Amanda debuted in 2011 with the exhibition "A collective monologue" at a gallery in Norrköping and has been a full-time artist for three years with a studio in Gothenburg.
How does it feel?
- It feels great.
It's very fun.
Honored.
Honored.
Security.
What are you going to do with the money?
- I'll probably pay my taxes, says Amanda and laughs.
Motivation of the jury:
“Amanda Karlsson is awarded the scholarship for her characteristic expression.
Her work captures the viewer's interest with its serious and frozen moments.
Amanda Karlsson invites the viewer into a boundless, alternative world that is both fixed and fleeting.
With her works, she seeks an inner answer to the question of whether there is a basic truth or a basic reality. ”
Annual scholarship for ten years
The structure of the newly established scholarship is that it will be awarded annually to a young artist for the next ten years.
The sum is SEK 50,000, and that Ståhl Collection buys a work by the awarded artist.
- It is important to make the artists and their art visible, says art collector Mikael Ståhl.
Opens for infection-proof visits
Ståhl Collection in Norrköping opens its doors again for pre-booked and infection-proof visits on Saturday 8 May.
The art gallery's collection contains 450 works and focuses on painting and sculpture from the late 1950s until today.
Swedish artists such as Cecilia Edefalk, Ernst Billgren and Lena Cronqvist are represented, as well as international greats such as Louise Bourgeois, Ai WeiWei and Yayoi Kusama.
Listen to a longer interview with Amanda Karlsson and Mikael Ståhl in the video above.