Hilda Hellström b. 1984

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In her practice, Hilda Hellström explores the immanent forces and narratives embedded within materials and the natural world. Through intricate casting techniques and an experimental approach to craft, she investigates transformation, liminal states, and the metamorphic potential of matter. Drawing upon geology, archaeology, alchemy, and pantheism, her work interweaves fabulation and fabrication, shape-making and image-making, alongside natural, cultural, and personal histories. Central to her practice is an empirical and experimental approach, through which she examines how the cultural and emotional associations of materials shape our perception of the world around us.

Hilda Hellström (b. 1984) lives and works in Copenhagen and holds an MFA from Royal College of Art in London. Her work has been shown at major institutions throughout Europe and Asia, and is represented in important collections such as Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Copenhagen City Council (DK), Malmö Konstmuseum, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (US), Hallands Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Public Art Agency Sweden, and MAK, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (AT). Recent solo and group exhibition venues include Art Brussels, Brussels Expo (2026), ArkDes, Stockholm (2024, 2018), Elverket, Ekenäs (2023, 2022), Göteborgs Konstmuseum (2021–22, 2015), Institut Suédois, Paris (2019), and Etage Projects, Copenhagen (2019). Hellström has created numerous public works and commissions. Recent projects include large-scale public commissions for Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, and Kvarteret Hållstugan, ÖrebroBostäder AB (both 2026). She has also been selected to create a portrait of the former Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven, which will be installed at the Riksdag in 2026.

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