Katja Larsson’s (b.1987, Stockholm, Sweden) practice is rooted in transformation. Through skillful and tactile use of materials, her artworks speak of anachronistic object relationships, whether they describe the metamorphosis of a prehistoric fossil into the fuel of a modern-day combustion engine or how the hydrocarbon industry borrows virtue from gods, heroes, and symbols of the ancient world. Larsson’s work highlights the arch of mythology that bridges antiquity with the present day. She imbues modern-day objects with classical beauty and creates contemporary relics of our time. Sculpture by sculpture, Larsson tells a compelling story about the textures of our world.
Larsson’s work has since exhibited during CHART, Copenhagen, MARKET, Stockholm, and at UCL Art Museum. In 2017 she was awarded the EIB Institute’s residency Representing the Anthropocene, and in 2018 she was presented at Borås Konstmuseum in the exhibition SNITTET. Larsson held her solo show, “Myth / Machine,” at Aicon Contemporary in 2022.
Larsson lives and works in London, England.