For the third year in a row, the Art Gallery at Bohusläns Museum invites you to Campus Steneby’s graduation exhibition. This year, the programs Metal Art and Wood Oriented Furniture Design present the exhibition 21 Degrees. The public is invited to explore 21 perspectives on craftsmanship, materiality, and contemporary design. The opening takes place on May 16 at 11 am.

“21 degrees. An angle that suggests a slight shift. Enough to redirect a line, to alter a balance. This annual exhibition showcases the degree projects of 21 students graduating from Metal Art and Wood Oriented Furniture Design at HDK-Valand Campus Steneby.

Here, you are invited to perceive and take part of 21 angles of craft and design. Through material and conceptual investigations, the students explore human practices and behaviours using a variety of methods and techniques. The exhibition presents a thematic diversity. At the same time, the projects also intertwine in common topics. Some engage with a democratic approach to design, where a sense of community and bringing people together become central. Others
may address different aspects of resilience, as well as symbolism and tradition in a contemporary context. These tendencies can also be recognised beyond the exhibition space.

21 Degrees also marks a transition. As a graduation exhibition, it presents the work of students at a moment of completion and departure. The projects are the result of sustained engagement over time, but they also represent a first step into independent practice. What is shown here is both an outcome and a beginning.

Welcome to a perfectly fine temperature of 21 degrees.”

Curator: Josefine Lundgren

Opening

Date: Saturday, May 16
Time: 11 am
Place: The Art Gallery, Bohusläns museum

About Campus Steneby
Campus Steneby is a unique environment for education and research in crafts and
design at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg. The site is nestled among the
lakes and forests of Dalsland, midway between Gothenburg and Oslo. Campus
Steneby is an international community for creators, artists and designers with access
to world-class facilities.

List of exhibiting students

MFA Wood Oriented Furniture Design
1. Franca Muriel Bode
2. Cleo Eschapasse
3. Carlijn Haringsma
4. Viktor Hubbertz
5. Elbrich Hendrikje van der Wal

BA Wood Oriented Furniture Design
1. Manuela Barth
2. Kaspars Andris Becers
3. Alvar Leijonberg
4. Jordan Murray Whelan
5. Natan Ponieman
6. Jacques Schiessl
7. Sofia Smederöd

MFA Metal Art
1. Adam Kminiak
2. Sebastian Nordh
3. Urszula Maria Zwierz

BA Metal Art
1. Jan Burzynski
2. Stepán Hála
3. Karin Lundin
4. Ján Marek
5. Sigge Nilsson
6. Oda Smith Olsen