staying for the next two weeks. It truly feels special to have the opportunity to settle into the landscape and, in peace and quiet, lay out a clear plan for my upcoming exhibitions and projects. I also look forward to having time to do research for new works and to create on site.
I’m located along the Ångermanlandsälven in the High Coast, known for its land uplift and breathtaking views. It will be exciting to see what new insights and ideas I gather during this period. The photo was taken from the kitchen window of the apartment where I’ll be living during my stay.
15 July 2025
On One of the Hottest Days
Over the past few days, I completed my latest photographic staging, a process I’ve previously spoken about. Working on this piece during one of the hottest days of the year brought with it both physical intensity and a heightened sense of presence. There’s something quietly rewarding about being able to create in a still, undisturbed environment, even when the heat presses in and becomes part of the experience itself. The atmosphere , thick with summer shaped not only the images but also the emotional tone of the entire session.
This particular scene will be revealed at a later stage, once I’ve settled on its final title. It will form part of a new artistic direction I’m exploring in my forthcoming projects, a shift that feels both necessary and invigorating. As always, I’m drawn to the intersection of light, place, and memory, and this work continues that journey in a new, more intimate way.
I also recently received some joyful news, something I’m truly excited about and eager to share in due time. For now, I can only say that what’s ahead feels filled with possibility.
22 June 2025
Sketch Photography Begun, The In-Between Space as Memory and Presence
I have carried a particular scene with me for a long time, one that I previously photographed and have long felt a desire to revisit and further develop. Today, I finally began the sketch photography of this scene that has stayed with me since 2018.
It feels exciting to reawaken this photographic moment, where light, the human presence, and the in-between space between humanity, aging, and the landscape take center stage. To be continued...
15 June 2025
View from my desk towards the river
Since the opening of the exhibition Fram i ljuset in Ängelholm, time has flown by. I am currently teaching at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, where I am leading a summer course in photography on my own with a focus on critical gaze and stage. The course is held online and brings together around twenty participants from both Sweden and abroad.
Together, we explore photographic expression through themes such as the human figure, landscape, light, and the significance of place. It's incredibly rewarding to work with a group that brings such a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
At the same time, I’ve been active at Mid Sweden University Sundsvall, where I’ve taught in photographic project development. It’s been an intense and enriching period, where together with new colleagues. I’ve guided students in shaping and deepening their own photographic ideas and processes.
In recent years, summer has become an important time for my artistic practice. The extended daylight and more stable weather make it easier to realize ideas, especially projects that require outdoor work or the construction of scenographic elements. It's a time when I can build, test, and develop works that I've carried with me for some time.
As the first part of the course soon comes to an end, I’m hoping for a short break and the opportunity to begin new projects and dedicate more time to my own artistic work.
1 June 2025
Thank you for a wonderful vernissage!
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by my vernissage at Galleri Moment in Ängelholm yesterday!
It was such a joy to share my latest works with you but even more meaningful that you took the time to stay, look, and ask questions. Your curiosity and interest truly made me happy. Hearing your thoughts and reflections is always a highlight for me.
I'm also especially glad that the long titles this time were shown alongside the images, helping to tell the story and add more layers to the experience. The exhibition runs until June 19, so if you're in the area, you're warmly welcome to stop by then as well.
27 May 2025
Hanging the new exhibition
Today I installed my new solo exhibition at Galleri Moment in Ängelholm. There’s something uniquely rewarding about watching the works settle into the space — how the light moves across the prints, how they begin to interact with each other, and how the room starts to breathe with the presence of the images. Alongside the photographs, I carefully placed the titles, creating a dialogue between image and text. The titles act almost like quiet companions, subtly guiding the viewer into each scene and opening up new layers of interpretation. Exhibiting in southern Sweden again holds a special meaning for me.
Ängelholm is just a short distance from where I began studying photography twelve years ago, and returning to this region with a body of work feels both grounding and surreal. It’s a reminder of where the journey started — the early experiments, the search for a visual language, and the first steps into artistic practice.
