About
Helena Pernow (b.1992) is an artist working in the field of textile with a MFA from HDK-Valand Steneby. In techniques such as dyeing, weaving, sewing and installation she explore both the material qualities of textile as well as its ability to carry memories and stories. Material relationships and tactile memories are often the starting point for her artistic explorations. Her works highlight the role of textiles as a link between the body and the outside world. Rough terry towels, cotton sheets and ichy wool sweaters are textile landscapes that she like to inhabit. Her work can be experience in exhibitions as well as performative work, where her textile based practice is intertwined with choreography and movement, unfolding new dimensions of her work in the border between textile installation and performance.
Her work has been shown in exhibitions around Sweden, including GIBCA Extended, Galleri Syster (Luleå) Stockholm Craft Week, Craft Days (Gothenburg), at Not Quite (Fengersfors), Dalslands Konstmuseum and KKV-Bohuslän (Gerlesborg). Parallell with her artistic practice she is working as a project manager at Konsthantverkscentrum (Swedish Craft Centre). She lives and works in Bärfendal, Bohuslän.
CV
EDUCATION
2018-2020 MFA Applied Arts and Design- Textile, Body, Space at HDK- Valand Steneby
2017-2018 Freestand course, Textile, Body, Space at HDK- Valand Steneby
2013-2016 BFA Interior Architecture and furniture design at Konstfack
2012-2013 Foundation year Art and Craft at Nyckelviksskolan
EXHIBITING
2023 Bergväggen Redux, Not Quite, Fengersfors (group)
2023 Vänskap i Arbete, Galleri Syster, Luleå (group)
2022 Bergväggen, Konstfrämjandet Fyrbodal (group)
2022 Textil, KKV-Bohuslän (group)
2021 Bärnsten, KÅDA, Sthlm Craft Week, Porten (group)
2021 Planlösning, group exhibition, Galleri Silk (digital)
2021 Hotmix – The modern dwelling, Kungsgatan Gothenburg (group)
2020 Textil- Kropp- Rum, Sthlm Craft Week, Benhuset Katarina Kyrka (group)
2020 Höstsalong, group exhibition, Galleri Silk (digital)
2020 KKV-B Lilla Galleriet (duo)
2020 Material Matters, group exhibition, MFA Graduation Show Steneby Konsthall
2019 Ett rum tillägnat omsorg, Dalslands Konstmuseum (solo)
2019 Dubbelväven pt.2, Nya Magasinet (duo)
2019 Peripheral, KÅDA group exhibition, Not Quite (group)
2018 Vindvimplar, Skogsfesten, with Jonas-Petter Wallner
CURATING
2021 Längtan, Craft Days Gothenburg
2019 Fake Empire KÅDA collective, Gibca Extended, Rexcell Dals Långed
OTHER WORKS/PROJECTS
2022 Flux Studios, project manager
2022- KKV -Bohuslän, board member
2022 Trähantverk and möbelsnickeri Stenebyskolan, guest tutor
2021- Konsthantverkscentrum (Swedish Craft Centre), project manager
2021 Trähantverk and möbelsnickeri Stenebyskolan, guest tutor
2020 wiklundwiklund (Katarina Wiklund and Susanna Wiklund), artist assistant
2020 Fördjupningsåret Stenebyskolan, guest tutor
2020 Konstpool, project manager
2018-2022 KÅDA, board member, curator and founder
GRANTS and RESIDENCIES
2022 Konstnärsnämndens resestipendium
2021 Residence Dansplats Skog (Vardagens Anatomi)
2021 Residence Scenstudion Gerlesborg (Vardagens Anatomi)
2021 Pronto, project founding for KÅDA show Längtan
2021 Kulturrådet project founding (Vardagens Anatomi)
2020. KKV-B Residence and exhibition grant
2020 Helge Ax:sons Stiftelse
2019 JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2019 Idépeng, Mötesplats Steneby
2018 Estrid Ericsson Stiftelse
2018 K-Pengar, Västra Götalands regionen
2018 Adelbertska stipendiestiftelsen, Göteborgs Universitet