Katarina Löfström

Overview
Katarina Löfström

The common denominator in Katarina Löfström's video works is the abstraction or, rather perhaps, the extraction of something. Her computer-generated animations can be based on a city view, a horizon or a photo, but the essence itself is about emotions, phenomenon or concepts. She takes interest in various stages of consciousness, such as wakefulness, daydreams, the hypnagogic state and trance but also optical phenomena, often in relation to sound. Through repetitive movement, loops, reflections and light effects she creates works which amplifies and concentrates certain phenomena and thus tampers with our perception and its fluid boundaries of what we perceive as reality.

 

Her oeuvre also includes sculpture and her most recent works - Open Source – is a series of monumental outdoor works. They allude in its format to different screen sizes like Panavision. They consist of tens of thousands of free hanging sequins, reflecting the light, thus visualising the movement of the wind and the surrounding nature. By using a very basic material such as sequin panels originally meant for commercial use, Katarina Löfström creates an everchanging moving image in the public sphere, without having to use electricity or external lighting.

 

Katarina Löfström (born in 1970 in Sweden, lives and works in Stockholm) graduated from the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm 1997 and has since then mainly worked with video. 

 

In 2019, she was awarded the Swedish Filmform Prize for her significant contributions to video art.  Her work has been shown in exhibitions at Blickachsen, Bad Homburg, Germany, Wanås Konst, Sweden,  Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kiasma, Helsinki, Tramway in Glasgow and Kunsthaus Graz to name a few. She is represented at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Neuer Berliner Kuntverein, in Wanås, at the library in Alexandria and others.

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  • The Elements
    Katarina Löfström
    The Elements, 2025
  • Lover's Lament (Metal)
    Katarina Löfström
    Lover's Lament (Metal), 2025
  • In Aethero
    Katarina Löfström
    In Aethero, 2025
  • Well
    Katarina Löfström
    Well, 2025
  • Open Source (Academy)
    Katarina Löfström
    Open Source (Academy), 2024
  • Open Source (9:16)
    Katarina Löfström
    Open Source (9:16), 2024
  • Focal Point
    Katarina Löfström
    Focal Point, 2024
  • Chronos – Kronos
    Katarina Löfström
    Chronos – Kronos, 2023
  • Aim (Anagram)
    Katarina Löfström
    Aim (Anagram), 2023
  • Echo, Echo, Echo!
    Katarina Löfström
    Echo, Echo, Echo!, 2023
  • Point Blank (Large) #2
    Katarina Löfström
    Point Blank (Large) #2, 2023
  • Point Blank (Large) #3
    Katarina Löfström
    Point Blank (Large) #3, 2023
  • Point Blank
    Katarina Löfström
    Point Blank, 2021
  • Revolutions
    Katarina Löfström
    Revolutions, 2021
  • Open Source (Panavision)
    Katarina Löfström
    Open Source (Panavision), 2020
  • Fugue
    Katarina Löfström
    Fugue, 2020
  • Open Source (Cinemascope)
    Katarina Löfström
    Open Source (Cinemascope), 2018
  • P.O.V. #15 (Private View)
    Katarina Löfström
    P.O.V. #15 (Private View), 2015
  • P.O.V. #3
    Katarina Löfström
    P.O.V. #3, 2015
  • P.O.V. #33
    Katarina Löfström
    P.O.V. #33, 2015
  • P.O.V. #34
    Katarina Löfström
    P.O.V. #34, 2015
  • Downhill
    Katarina Löfström
    Downhill, 2015
  • Metamorphosis
    Katarina Löfström
    Metamorphosis, 2015
  • Into the Woods
    Katarina Löfström
    Into the Woods, 2013
  • Spacial Composition
    Katarina Löfström
    Spacial Composition, 2013
  • Beacon
    Katarina Löfström
    Beacon, 2013
  • Room with a View
    Katarina Löfström
    Room with a View, 2013
  • Thought Form (Embracing Space)
    Katarina Löfström
    Thought Form (Embracing Space), 2013
  • Thought Form (Cul de Sac)
    Katarina Löfström
    Thought Form (Cul de Sac), 2013
  • Thought Form (For Annie B)
    Katarina Löfström
    Thought Form (For Annie B), 2013
  • A Void
    Katarina Löfström
    A Void, 2013
  • Young Believers
    Katarina Löfström
    Young Believers, 2011
  • Hanging out with an old friend (Venice)
    Katarina Löfström
    Hanging out with an old friend (Venice), 2011
  • Kingdom
    Katarina Löfström
    Kingdom, 2009
  • Crying Skyscraper
    Katarina Löfström
    Crying Skyscraper, 2009
  • Secret Garden
    Katarina Löfström
    Secret Garden, 2008
  • Little Star (2)
    Katarina Löfström
    Little Star (2), 2006
  • Finale
    Katarina Löfström
    Finale, 2006
  • Little Star
    Katarina Löfström
    Little Star, 2006
  • Little Star (2)
    Katarina Löfström
    Little Star (2), 2006
  • Little Star (2)
    Katarina Löfström
    Little Star (2), 2006
  • Little Star (2)
    Katarina Löfström
    Little Star (2), 2006
  • An Island
    Katarina Löfström
    An Island, 2004
  • Tower
    Katarina Löfström
    Tower, 2004
  • Score
    Katarina Löfström
    Score, 2004
  • Pan A.M.
    Katarina Löfström
    Pan A.M., 2002
  • Whiteout
    Katarina Löfström
    Whiteout, 2001
  • Hang Ten Sunset
    Katarina Löfström
    Hang Ten Sunset, 2000
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