Now, more than a decade later, I return with new eyes but the same deep curiosity for the photographic image. This exhibition is not just a presentation of recent work. It is also a quiet reflection on time, place, and creative growth. I’m proud to share it in a setting that feels so personally resonant. To return here not as a student, but as an exhibiting artist, feels like closing one chapter while opening another.
22 May 2025
Upcoming exhibition, next week
In the exhibition Fram i ljuset (“Into the Light”) at Galleri Moment, Stridsberg presents a new series of photographic works in which the gaze and the presence of light serve as central elements in a collection of visual poems.
These carefully staged photographs are part of his ongoing project Nattens grönska (“The Greenery of Night”), through which he explores his sense of in-betweenness – a state of being situated between places, identities, or experiences – in relation to nature. The works trace a shifting connection to landscape, shaped by both physical surroundings and emotional resonance.
In this body of work, light does not merely illuminate; it becomes an active participant, guiding the viewer’s attention and creating moments of intimacy and tension. The photographs function as poetic encounters, fragments of a visual language that unfolds slowly and suggestively.
As a unique element in this exhibition, the titles of the works are extended into the physical exhibition space, forming a dialogue between text and image, between word and light. This approach feels particularly meaningful given Galleri Moment’s direct connection to the local public library – a space where stories, language, and imagination also reside.
Together, these elements form a contemplative and layered experience one that invites viewers to linger, to look more closely, and to step into a world suspended between reality and reverie.
21 May 2025
Back to the studio
Today, I was finally back at work and started sketching one of my upcoming projects that I’ve been eager to dive into for quite some time. This project is a scenography for a photographic work that I hope to bring to life in the near future, ideally this summer, or at the latest before autumn and the bad weather arrives.
It’s always exciting to begin on a smaller scale, working with models that allow me to experiment, test ideas, and find solutions before the real challenges of building begin. This is where I explore how the scenography should look and what it should contain.
Sketching is always my method – a way to weave together images and thoughts I’ve carried with me. It’s my way of thinking through and feeling into the project. Once the idea has taken root, it’s through the sketch that the process truly begins to take shape.
Photo: Michael McLain
17 May 2025
A Memorable Artist Talk with Carl-Johan Olsson at Riche
This past Thursday, I had the great honor of engaging in a conversation with Carl-Johan Olsson from the Nationalmuseum, in connection with my exhibition at Riche. It was a truly meaningful and intimate exchange, where we explored different perspectives on my work. Sharing my thoughts and ideas alongside Carl-Johan’s deep knowledge and experience made for a generous and insightful dialogue.
I’m deeply grateful to Calle Carboni for participating and for making this evening possible. It was a privilege to have this conversation in such a thoughtful and fitting context. The exhibition remains on view at Riche until Sunday, before it continues its journey south.
A heartfelt thank you as well to everyone who came and helped make this warm Thursday evening so special.
9 May 2025
An Essay by Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren about Brytningstid
I recently had the pleasure of receiving a warm and insightful essay written by Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren – an art historian and one of the panel participants during our conversation at Örnsköldsvik Museum and Art Gallery earlier this winter.
In the text, she reflects on my works from the exhibition Brytningstid with great sensitivity and analytical depth.
You’re warmly invited to read her thoughts below.
https://nyavalor.se/brytningstider-en-essa-om-vader-med-utgangspunkt-fran-peterstridsbergs-utstallning/
The second picture was taken by photographer Michael McLain form the opening at Riche.
1 May 2025
Artist talk at Stockholm Art Week
I have the happy news to invite you to an artist talk between me and Carl-Johan Olsson from the National Museum during this year's Stockholm Art Week. The talk will take place in the Stora Bar at Restaurant Riche in central Stockholm where I am currently showing my latest photographic works.
These works are based on my ongoing project Nattens grönska for which Carl-Johan has written the exhibition text.
Location: Restaurant Riche, Birger Jarlsgatan 4, Stockholm
Date: May 15
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
https://stockholmartweek.se/calendar/artist-talk-peter-stridsberg-at-riche-stora-baren
Hope to see you there!
28 April 2025
Shapes of frames as decor
I have recently been thinking a lot about form and narrative in relation to my photographic scenes and stagings. I find it exciting to explore new forms where the stage can function as a 3D dimensional form for the photograph and mimic the stage decor or expected form when we sit in front of a theater set, for example.
