Snövit Hedstierna

Snövit Hedstierna for Vice 2014
Snövit Hedstierna
Born Stockholm, Sweden
Education Concordia University
Known for Visual Art, Performance Art
Website www.snowwhite.se

Snövit Hedstierna is a Swedish visual artist, performance artist and director.[1][2] Her graduation show from Valand Academy in 2013, where she displayed the photo series Practices of Looking and the related group performance Another View, became highly controversial for its depictions of nudity.[3][4] Also her thesis show To Give and To Hold, a 48 hours long durational performance where the artist offers her body as spoon for anyone in the audience, created headlines in most of the big news sites of Sweden.[5] During her last year at Valand Academy Snövit Hedstierna was accepted to the three years long MFA program in Studio Arts Intermedia at Concordia University and started her new studies in the winter of 2012. Whilst based at Concordia University, she took part in the first RIPA event organised by visual arts students from Université du Québec à Montréal, where she together with her previous husband and musician Lars Åhlund, performed Husband and Wife. Snövit Hedstierna graduated from Concordia University in May 2015 and during the same month she exhibited at the Pane Per Poveri pavilion at The Venice Biennale 2015 (La Biennale di Venezia).

During mid September 2015 she participated in the #Yesallwomen show together with artists: Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Barbara Kruger, Drue Kataoka, Jannike Sommar, Linda Vallejo, Amanda Demme, Sarah Sophie, Flicker, Maxmilla Lukacs, Deap Vally, Yun Bai, Amanda Charchian, Mira Dancy, Ariana Delawari, Zackary Drucker, Alexandra Grant, Cole James, Tasya van Ree, Favianna Rodriguez and Xaviera Simmons. Snövit Hedstierna contributed with photography and also with the performance You Are Not Alone which got reviewed as "bare and gutting".[6] The show was curated by artist Jessie Askinazi and hosted by artist Rose McGowan.

During late September 2015 Snövit Hedstierna exhibited a one-on-one performance and installation in the "Dream a Dream" solo show at the Abteilung für Alles Andere. The artist described the exhibition as "A guided sleep meditation in an experimental and transcendental environment now and forever."[7][8]

Snövit Hedstierna has also exhibited at Malmö Konsthall,[9] Skövde Konsthall,[10] Göteborgs Konsthall,[11][12] Strömstad Konsthall,[13][14] Göteborg International Biennal for Contemporary Art,[15] and Norrtälje Konsthall.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Hedstierna, Snövit (8 July 2014). "The Greater Harm". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Ulvenäs, Carl-Johan (14 October 2014). "Snövit Hedstierna Talks About Her Art and Looking at Your Genitals". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Schreiber, Johanna (9 May 2013). "Konstbråk om students nakenbilder". Expressen. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Ulvenäs, Carl-Johan (14 October 2014). "The Penetrating World of Snövit Hedstierna". Vice. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Spektra (27 April 2013). "Konstnär ”ligger sked” med besökare". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Miller, Kelsey (26 September 2015). "How #YesAllWomen Became More Than A Hashtag". Refinery29. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Abteilung für Alles Andere: Dream a Dream". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dream a Dream". Berlin Projekt. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "“24 Spaces – A Cacophony” at Malmö Konsthall". Contemporary Art Daily. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Vernissage NORM.ALT". 13 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kvinnokön på konsthall". 15 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Konsthallen – Frames and stages – Akademin Valand, masters i fri konst". Göteborgs-Posten. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Snövit Hedstierna på Konsthallen Lokstallet i Strömstad on YouTube
  14. ↑ "Strömstads kommun snövit hedstierna - pressmeddelanden". 6 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "GIBCA Extended Teaser. In connection to Göteborgs kulturkalas, participants of GIBCA Extended present videos, performances and music at the roof terrasse of Mornington Hotel". 15 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Årets utställningar". 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.


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