Karin Wikström, SE

Karin Wikström (b. 1959, Östersund) lives and works in Gothenburg. She studied at the KVSchool of Art, Hovedskous Painting School, and the Valand Academy of Fine Arts.

Wikström’s paintings explore fleeting farewells and the traces they leave behind. Her world is inhabited by humans, animals, and hybrid figures, each gaze challenging yet sorrowful, each creature both familiar and strange. Her work is enigmatic and tender, inviting reflection without offering definitive answers.

Karin Wikströms work have been exhibited in numerous galleries and art institutions throughout Sweden, most recently in the exhibition ’Kissing them goodbye’ at Galleri Helle Knudsen (2025) and before that in a solo exhibition at Liljevalchs+ (2022). Wikström is represented in both public and private collections, including Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Malmö Art Museum, Borås Art Museum and thePublic Art Agency Sweden.