The set is something that interests me because it asks questions about expectation that includes both excitement but it also speaks of a visual depth in meeting the director and the set designer's world. I am experimenting to investigate how the form can be an origin for one of my photographic stagings where I want the design of the frame to carry the same symbiosis as the photographic narrative in the communication of the scene. Difficult, exciting and also complex process if you ask me about it.
15 April 2025
Process from the studio and teaching
In the studio I am currently working on my exhibition at Galleri Moment in Ängelholm which opens at the end of May. The model is a method for exploring how I will design this space. I also plan to let my titles have a larger part in this exhibition as I plan to show these pages with the works and function a bit like book covers that create a spatial design together with the intimate works.
More about the exhibition will be added on an ongoing basis as I am currently working with tutors and teaching students about their photographic projects at Mituniverseitet in Sundsvall.
3 April 2025
Supermarket Art Fair
My plastic-specific installation at Supermarket Art Fair is finally on site. I'm presenting the new work at Galleri Lokomotiv's booth. The gallery is connected to ÖKKV where I work and have my studio.
"At Supermarket I show a new site-specific installation that makes visible my curiosity for scenography and illusion as a temporary place where it is based on the reflection of the landscape in the glass whose image functions as both a limited surface and an image where a meeting creates two extremes as landscape and backdrop, meet just as in the English word "scenery".
The fair runs from April 3rd to 6th.
More info about the work can be found under the installation category
31 March 2025
New week and a new exhibition
The installation has now arrived at Supermarket and work is now beginning to install the final details before Wednesday's opening at the international artist-run gallery fair in Stockholm. It will be exciting to show a work that both reflects the process but also my artistry, how I work and how I conceptually develop in my artistry.
I am exhibiting for Galleri Lokomotiv which is the gallery that is in the same building where I have my new studio in Örnsköldsvik. My work is presented together with Jenny Lundgren and Mikael Arvidsson. Our booth is curated by Maria Sundström and Maria Lagerborg.
The first picture was taken by photographer Michael McLain form the opening
30 March 2025
Many fun things are happening at the same time, Stockholm x 2.
Time has really flown by since Tuesday's opening at Riche in Stockholm. Many thanks to everyone who came by for the opening. It was really fun to meet and talk to you all about my latest works. It is a privilege to exhibit under the direction of maestro Carl Carboni, thank you again for your commitment and your inspiring energy! Also a big thank you to Carl-Johan Olsson for coming by and your exhibition text was better than I had hoped for and also very thought-provoking. It will be really fun to delve deeper into our perspectives and readings later when we meet again in a conversation. More info about this will come when everything is nailed down in everyone's calendars.
Sometimes you just have to keep up with the times and try to enjoy the moment between turns of standing at your own opening and then a little more than a day later supervising students at the Academy of Fine Arts in their artistic processes. The studio move is now also completed.
Tomorrow I have an early trip to Stockholm and new exhibition work at Supermarket where I will build a new installation with printed glass that will hopefully be finished before Wednesday's opening.
Then I have teaching and exhibition work in various forms at the Academy of Fine Arts with degree projects and supervision at Mid Sweden University, my own exhibition in Ängelholm and later my summer course in Scenic Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts.
23 March 2025
Now we're hanging!
After a long train journey through Sweden last night, I finally arrived in Stockholm. This morning we started hanging my new exhibition at Riche, which has a vernissage on Tuesday evening. It feels really fun to see the works placed in this slightly different environment to what I'm used to, but a very pleasant experience. It's going to be really fun to finally show this project, which is a project that I'll be working on continuously in the future. My current idea is that the project should also show different seasons and other places in Northern Sweden that the project originates from both conceptually and in terms of content. Soon I will also post a slightly longer text where I describe my thoughts on the project Nattens grönska.
23 March 2025
Now we're hanging!
