Erik Thörnqvist, SE

In Erik Thörnqvist’s work, surfaces arc, both literally and figuratively.

Functional furniture made with the intention of supporting human bodies gets up and walks, a convincing proof that the absurd is inherent in the rational and only needs to be set free by a creative and open force that recognises the gravity of play. For some, the modern was the perfect form of the logical, edifying and normative order that would help and support man. But by whom, for whose body and on whose terms? With a particular attention to detail, Törnqvist displays a mastery of material and form that he combines with a conceptual rigour that stands firm in artistic expression, regardless of descriptive or explanatory text.

Erik Thörnqvist (born 1994) grew up in Luleå and lives and works in Stockholm. Thörnqvist graduated from the Royal Institute of Art in 2023 with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts. Thörnqvist was awarded The Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Prize in 2024. He is currently having a solo exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall. He has previously exhibited at the Luleå Biennial 2020 – Time on Earth, SOMA (Mexico City), Lunds Konsthall, Final Hot Desert (Salt Lake City), KIN Museum of Contemporary Art (Kiruna), Konstnärshuset and Luleå Konsthall.