Alexandra Kern Swedish, b. 1963

Alexandra Kern, a visual artist born in 1963 in Malmö, currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden. She received her MFA in Fine Arts from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 1993.

Kern’s art delves deeply into her relationship with nature, exploring interactions that unfold in layers and varying perspectives. Her work captures both the welcoming and threatening aspects of these encounters, examining the spaces that lie close by and those that exist in the in-between or beyond. By using these intermediate spaces as a foundation, she creates compositions that evoke a dynamic interplay, blending harmony and dissonance within the same piece.

Graphics have consistently been integral to Kern's practice. She transfers her drawings and ink washes onto photopolymer plates for graphic intaglio printing, producing limited editions. In recent years, painting has taken on a more prominent role, with her graphic style influencing her oil paintings. The colours in these works are pivotal, with their shifting hues telling a story and resonating with the viewer.

Kern's work is represented in various municipalities and regions in Sweden and abroad, including prestigious institutions such as The British Museum in London, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and the National Museum in Oslo. Her most recent commission involved creating artwork using the flat glass technique for the Västra Götaland Region at Kungälv Hospital. In 2022, her latest solo exhibition, titled Timmarna, was showcased at Candyland Gallery in Stockholm.