Bella Rune, SE
Bella Rune (Sweden, b. 1971) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. She is educated at ChelseaCollege of Arts in London, UK (1995–1998) and Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden(1992–1994).
Bella Rune works with sculpture, often incorporating performative elements. She effectively experiments with various materials, crafts, and techniques. Drawing from an expanded concept of textiles, she explores how patterns and repetition create surfaces, volumes, and functions. Bella Rune redefines context and meaning by using analog and handmade methods to describe a new digital materiality.
In her ongoing project Konsekvensanalys (Impact Analysis), she investigates the interface between physical reality and the virtual world through augmented reality. This project has been featured in several exhibitions in Sweden and internationally, including Stadsskogen, Uppsala, Sweden (2015); Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden (2016); Tensta Konsthall, Sweden (2018); Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2018); and Munchmuseet, Oslo, Norway (2022). It also includes a site-specific permanent public commission at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (2018).
Bella Rune co-curated the exhibition Textila undertexter (Textile Subtexts) with Helena Selder. The exhibition debuted at Marabouparken (2016) and later travelled to Malmö Art Museum (2017). For this project, she created a large-scale installation that also functioned as exhibition design.
Her solo presentation Vertical Network Performance at Market Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden (2018), as well as her solo exhibitions XYZ and Digging at Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm (2019, 2022), and Skendöd at Carl Eldh’s Studio Museum (2020), received widespread acclaim. These works have cemented her position as one of Sweden’s most influential contemporary artists.
Bella Rune’s works are part of prominent collections, including Moderna Museet and Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art in Stockholm, and EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art in Finland.
Fredsgatan 12
111 52 Stockholm
Sweden
Represented by
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, SE
“My work explores spatial and material relationships’ sensual and conceptual aspects. I am deeply fascinated by how textile techniques—such as weaving, braiding, and embroidery—can be translated into other materials and media.
Expanding the language of textile logic beyond its traditional boundaries, I create sculptures and installations that challenge our perceptions of materiality, the body, and presence.In my art, the handmade meets the digital, the intimate intersects with the public. I often work with three-dimensional objects that change depending on the viewer’s movement and perspective.
The dynamic dialogue between the artwork, the space, and the individual is central—my pieces are not merely objects to observe but physical experiences that invite active interaction. I draw inspiration from the tactile poetry of everyday life and the invisible threads that bind us together—socially, culturally, and emotionally.
My work plays with boundaries: between material and immaterial, between the body and its surroundings, and between craft and technology. It is within these borderlands that I find space for the unexpected, the intuitive, and the subversive. For me, art is an opportunity to weave new narratives about our time, our place, and our humanity.” – Bella Rune
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Photo by Anders Bergön. Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson and Bella Rune -
Photo by Anders Bergön. Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson and Bella Rune -
Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson and Bella Rune -
Courtesy of Galleri Magnus Karlsson and Bella Rune