Born in Stockholm, Sweden but her heritage is Finnish. With parents that were immigrants the heart and interest in social issues led her to combine Art Science studies at Stockholm University with Art Therapy studies in St Albans, England. She also worked within this field for a long time until she was almost 50 years old. Then Carina saddled up and invested wholeheartedly in her artistry and has done so since.
Carina Söderström has been awarded with The Tellervo Tikkanen’s scholarship for the Swedish-Finnish artist of the year 2017.
Her work can be found as well in schools, preschools and homes for the elderly, Sundbyberg town hall and other public institutions as in private homes.
2. Tell us about your artwork or series you are currently working on.
What I have been working on for some time now is a continuation of what has just been mentioned. To reach deeper into what cannot really be understood on an intellectual level but rather intuitively, perhaps back to the fundamental. A child’s total vulnerability, loneliness and the dimensions of death that possibly exist in the midst of the living are themes now. A strong female force I think I sense in the movement of nature between a first seed or drop to courageously increase in size and then wither or dissolve. The feeling is that in my own body there is the universal and I use that when I paint. I use large canvases where I ̈connect ̈ to the canvas and somehow transfer myself to the painting. (C.S.)
Carina Söderström
@carinasoderstromart
Website or portfolio: www.artworks.se and www.carinasoderstrom.wix.com/konst