Upcoming Exhibitions Autumn 2025: Stockholm
Overview
After the Stockholm gallery's summer hiatus, we look forward to this autumn's upcoming exhibitions which will present new works by Lena Johansson, Katarina Löfström and Amine Habki.
Lena Johansson
21 August - 27 September

 

Lena Johansson's process has always been driven by intuition and what she calls a subconscious logic, just like in dreams or the way she reads the tarot cards she often lays. For over twenty years she has been collecting various lifestyle magazines, and she flicks through these to find images which she intuitively responds to. From these, she often builds suites which are formed into stories. When the photograph is removed from its commercial context, it takes on a different form, and the artist's choices, brushstrokes and stories become part of the work: a new narrative is created within the painting. 
 
Johansson's interest in fashion photography and commercial imagery stems from her view that they are essential in how they refer to our dreams and desires; for her, these images are deeply human and speak to our need for beauty, seduction and sexuality. When she reprocess these images through her painterly process it is equally a way for her to elevate them, as well as examining their visual language, inherent codes, and the ambivalence in identity.

 

Katarina Löfström

2 October - 8 November

 
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.
 

In the beginning of September, Löfström's Open Source (4:3) will be presented at the Villa San Michele at Capri, and in the past two years she has presented solo-exhibitions at Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm (2024) and Södertälje Konsthall, Stockholm (2023) and a duo-exhibition at Bohusläns museums, Uddevalla (2023). Last year, a new, large-scale public commission by Löfström - Sir Anselms ögon (Sir Anselm’s eyes) - was inaugurated at the Gullmaren naval dockyards in Sweden.

 

 

Amine Habki

13 November - 20 December


Amine Habki's upcoming exhibition marks his first solo-exhibition with Andréhn-Schiptjenko, having previously been presented in the 2023 group exhibition Weaving, Stitching, Painting at Andréhn-Schiptjenko Paris. Last year, he presented a solo-exhibition at Centre Pompidou-Metz and his work is currently presented in the group-exhibition La rhétorique du rideau at Institut des Cultures d’Islam in Paris.
 
Habki (b. Nantes, France, 2000) is a recent graduate of the École nationale supérieure d'art de Paris-Cergy, delves into the theme of absent bodies through vibrant textile works. Inspired by his Franco-Moroccan heritage, he reimagines traditional notions and representations of masculinity using embroidery and repurposed objects. By deconstructing the archetype of the virile, high-performance man, Habki challenges conventional representations of masculinity. He conveys male vulnerability through soft, delicate materials such as fabrics and wool, using bright colours to infuse energy into his pieces. Each of Amine Habki’s works reveals a micro-narrative intimately tied to his search for identity and exploration of desire. While not autobiographical, his creations feature alter egos that depersonalize and universalize themes, giving voice to the marginalized and the unseen. Through chromatic choices, negative prints and the interplay between the front and back of his works, Habki explores the complexities of wholeness, seeking either to fill in absences or to embrace them.