HELENA PERNOW

I am an artist based in Bärfendal, Bohuslän.
In my work I often explore the material properties of textiles as well as textile's ability to carry both personal and collective memories. Material relations and tactile memories often serve as the starting point in my work. Objects and installations are presented in exhibitions, sometimes also in performances, where textiles are combined with choreography and text, opening up new dimensions in the borderland between exhibition and performance.


helenapernow1@gmail.com
instagram @helena_pernow
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Education
2024              
Landing Thoughts, post MA-course Fine Art, St Sigfrids Folkhögskola
‍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


Exhibitions
‍2024          Bindningar i kombination av hål, Galleri KC Göteborg
                      (with Linnea Dalstrand, Tove Starfelt, Alva Noreen)
2024          Resonanser, RAUM Gallery, Stockholm
2024          The most valuable Craft on Earth, Not Quite, Fengersfors
2024          Textile Dream, Coma Site (digital)
2023          Bergväggen Redux,Not Quite, Fengersfors
2023          Vänskap i Arbete,  Galleri Syster, Luleå
2022          Bergväggen, Konstfrämjandet Fyrbodal
2022          Textil, KKV-Bohuslän
2021           Bärnsten, KÅDA, Sthlm Craft Week, Porten
2021           Planlösning, Galleri Silk (digital)
2021           Hotmix – The modern dwelling, Göteborg
2020          Textil- Kropp- Rum, Sthlm Craft Week, Benhuset Katarina Kyrka
2020          Höstsalong, Galleri Silk (digital)
2020          KKV-B Lilla Galleriet
2020          Material Matters, MFA Graduation Show Steneby Konsthall
2019           Ett rum tillägnat omsorg, Dalslands Konstmuseum (solo)
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Performance
2023          Vardagens Anatomi, Konstepidemin
                    (with Ida Kjällquist och Emilia Wärff)
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Other  work
‍2023          Vardagens Anatomi, scenography and object
2022          Flux Studios, project manager
2022-        KKV -Bohuslän, board member
2022          Stenebyskolan, guest teacher
2021           Längtan, Craft Days, exhibition curator
2021-         Konsthantverkscentrum , project manager
2021           Stenebyskolan, guest teacher
2020          wiklundwiklund, artist assistant
2020          Stenebyskolan, guest teacher
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Grants and residencies
2024          Residency Icelandic Textile Center, Blöndúos (Iceland)
2024          Svensk- Isländska samarbetsfonden
2024          Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Arts Grants Cominttee), travel grant
2023          Residency  Rorke’s Drift, Durban (South Africa)
2022          Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Arts Grants Cominttee), travel grant
2021           Residency Dansplats Skog, Skog (Sverige)
2021           Residency Scenstudion Gerlesborg (Sverige)
2021           Pronto projektbidrag, Göteborgs Stad
2021           Residency KKV-Bohuslän, Gerlesborg (Sverige)
2020          Helge Ax:sons Stiftelse
2019           JL Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse
2018           Estrid Ericsson Stiftelse