Artist Profiles
Stine Ljungdalh
Stine Ljungdalh works with a number of alter egos or personas, all drawn to the idea of capturing the hidden or invisible with the aim of creating an experimental zone. Her art practice includes writing, photography, films and props from these personas, all evidence of the existence of the imaginary zone and questioning the subjective reality of the autonomous self. ‘When working for T. Smith I incorporate a set of rules or ‘dogma’, into the structures of my artworks often relating them to the theatrical or ideas of staging’ Ljundalh is fascinated by duality, the world made of matter and antimatter, and the gradual disappearance of anti-matter with is proving to be a mystery to physicists. The idea of a shadow self, the sense of the double, is central to her work. She has created a place to explore these ideas of transformation and disguise. This ‘alchemistic theatre’ allows her to reinvent received ideas of knowledge and cultural value. For her, this is a kind of narrative-tree of related stories, all spinning around the same theme, and the hunt for the invisible. Ljundalh’s work is mainly based in photography, with a strong relation to theatre. The theatrical stage here can be seen as layers of knowledge and cultural values in which we as humans can act and define ourselves. Stine Ljungdalh was born in Denmark 1969. She attended Danish Design School and graduated in 2001 with an MA in photography and Graphic Communication. She subsequently became a member of the artist group ‘Brian’ in Copenhagen.
Stine Ljungdalh is an artist based in London and Copenhagen. She graduated in 2005 with a MA in Printmaking from The Royal College of Art. Stine has exhibited in Europe and the US and am currently to start her Ph.d at Kingston University. Her art practice includes writing, photography, films and props from these personas – all evidence of the existence of the imaginary zone and questioning the subjective reality of the autonomous self.
2003-05 Royal Collegeof Art, MA Fine Art1996-97 Falmouth College of Art, BA
(Hons) Fine Art, Printmaking
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