Elisabeth Westerlund

In Elisabeth Westerlund's art one can recognize the drives to restructure and transform, qualities that make her works defy quick interpretation. She uses everyday objects that we all recognize from another context, such as pens, plastic knives, fabric cutouts, building materials or like in her more recent large canvases with cutouts of photographs and added embroidery. When looking at her work one becomes immediately aware of its structure, sometimes organic and wildly unstructured, but more often precisely calculated.

 

Artist's website

Biography
 
Available Works
The Creek, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x89 cm
The Forest, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Cityscape, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Grove, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Garden, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Field, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Waterfront, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
The Wetland, 2024
Textile on canvas, mixed media
43 x 89 cm
Taken at the Flood, 2024
Balsa wood, mixed media
150 x 90 x 50 cm
Taken at the Flood, 2024
Balsa Wood, mixed media
130 x 70 x 50 cm
Phantom Basilica, 2024
Mixed media
58,5 x 78 cm
Phantom Facade, 2024
Mixed media
58,5 x 78 cm
Phantom Forum, 2024
Mixed media
58,5 x 78 cm
ELISABETH WESTERLUND - Stitch, 2024
Hand blown glass, stainless wire, sewing thread, glass beads
20x23x21 cm
ELISABETH WESTERLUND - Swirl, 2024
Hand blown glass
22x23x24 cm
ELISABETH WESTERLUND - Froth, 2024
Hand blown glass, glass beads, stainless wire
33x26x26 cm
ELISABETH WESTERLUND - Purl, 2024
Hand blown glass, silver-plated chains, textile, glue
20x23x26 cm
Hard Times #2, 2023
Mixed media
38 x 34 cm
Double Down, 2023
Mixed media
38 x 28 cm
Deep in My Thoughts, 2021
Mixed media
66 x 50 cm
After the Rain, 2021
Collage
120 x 90 cm
Building Body (archive), 2015
Cut-outs from images of historic artworks and buildings, glued on paper.
75 x 55 cm
Looping Leaves, 2010
Textile and artificial tree
Looping Leaves (detail), 2010
Textile and artificial treee
Ball and Chain, 2008
Textiles
Variable
Ball and Chain (detail), 2008
Textiles
Variable
For more information, contact info@bjorkholmengallery.com

Archive

ELISABETH WESTERLUND - San Bernardino Freeway, 2003-2024
Water colour
55 x 42 cm
ELISABETH WESTERLUND - East Los Angeles Interchange, 2003-2024
Water colour
55 x 42 cm
Elisabeth Westerlund - The Phantom Temple, 2023
Mixed media
55 x 42 cm
Elisabeth Westerlund - The Phantom Arch, 2023
Mixed media
55 x 42 cm
Hard Times #1, 2023
Mixed media
38 x 31 cm
Night Walk, 2023
Mixed media
23 x 61 cm
Peeling My Senses, 2022
Mixed media
95 x 65 cm
The Only Way is Down, 2021
Glass, steel
150 x 20 x 20 cm
The Thinker, 2021
Mixed media
70 x 50 cm
Two Friends, 2021
Collage
70 x 50 cm
The Green in My Eyes, 2021
Mixed media
66 x 50 cm
In the Back of My Mind, 2021
Mixed media
66 x 50 cm
Three Graces, 2020
Collage
59 x 48 cm
Landscape (Palm Trees), 2018
Collage
87 x 120 cm
Landscape (France), 2018
Collage
87 x 120 cm
Landscape (Mill), 2017
Collage
106 x 131 cm
Portrait of a Lady, 2014
Collage
45 x 37 cm
City by the sea, 2014
Collage
52 x 70 cm
Bubble, 2010
Glass and glue
#1, 2006
Textile on paper
31,5 x 37,5 cm
#2, 2006
Textile on paper
31,5 x 37,5 cm
#3, 2006
Textile on paper
31,5 x 37,5 cm
Upcoming Exhibitions
Previous Exhibitions
This Is the Time, This Is the Place
2024.11.08–2024.12.14
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Market Art Fair
2024.05.17–2024.05.19
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ECHOES OF NATURE
2024.03.16–2024.04.27
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A Winter's Tale
2023.11.25–2024.01.27
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How Like a Winter Has My Absence Been
2021.10.02–2021.11.04
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Colors of Grey - group exhibition
2021.05.08–2021.06.17
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IUS INTER 2 – group exhibition
2020.11.14–2020.12.12
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Topophilia
2018.10.13–2018.11.10
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1 - en samlingsutställning
2017.09.09–2017.10.07
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objects of... - group exhibition
2015.04.29–2015.06.06
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Abstract Possibilities - group exhibition
2014.04.25–2014.06.07
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Slakten, stormen, minnet och glömskan
2013.01.17–2013.02.23
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Twenty Years After
2012.10.18–2012.12.01
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XL
2011.02.24–2011.04.15
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Elisabeth Westerlund
2010.02.25–2010.03.27
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A Group Show
2009.01.22–2009.03.07
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Ball and Chain
2008.04.10–2008.05.10
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Autumn Reading
2007.09.29–2007.10.27
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Patterns
2006.03.30–2006.04.29
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Elisabeth Westerlund

