About

HOME!

A friend casually asked me what ‘home’ means and what it truly represents. While the question might seem simple, it struck me deeply and triggered a wave of anxiety. I couldn’t offer an easy answer like many others might.For some, home feels like a warm embrace, filled with cherished childhood memories. But for me, answering this question was difficult and emotionally complex.Ultimately, I chose to be honest with myself. I acknowledged that I had been ignoring a significant issue — a lingering pain, like a bleeding elephant in the room, that had only grown worse over time.

So, I chose to give an honest response, expressing the pain through my art. These paintings and the feeling in them might be unfamiliar to those who had happy times at home. They might talk more directly to people who never truly had a home and still are searching for that safe space.HOME is for those who fought hard to keep their homes safe, even when they didn’t feel safe inside them. HOME is for those whom might have a home but still feel misplaced. HOME is for all of us that has chosen to leave their home for any reason and start all over.

HOME is for anyone who felt or still feel lost or alone in any way.My work is a sort of a message to or dialogue with myself; I am speaking to the child whose pain went unnoticed by their family and the society around them.It’s also for those who yet haven’t found the words to express their own suffering. It’s for those who were forgotten. I want to tell them that we’re all connected, somehow, with each other.I hope these paintings can function like small windows for all of you; that they might help you to look within yourself, then out on this world again and then you realize that others feel the same way as you do.

You are not alone.Maybe one day, this understanding can help us all heal together.

I showed at Länsmuseet Gävleborg in 2023.