Skånes konstförening is happy to announce that Adrian-Alicia Bisell Gonzalez is this year’s recipient of the Sven and Ellida Hjort Exhibition Grant!

Beyond a stipend of SEK 25 000, the award includes an exhibition at Skånes konstförening opening in February 2027.

The jury’s statement
Adrian-Alicia Bisell Gonzalez is awarded the Sven and Ellida Hjort Exhibition Grant for a practice that brings together material integrity and technical skill with conceptual precision. Their work pushes against, and literally pierces, the boundaries that define and restrict our physical spaces and immaterial existence. Though initially appearing menacing, the sculptures which balance on biomorphic joints and sharp spikes create a state of delicate suspension. Bisell Gonzalez’s work puts the viewer in a state of caution and curiosity, existing in the tension between flexibility and force which allows it to puncture the softest parts of ourselves. Skånes konstförening looks forward with great anticipation to an exhibition where Bisell Gonzalez’s distinct and poetic material approach engages with local histories and myths.

About the artist
Adrian-Alicia Bisell Gonzalez (b. 1998) works with sculpture and installation. Form-making is used as a method for turning towards and questioning the structures and institutions that surround the body. Material and architecture are understood as being in constant motion, while the frequently recurring steel carries histories of the past and of transformation. By working with what remains hidden, what lies beyond the gaze or behind one’s back, Bisell Gonzalez examines the boundaries that define our reality.

Bisell Gonzalez is based in Malmö and holds a BFA from Malmö Art Academy. Previous exhibitions include Yield to Touch, Gerdman Gallery (SE); We Do Not Work Alone, Malmö Art Academy (SE); and Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg (DK).

About the stipend
The Sven and Ellida Hjort Exhibition Grant is awarded annually to an emerging artist based in Skåne. Hanni Kamaly was the first recipient in 2017, followed by LealVeileby (Antonio Leal and Jesper Veileby), Ikram Abdulkadir, Cia Khanti, Sana Jarrar, Matilda Tjäder, Stacey de Voe, Simon Ferner, and Isabella Solar Villaseca. The awarded artist is chosen by a jury appointed by the board of Skånes konstförening. The 2026 jury consisted of Sebastian Adolfsson, Ellen Bjerborn, Ebba Davidsson and Ina Nian.

Image: Levi Löfgren