Maria Jonsson
Project Title: A Hated Work of Art
Jönsson will be continuing her non-fictional essay and piece of literary journalism “A Hated Piece of Art”, an interrogation of a personal biography. Her writing utilizes personal and public archives in an attempt towards a record of permanence. Accompanying the essay will be a series of sculptural responses.
Part of a well-established history of found object sculpture her practice is one of constructive re-use; found objects collected and assembled. The result is probing work that open up for reflection on materiality and functionality. Design is a frame, an aim for normalcy where dysfunction can seep in.
At High Concept Laboratories she anticipates the environment to influence both the writing and a new series of sculptural responses.
About the Artist:
Maria Jönsson is a visual artist working primarily in sculpture and installation.
Her work deals with the function of language, translation and creativity in relation to issues of criminality, inequality and labor.
Born and educated in Sweden, she received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010.
Her work has been exhibited at Loop, Barcelona; Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö; Hannofer Kunstverein, Germany; Sidcot Art Center, UK; Pentagon Gallery; NEXT Art Fair, Gallery 400, New Capital, Dova Temporary, ACRE Projects and HCL in Chicago. She has published catalogue essays focused on the work of the artist Mark Kent; For a Clear Understanding of That Which We Are About published by FLACC and How to Handle Art published by Ellen de Brujne PROJECTS.
Her work is informed by academic research and writing that cross over to studio practice. A core narrative engages several disciplines within the Social Sciences; for example, several works are based in seven years of genealogical research that has investigated issues of infanticide and incarceration.
