Backa Carin Ivarsdotter | Thoughts on consumption and function

Backa Carin Ivarsdotter's artistry takes off in nature as a sacred power and the mindless exploitation of it. Her missing of untouched nature and the alienation to the earth has made her create her own version of nature and symbolism. Ivarsdotter thinks nature is difficult to interpret and yet fascinating and at the same time scary. But her works and installations do not attempt to imitate true nature, they are rather an inner version of nature symbolism filtered through television and dreams. Her version of nature contains as much of true nature as of the childhood spell forests and the symbols of her dreams.

Ivarsdotter (born in Uppsala, Sweden in 1973) toreceived her master's degree in Ceramics and Glass at Konstfack in Stockholm in 2000. Her graduate project "Self-destructing Porcelain Net" had a big impact both on exhibitions and in international literature. Ivarsdotter’s work has been shown in many exhibitions around Sweden and internationally, both in solo and group exhibitions. She works scenographically, where she uses a room to create a certain atmosphere and feeling. Ceramics and glass are still the foundation in her artistry, but she works freely with materials and minds – ceramics, glass, textile, concrete, metal, plants and trees, animals, sound and light. In recent years, Ivarsdotter has mainly worked with public art, such as Biskopsparken in Linköping, Street at Hornstulls Strand and now with two traffic points for Förbifart Stockholm.