What Makes a Life

Kipi Konsthall, Malmö, SE

28 August - 19th September 2026

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The Paintings

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This body of work draws from experiences of my daily life over the past two years. Painting from memory, I return to moments when my emotions have stayed with me, becoming heavier, more potent, or precious over time.

 

While I rely on memory to begin a work, I often embellish the paintings with whimsy or absurdity. This is to perhaps giggle or indulge in how I feel about a place, being, or experience — such as a halo on my dog, or a muted rainbow over a hospital bed breakfast.

 

Together, these paintings explore how tenderness, humor, conflict and grief can coexist and for me defining what makes a life.

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A note on scale

In my small body I can hold big emotions therefore, I believe that a small painting can generate the same for a viewer.

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