Press Invitation: This years MFA exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts opens at Bildmuseet

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Press Invitation: This years MFA exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts opens at Bildmuseet

Infinite Proposals is the title of this year’s Master’s exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University. It will be unveiled with an Art Friday at Bildmuseet on 23 May. A media preview will be held on Wednesday 21 May at 10:00–11:00 (RSVP). The newly graduated artists will be there to talk about their work.

The exhibition presents works by Kalliopi Akonidou, Maja F. Eriksson, Adam Gidlund, Jonna Iversen, Johanna Löwenhamn, Miranda Monauti, Senja Penttilä Sollén, Jordan Shakes Pålerfält, Josefin Selander, Alva Sjöstedt, Martin Wallén, Erik Olof Wiklund and Malin Östberg, all of whom are graduating from the Master’s Programme in Fine Arts at Umeå University’s Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. The curator is artist Annika Eriksson, a professor at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and the students’ principal supervisor.

The title of the exhibition, Infinite Proposals, refers to the artistic process, from the initial idea to creating and sending the work out into the world, Annika Eriksson explains.
– Through a lengthy process of endless suggestions, the sidetracks are whittled away before eventually ending up with the finished work. This is a process that requires the artist to liberate their senses, embrace their intuition, and analyse with an open mind.

The degree exhibition at Bildmuseet is the culmination of a period of intensive work, research and discussion. During the two-year Master’s programme – the highest level of education in fine arts – the students have developed their practices, exploring the history and contemporary social relevance of art, its current themes and its status. The exhibition offers visitors an insight into the discourse on contemporary art, as well as explorations of its techniques and materials.

Konsthögskolan Umeå / Infinite Proposals will run from 23 May until 17 August.

PRESS IMAGES
Press Images can be downloaded here. Additional images will be added as artworks and the exhibition are finalised.

PRESS PREVIEW WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 10:00
Welcome to the press preview on Wednesday 21 May at 10:00 (RSVP). The artists present their works in conversation with museum curator Lisa Lundström.

OPENING ON ART FRIDAY 23 MAY 17:00–24:00
The exhibition is opened on Art Friday 23 May at 18:00 in the presence of the artists and with contributions from Museum Director Katarina Pierre and Per Nilsson, Head of the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. Curator Annika Eriksson gives a brief introduction to the exhibition. Performance, guided tours, creative workshop, live music by Karin Park, DJ and bar throughout the evening. The exhibition Belkis Ayón / Mythology is inaugurated the same evening.

ARTISTS' TOUR
On Sunday, 25 May, at 14:00, the students will present their artworks in conversation with museum curator Lisa Lundström.

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS
On Sunday, 25 May at 15:00, Scholarships will be awarded among the graduating Master’s students, from the Royal Skyttean Society, Umeå Municipality, the Alva Gallery / Region Västerbotten, the Verkligheten Gallery, and the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. The awardees will be announced by Per Nilsson, Head of the Academy.

For 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 education 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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Belkis Ayón, La cena, 1991. Courtesy of the Belkis Ayón Estate.

Press Invitation: Belkis Ayón / Mythologies

Belkis Ayón (1967–1999) is one of Cuba’s most prominent artists. In the first Nordic presentation of the artist’s work, Bildmuseet presents creative highlights from her brief but intense career, from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. The exhibition opens on Art Friday, 23 March, and will be previewed to the media by arrangement from Monday, 19 May. Welcome!

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The University has an international atmosphere and centres its work around core academic values. Our tightly knit campus makes it easy to meet, collaborate and share knowledge, something that encourages a dynamic and open culture where we celebrate each other’s successes. Umeå University prides itself in offering a world-class educational and research environment and expanding knowledge of global significance, where the sustainable development goals of Agenda 2030 inspire and motivate. We have creative and innovative research environments that offer the best potential for taking on the challenges facing society. Through long-term collaborations with organisations, industry and other higher education institutions, the University is helping northern Sweden become a knowledge region. The societal transformation and the massive investments currently occurring in northern Sweden create complex challenges but also opportunities. Umeå University is focused on conducting research about and within a society in transition and continuing to offer academic programmes for regions that need to expand quickly and sustainably.

Campus Umeå and the Umeå Arts Campus are close to the city centre and next to one of Sweden’s largest and most renown university hospitals. Education is also provided in several other towns, including Skellefteå, Örnsköldsvik, Lycksele and Kiruna. Umeå University is home to the highly ranked Umeå Institute of Design, the environmentally certified School of Business, Economics and Law, and the School of Architecture, the only one in Sweden with an artistic profile. Next door is Bildmuseet, which is Umeå’s contemporary art museum, and Curiosum, Umeå’s science centre. Umeå University is one of Sweden’s five national sports universities, has an internationally leading Arctic Research Centre, and has Várdduo, which is Sweden’s only research unit for Sámi research and indigenous research.

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