Nordic Leipzig

Danish artist Amalie Gabel, born in 1992, works with painting, installation and texts. During her three-month stay in Leipzig, she intends to work on a new book project. The texts will be complemented by a new series of square paintings in which the artist wishes to explore the following themes: “Windows into all the lives I haven’t lived, situations that never became doors.”

The Scottish Charles Young studied architecture. His sculptures, in paper and wood, and animations draw from the forms and structures of the built environment. During his time in Leipzig, Young will be looking at the structures of the Spinnerei as well as other places in the city. The size of the studio space will allow him to focus on producing larger pieces of work in wood, cane and paper than has been possible up to this stage.

Linda Morell is a visual artist based in Bergen who mainly works with sculpture and installation, forming speculative futures based on myths, science and medicine. During her residency at LIA Morell will focus on pharmaceutical properties in plants and hormonal interactions across the plant and animal kingdom.

The Swedish artist Johanna Oskarsson’s practice is based in the visual aesthetics that is a darkening echo of the subcultures of post-punk and the industrial scene of the 80’s. Techniques she works in are drawing, film and digital jacquard weaving. During her stay in Leipzig she will work on a project around the proletarian socialist weightlifting clubs that were present in Germany in the 1920s -1930s.

Heikki Kaski is a Finnish artist working with visual art, sound and performance. The background of his visual art practice is photography, and it permiates also the other “categories” of visual arts that he does, be it painting or video. The other trajectory of his work is sound and especially vocal sound.

Duy Nguyen is a Norwegian-Vietnamese artist. His works span photography, design, and video. During his residency at LIA from August to October 2022; he wants to explore and reconstruct his childhood and family memories through a mixture of subjective recollections and imagination.

During her residency at Spinnerei Leipzig, the Danish painter Madelin Wilian would like to explore various examples of alternative communities as part of a primarily painting-based project.

The visual artist Caroline Thon is participating in the artist-in-residence programme LIA (Leipzig International Art Program) at the Arts and Culture Centre, Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig from August to October 2021.

Icelandic artist Atli Bollason is participating in the artist-in-residence programme LIA (Leipzig International Art Program) at the Arts and Culture Centre, Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig from August to October 2021.

Visual artist Michelle Eistrup is participating in the artist-in-residence programme at Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig from August to October 2020. 

From August to October 2020 Meik Brüsch – a visual artist and ethnologist – will attend the LIA (Leipzig International Art Programme) in the Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei as an artist-in-residence.

Icelandic artist Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir was taking part in the third LIA residency period.

Swedish artist Martin Stråhle left the Norwegian woods to live at Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig from August til October 2019.

Artist Elisabeth Moritz was the second guest from Sweden in this LIA residency period.

From August until October 2019, Anna Taina-Nielsen was the second Danish artist to participate in the artist-in-residence programme in Leipzig.

Bjargey Olafsdottir – a multidisciplinary artist – represented Iceland during the second residency period in Leipzig.

Conny Karlsson Lundgren from Sweden stayed in Leipzig from February to April 2019 for his residency at Baumwollspinnerei.

The second Finnish guest was multidisciplinary artist Tuukka Haapakorpi. The Finn was artist-in-residence at Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei from February to April 2019.

The first representative of Denmark is the artist Maja Gade Christensen, who will travel on November 1st to the Nordic Leipzig Programme in Leipzig.

Representing Norway as the first residency participant is Vibeke Frost Andersen.

The third artist of the first residence intake hails from Finland. Tanja Koljonen lives and works in Helsinki.