ISSUES

Ida Persson was trained at Umeå academy of fine arts by painter Ann Edholm. Both artists explore human traits, the good and the bad, inherent in shapes not found in nature. While Edholm lets her abstract pictures become subjected to human conditions through their viewers, Persson’s pictures portray things such as power, control and care-taking. As Ida Persson is a recipient of the Bærtling Scholarship, a third artist is brought to the discussion. Oscillating between spatial depiction and the absolutely abstract, Ida Persson’s pictures become a stepping stone between Olle Bærtling’s total aversion to nature at one end of the pond and actual nature on the other.

Ida Persson b. 1985, lives in Ystad and works in Löderup, Sweden. Ida graduated from Umeå Academy of fine arts with both a bachelor and master’s degree. In 2015, she won the prestigious Fredrik Roos Award “for developing a personal imagery that reveals the power of relationships in society.” Solo shows include Caretaker at ISSUES, Stockholm (2023); Numbness and Serenity at both Ystads Konstmuseum, Ystad, Sweden (2023) and Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden (2022) and Docile Bodies at Erik Nordenhake, Stockholm (2017).

Group exhibitions include Twilight Land at Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö (2022); Portionsavund at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm (2022); Downtown Issues at ISSUES, Stockholm (2021); Modernautställningen at Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2018) and Swedish Art: Now! at Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm (2016).

Ida's work can be found in many collections such as Moderna Museet, Statens Konstråd, Ystad Konstmuseum, Region Uppsala and Uppsala Konstmuseum.