CV

EMMA ÅVALL
1990, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Education
2019-21 MFA, Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015-18 BFA, Bergen Academy of Art & Design, Bergen, Norway
2011-13 Dômen Konstskola, 2-year diploma, Painting, Gothenburg, Sweden

Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2021 The controlled hallucinations of a fragmented gaze, POM Gallery, Mariefred, Sweden
2020 Negative Spaces, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2018 Manipulations, POM Gallery, Mariefred, Sweden
2017 The Glitch & The Chameleon, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway
2016 Depict. Deconstruct. Distort., (w/ Victor Rankanen), Bergen Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway
2013 Fragment, Frilagret, Gothenburg, Sweden

Group Exhibitions
2021 A Swedish smorgasbord (curated by Ebba de Faire & Joakim Ödlund), Sotheby’s, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 Quantum Entanglement, Sockerbruket 22, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Clustering Illusions Through Uncommon Patterns, HDK-Valand MFA Degree show in collaboration with Göteborgs Konsthall, various sites
2021 GAZE, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2020 Art2go, Pom Gallery, Mariefred, Sweden
2019 100!, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2019 Portrait Now!, Ljungbergmuséet, Ljungby, Sweden
2019 Portrait Now! The Carlsberg Foundation's Nordic Portrait Award, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
2018 Now here Nowhere (BFA degree show), Bergen Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway
2017 Essentials (2nd-year group exhibition), Bergen Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway
2017 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Moving Art Project, Sweden (touring 10 cities, March-May)
2015 Text & Image, Bergen Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway
2015 Lokalisert, Bergen Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway
2015 Bostadspolitisk Vernissage, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
2014 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Lilljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Re:present, Kulturföreningen Taket, Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Stöd En Syster, UN Women, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Kulturnatta, Kulturföreningen Taket, Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Elevutställning, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 Elevutställning, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden

Public art
2016 Commissioned mural for ArtMadeThis/Vasakronan, Södra Vägen 5, Gothenburg, Sweden

Grants
2018 Stiftelsen Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond
2017 Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond
2013 K-peng, Kultur Ungdom, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden

Public collections
Vellinge Kommun
Sundbyberg Kommun
Jönköping Kommun
Västra Götalandsregion
Region Gävleborg
Region Sörmland
Region Jämtland Härjedalen
Various private collections in Sweden, Norway & USA
           
Selected press
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/skapade-konst-ur-frustration-och-besvikelse-1.45581344?fbclid=IwAR2yyEXMnOK9Nl79K8gkOEiKJ_dL3aPfuk9kwUaNScxB4TjqSVFV1ok10aU
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/studenter-fick-tanka-nytt-infor-konstutstallning?fbclid=IwAR18cH-30_JNs28vd_oNHLJNx4NYnJWEnHY14EJaEHUUsT0jzKL0-f_SRv8
https://kunstkritikk.se/skingrade-for-vinden/
http://nyheter.mariefredstidning.se/lokala-nyheter/nyheter/kultur-fritid/emma-avall-skapar-egna-tidsrum/
http://www.hn.se/n%C3%B6je/konst/fr%C3%A5n-blixtorp-till-finsalongerna-1.4134114
http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/konsten-ett-motstand-mot-oron-i-varlden
http://www.gp.se/n%C3%B6je/gatukonst-i-flera-stilar-1.3450852