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Lisa Pettersson
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Degree: BA Fine Art
University: University of Wales
Graduation Year: 2005
New Blood Art Statement
Pettersson’s work bridges fine art and graphic design, and habitually explores how what is personal and innermost is shaped by public notions, and public instruments, of sentiment. Her most recent works are inspired by 50s children’s’ book illustrations, and are jerked into modernity with compelling results. Pettersson’s work is widely sought after; her paintings are held in private collections in the UK, Sweden, Holland, France, USA, Vietnam, Australia and Hong Kong.
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Artist Statement
My paintings are concerned with very intimately familiar, domestic spaces. By painting domestic objects and patterns, I aim to say something about our need to `make a home`, however fleeting, and how we place our marks on our surroundings in a `nest making` -like process.I grew up in Sweden but have since 1995 spent most of my time living, studying and working in the UK. I am currently living in Edinburgh where I work as an artist and graphic designer. I exhibit regularly around the country and beyond.
The work on this site is gathered from various ongoing and completed projects. "The `summer` theme is something I have worked on for the last year or so. In this series of work I attempt to evoke feelings of holiday nostalgia, and of a `common past` many of us seem to share. With subject matter drawn from yellowing, dated family photographs, seaside postcards and other remnants from the past, the series is a portrait of warm, pastel-coloured summers - homely and acutely recognisable, yet unreal, clichéd and sentimental.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'En Sommar' Galleri ArtOn, Kungsbacka, Sweden
2010 Ekvall+Tornblom, Stockholm, Sweden
2010, A Suitcase Full of Sand, Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable
2008, Hemlingtan, Galleri Art On, Gothenburgh, Sweden
2006, Tourist, Blue Space Gallery, Saigon
2003, No Place Like Home, Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Selected Group Shows
2012 'Postcard Exhibition', Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2011 'Jul till tusen' Galleri ArtOn, Kungsbacka, Sweden
2011 'Scottish Female Artists' Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2011 'Plight of the bumble bee' Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 'Konst till tusen' Galleri ArtOn, Kungsbacka, Sweden
2011 'Small and perfectly crafted' Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 ‘Postcard Show’ Scotland Art, Edinurgh
2010, Spring Show, Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2010, Spring Show, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2010, Flight, Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable
2009, Christmas show, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2009, Pettersson och Liden, Vanersborgs Konsthall, Vanersborg, Sweden (with Thomas Liden)
2009, Festival, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2008, Hemlingtan, Galleri Art On, Gothenburgh, Sweden (Solo)
2008, Figuratively Speaking, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
2008, Six Figures,Scotland Art, Edinburgh
2007, Pettersson and Takagi, Dollinger Art Project, Tel Aviv
2007, Booby Birds, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
2006, Lan mall, Shan Gallery, Hong Kong
2006, No place like home, Spice Festival, Hackney, London
2003, In Residence, Queens Hall, Edinburgh
2001, Christmas Exhibition, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2001, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, Edinburg