Sixten Sandra Österberg
Sixten Sandra Österberg's painting is characterized by a representation of bodies taking form on the canvas, but also losing their form as they pulsate between realism and abstraction. Realistically depicted environments dissolve into fragmentary stillness and explosive discharges of paint. This creates a complex duality where the different modes of expression together form an enigmatic world to decipher. Detailed portraits of people from various subcultures, mainly queer, float in and on layers of paint - giving space for other, not always given, expressions and gestures.
Her aesthetic is marked by a form of “non-practice” or deviation from established rules for depiction. Instead of a face, the viewer might encounter a back or merely a fragment of a hand. In her unique world of images, Sixten Sandra Österberg creates a kind of hybrid painting with its own colouration and gaze in relation to the technical possibilities of painting to influence the resulting expression.
Sixten Sandra Österberg (b. 1990) resides and works in Stockholm. She graduated in 2022 with an MFA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and holds a BFA from Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. She has also completed an exchange year at the Vienna Academy of the Arts. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Company Gallery, New York; Green Family Art Foundation: Dallas; and Magasin III – Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm and her works are included in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Magasin III – Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm; and Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, The Romantic Eye, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, The Romantic Eye, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, The Romantic Eye, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Skin of the Soul, Magasin III - Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Skin of the Soul, Magasin III - Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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Sixten Sandra Österberg
Installation view, Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023
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This World Gasps Its Last Breath At Us, 2024
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Time of Nothingness; Everything Happens, 2023
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Soaking Consequences 1, 2023
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Soaking Consequences 2, 2023
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Rhythmic Tracks, 2023
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Smooth Skin, 2023
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A Pleasant Enduring, 2023
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Master of Disguise, 2023
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Tag mig i famn så röd jag är, 2023
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Lower, 2022
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Grogrund, 2022
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Rob Me, 2022
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Sina delar, 2022
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Det brinner alltid 1, 2022
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Beautiful Escapes and Beautiful Landscapes, 2021
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Din död kommer jag inte sörja, 2021
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Flygande löv, 2021
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Färd, 2021
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Första kvällen, 2021
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Huttra, 2021
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Litet sparvöga, 2021
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Rörelser Witches Sabbath, 2021
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Rörelser, 2021
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Secret Keeper, 2021
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Sjunkande skärpa, 2021
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Sminkning, 2021
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Strömma, 2021
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Två faser, 2021
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Untitled, 2021
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Untitled, 2021
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Varmt berg, 2021
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Språng, 2020
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Sixten Sandra Österberg: Detaljen och helheten
Susanna Slöör, Omkonst, March 22, 2023 -
Sixten Sandra Österberg: Hjärtats måleri
Jesper Strömbäck Eklund, Kunstkritikk, March 21, 2023 -
Sixten Sandra Österberg: ”Jag vill utmana betraktarens förväntningar på människa och kropp”
Sofia Edgren, Dagens Nyheter, March 6, 2023