I will be in Clarinda IOWA with my fellow artist Peter Poplaski in the course of October 9th till November 14th 2024. “Looking for connections”… is the seed of the idea of this artistic experience at the residence. I will invite others to interact with my work and help create an imaginary landscape made from added fragments, like pieces of a big puzzle. As artists we have traveled to many countries together in the USA and Europe over the past 20 years. We gathered a wealth of outlooks on the world witch introduced us to a vast range of truly differing perceptions, felt ideas, and knowledge. Being able to take part in local and global exchanges has profoundly affected the artworks that I make, driving me to create art that I hope touches people everywhere.

I am sure anything can happen if you give free possibilities to an artist and the responsibility to give young creative people the possibility to be taking part of that flow. Imagine a wave. Surely you know once a wave took shape it cannot be stopped until it fulfilled its flow. There is freedom in that.

Artist in residence CONTACT: Trish Bergren director at Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum Home of Art on the Fly 300 North 16th Street Clarinda, Iowa 51632 712-850-1175 phone 712-435-0007 cell visitccam.com

Work space = The Millinery 107 Main Street Clarinda