contact: wiksellmelanie(at)gmail.com
Artist born in Cyprus, based in Sweden




Wiksell’s work deals with rites and traditions associated
with the history of death and mourning culture.
By merging material emphasis and intangible cultural heritage,
she explores collective and private narratives
based on thoughts of loss, memory, history and place



























































Bibliography

2023 YYYYMMDD Contemporary // Spun Time at Jargon Projects
2023 KUBAPARIS // Spun Time at Jargon Projects
2023 Contemporary Art Library // Spun Time at Jargon Projects
2023 Tzvetnik // Spun Time at Jargon Projects
2023 O Fluxo // Spun Time at Jargon Projects
2022 Dark envelopes and poetry, editor Marja-Leena Sillanpää  
2022 Jag hoppas du ligger vaken som jag, Coloring book published by Galleri Svarta Gran, SE
2021 KUBAPARIS // Gryningströsklar at Galleri Svarta Gran
2021 Aber Press, Nox, small-print publisher and art press, ed- Rebecca Lindsmyr & Emil Sandström
2020 Pralin Magasin #7 Porträtt o.dyl., featured work Lavation, Colophon, Ever sleep, Cartulary, Grieving sap. Independent online literary magazine, ed- Ida Mirow,´Maria Bodin, My Roman Fagerlind
2020 Sci-Fi Is For Real, Pandemic Issue, featured work Lavation, Independent zine, ed- Niklas Wallenborg
2019 Pralin Magasin #5 Memento Mori, featured work Memorial I, Catafalque, Hewers of wood drawers of water, Independent online literary magazine, ed- Ida Mirow, Maria Bodin
2019 Omkonst.se, Skulptur på Löfstad, Lotta Ekfeldt
2019 Corren, Imponerande skulptursatsning, Christer Fällman
2019 Skulpturfestival
2017 Upsala Nya Tidning, Stipendiaterna håller stilen, Sebastian Johans
2017 Cora, 5 unga anno 2017, Cristina Karlstam
2017 Uppsala Konstmuseum, Stipendiater 2017
2017 Permanens Catalogue
2017 Västerbottens-Kuriren, Konstnärer och dårar i finalutställning, Sara Meidell
2017 Fool’s Gold Catalogue
2016 Volym, Arching of an Arrow, Sebastian Andersson
2016 How To Linger, Publication in collaboration with Annika Larsson and  h:strom, Umeå
2015 Degree Show catalogue

Education 

2023 - Stockholm University, Dödens idéhistoria (Death's history of ideas), SE
2015 - 2017 Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, MFA, SE
2016 - Umeå University, Gestures & Rituals, SE
2012 - 2015 Glasgow School of Art, BA Hons, of Fine Arts, GB
2011 - 2012 Ölands Art School, Year II, SE
2010 - 2011 Gotlands Art School, Project-based Art Year II, SE
2008 - 2009 Skeppsholmens Boat Building School, SE

Solo shows 

2023 Spun Time, Jargon Projects, Chicago, US
2022 White pastures, Jakobsbergs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2021-2022 Gryningströsklar, Galleri Svarta Gran, Borlänge, SE
2019 Orgelpunkt, Galleri Gerlesborg, Bohuslän, SE

Duo shows

2022 Stoff, Digital duo show, Artworks
2019 Logrock, Galleri Nos, Stockholm, SE
2016 Epitaph, Galleriet Umeå Konsthögskola, SE
2015 Carnally Allure, The Vic, Glasgow, UK 

Selected exhibitions

2024 Det månghövdade jaget, Panncentralen Gustavsberg, SE
2023 In Watte und Nadeln - Konturen von Trauer (Contours of Grief), Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
2023 Stuff it, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2022 Konst i ån, Norrtälje, SE
2021-2022 For the Living, To the Dead, Parlour and Ramp, Chicago, US
2021  Find-us, Galleri Nos / Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
2021  First International Festival of Manuports, Kohta Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FIN
2021  Heartbreak Heaven Festival, Örsundsbro, SE
2020  HJORTEN skulpturpark, Ahlsellparken, Stockholm, SE
2019  Box Sommar Studio Festival, Göteborgs Design Festival, Röhsska Museum, SE
2019   Sculpture festival, Galleri Koordinaten, Oxelösund, SE 
2019  Open Studio, Galleri Box, Göteborg, SE
2019  Sculpture Exhibition, Löfstad Slott, SE  
2018   PLX Translunar, Tjärö, SE
2018   Den mjuka vägen, DnD Int., Malmö, SE
2017   Stipendiater 2017, Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne, Uppsala Konstmuseum, SE 
2017   Permanens IV, Universitetsparken, Campus Valla, Linköping, SE
2017   Fool's Gold, MFA Graduation show, Bildmuseet Umeå, SE
2017   Konstskoleelever från nu till då, Galleri Gotland, Visby, SE
2016   Arching of an arrow, MFA-exhibition, Galleriet Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2016   My hands are literally shaking, Pop-up exhibition, Skolgatan 41, Umeå, SE  
2016   Contractus 1, Pop-up Exhibition, Östra Strandgatan 28, Umeå, SE
2015   No show, Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, SE
2015   Best of degree show, Six-foot gallery, Glasgow, GB
2015   Degree Show, BA(hons), Trongate, Glasgow, GB
2015   Risky Business, Glasgow, GB
2014   Vision & Values, Annual members show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, GB 
2014   Filthy Swans, The Whiskey Bond, Glasgow, GB
2013   Djävlar Anamma, Studio 41, Glasgow, GB
2012   Not here, Kalmar Art Museum, SE
2012   5 Second culture, Kalmar Art Museum, SE
2011   Missing, Gotlands Art Museum Visby, SE 

Grants

2020  The fund of Anna Kockum
2020  The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Two-year working Grant
2020  The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Grants of Molly och Ragnar Rudemars fund
2018   The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, One-year working Grant 
2017   The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Grants of S Fridman/Holck/Fredriksson/Hilleström
2017   In memory of Anna-Lisa Thomson Foundation

Public Work

2017   Dagbräckning, Akademiska Hus, Campus Valla, Linköping, SE 

Represented

Järfälla municipality
Private collections

AiR

2019  Residency at Gerlesborgsskolan, Bohuslän, SE  
2017   Residency at Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, FI