Infinite Proposals

Infinite Proposals presents works by Kalliopi Akonidou, Maja F. Eriksson, Adam Gidlund, Jonna Iversen, Johanna Löwenhamn, Miranda Monauti, Senja Penttilä Sollén, Jordan Shakes Pålerfält, Josefin Selander, Alva Sjöstedt, Martin Wallén, Erik Olof Wiklund and Malin Östberg, all of whom are graduating from the Master’s Programme in Fine Arts at Umeå University’s Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.
The curator is artist Annika Eriksson, professor at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and the students’ principal supervisor. 
 
The exhibition Infinite Proposals [Oändliga förslag] focuses on artistic work, from initial idea through to creating and sending the work out into the world. Through a lengthy process of endless suggestions, the sidetracks are whittled away before eventually ending up with the finished work. This is a process that requires the artist to liberate their senses, embrace their intuition, and analyse with an open mind. 
 
The degree exhibition at Bildmuseet is the culmination of a period of intensive work, research and discussion. During the two-year Master’s programme – the highest level of education in fine arts – the students have developed their practices, exploring the history and contemporary social relevance of art, its current themes and its status. The exhibition offers visitors an insight into the discourse on contemporary art, as well as explorations of its techniques and materials. 

Vernissage on Art Friday 23 May 17:00 – 24:00. 
Performance, guided tours, workshop, live music by Karin Park, DJ and a bar during the night. 
The exhibition opens at 18:00 in the presence of the artists. 
Also participating is museum director Katarina Pierre, Bildmuseet and Per Nilsson, head of department at the Academy of Fine Arts. 
Curator Annika Eriksson will give a brief intruduction to the exhibition.

Guided tours
Sunday 25 May at 14:00 the artists present their works in the exhibition, in a conversation with museum curator Lisa Lundström.

Scholarship award ceremony
Sunday 25 May at 15:00 six different grants and scholarships are awarded amongst the graduating master students; Skytteanska samfundet, Umeå kommun, Region Västerbotten, Galleri Verkligheten and from the Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå university. The scholarship holders are presented by the Academy’s head of department, Per Nilsson.