Annelie Grimwade Olofsson

Annelie Grimwade is a Swedish artist working and living in Denmark. She completed her Bachelor’s in Glass and Ceramic Art from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. Since then, she has exhibited internationally in the US, China, Europe and Scandinavia.

I explore the correlation between industry, society and the environment. Where I write, form and interact with the intention of challenging the positions from which we think and work as human beings. My process typically involves applied research, material experimentation and artistic narration. As such, my sculptures can be seen as material manifestos; in contrast to my theoretical work, which discusses but does not create Anthropocene objects; which offers micro-utopias that make connections through themes of care, curiosity, ecology and intersectionality.

I am slowly growing into a more intimate praxis where personal questions of identity and belonging are close at heart. My family is Sami, but I have never even been to Lapland. I am increasingly questioning our perception of ethnicity, identity, language, social status, gender, and sense of belonging. Central to my praxis is to destigmatize knowledge and build a more compassionate relationship with each other, other beings, and the Earth.

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