Past Resident

Isabel Theselius

Isabel Theselius creates drawings, paintings, objects, video, and installations to investigate themes including mortality, desire, and longing. Drawing from her own experiences, memories, and family relationships, Theselius creates work that often skirts the edge of social desire and incorporates indulgent flights of fancy to challenge the viewer to engage with their own desires.

Originally from Lund, Sweden, Theselius earned an MFA in Studio Art from the University of California Irvine and a BFA in Fine Arts from Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2018, she received a year-long work grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and participated in an artist exchange project in Tiznit, Morocco. Recent solo shows include Detroit Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, and the OK Corral in Copenhagen, Denmark. Theselius has upcoming solo exhibitions at Monte Vista Projects and at Elephant Art Space, both in Los Angeles. 

”In a past project I created a tribute to a deceased family member by airbrushing his house in the Swedish countryside onto my car to be exhibited and then driven around Los Angeles, a city he always wanted to visit but was never able to.”

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