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Åsa Jungnelius is interested in monumental expressions and the socially and structurally constructed spaces they occupy. Through objects and materials that serve as value-bearing representations of identity and projection surfaces for the corporeal, she investigates the relationship between matter and humanity and the shifting scale of positioning that is constantly renegotiated and recreated throughout history.
Åsa Jungnelius (b. 1975 Stockholm) lives and works in Stockholm and Månsamåla. Åsa Jungnelius is interested in monumental expressions and the socially and structurally constructed spaces where they take place. Through objects and materials as carriers of value representing identity and projection surfaces for the corporeal, she investigates the relationship between matter and humanity and the sliding scale of positioning that is constantly being renegotiated and recreated throughout history.
Since the early 2000s, Jungnelius has had exhibitions in Sweden and internationally, initiated and run Residence-In-Nature, WeWorkInAFragileMaterial, and LASTSTUDIO. Some of her larger later public art commissions include the new subway station Hagastaden, for which she created the installation Snäckan, as well as the process-based public work for Södra Hamnen in Norrköping, Den inre världsutställningen. Jungnelius is also widely known for her glass works, and between 2007-2013 she was one of Kosta Boda's permanent artists. Her work has been showcased in recent years at Spazio Nobile Gallery (2022), Galleri Glas (2022), Market Art Fair (2022), Artipelag (2020), Stene Project (2020), ArkDes (2018-19), He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen (2019), Vandalorum (2019), and Luleå Biennalen (2019).
