Carl Henry Ek (Hugosson, *1992) is a visual artist based in Stockholm.

His practice explores the (dissonant) resonance of the analog-digital and the concept of nature in exceedingly digital landscapes. Ek uses the ocean as material and allegory to approach complex systems such as; logistics, AI and cloud storage.

Education

2021 - 2023 MFA Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2020-2020 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2019 - 2021 BFA Akademin Valand, Gothenburg
2018 - 2019 Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg
2017 - 2018 KV Konstskola, Gothenburg

Solo exhibitions

2023 Vandalorum, Smålands Konstarkiv, Värnamo
2022 Cloud-Based Default Network, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
2019 Havet är rostfritt, Not Quite Konsthall, Fengersfors
2019 Polyvinylklorid, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg

Group exhibitions

2024 (forthcoming) Dynamic Questions, Stockholm School of Economics
2023 Avgångsutställning, Konstakademien, Stockholm
2023 Coalescence SciLifeLab, Stockholm
2021 Lustholmen, Lyssningsrum MDT, Stockholm
2021 Clear Eyes Full Heart, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
2020 Decembersalong, Göteborgs Konstförening, Gothenburg
2020 RESOLVA, Göteborgs Botaniska Trädgård, Gothenburg
2020 Pulsar Festival, Galleri Q, Copenhagen
2020 Viss Tids Hävd, Frölunda Torg, Gothenburg
2019 Got It for Cheap, Galleri Nevven, Gothenburg
2019 Sound 2, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
2019 Målargruppen, Galleri Gerlesborg, Hamburgsund
2019 Because of Something Collective, 3:e Våningen, Gothenburg
2017 GIBCA Extended, Slottskogen, Gothenburg

Grants

2023 Tobissonsfonden
2022 HelgeAx:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2022 Paul Petersons Stipendium
2021 Eric Ericssons Stipendium
2021 Theodor och Hanne Mannheimers Fond
2021 Carl Olsson Stipendiet
2020 Adlebertska Stipendiet
2019 Vetlanda Kommuns Kulturstipendium
2019 Adlebertska Stipendiet

Residencies

2019 Not Quite, Fengersfors

Research/Workshops

Whose Reality? Sensation, Representation, and Poetics of `Extended´ Environments via Artistic Research (2023) – Oulu University, Linköping University och Royal Institute of Art

contact: carlhenryek(at)gmail.com