Ebba Grahn

About

Ebba Grahn [b. 1995] is an artist from Sweden, based in London and Stockholm with a previous background in industrial- and product design. Her work explores the contemporary nude and its development from a celestial being to an (over-) thinking, (badly-) feeling and (weirdly-) shaped character. The naked body acts as an instrument to illustrate the current world with topics such as mental health, sexuality, and the digital presence.


Education

MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London

2022 - 2023

BA Industrial Design, Konstfack University of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm

2016 – 2019


Exhibitions

Group Exhibition, Everything is temporary, 3 Locks Brewery, London

2023

Group exhibition, Tom Böttiger Collection Part. 1, CF HILL, Stockholm

2019

Group Exhibition, Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2019, Konstfack, Stockholm

2019

Group Exhibition, Vårsalongen 2018, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

2018

Group Exhibition, Vårsalongen 2014, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm

2014


Statement

My work confronts the audience with emotional, figurative, and sometimes frightening figures. Characters that do not shy away from eye contact or to reveal their deepest, darkest feelings.

The sculptures are sometimes based on an enhanced biographical experience; telling the saga of an emotional, confused, daring and curios twenty-something wanderer. Or they are telling stories that are less individual about life as a contemporary human. Often, the work is made from the perspective of a person belonging to a post-internet generation, a person that has an intimate relationship with their smartphone.

The continuous use of acrylic glass helps me incorporate the undeniable presence of technology to my work, thanks to its machine-made and sleek laser cut finish, as well as the artificial and bright colors I use. A presence I desire to keep constant, despite that the questions I ask, the emotions I portray and the life I live have existed long before the internet and social media.

It's Not You, It's Definitely Me [it usually is]

Medium: Clay, acrylic paint, dyed acrylic glass, bark

Size: 300 x 300 x 70 cm

The Long Wait

Medium: Acrylic glass, cable ties

Size: 180 x 90 cm

Acrylic Glass Paintings

Medium: Dyed acrylic glass, metal hanging construction

Size: 43 x 30 x 10 cm, 60 x 43 x 10 cm

Characters That Lived in My Head and Had to Get Out [vol.3]

Medium: Ceramic clay, acrylic paint, dyed acrylic glass

Size: Various

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