Siri Berqvam
Dead Deader Deadest
Siri Berqvam works with sculpture and installation where textile is the main material.
The artist comments on the contemporary with needle and thread, in ambiguous
textile universes where seriousness and humour combine. In recent years Berqvam has taken inspiration from the human body, internal organs and hyphae, the forest’s underground network. The art appears darker and more mysterious than before, with ghosts, body parts and mutations as a starting point for the sculptures. The artist herself claims that she has an attraction towards the aesthetics of decay and collapse in western culture, with themes rooted in childhood, dystopia and science fiction.
Photo:Omar Sejnæs , Siri Berqvam, MRK
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Siri Berqvam is a graduate of the Bergen Academy of the Arts / University of Bergen Department of Art Music Design (MA 2004-2006) Bergen Academy of the Arts (BA textile 2001-2004) Arts and Crafts at the University of Agder (2000-2001). Since her debut at Talente in Munich in 2005, her work has been presented in numerous separate and group exhibitions, at among others, Astrup Fearnly Museum, The National Museum Norway, Haugar Vestfold Art Museum, The Sculpture Biennale at Vigeland Museum, The annual Autumn Exhibition Kunstnernes Hus, KODE Bergen, Kunstbanken Hamar, Trondhjem Art Association, and seveeral international exhibitions in Poland, Finland, Latvia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In 2020, she was awarded a 10-year working grant.