After a long train journey through Sweden last night, I finally arrived in Stockholm. This morning we started hanging my new exhibition at Riche, which has a vernissage on Tuesday evening. It feels really fun to see the works placed in this slightly different environment to what I'm used to, but a very pleasant experience. It's going to be really fun to finally show this project, which is a project that I'll be working on continuously in the future. My current idea is that the project should also show different seasons and other places in Northern Sweden that the project originates from both conceptually and in terms of content. Soon I will also post a slightly longer text where I describe my thoughts on the project Nattens grönska.
18 March 2025
The installation is ready for transport and I will go directly to the next exhibition...
The painting and installation of the window went quickly, fortunately, because there is a lot to do right now. A few details with moldings and mounting of the printed glass that remain on the work. But I will later install these parts on site to avoid the parts being damaged during transport, which will depart on Monday next week.
Now work awaits for the second exhibition, which opens in less than a week. The works will already be hung by the weekend. It will be really fun to present these new works in Stockholm. Before that, I will be photographed and documented this works tomorrow when I pick these 8 new works from my frame maker.
15 Mars 2025
Exhibition at Riche, Stockholm
I am pleased to invite you to the opening of my new solo exhibition at Riche in Stockholm with the opening on Tuesday, March 25th between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM.
In my exhibition The Light Before the Poem of the Transition, I present eight brand new photographic works that were produced during the winter of 2025 where the gaze and the light shine are at the center of various photographic poems in northern Sweden.
These tableaux are based on my ongoing project The Greenery of the Night where I am currently investigating how we perceive and represent the presence of the landscape and the search for light for us humans during the ongoing green transition.
Together with the works, an interesting and beautiful exhibition text written by the National Museum's curator
Carl-Johan Olsson will be presented. The exhibition at Riche runs until May 25th.For more information about the exhibition.
https://riche.se/events/vernissage-for-peter-stridsberg/
14 March 2025
New installation for a upcoming exhibition
I am currently working on two exhibitions that will take place one week apart in the end of mars. Today I was working with a new installation that I will show at this year's Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm. Over 50 different artist-run galleries will be presented at the fair.
My work will be presented in a small curated group exhibition together with two artists from ÖKKV where I work and have my studio right now.
This work is an installation that will consist of a installation with windows and printed glass. Currently, I have worked with the surface with putty to get a structure on the otherwise smooth plasterboard before I start painting and installing the window.
16 February 2025
Several exciting things are coming up
After a few weeks of traveling to different places in southern Sweden after the artist talk, I have now started in full swing with all the spring exhibitions and projects that will be realized in the near future. This weekend I photographed new works in Skellefteå for my upcoming solo that I will have at Riche in Stockholm in a little over a month. There will also be some fun surprises in connection with this opening that will be announced later. The weekend's pictures will now be finely edited and the formats will be decided before they go for production and finally framing at the framer. I am very much looking forward to presenting these new works even though it has been cold and almost -10 during yesterday's photo shoot so it was more strenuous than I had expected.
Then I will also soon start working on an installation that I will build during an art fair in Stockholm in April. A lot of practical work in a short time awaits as I will also be moving to a new studio.
7 January 2025
Review of the current exhibition
The other day a review was published in the online magazine Volym about my current exhibition. The review can be read at the link below.
I have also posted a small documentation of pictures from the exhibition which can be found under the category exhibition here on the page.
https://www.rvn.se/sv/Sarprofil-delplatser/volym/recensioner/med-sjorapporten-som-tidsfaktor-peter-stridsbergs-brytningstid/
2 January 2025
Artist Talk - About weather and human's relationship to the landscape
The current exhibition Brytningstid tells of a shift, something else is coming. Are we moving towards a posthumanism that challenges the central position of human?
Peter Stridsberg talks with Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren and Linda Nordlander Frisk about the intrinsic value of the landscape and nature as a resource for human needs, based on the exhibition Brytningstid.
Read more about our Artist talk here
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27 December 2024
Last photoshoot of the year
Today was the last photographic project of the year with new scenes photographed outdoors in different locations. The new project, which goes by the working title "Under the night greenery", is a work that I will present at my upcoming exhibitions in the spring.
At the moment I have photographed four different scenes and there will be several pictures from this series that I have wanted to make for a long time, which feels extra good now that the snow out in the landscape is here to stay.
You can follow my works in progress here on Instagram.