Born in Stockholm 1965
Lives and works in Stockholm

Education

2013, 2014 Glass Factory, Boda
1989-1990 Empire State College, Studio Program, New York
1987-1989 Birkagårdens Folkhögskola, skulptur, Stockholm

Solo Exhibitions

2021
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm "How Like a Winter Has My Absence Been"

2018
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Topophilia"

2013
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Slakten Stormen Minnet och Glömskan"

2010
Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm

2008
Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm; "Ball and Chain"

2006
Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Patterns"

2005
The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm "Den 1:a på Moderna"

2004
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm

2002
Box Gallery, Göteborg
BB, Galleri Bohmans projectroom, Stockholm

2001
Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
Galleri Index, Stockholm

Group Exhibitions

2024
Market Art Fair, Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, "Echoes of Nature"

2023-2024
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, "A Winter Tale"

2021
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; Colors of Grey

2020
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; IUS INTER 2

2018
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Salone di Bisol"
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Minimum"
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; C/O STOCKHOLM

2017
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "1 - en samlingsutställning"

2016
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm; "The Garden Party"
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; C/O STOCKHOLM

2015
Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Rome, Italy; "Laboratorio Eterno"
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; C/O STOCKHOLM
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "objects of..."

2014
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Abstract Possibilities"

2013
Fullersta Gård, Stockholm; "Om böcker"

2012
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Twenty Years After"

2011
Galleri Flach, Stockholm; "Boken"

2011
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "XL"
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm; "Red"

2011
Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norway; "Sting!"

2010
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö; "Spår" - Konstmuseets Nyförvärv

2010
Marabouparken, Sundbyberg, Stockholm; "Parkliv"

2009
Botkyrka Konsthall Labyrint 09

2007
Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm; "Autumn Reading"

2007
SPLIT VISION, Västerås Artmuseum
Riksutställningar, Kaos von Linné

2006
Landskrona Konsthall

2005
LASST BLUMEN SPRECHEN, Galerie des multiples, Paris / Møstings Hus, Köpenhamn

2003
INFINITE INVENTORIES, Djurgårdsbrunn, Stockholm

2002
Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm (together with Apfelbaum and Hammar)
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup
STRUCTURES, Sparwasser, Berlin

2001
NU BLOMMAR DET, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping
MAKING NATURE, Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense Mönstring

2000
Villa Medicis, Rom I arkivet//katalogen till La ville/Le Jardin/La Mémoire Prod av Musée dÁrt Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Publications

2004
Anna Orrghen Glömskans arkiv gör sig påmint Svd 040529
Milou Allerholm Deliriskt och dekorativt DN 040522

2002
Lars O Ericsson Lågt blir högt DN 020316

2001
Karen Diamond Elisabeth Westerlund Flashart March April 2001
Sanna Wikström Uppfunnet rum i nerladdad verklighet Gefle Dagblad 010217
Milou Allerholm Förgängligheten blommar DN 010121

Collections

Gävle Kommun, Sweden
The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
Region Stockholm, Sweden

Public Commissions

Commission; Hospital; St: Görans sjukhus, Stockholm Location: Glass facade and atrium (2018-20)
Sketch assignment; Preschools, Halmstad, interiors (2016)
Commission; School; Husensjö Skola, Helsingborg, Sweden. Location: Glass facade (2016)
Sketch assignment: Hospital; Huddinge Sjukhus Stockholm, Sweden. Pediatric center (2015)
Commission; Residence HSB Norra Djurgårdsstaden, Stockholm, Sweden. Location; Four entrance halls (2014)
Commission; School; Kristinebergskolan, Stockholm, Sweden. Location: Four stairwells (2012)
Commission; Library; Poetry bazar Stockholms Stadsbibliotek, Sweden. Wallpaper collage (2010)
Commission; Restaurant; Restaurant Per Lei, Stockholm, Sweden. Wallpaper collage (2010)
Commission; Preschool Nova, Botkyrka, Sweden Ceiling eating area (2008)
Wendela Hebbegymnasiet, Södertälje (2005)
Svenska Institutet (2003)

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