Om
Malin Östlund is a self-taught artist born and active in northern Sweden. As long as she can remember, she has always had creativity with her throughout her upbringing, which has provided breathing space with room for both reflection and recreation in the form of creation. Over the years, Malin has taken shorter courses in both ceramics and painting techniques, but overall she is a self-taught artist. In her creative process, she always tries to find an intuitive connection to a more beautiful and poetic side of life. This is most often expressed with kind souls in dreamlike paintings or sculpted figures. Malin's paintings are created with acrylic and oil paints, often with a mixture of classic portrait painting and a more modern imagery that sometimes tends towards the abstract. Her sculptures are mostly created in stoneware and she likes to explore different natural materials to combine with ceramics. Malin has always had creativity with her since childhood and she has always expressed herself in drawing and painting and in creating sculptures in different materials. Since her first solo exhibition in 2010, she has participated in several juried, collective and individual exhibitions. Today she works as a full-time artist in her studio in central Skellefteå and has clients and collectors all over the world.
Utställningar
Solo
2026 Galleri Nordic Art, Stockholm 2025 Carlstad Artgallery, Karlstad 2025 Galleri R Linköping 2024 Galleri Nordic Art, Stockholm2023 Galleri Tint, Lysekil2023 Nordic Art, Stockholm2022 Hammarö Art Gallery2022 Kabusa, Österlen2021 Galleri R, Linköping2021 Galleri Nordic art, Stockholm2021 Galleri Puckeln Stockholm2020 Hägernässtrand gallery, Stockholm, Sweden2020 Profilen konst&Ram, Gävle, Sweden2019 Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm Sweden2019 The Nut House, Stockholm, Sweden2019 Liljas konst&ram, Skellefteå, Sweden2018 Galleri R Linköping, Sweden2018 Galleri Puckeln Stockholm, Sweden2018 The Nut house Upplands Väsby, Sweden2017 Liljas konst&Ram Skellefteå, Sweden2017 Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm, Sweden2016 Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm, Sweden2015 Skellefteå konsthall, Sweden2015 Liljas konst&Ram Skellefteå, Sweden2015 Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm, Sweden2014 Waynes Coffee House, Skellefteå, Sweden2014 Liljas konst&Ram Skellefteå, Sweden2014 ”A wonderful day” Skellefteå city hall, Sweden2013 Galleri1 Skellefteå, Sweden2012 Galleri1 Skellefteå, Sweden2011 Pinax, Skellefteå, Sweden2010 Pinax, Skellefteå, Sweden
Juried
2022 JuniperRag, Darkness exhibition, UK2021 Autumn Salon, Skellefteå konstförening2019 Scholarship Exhibition, Galleri Bluelight, Halmstad, Sweden2018 Scholarship Exhibition Halmstad Slott, Sweden2018 Summer Salon Galler 1 Skellefteå, Sweden2017 Scholarship Exhibition Halmstad Slott, Sweden2016 Scholarship Exhibition Halmstad Castle, Halmstad, Sweden2016 Autumn Salon Skellefteå Art Gallery, Sweden2015 Scholarship Exhibition Galleri Bluelight, Halmstad Sweden2014 Scholarship Exhibition Galleri Bluelight, Halmstad Sweden2014 County Salon Västerbotten Museum, Umeå, Sweden2013 Autumn Salon Skellefteå Art Gallery, Sweden2012 Spring Salon Skellefteå Art Gallery, Sweden
Collection Exhibitions
2025 Affordable Artfair, Stockholm 2025 Summer Salon, Hägernäs strand gallery 2024 Afforable Artfair, Stockholm 2023 Galleri Sjöhästen, Nyköping 2023 Galleri Sjöhästen, Nyköping2023 Art & Antique Fair, Älvsjö2022 Charity Exhibition for Ukraine, Gallery 1, Skellefteå2022 Pomfret Gallery, UK2022 Affordable Artfair, Stockholm2021 Spring Salon, Hägernäs strand gallery, Stockholm2019 Affordable artfair, Stockholm, Sweden2019 Gallery DU808, Bristol, England2019 Carre dártistes, Beijing, China2019 Artworks 4 change, Stockholm, Sweden2018 Affordable artfair Stockholm, Sweden2018 Carre dártistes Toulouse, France2018 “Försmak” The Nuthouse, Stockholm Sweden2017 Carre dártistes Shanghai, China2017 Merlino Bottega Dárte, Italy2017 Affordable artfair Stockholm, Sweden2017 Konst i Kvarnbyn, Burträsk, Sweden2016 ”Experiment” Art expertise, Italy2016 ”Wide open” Bottega d’Arte Merlino, Italy2016 “Hair” Skellefteå city hall Sweden2016 Galleria Mentana, Italy2016 Easter exhibition Halmstad Slott, Sweden2016 Advokatbyrån Fylgia, Stockholm, Sweden2014 Galleri Bluelight Halmstad, Sweden2014 Brinken Skellefteå city hall, Sweden2014 Art in Kvarnbyn, Burträsk, Sweden2013 “Curious about art” Skellefteåmässan, Sweden2012 Nyborg Skellefteå konsthall, Sweden
Represented/Purchased by
2019 Stockholm County Health Care Area2016 Region Västerbotten2014 Norsjö Municipality2014 Fastec Sverige AB2013 Örnsköldsvik MunicipalityArt Project2014-2016
Book project and creative exchange together with grief therapist Lisa Ibring, which resulted in the publication of the book “And the roses survived the winter” in 2016, by Book Publisher Norlen Slottner.ISBN: 9789187685965