22 December 2024
In a silent landscape
Today I visited new snow landscapes for my ongoing project Under the night greenery in Västerbotten. The plan is for the works to be photographed later in December and during the winder. The works will be included in my upcoming shows and the project will also be available to read about as under the process tab here on the website later.
It is truly a pleasure to set out to try to find new environments and places in such a fantastic winter landscape where everywhere you turn you are surrounded by a silent landscape.
8 December 2024
Thank you so very much!
Thank you to everyone who came to the Friday opening. It was really fun that so many braved the rain and cold to visit the exhibition. It felt great to hear your thoughts and reflections on my work and especially to show a work from a place that many visitors have such heartfelt meaning for.
The exhibition runs until January 25th and more information about the public talk with Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren and Linda Nordlander Frisk will be coming later. A warm welcome to visit the exhibition!
5 December 2024
I have put the last pieces
of the puzzle in place
The final preparations and puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place for tomorrow's opening of my exhibition Brytningstid. I am very happy to be able to realize this exhibition and present my largest photographic work ever. It feels like a very nice feature that gives the entire showroom a pleasant atmosphere to step into.
Hope you find time to find yourself there and meet the magnificent and sublime in this exhibition which runs for the next 6 weeks until January 25.
4 December 2024
Meeting with the press
about the upcoming exhibition
Today I met with a local newspaper reporter to talk and introduce the upcoming exhibition at the museum that I am currently working on. You can read the interview in Swedish at the link below.
https://7an.prenly.com/p/tidningen-7/2024-12-04/a/brytningstid-i-landskapet/3479/1745335/58996293
30 November 2024
Behind the scenes of the new exhibition
This week I have started the hanging of my new exhibition which will open on Friday next week. Together with the staff at the museum, we installed my biggest photographic work ever. The work is almost 20 square meters in size and it feels really fun to present this at the Museum as the place in the picture is taken from the local area.
Next week, more work awaits with lighting and press screening in the opening, which takes place on Friday evening.
20 November 2024
A special request from Italy
A little over a month ago, I received a request from Fondazione Leonardo, Italy if I would consider including one of my photographic works in their latest magazine which is focus in science, technology and innovation. I said Yes and received the magazine the other day.
It's always fun to see your pictures in print and it feels good to see your work in a well-curated context with both pictures and texts.
https://www.fondazioneleonardo.com/
16 November 2024
Welcome to the opening of my new exhibition
A lot is happening right now for me with work for the upcoming exhibition and planning of the winter's various projects that I will soon start and do some more field studies in Västerbotten's small villages and landscapes. There are many things that need to be done, but also work with transport, disassembling autumn lights and collecting works from the framer. I am also a little extra excited as I will be presenting my biggest photographic work.
Therefore, it makes me extra happy to be able to share the poster and take the opportunity to invite to the opening of my solo exhibition at Örnsköldsvik's museum and Konsthall. The exhibition opens on December 6 and runs until January 25, 2025.
More about the opening and the exhibition can be found at the link: https://www.ornskoldsvik.se/fritid-och-kultur/kultur/ornskoldsviks-museum-och-konsthall/ornskoldsviks-museum-och-konsthalls-utstallningar/aktuella-utstallningar/2024-11-11-brytningstid
3 November 2024
The installation is now complete and soon a new exhibition..
Now finally my latest installation is in place with all the associated parts. It feels really fun and nice that everything is now in place. Today I have documented the work and the text about the work can be read under the installations tab here on the website.
Otherwise, work continues with other projects and exhibitions. In a little more than a month, I will open my new solo exhibition at Örnsköldsvik Museum and Konsthall, which I am very much looking forward to. More info about that exhibition will come shortly.
27 October 2024
Finally it begins..
After a lot of work last week, the two installations are now in place. There are some small adjustments that I will make in the near future, but I am very happy that everything is finally up despite all the setbacks during this project. A full text and documentation will come as soon as the final details are in place. Pictures from the process can be found on my instagram.
13 October 2024
The light in the tunnel
This weekend I worked on the two installations that will shortly be presented at this year's light festival. It feels really good to finally begin to finish this project which meant a lot of work for me.
