Inger Bergström Swedish, b. 1959
Inger Bergström's artistic work can be placed within the expanded textile field. She is using textile materials and methods but is constantly striving to redefine and question the boundaries of the genre. The focus is on the three-dimensional and spatial, often using textiles as a kind of building material where the inherent references of different materials are present. Her recent work take a more formal consideration of the textile surface – the actual character of the fabric emerges, its colour and texture – and ends up in two-dimensional abstract compositions. However, they still retain interest both in space and in volume. Her works are typically made using a patchwork technique, through which she creates works that draw upon both traditional textile techniques, abstract painting and op-art.
Inger Bergström (b. 1959) holds an MFA from the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (Konstfack) and an MA from Södertörn University. In 2017, together with Ilkka Isaksson, she completed a major art installation for the the New Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Bergström was the initiator and curator of the exhibition "Stories About", at the Textile Museum in Borås in 2019. During the years 2005-2012, Inger Bergström held a professorship at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (Konstfack), and before that she worked as a professor for four years at the Academy of Arts and Crafts (HDK), University of Gothenburg.
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We Got Our First Color TV in 1972, 2022
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Perspective of Glossy Fabrics with Floral Background IV, 2021
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Perspective of Glossy Fabrics, Tinted Blue, Mirrored, 2021
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Perspective of Glossy Fabrics, Tinted Blue, 2021
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Aspect of a Striped Fabric, Tinted Red, 2021
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Perspective of Glossy Fabrics (Grey and Brown), 2020
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Aspect of a Striped Fabric, Blue and White V, 2020
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Aspect of a Striped Fabric, Blue and White VI, 2020
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Cut-Up Emblem II, 2019
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Cut-Up Emblem IV, 2019
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Perspective of Glossy Fabrics with Floral Background II, 2021
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Inger Bergström | Aspects of Striped Fabrics and Other Works
11 Nov - 18 Dec 2021Inger Bergström's artistic practice can be placed within an expanded textile field. She is using textile materials and methods but is constantly striving to redefine and question the boundaries of...Read more -
Vessels And Weaves | Group Exhibition
26 Sep - 2 Nov 2019Karin Bablok Karin Bengtson Inger Bergström Mieke Everaet Sunna Jonsdotter Bodil Manz Kennet Williamsson The exhibition 'Vessels and Weaves' takes as its starting point the traditionally functional forms such as...Read more -
CHART Art & Design Fair | Group presentation
Copenhagen 30 Aug - 1 Sep 2019Charlotta Bellander Inger Bergström Sara Möller Paul-Robin SjöströmRead more
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Inger Bergström at Sueño 339, Seoul
Group exhibition | 20 mar - 2 apr March 20, 20244T – Four Swedish Stories of Textile Sueño 339 – Space of Art in Seoul, 22 March – 2 April 2024 Katja Beckman Ojala Inger...Read more -
Book release for Inger Bergström's 'Space Floating Through My Eyes'
Konst-ig, Stockholm | 17 oct, 17.30 October 17, 2023Space Floating Through My Eyes is an artist's book that, in text and images, revolves around Inger Bergström's artistic practice. The designer Sanna Haverinen has...Read more -
Inger Bergström at Konstakademien, Stockholm
Solo exhibition | 26 nov - 14 jan November 26, 2022Excerpt from press release: I utställningen Space Floating Through My Eyes möts vi av stora abstrakta textila collage där den mönstrade ytan utgör ett slags...Read more -
Inger Bergström & Cilla Ramnek at Jakobsbergs konsthall, Stockholm
Group exhibition | 3 sep - 8 oct September 3, 2022Inger Bergström and Cilla Ramnek are part of a group exhibition, Den kanske landar, kanske lättar, at Jakobsbergs konsthall, together with Lotte Nilsson Välimaa and...Read more -
Inger Bergström at SOFT Gallery, Oslo
Duo exhibition | 25 jun - 8 aug 2021 June 25, 2021In this project, Inger Bergström and Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa continue their artistic collaboration by once again, conceptually and materially, exploring a new place and context. Truncated...Read more