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Nina Canell

BornNationalityBased In
1979SwedishBerlin
Biography

The practice of Swedish artist Nina Canell sheds light on immaterial, intangible forces and relations between objects. Her sculptures objectify these invisible transfers, expressed in tangible form. Canell’s practice, which often involves electrical currents, is informed by how energy is negotiated, interrupted and displaced. The artist is interested in how her sculptures can act as conduits that move, transmit and extend the energy that runs through them. Canell mixes electricity with sound and solid matter and plays with weight and gravity, with many sculptures appearing suspended in space, unconstrained and liberated. Assemblages are formed from various materials, tightly woven into compact sculptures or scattered across the gallery floor as enigmatic utopian detritus. ...

Selected Artworks
Gum Shelf
Satin Ions (Weak)
Nina Canell
Satin Ions (Weak), 2017
Muscle Memory (12 tonnes)
Nina Canell
Muscle Memory (12 tonnes), 2021
Tapetum Lucidum (15 000V)
Nina Canell
Tapetum Lucidum (15 000V), 2025
91 x 120cm
Drag-out
Nina Canell
Drag-out, 2021
47 x 19 x 14cm
Polyethylene Feels
Nina Canell
Polyethylene Feels, 2019
49.1 x 36.2 x 1.8cm
Polyethylene Feels
Nina Canell
Polyethylene Feels, 2019
49.1 x 36.2 x 1.8cm
Muscle Memory
Nina Canell
Muscle Memory, 2019
65 x 10 x 15cm
Background
Metallurgic Weather
Nina Canell
Metallurgic Weather, 2019
4 x 44 x 3.8cm
Brief Syllable (Septupled)
Nina Canell
Brief Syllable (Septupled), 2019
117 x 13 x 13cm
Perpetuum Mobile (25 kg)
Nina Canell
Perpetuum Mobile (25 kg), 2014
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Shedding Sheaths (D)
Nina Canell
Shedding Sheaths (D), 2018
Cucumbery
Nina Canell
Cucumbery, 2018
35 x 35cm
Silurian Slurs
Nina Canell
Silurian Slurs, 2021
62 x 62 x 118cm
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Hardscapes (27 kg)
Nina Canell
Hardscapes (27 kg), 2023
71 x 60 x 7cm
Polyethylene Feels
Nina Canell
Polyethylene Feels, 2019
101 x 75 x 3cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
La Biennale de Lyon2015 - Lyon
La Biennale de Lyon2015 - Lyon
The Biennale of Sydney2012 - Sydney
The Biennale of Sydney2012 - Sydney
Liverpool Biennial2010
Venice Biennial2010 - Venice
Venice Biennial2010 - Venice
Liverpool Biennial2010
Gwangju Biennial2008 - Gwangju
Manifesta2008
Gwangju Biennial2008 - Gwangju
Manifesta2008
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