I am very grateful for the support and help I have received during the process and I also look forward to seeing the finished results. For more information about this year's festival, you can see on the link below.
https://visitumea.se/sv/hostljus-i-umea
9 september 2024
Digging in the park
Today I was able to carry out the excavation with the help of an excavator driver of the six concrete foundations that will be used for my two installations of this year's autumn lights which will soon be installed.
It was a little nervous before it went away once we started working together to place the various foundations. It's always fun to be able to work together with new people, even if it sometimes creates tension as there is a lot of planning that is done before, as in this case when the excavator driver shows up on site. But wants to succeed in completing the job within the allotted time. So now the next step in the process awaits.
6 September 2024
A weekend in Lofoten
I had the great pleasure of visiting Lofoten during this intense weekend with the two towns of Svolvær and Henningsvaer. After visiting this year's LIAF art festival, I took the opportunity to photograph a brand new work on one of Lofoten's oldest mountains. It was a fantastic experience to visit the place and would love to go back very soon. The work from the site is coming soon can be found under "works" where several of my latest works are posted continuously.
28 september 2024
Between the projects
Right now there is a lot going on with my ongoing projects where I jump between building the set for my new work and with the work for this year's Höstljus in Umeå which has required a lot of preparations and planing which I must also start working on very soon.
Of course, it is stressful to have to go between two projects, but sometimes it can also be stimulating to be able to take turns because it is not every day that you can make progress, but you sometimes have to wait for answers or think an extra turn before making important decisions in the process. I.
On this Instagram link, you can see more documentation from the work that is currently being produced in a slightly more updated way because there is a lot going on in the project studio now.
See more here
26 September 2024
The spruce forest
Depending on the landscape. Dependence on spruce forest. In this new work, I try to both make visible and investigate the function of the spruce in my surroundings in times of the green transition that is currently underway in northern Sweden where I live. It was obvious to mix the plant into the work and the scenography in some way where it could have a significant role.
This work will be able to be read about in the future under the project tab here on the website because this is something that I am interested in right now and would like to immerse myself more in my artistry.
24 September 2024
The first scene of autumn
Now that all the material is finally in place in the project studio, I have decided to take the chance and take the opportunity to produce a new photographic work that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. The scenography for the staged photography will also be photographed in the same room under construction that I am currently working in.
So there will be some logical problems to solve, problems to solve along the way, but it feels very luxurious to be able to working on several projects at the same time, even if the brain goes into high gear and tries to remember where I put all my tools.
20 September 2024
Now the seriousness begins!
After many twists and turns, all the building materials finally arrived in place for the autumn's various projects. It's always just as exciting to receive such a large amount of material that will go to new works. But it feels really great to finally be starting to realize the plans. So there will be a lot of work ahead.
16 September 2024
Sometimes it's great to be able to work outdoors
At the beginning of December, my next solo exhibition opens. Today I have been out photographing the work that I see as the main work for the exhibition. Today was a day that was really grateful to work outdoors together surrounded by wonderful people who helped realize this work that I look forward to presenting later.
More about the exhibition will come later, but I can already say that I am really looking forward to realizing this work at the museum where it will hang, even if I have a lot of other things to do before then.
5 September 2024
My new work in a wonderful Museum collection in Italy
I am very happy to share the wonderful news that my latest work "I will show you how the mountains move under our feet when the clouds stretch from the cloud cover's unfiltered light gaze" (2024) which I am currently showing at the Museo in Trento in Italy is now part of the permanent Collection of the Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi" CAI Torino.
I feel very honored that the work is included in this beautiful museum.
21 August 2024
My installation and new texts from MUSE, Trento Italy
I am very happy to be able to share these texts where you can now read about my installation that I am currently showing at the Museum of Science, Trento Italy.
The text describe the work very well and it is truly an honor to be a part of this fantastic context with your new work. You will find more pictures of the installation and the work under the category Installations or click here.
7 August 2024
The first three
It is now a little more than a week since I came back to Sweden after Italy. During the last few days, I have worked intensively on building up the first three scenographers outdoors for the work with the working title "surroundings of the landscape" for which I have done preliminary studies and models during the summer.
