Uppehåll, acrylicglass, Ø 20 cm, height 30 cm,
2007. photo Åke Sandström
Invändning, acrylicglass,
Ø 20 cm, height 40 cm, 2007
Vandring, acrylicglass,
Ø 20 cm, height 30 cm 2007
EVA SJÖBERG
Uppehåll, acrylicglass, Ø 20 cm, height 30 cm, 2007. photo Åke Sandström |
ggggggg | Invändning, acrylicglass, Ø 20 cm, height 40 cm, 2007 |
ggggggg | Vandring, acrylicglass, Ø 20 cm, height 30 cm 2007 |
Eva Sjöbergs's work is often intense and intellectual, but also poetic in its ability to project concentation and highly charged energy. Her sculptural language has its roots in Constructivism and is characterized by accuracy and control.
In carefully formulated geometric sculpture she willingly allows variability to become essentially a play on optical effects. Beautiful geometry and magical light excites our senses, a feast of light that stems from the traditional concept of light as a creativ element.
Eva Sjöberg uses steel plate, with its inherent hard, cold surface and yet she manages to infuse the material with a soft lustre and sensualism. Her sculptures radiate a sense of space, which is ever changing, depending on the angle of the observer's perception and the play of light. Light and darkness, foreground and background, alternate with each other depending on the observer's position in the room. Her work juxtaposes precition and purity with asperity and colour. With subdued expression she tries to attain a visual clarity, where lines, surfaces and textures together build an aesthetic geometry.
The substance of Eva Sjöberg's sculpture and relief is much greater than anticipated because the seemingly simple first impression becomes tremendously more complex, given time.
Jörgen Klinthage
Translation into english Sylvia Fullman.
 Tidsrymd, stainless steel, 2000, 37x46x96 cm photo Åke Sandström |
 Eva Sjöberg. photo Åke Sandström |
Born 1951. Lives in Stockholm
EDUCATION
1979-1982 Gävle School of Art
1982-1986 The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Konstfack, Stockholm
SELECTED ONE MAN SHOWS
1994 Gallery Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1995 Gallery Ferm, Malmö
1995 Gallery 18 karat, Söderhamn
1997 Gallery Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1999 Gallery Strömbom, Uppsala
2000 Gallery K, Gävle
2003 Swedish art support association Gallery, Örebro
2004 Gallery Strömbom, Uppsala
2005 Gallery Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2006 Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1990 Cultural Summer-90, Vetlanda, Eksjö, Tranås, Nässjö
1992-1998, 2000-2006 Geometric Abstraction, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1996 Gallery K, Gävle
1997 Gallery Du Nord, Borås
1998 Gallery Kvarnen, Söderhamn
1998 Perceptible, England-Sweden, Gallery Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1999 Exhibition Energia, Pannhus 11, Västerås
1999-2004 Gallery Strömbom, Uppsala
2006 Galleri von Waldenburg, Waldenburg, Germany
2006 The Time, Edsvik art Gallery and Gallery Infra, Sollentuna
2007 Åminne Bruksmuseum, Åminne, Sweden
2007 Erfurt museum for Concrete art, Erfurt, Germany
REPRESENTED
Municipal and County Councils in Gävle, Uppsala, Örebro and Stockholm
Statens Konstråd - The National Public Art Council Sweden
PUBLIC WORKS
2002 Abstractly Meetings Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge