Karin Kytökangas
1991, from Vetlanda, Sweden
Working and living in The Hague, The Netherlands
I work with painting, performance, and sculpture. Whether it is color-theory, traditional materials, or short-lived artifacts I find it important to work by hand. The final pieces tends to be sweet and cheerful, as an attempt to cover up their inherently sad nature. My practice is influenced by the idea of a collective subconscious and a conviction that art transforms pain, it sounds very serious, so humor is a helping hand from the otherwise dark hole of mortality I seem to be staring at. I love words and text, they carry a double meaning, partly solidifying that we are here reading and present in its the works material existence, and partly that any moment now the spirit of the artwork will move into an otherworldly imagination, liberating itself.
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EDUCATION
During 2021 - Assisting Kasia Fudakowski, Berlin, in an on and off-manner
October 2020 - 2 days workshop with Jan Willem Schrofer, Ex-director of Rijksacademie Amsterdam
2016-2020 - BA Fine Arts at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
2019 - Exchange semester at Central Saint Martins, London, United Kingdom
2012-2014 - Preparatory art school at Lunnevads folkhögskola, Linköping, Sweden
FUNDING
2022 - Artist Start grant Mondriaan Funds, a one-year work grant
2021 - Konstnärsnämnden Sweden, support for artists during the pandemic
2017 - Anna Whitlocks stiftelse, for art students
2013 & 2014 - Liljesonska stipendiet, for young art students
SELECTED PROJECTS
2024
25 April - 17 May - After The Orgy 003, Pharmakon Gallery, Bucharest, ROU
1-4 February 2024 - Prospect by Mondriaan Funds at Art Rotterdam, NL
2023
29 September - 2 October - Big Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
18 July - Gallerie Joseph, Paris, FRA
Durational performance during a launching event for a new communication app by Logos.
Duo show with soundartist Glimlicht.
14 July - 11 August - I Still Care, Eurocenter Amsterdam, NL
An inspection of the climate collapse from an elastic point of view, curated and organized by Wumen Ghua.
10 June - 30 August - Xoxoxo From the Vault, Heejsteck Gallery, Utrecht, NL
Exhibition with artworks that have a minimum of 10 years of age.
16 June - 1 September - Art that makes you travel, Heden Gallery, The Hague, NL
The phenomenon of traveling from a varied perspective. This was a co-production of Heden and Bermuda Open Studios.
9 - 12 June - Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoorkathedral, Utrecht NL
A one-time-only art fair presenting 100+ recently graduated artists.
2 - 4 June - Bermuda Open Studios, Trixie Gallery, The Hague, NL
Five artists were invited by Trixie to host a simulated studio in the gallery space. Together with visitors I worked on the final production for the Springboard Art Fair.
2 - 4 June - Common Grounds, Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
A collective show by the artists participating in the Bermuda Open Studios, which is an artist-run initiative that provides an opportunity to explore contemporary art in the city center of The Hague.
7 April - 6 May - Love After Love, The Green Room, Amsterdam, NL
An art exhibition that asks and offers answers to the fundamental human question: What does love mean for us? Curated and organized by Wumen Ghua.
9 - 12 March 2023 - The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Presented by Saatchi Art. The fair offers work from more than 120 artists chosen by a selection committee.
DURING 2022
December - January 2023 - RSVP#2, Billytown, The Hague, NL
Each member of the initiative Billytown invites another artist for the yearly group show. I was asked by Rik Möhlmann.
July - October - The Palliative Turn, Künstlerhaus Bremen, DE
Exhibition together with the group. A program of various lectures and artists talks on the topic of palliative care was held during the last weekend of the show.
July - Wasteland, Grey space in the middle, The Hague, NL
Wasteland is a yearly trans-disciplinary festival on waste ecologies.
July - But, she/he indorsed the sheen, Sirius Initiative, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, NL
Invited to create a chair for the climate-conscious dinner. Curated by Wumen Ghua.
June - De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, NL
Solo show, sculptures hanging from a tree outdoors, at Witte de Withstraat.
May - June - Pixlapiren, Helsingborg, SWE
Solo exhibition in one of the remade containers during the month-long city festival. Organized by Mary Toreld.
March - Almost a performance, Pogo bar KW, Berlin, DE
An evening with the The Palliative Turn, held by Kasia Fudakowski. A wheel of fortune chose performances.
March - Have a seat! Mama, Rotterdam, NL
Invited by Narges Mohammadi to hand paint a tablecloth for the dinner table.
DURING 2021
6 - 28 November - Case Study: The Corporate Stoner, Quartair, The Hague, NL
Show curated by Christian Roncea.
October - Wall mural at Atenor Office, The Hague, NL
Collaboration with the graphic artist Dünya Atay.
August - October - The Palliative Turn - Potsdam, DE
Throughout the exhibition period, various lectures on the topic were held.
July - The New Current, Rotterdam, NL
Emerging artists with a focus on new media, a part of Rotterdam Art Week.
April - All Inn, Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
An exhibition by Fine Arts graduates from all art academies in The Netherlands.
JURY NOMINATED
June 2019 - Art Night London, UK
7 students from Central Saint Martins were selected to exhibit at the yearly event, under the theme Bauhaus.
January 2016 - May 2016 - Moving Art Project, SWE
Touring group exhibition through Sweden. Jury consisting of Karin Mamma Andersson, Parasto Backman, Bo Bergström, Gunnar Olsson, Suzanne Osten, Mathias Strömer and Bea Szenfeld.
SELF-INITIATED
27 May 2023 - Reinventing the Wheel, Cycloon, The Hague, NL
Together with fellow colleagues from the delivery company Cycloon,
we organized a one-day exhibition in the garage of the bikes, under the theme The Bike.
May 2018 - What to see level, Gallery Rymd, Reykjavik, ICE
Group exhibition with fellow classmates from the Royal Academy of Art The Hague.
August 2014 - August 2016 - Member of Gallery FRANK, Malmö, SWE
Project room by Mary Toreld. We organized over 20 exhibitions and events under different topics.
COMPETITION
October 2016 - Crossing Border Festival, The Hague, NL
The card game Words Like Music was sold at the Music and Literature Festival.
