Swedish-Icelandic Elinrós Henriksdotter is a painter, musician, poet and writer based somewhere between London, Uganda, Scandinavia and USA. Her artistic focus is set on exploring the power and possibilities of the female body in a loose and experimental visual language. With roots in classical music, street creativity, spiritual curiosity, electronic avant-garde and traditional arts training, Elinrós extends herself fearlessly and passionately throughout the creative spectrum.
A rejuvenized excitement for raw expression has positioned Henriksdotter close to the primal scream of unedited existence. In the autumn of 2012 Henriksdotter is working on drawings, paintings, poetry and her debut novel “Queen of Her Universe”. It is an autobiography focused on her history of child abuse and how painting, meditation and self-induced trance helped her to revive the denied truth about her past, and in a broader sense about how meditation and creative expression can define and release old pain and heal us from within.
Elinrós Henriksdotter also runs an online art publication, founded by the artist herself in Sept 2011. http://contemporarytalks.com/
Examples of artistic activity
2012 (Aug/Sept) Exhibiting in London, Team Rex Show at the Red Gallery, Shoreditch
2012 July, Exhibiting paintings at exhibition Leytonstone Arts Trail, London
2011 Commission Album (CD) art for Necrophorus new release
2011 Selected drawings for sale at the Empire Gallery on Vyner street, London
2011 Commission 4-wall+ceiling at the Empire Gallery on Vyner street, London
2010 Group show at the Empire Gallery on Vyner street, London
2010 Performance ‘Art Destruction’ with series ‘Purgatorio’ on Piccadilly Circus
2008 Solo exhibition at cULTUREN, painting
2007 Fine Art portfolio certificate at Ottawa school of Art, Canada
2007 Awarded The Brodie Shearer Memorial scholarship at Ottawa school of Art, Canada
2006-2008 Numerous group shows, painting, ceramics & sculpture, Ottawa Canada
2005 Animating music videos for Berlin musician GTUK
2005 Exhibiting hand-painted table sets at Swedish Art Museum (Västerås)
2005 Performance art at cULTUREN, Sweden (Västerås)
2004 A year of poetry slams accompanied by electronic musician Dan Brännvall
2004 Video/VJ performances in conjunction with electronic music shows
2000-2004 Poetry performances (poetry+music+video mashups)