Born 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden. Lives in Stockholm, SE.
Anastasia Ax creates drawings, sculptures, videos and performances, frequently mixing techniques in her works. She has been acknowledged mainly for her remarkably physical performances exploring various kinds of violence and their consequences. In a veritably exorcistic action, Ax portrays a world characterised by violence, oppression and abuse of power, both between society and the individual and in the individual, in the form of self-destructiveness and mutilation. The exhibition features The Kid Below, where enormous white sheets of paper form the backdrop, mute sculptural figures are her co-stars and black ink the weapon in a wildly aggressive attack. She takes full command of the events and, unlike the traditionally passive role of women in historical painterly performances, she is far from being a victim of circumstance. What remains are the distinct traces of a flowing dramatic scene.
Education
2005–2006 Royal University College of Fine Arts, project, Stockholm, SE
2003–2004 Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, SE
2001–2004 Högskolan för Fotografi och Film, Gothenburg, SE
2002–2003 Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, SE
2000–2001 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
Selected bibliography
Susanna Slöör: ”Ett bett genom tillvaron”, www.omkonst.com, 2.3.2009
Anders Olofsson: ”Gå och Se!”, konsten.net, 2009
Johan Sjoström: “A good idea”, Tomorrow always belongs to us, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, 2008
”Nordiska konstnärer tolkar nordiskt måleri”, Sveriges Radio, 5.6.2008
”Att långsamt låta sig explodera”, Gävle Fria Tidning, 2007
http://www.myspace.com/anastasiaax