Born 1970 in Antwerpen, Belgium. Lives in Stockholm, SE.
At an early stage in her artistic career, after a period of abstract miniature flower paintings, Astrid Sylwan discovered Per Kirkeby’s monumental dynamic and abstract paintings. These works represented an approach that matched her own ambition entirely, while the genre itself had historically been dominated by men. Hence, her paintings were initially characterised by a “girl power” attitude, replete with bright pinks and reds and provocative titles. Since then, her approach, her colour scale and the titles of her works have changed. Sylwan has found her own idiom, the colours often alluding to nature, and the poetic titles that complement the paintings referring to an experience or phase in the process of creating the works.
Education
2005 University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, M.F.A., Stockholm, SE
Selected bibliography
Sofie Sweger: ”Frysta ögonblick av ständig rörelse”, Triumphs and disasters, Eskilstuna, 2009
Susanna Slöör: ”Försvarad, förlorad och övervunnen”, omkonst.com, 21.5.2008
Olle Granath: ”Ett rum att vistas i”, Cross-currents, Stockholm, May, 2008
Björn Springfeldt: ”Att ta sig tid”, Free-falling, Umeå, 2008
Håkan Nilsson: ”Förtroende kommer från flera håll”, Trust, Umeå, 2006