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qvarnstrom.maja@gmail.com

Instagram: mmm_majaque
+46 730 52 72 82

Born 1987 in Luleå, Sweden, I am an artist educated and based in Copenhagen.

Through sculpture, performance, painting and poetry, my work stages psychological and bodily states of being. My work often features bestiality and the figure of the woman—sometimes playful, sometimes tragic—while aiming to adress the complexities of human experience, from speechlessness and loss to humor and resilience, often invoking the body as a central site of expression.

 

 

 

Selected exhibitions
Upcoming – Danske Grafikeres Hus 4/4-25

2024, Bothniasalongen, Luleå Konsthall
2024, Beers, Byens Kro, Copenhagen
2022, Vermland Basement, Copenhagen
2022, Mareld, 
Where does the river flow?, Umeå
2021, C4 Projects, In This GestureCopenhagen
2021,
 Kunsthal Kongegaarden, LANDING, Korsør
2020, MFA degree show, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2020, Udstillingsstedet Q, 
Full Frontal & Friends, Copenhagen
2019, 
The Final Exhibition, Axel Towers Copenhagen
2018, 
The Final Exhibition, Nordhavn, Copenhagen
2017, Kulturmejeriet, 
Lactic Acid, Umeå
2017, Udstillingsstedet Q, 
Vi tager intet ansvar, Copenhagen
2016, Galleri Slätten, 
Cirkelns rand, Malmö
2015, The Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen – Solo award exhibition
2014, Galleri Rostrum, 
Runt runt i cirklar, Malmö
2014, The Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen
2013, Turku Art Museum, 
Väntar på storm, Turku
2013, Loyal Gallery, Malmö
2013, Makeriet, 
Byter Tyngdpunkt, Malmö
2013, Liljevalchs Konsthall, The Spring Exhibition, Stockholm
2013, Dunkers Kulturhus, 
Mer Passion, Helsingborg
2012, Galleri Gordon, Malmö
2011, Makeriet, 
Tjugo i fyra, Malmö
2011, Liljevalchs Konsthall, The Spring Exhibition, Stockholm
2011, Galleri S:t Gertrud, Malmö

Prizes & Grants
2- year Working grant, The Swedish Arts Foundation, 2023, SE
1-year Working grant, The Swedish Arts Foundation, 2021, SE
Fr. Gerda Jensens kunsterlegat, 2020, DK
Billedhuggeren Gerhard Hennings Legat, 2019, DK
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, 2019, SE
Johan Franz Ronges Fond, 2019, DK
Anders Sandrew Stipendie, 2018, SE
Fredrika Bremers Stipendiestiftelse, 2017/2020, SE
Henry og Astrid Møllers Fond, 2017/2019, DK
The international Solo-Award, The Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, 2015, DK

Press & Media
Sydsvenskan – Ränderna går aldrig ur
Little Finger, 2016
Sydsvenskan – Reportage ”Par i Papp”
Arbejderen, Kunst i en materiel verlden, 06.02.2015
Helsingborgs dagblad, Karta till konstens förnyelse, 2015/02/06
kunsten.nu, Nostalgi og søgen på Charlottenborg, 21.02.2015
Politiken, Fascinerende, poetiske sceneskift, 20.02.2015
I DO ART, Gentagelse og sløring, 19.02.2015
Moonlit deliverance at the Spring Exhibition in Copenhagen, CultureNordic Apr 15, 2014