Karin Stenvall

Moving to Zürich, Switzerland on February 4th. Looking forward to all the amazing collaborations this will result in!
Since I am new to the city, I would love to meet other like-minded people for discussions and exhibitions.

I do not attempt to recreate or portray reality as we see it. I want to create something beyond that. My aim is to make people see and remember at the same time as I want them to dream and forget.

In my works I explore the concepts of identity, belonging, weakness/strength and illusion versus reality, sadness. Therefore I don't portray people as the person who they are, but rather have them play a character in my personal work. I am interested in the human body as a symbol for an action or an emotion - and I am more interested in portraying human behaviour with all its truths and lies, than just in specific persons.

I am largely inspired by literature, music and other cultural aspects as well as political issues such as socially accepted gender roles and feminist issues, and take special interest in the darker side of photography, such as propaganda and distortion of reality. I like to create something that looks like a fusion of cinema and paintings.





I have lots of projects that are going at the moment.
Therefore I'm currently looking for models as well as Make Up- and Hair artists.
I am looking for collaborations that are mutually beneficial, and thus I am looking for people with a vision of their own.

Will be travelling to Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin during this year, looking for collaborations in these areas, too! Will be updating with exact dates shortly.