Katja Larsson's (b.1987, Stockholm, Sweden) practice is rooted in transformation. Through skilful 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 the 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 things 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 been exhibited during National Sculpture Prize, Devon, CHART, Copenhagen, MARKET, Stockholm, UCL Art Museum, and Kristin Hjellegjerde, London. 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. She is represented by Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm, with her most recent solo show Mythologies in 2019. In 2020, Larsson's work was featured during The Armory Show as a solo presentation with Aicon Contemporary, and the exhibition Shapeshifters at Malmö Konstmuseum. Larsson is currently working on a public sculpture for Uppsala, Sweden, and two upcoming solo exhibitions in 2022.
Larsson is represented in the collections of Malmö Konstmuseum, Public Art Agency Sweden, Stockholm County Council, Knivsta and Örebro Municipality, Ståhl Collection, Stockholm School of Economics, AxFast AB and European Investment Bank as well as private collections.
The artist lives and works in London, England.