Ten new artists are presented when Bildmuseet opens this years Master's degree show from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
Ten new artists are presented when Bildmuseet opens this years Master's degree show from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.

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Master's Degree Exhibition from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts opens at Bildmuseet

Live is Life is the title of this year’s Master’s degree exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University, Sweden. It will be inaugurated at Bildmuseet on 29 April with an Art Friday event. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday, 28 April from 10–11 am (R.S.V.P). The artists will be there to present their works.

This year’s degree show from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå University, presents works by Désirée Burenstrand Schyman, Olga Gniadzik, Oscar Häggström, Susan Karavelli, Therése Lundin, Ellen Macke Alström, Christoffer Mahlknecht, Abdullah Mohammed, Gabriella Novak and Anastasia Savinova, all of whom are graduating from the Master’s Programme in Fine Arts. Curator and principal supervisor is artist Annika Eriksson, a professor at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.

- The exhibition borrows its title from the 1984 song by Austrian one-hit wonders Opus, says Annika Eriksson. The song has the kind of crazed optimism that characterised that era and appears in retrospect nothing short of idiotic. And yet, Live is Life can well be a strategy to affirm for a new artist.

The degree show Live is Life is the culmination of five years of studying Fine Arts and a period of intensive work, research and discussion. During the Master’s programme, students have developed their artistic practice and explored the history and contemporary social relevance of art and its current themes and status. The exhibition offers an insight into the discourse on contemporary art and studies of its techniques and materials.

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Press Preview on Thursday 28 April at 10 am
The artists will all be participating, along with Professor Annika Eriksson, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, and Museum Curator Lisa Lundström, Bildmuseet.

Exhibition Opening on Art Friday 29 April at 5–9 pm
Performance, workshop, live music, DJ and bar. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 7 pm in the presence of the artists. Participating are Museum Director Katarina Pierre, Bildmuseet, and Per Nilsson, Head of Department at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition will be presented by Annika Eriksson, curator and principal supervisor for the Master’s programme in Fine Arts.

Live is Life runs 29 April – 15 May, 2022. An exhibition catalogue accompanies the exhibition. After the degree show at Bildmuseet, the group will exhibit at GSA Gallery in Stockholm.

Further information
Lisa Lundström, Museum Curator, Bildmuseet
lisa.lundstrom@bildmuseet.umu.se, +46 90-786 9512

Helena Vejbrink, Press Contact, Bildmuseet
helena.vejbrink@bildmuseet.umu.se, +46 90-786 9379

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Bildmuseet is one of Sweden’s foremost venues for international contemporary art and visual culture. The exhibitions are produced in collaboration with artists, museums and universities worldwide, and often attract both national and international attention. As a visitor, you are invited to participate in guided tours and creative workshops, listen to artist talks, debates, lectures and live music, watch film screenings and attend other events.


Housed in an acclaimed building at the Umeå Arts Campus, right next to the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå Institute of Design and Umeå School of Architecture, Bildmuseet is a part of Umeå University – one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher learning with over 36000 students and 4,000 employees. It is a multifaced university where studies and research within the creative realm make up an important part of the university's cornerstone.

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Helena Vejbrink

Helena Vejbrink

Communication officer Bildmuseet +46 90 786 9073

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