About

Gina Axlund is an artist currently residing in Sweden. She makes paintings, original prints and objects from her tiny studio in the Nordic countryside. She paints and draws women as she would like the world to see them - not sexual objects, but intellectual and independent creatures of all sizes, shapes and ages. Her work is shown in Europe and Asia.

Artist statement

I paint people and most often women. Females have historically been depicted as objects of the male gaze or as muses. My works is for women who want to feel seen as they are, imperfect but real. It’s not unusual that I revisit motifs in different mediums, much like looking at an object from different angles.

Exhibitions

Selection of solo exhibitions in Sweden

Bitar av mig, bitar av oss, Galleri 9, Lövstabruk (2025)
Langsbo konsthall, Hassela, Sweden (2023)

Konst på väg (Open studio event in Tierp, Sweden) (2022, 2023 and 2025)

Vallhof gallery, Uppsala (2021 and 2023)

Zeitgeist Art Gallery, Uppsala (2020)

Järvsö creperi, Järvsö (2019)

Lyscraft, Örbyhus, (2017)

Gamla folkets hus, Tobo, (2017)

Artists for peace, Olsztyn, Poland (2025)

Selection of recent group exhibitions

Maati III, International Folk and Contemporary Art Exhibition, Arpana Caur Art Gallery, N. Delhi, India (2026)
Artists for peace, Olsztyn, Poland (2025)
Kulturkossans Spring Salong, Bjuråker (2024, 2025, 2026)
Mellan tak och dagg (Between roof and dew, joint exhibition of Uppsala’s and Orsa’s printmakers, Enköping (2024)
Printmaking exhibition at the Museum of medical history, Uppsala (2024)
Stelle Resplendenti, Gallery PaRDeS, Mirano, Italy (2024)
Dialogues in printmaking, Missionskyrkan, Uppsala (2024)
Under samma tak (Under the same roof), joint exhibition of Uppsala’s and Orsa’s printmakers, Orsa (2022)
Autumn salong, Märsta (2022)