Ylva Carlgren (SE)

Ylva Carlgren’s atmospheric watercolours are guided by skill, discipline and deep technical knowledge. A sustained, methodical curiosity, paired with Carlgren’s exacting eye results in a powerful body of work that feels grand despite its minimalist language.Gradients within mostly monochromatic palettes emerge through a meticulous layering and brushing of pigments, applied with painstaking precision. Through this restrained yet rigorous process, Carlgren delivers complex reflections on light and shadow by way of paper, pigment and and medium-specific literacy.

Ylva Carlgren (b. 1984, SE) lives and works in Stockholm. She holds an MFA from HDK-Valand- Academy of Art and Design at Gothenburg University (SE). Additional studies at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow (RU).

Recent exhibitions at: Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (SE), Nobel Museum/Liljevalchs (SE), Space of Time Gallery (CH) Västerås Konstmuseum (SE), Rackstadmuseet (SE), Swedish Embassy Tokyo (JP), Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (JP), Galerie Leu (DE), Galerie Bacqueville (FR).