ISSUES

As a duo, Linda and Henning create sculptures and installations drawing on the fantastical. In their individual practices, Henning uses found objects in romantic assemblages and Linda tells stories through wood craft. In their combined practice, both artists' individual styles are equally present and form a unique expression. Using craft techniques in materials they find in their immediate environment to tell banal stories is truly a brave method to get the viewers’ attention. However, there are messages hidden in plain sight that are witty and deeper than initially perceived.

LINDA PEDERSEN b. 1987 Gothenburg, Sweden, lives and works in Falerum, south-east Sweden. Linda has a BFA (2018) from Konstfack College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Her artistic education also took place at the Camberwell College of Art in London and at Tokyo Zokei University in Japan. She has had solo exhibitions such as Windy City Blues at BOY Art Gallery, Bollebygd (2020); Piggy’s Dream, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm (2019); Call of Heart at 3:e Våningen, Gothenburg (2017) and at Vita Rosen Gallery, Gothenburg (2014). Selected group exhibitions include Orphan Sky at Sven X:et Erixson museum, Botkyrka (2019); Garden Tales, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm (2019); She’s Here, Kamarade, Falsterbo (2019); Black Moon, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (2019); Water McBeer’s Residence, Deitch Projects, New York City (2018); Winter Show, Gallery Steinsland Berliner (2016, 2017), Stockholm; Alotlot, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg (2017) and Downtown Issues, ISSUES, Stockholm (2021). In 2019 her public commission Sötebjörn was unveiled in Almunge.

HENNING HAMILTON b. 1987 Gothenburg, Sweden, also lives and works in Falerum, south-east Sweden. Henning studied at Konstskolan in Gothenburg but is mainly self-taught. Solo shows include Från A till B, ISSUES, Stockholm (2022); Deal with it, ISSUES, Stockholm (2019) and Monkey See, Monkey Do, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent (2017). He has participated in group shows such as Gullringsbo 2.0, Hospitalet, Stockholm (2023); ISSUES #6, ISSUES, Stockholm (2018); Call me, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2017); Friends in Need, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2016) and Påsksalong, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg (2015).

LINDA PEDERSEN & HENNING HAMILTON have been exhibiting as an artist duo since 2021. Solo presentations include Jailhouse Rock, Arsenalsgatan 3, Stockholm (2021); My Melody, Norbergfestivalen, Västmanland (2022) and Stjärnornas Krig, Market Art Fair with ISSUES, Stockholm (2023). Also in 2023, they participated in Stockholm Issues, a group show organized by ISSUES at Mahkjip Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. They have an upcoming presentation at Thielska Galleriet in Stockholm and their grand cabinet sculpture Stjärnornas Krig is on view in the Norrköping Art Museum collection display.

When Market Found Its Groove (Back) (review), C-Print, 13/05/2023

The cultural elite toasts art in champagne, Bohman, Therese, Expressen, 12/05/2023

A Frozen Dream World (review), Kyeyune Backström, Valerie, Kunstkritikk, 01/12/20

The Game of Contrasts (review), Malmsten, Silvia, Omkonst, 18/11/2020