There is more text about the ongoing work available to read under the ongoing projects.
6 August 2024
The new exhibition in Italy
It was very warm and intense work week in Trento, Italy.
A fantastic journey filled with exciting conversations and meetings amid laughter with new inspiring people. I'm still completely overwhelmed after all the response during Saturday's opening. I hardly had time to get any pictures during the evening.
I am also very grateful and incredibly proud to be part of such a fine and important context where art and science are combined side by side in such a fine museum and beautifully curated by Andrea Lerda.
It is also really interesting to take part in new scientific research in the field that exists and to read together about my work in the beautiful in catalogue. The texts are written by Francesco Meneguzzo, Federica Zabini, Ilaria De March, Felix Windegger and Christoph Kircher.
More news about the exhibition will come soon on the website and for more information about the show. The exhibition runs until November 17.
https://www.muse.it/cs-the-mountain-touch-un-viaggio-nella-natura-che-cura/
24 July 2024
Work in progress in Trento, Italy
After a long day of travel yesterday I finally arrived in Trento, Italy where this week I am installing my new work which will be displayed in a fantastic museum until the middle of November. It's hot outside so it feels very nice to be inside working during these hot hours of the day.
The exhibition has its opening on Saturday and I can shortly also present more about the exhibition here on the website. A physical and digital catalog with images and texts will also be released.It feels incredibly fun to both participate but also to be part of such a fine exhibition with many interesting artists!
12 July 2024
A new category on the website
Several news on the website have been uploaded both when there are uploaded works and installations but also a new category "project"
Here you can read about ongoing projects that I am working on in detail and follow a little more behind the scenes with what I am working on in the studio.
7 July 2024
Very excited about this upcoming exhibition
I am very happy to announce that I am one of the invited artists in the exhibition “The Mountain Touch” at Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Italy with opening at 18 am, July 27th. In the exhibition I present a completely new work that is a site-specific installation that include photography on glass, a video and a room installation which I have developed during the last months.
17 artists and their works in dialogue with scientific content. Two museums united to tell the story of the association between good health and connection with nature through art and science. This is the theme explored in the exhibition The Mountain Touch, which will be inaugurated at the MUSE - Museum of Science in Trento on 27 July 2024. The exhibition “The Mountain Touch” is an art-science project conceived and produced by the National Mountain Museum.
Warm welcome and I am really looking forward to seeing this exhibition in place!
24 June 2024
A combination with exhibitions in different environments
Autumn begins to fill up more and more with new exhibitions in new places and exciting challenges in the public space.
The combination of these two environments is very fun conditions for realizing ideas but also gives the opportunity to experiment with new tools.
The picture on the left shows the place where I will have an upcoming solo exhibition later this year that I have now started planning for.
Photo: Attila Urbán
19 June 2024
A reflection on my work which is placed in a hospital
A nice post was recently published about my work being purchased and placed at Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde. It's nice to hear about reflections and afterthoughts about one's work at the same time that they have a function in the public space.
" Loneliness or being part of something bigger? Both concepts are complex and nuanced, and can be interpreted in many different ways. So also this work with the long title The careful mirror of the horizon stretches forward through the shimmer where the steps temporarily rest. by Peter Stridsberg , which was recently acquired by the art unit"
More text can be read at the link below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7oJSj1i8_7/?img_index=1
18 June 2024
Group exhibition at
Västerbottens museum
June 6 was the opening for one of the summer's exhibitions for me. In the exhibition I show three of my photographic works from the suite The window by the road by the lake (2023)
The works are on display at the Bottnia salon, which is a group exhibition that runs until September 22 at the Västerbottens Museum.
More information about the exhibition can be found at the link below. https://vbm.se/utstallningar/#20637
4 June 2024
Guest teacher and examiner
Last week I was a guest teacher and was an examiner at Umeå Art School's graduation exhibition. A few weeks ago I received the request and always enjoys sharing his thoughts and reflections on artistic works.
That was also the case this time. Really Fun day that made me discover and talk about the students' work, but also to discuss their different processes.
Warm thanks again for your invitation and this experience of being a guest teacher to your students.
