Charlotte Nordgren Sewell is a British-Swedish artist living and working in Barcelona. She graduated from Goldsmiths College with an MA in Art and Politics. She has participated in study programs on Latin American Politics at El Colegio de Mexico and Studio Arts at Metáfora Studio Arts in Barcelona. Her current investigation is dedicated to exploring medieval robots and the mythologies and cultural histories surrounding the image of the teddy/bear. Using textiles, writing, video and soft sculpture, her practice stitches together archival research, colonial histories, fairytales and personal narratives. She runs the childrens art project Parque Creativo together with artist Maybuch Vitorel and is also a co-founding member of the art and politics collective Herederas de Lilith, whose work includes the organisation of socially engaged exhibitions, events and art educational projects.
RESIDENCIES
July 2022 – Can Serrat, El Bruc
June-August 2021 – Can Serrat (Awarded Full Grant), El Bruc
January – April 2021 – Tangent Projects, Barcelona
July – August 2020 – TABAKALERA, San Sebastian
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EXHIBITIONS
March 2023 – Habitar los Margenes – Centre Cívic Barceloneta (Barcelona)
February 2023 – Resistencias Fantasmas – Caladona (Barcelona)
December 2022 – Osas, Brujas y Lenguas Rebeldes (taller) – Sant Andreu Contemporani (Barcelona)
July 2022 – About Women – Studio 40 (Wales)
May 2022 – En Que Ando – Galeria Nauart (Barcelona)
September 2021 – BARCELONA RESIDENTES – Centre Cívic Barceloneta (Barcelona)
June 2021 – Entendemos Juntas – Tangent Projects (Barcelona)
April 2021 – CUERPOS PRESENTES – Atelier de Bordeta (Barcelona)
October – December 2020 – Zerbait gertatzeko Derrigorrezko Desbideratzea – ARTIUM (Vitoria)
June 2020 EXPO-REAPERTURA – La Caprichosa (Barcelona)
March 2020 MUJERES QUE LUCHAN – Bar Bahia (Barcelona)
January 2020 ARTISTAS TRASHUMANTES – La Caprichosa (Barcelona)
November 2019 LOOP FESTIVAL – Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona)
August 2019 DESCOLOCADAS – La Caprichosa (Barcelona)
June 2019 PUPPY EPISODE 1 RAVE CULTURE – The Yard (London)
May 2019 Open Studios – Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona)
April 2019 WRONG – Mutuo Gallery (Barcelona)
November 2019 Open Studios – Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona)
October 2018 Passages Across No-Spaces – Mutuo Gallery (Barcelona)
May 2018 Open Studios – Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona)
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EDUCATION
Feb 2018 – June 2019 Metáfora Studio Arts (Barcelona)
Art Foundation, Art Therapy Foundation Certificate, Diploma in Studio Arts
Jul – Aug 2018 El Colegio de México (Mexico City)
International Summer Program, Latin American Politics
2016- 2017 Goldsmiths University – MA, Art and Politics (Distinction) Dissertation: Bleeding Myths and Broken Bodies: An Anti-Essentialist Reading of Narco Violence through the Lens of the Cultural Imaginary
2012 – 2015 University of Leeds – BA, English and History of Art (2:1) Dissertation: Mad Surrealism: An Investigation into the Representation of Female Madness in Surrealist Ideology
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Contact
charlotte.nordgrensewell@outlook.com
CHARLOTTE NORDGREN SEWELL 