In my work, my world of ideas often revolves around existential questions and the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of humans.
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About me
Katarina Sundkvist Zohari
Lagerlöfsgatan 42
754 26 Uppsala
Tel. 018 -32 36 77
Mobil: 070 6101023
Born 1966, Hammarstrand, Jämtland. Live and work in Uppsala since 1993.
Education:
Konstfack, glas och keramik. 1996-2001 5 år
Master’s degree
Ålstafolkhögskola, konstlinje 1986-1989 3 år
Pedagogik 40p. Estetik 20p. Uppsala University 1994-1996 1.5 år
Solo exhibitions:
Galleri villavägen 7 2009
Galleri 1, Uppsala 2006 De rosa drömmarna
Galleri Mårtenson & Persson 2005
Galleri 1, Uppsala 2003 Blomning
Galleri Versalen, Sundsvall 2003 Tillkomst
Galleri Mårtenson och Persson, Påarp 2002 Tillväxt
Galleri Järnboden, Harg 2002 Tillstånd
Galleri 1, Uppsala 2000 Kropps-likt Natur-likt
Teatergalleriet, Uppsala 1998
Galleri Hektors konst och kruka 1996 Om tanken
Galleri Lättings, Gävle 1995 Tankens vingar
Selected group exhibitions:
Liljevalchs vårsalong 2010
Uppsala konstmuseum swedish familu 2010
Moscow museum of modern art, swedish family 2009
Bror hjorths hus 2008 kostäre som valp
Bror Hjorths hus (haka) 2007
Söderhamns konsthall (HAKA) 2005
Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moskva 2005, 2006
100 tankar om konsthantverk, Riksutställningar 2004- HAKA &co –en vettig konstutställning, Uppsala 2004
Galleri Joella, Åbo 2002
Uppsala Konstmuseum, stipendiatutställning 2001
Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala 2001 Artemis
Galleri Strömbom, Uppsala 2001 Hål
Uppländsk Salong, Uppsala konstmuseum 1997,1999,2004 Väsbykonsthall, grafiksalong 1999
Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala 1998 Artemis
Väsby konsthall, Vårsalong 1998 2000
Hamnmagasinet, Enköping 1996
Rum 107, Uppsala 1994
Galleriet Härnösands konsthall 1993
Galleri Versalen, Sundsvall 1992
Kulturmagasinet, Sundsvall 1991 Stilleben
Purchased by:
Sundsvalls museum
Uppsala kommun
Grants:
Landstingets konstnärliga utvecklingsstöd 2006-2008
Sveriges bildkonstnärsfonds arbetsstipendium 2004
Uppsala kommuns kulturstipendium 2003 Svensk - Finska samarbetsfonden 2002
Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Thomson, Till minne 2001
Grafstöm - Sandqvistska fonden 2001
Bildkonstnärernas upphovsrättsfond 2001
It is a challenge to try and translate these emotions or experiences to form and surface.
I often begin with clay as a base material but like to add cloth or other materials to contrast the surface and structure of the clay. I hand build my sculptures in soft organic forms and take great pleasure in this process.
Said about Katarina:
“Katarina Sundkvist Zohari has created ceramic work which focuses on humans’ vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Her amorphous formations contain an expression that slides between fragile corporality and weakness and dulled threats as form and content melt into a visual production whose theme is life and death. In her work with surface and tactile expression she adds material which closely connects to humans and humans’ conditions and in the long run gives body and soul to a particular existential perspective.”
Jonny Svahn Ordförande landstingets kulturnämnd
“For her confident handling of form and the sensitivity which she brings to the material, as well as her way to treat the surface and the prudent use of glaze which enhances the clay’s character.”
Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Thomson Till minne
“Katarina Sundkvist Zohari’s art challenges the eye and the emotions through its surprising and individual way of placing high against low and delicious against disgusting, and in this way make the viewer conscious of the mechanisms behind the choice of interpretation.”
Kulturnämnd, kulturkontoret Uppsala kommun
