EXHIBITION IN LINKÖPING 17 FEB - 4 MARCH 2023

KARIN HOLMSTRÖM

Come and experience a world full of life and freedom with strong women and wild animals in this exciting new art exhibition. With her colorful figurative abstract paintings, Karin Holmström has captured the feeling of life and freedom in powerful brushstrokes and dancing shades of color. Enter a world of courage and wonder symbolized by majestic lions and elephants.

Welcome to the opening!

FRI 17 FEB at 16:00 - 20:00
SAT 18 FEB at 11:00 - 15:00

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KARIN HOLMSTRÖM
"Life and Liberty"

VERNISSAGE
FRI 17 FEB at 16:00 - 20:00
SAT 18 FEB at 11:00 - 15:00

Gallery Melefors, Platensgatan 7, Linköping
The exhibition runs until March 4


Galleri Melefor's anniversary year continues with an exhibition and opening with Karin Holmström. Known for her figurative abstract painting, she explores themes of life and freedom through people and animals.

A year of troubled surroundings has left its mark and impression on Karin:
"In this exhibition, I have been strongly influenced by the news reports about the women's struggle and the limitation of women's freedom, mainly in Iran. My pictures are also about us humans limiting and trying to separate ourselves from each other. Regardless of gender, we are influenced by how things should be in our world and we risk limiting our own inner freedom. With my images, I want to highlight that we all possess infinite creative power and creativity. If we dare to listen inwardly and trust the process."

Come and experience a world full of life and freedom with strong women and wild animals in this exciting new art exhibition. With her colorful figurative abstract paintings, Karin Holmström has captured the feeling of life and freedom in powerful brushstrokes and dancing shades of color. Enter a world of courage and wonder symbolized by majestic lions and elephants.

The exhibition can be viewed in the gallery in Linköping and here online.
A warm welcome to the exhibition!

Johan Melefors with colleagues

MAJESTIC SPLENDOR AND WISDOM

THE ETERNAL WISDOM OF ANIMALS

The large animals reappear in Karin's dreams after the youth's trips to South Africa and Kreugerparken. The most common are the elephant and the lion, but also rhinos and other animals leave their mark.

The animals radiate wisdom, safety, calm, strength, and freedom. Often they view us through a haze of colors. A presence that is beyond the physical. Who stares at us with its majestic and magnificent power.

KARIN HOLMSTRÖM

Karin Holmström, born 1978, lives and works in Stockholm. Through the background in finance in the business and fashion industry at H&M, the passion to create has always been there, like a freedom valve. Nowadays, she has established herself as a full-time artist with great attention from exhibitions in Sweden and internationally, including in London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Karin Holmström's paintings have also been represented as study furnishings in "Malou efter tio", in collaboration with Odd Molly and most recently through live painting in the city hall during the festivities for the Nobel celebration.

CONFIDENT WOMEN

DARING TO BELIEVE IN ONE'S ABILITY

Determination, self-confidence, and a power of freedom characterize Karin Holmström's female figures. The courage to dare, to believe in one's ability and what can be achieved can be found in her visual world. The female figures are often portrayed in a confident movement forward, a reflection on where they are going and what they want to achieve. A reflection that awakens thoughts in ourselves.

With the abstract backgrounds with their color blends, the impression is enhanced with calmness and stability in the blue, energy and excitement in the yellow, passion in the red and balance and contrast in the black and white.

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Color and courage in everyday life

The spirit and soul of powerful women and majestic wild animals fills the beautiful canvases with life, and in turn the place they are hung in. A colorful centerpiece for the living room, thoughtful tranquility for the bedroom or perhaps an embodiment of a memory from your own life. The paintings are original works, so get in touch when you find your favourite!

LIVE AT THE NOBEL PARTY

During the Nobel celebrations in 2022, Karin Holmström was invited to paint live during the evening's festivities in the city hall. In the picture, she is seen painting the work "Hållen" which is included in the exhibition collection.

LIMITED EDITIONS

HAND COLORED ON CANVAS

Karin Holmström makes an exciting series of works with limited edition hand-colored motifs on canvas. With the feel of a real canvas and the visible texture of brush strokes, several favorites are offered at a very affordable price. You will find them below.

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KOMMANDE EVENTS & UTSTÄLLNINGAR MED GALLERI MELEFORS

VLADIMIR VOLEGOV

MARCH 23-30 2024

GALLERI MELEFORS, LINKÖPING

TO THE EXHIBITION

NADINE "NASCH" SCHJÖLIN

APRIL 13-20 2024

GALLERI MELEFORS, LINKÖPING

TO THE COLLECTION

EMILIA LINDERHOLM

MAY 4-18 2024

GALLERI MELEFORS, LINKÖPING

TO THE COLLECTION