Ehryn Torrell from Canada

 Homeland: Canada

Town: Guelph, Ontario

Age: 30

How long are you resident? From December 3 until December 21, 2007

Have you been in Trondheim before? Nope

Do you wish to get in touch with somebody in Trondheim? It would be great to meet the LKV artists (which I have been already – terrific!), as well as artists and curators in town (perhaps at the art academy?)

Is it something you look forward to…?  Yes, I like meeting new people

About your work

Discipline: Painting and drawing

Technique: Acrylic on canvas;  acrylic, charcoal, pastel and graphite on paper

Statement: Through painting and drawing, I am interested in exploring the psychological impact of our built environment. I am particularly interested in the idea of a house as a container for dreams and vulnerability.  For the last few years, I have been developing a body of work about an abandoned house undergoing demolition in Halifax, Canada.  I was struck by the violent image of a house being torn apart.  Playing with the mounds of debris, I create bulging and cavernous landscapes that swell into the viewing space and confront the viewer. Working on canvases between two and five metres wide, my aim has been to create a physical, theatrical environment where the viewer becomes an active participant in the subject – a witness, voyeur or destitute inhabitant of the ruins that lie in front of them, perhaps asking where am I in this chaos, this collapse?

Plans for your residency?  Before coming to Trondheim, my father and I traveled to Sweden to visit the country of our ancestors. I will be developing some new work in drawing and video that relates to both our personal experiences and broader ideas of home, loss, and family.

DEADLINE JUNE 1ST
Application for gueststudio at LKV expires at june 1st each year.