28 May 2024
Preliminary studies for upcoming works
Right now I'm developing templates for my upcoming sets that I will try to build in full scale during the summer. The models are on a scale of 1:10 and are preliminary studies to partly find the size of the different windows in the scenography but also to plan the location of the various works when these will later be built outdoors.
17 May 2024
Västerbottens museum next!
Today I have handed over three newly produced works that will be shown in a group exhibition at the Västerbottens Museum this summer and well into September.
It is always just as exciting to exhibit work that has not been shown before in an exhibition context. The three photographic works include the suite The window towards the road by the lake (2023)
6 May 2024
Abisko and new landscapes
for upcoming exhibitions
Yesterday was an intense, wet and cold working day among the Swedish mountains and mountain landscape. It was of course no surprise, but I feel extremely grateful and privileged to have the help of such a team with the execution of yesterday's production. This would not have been possible without you.
The new works with both photographic and cinematic elements will be presented in a larger work that will be presented at an incredibly fine international museum exhibition in Europe. Which I am very happy to be a part of. I will be able to present more information about the exhibition shortly.
23 April 2024
New puzzle pieces
Between the intensive work of the last few weeks, I have started to experiment a little for some upcoming works and projects in the studio. I often work with several works at the same time, even if it is in media or materials. It is a way for me to be able to develop projects without having to spend a lot of time on planning and implementation, which is otherwise most common when I work with my installations or set designs. Then it feels very fun to be able to do things on a smaller scale that can function as preliminary studies with testing new methods.
My processes involve putting a lot of puzzles together and finding different methods. Sometimes these exprements can be the keys to being able to solve larger projects. Therefore, I value this part of the process highly, even if it may not always be visible in a finished work.
22 April 2024
Exhibition in Hjåggsjö
I am happy to announce that I will participate and exhibit one of my works during this year's “Konst åt alla" It feels very good to be part of this group exhibition. This consists of various artists from the area around Västerbotten.
The exhibition opens on May 14 at 5 - 8 p.m.
It runs until May 19. Warm welcome!
14 April 2024
Processes from the studio
Spring has reached the studio and several new sketches and experiments are taking shape in the studio. Some small and subtle scenographic fragments.
At the same time, I am working on developing a site-specific installation that I will soon be able to share. The work will be presented this summer and throughout the fall. So more information about this work will come shortly.
27 March 2024
New tab about Public Commissions
I also sometimes work with proposals for public art in public spaces. In the last year I have made several proposals and it is a fun way to develop my artistry and create new encounters with art for people in the public space.
I have now added a new category above on the website among the menu where you can take look at them and read.
The image is taken from a news article photographed by Marcus Berglund.
18 March 2024
A special request from Italy
A little over a month ago, I received a request from Fondazione Leonardo, Italy if I would consider including one of my photographic works in their latest magazine which is focus in science, technology and innovation. I said Yes and received the magazine the other day.
It's always fun to see your pictures in print and it feels good to see your work in a well-curated context with both pictures and texts.
https://www.fondazioneleonardo.com/
15 March 2024
Work on Restaurant Gondolen in Stockholm
One of my photographic works is now displayed at the entrance to Restaurang Gondolen in Stockholm. It feels good to show my work in this context, where guests can encounter the work in a cozy and convivial atmosphere.
Very happy to be able to make this possible. The work was photographed at the Flatens nature reserve in Stockholm, which makes it extra fun to present it in the same city.
23 February 2024
Good news x 2
I am happy that over two of my latest works will be part of the cultural plan in the Västerbotten region where I live and work. It feels very fun and full of honor that my works are in these documents where they describe plans for the culture within the next few years.
Also happy to announce that one of the works was recently purchased by Nässjö Municipality, which is already now located in their premises. The work is framed with a walnut frame in a box frame.
30 January 2024
New projects have started!
I have now started new projects which are currently in process and unfortunately I cannot reveal anything now, but it feels really fun and exciting to realize ideas and thoughts I have had for a longer period.
Now during the winter I will also change my studio and hope to get started with a larger project that will involve several different materials, techniques and ways of expression which I will update here on the website on an ongoing basis.
A lot of work awaits, but it will also be fun to get to know new materials and find new methods of expressions.