Lydia Ericsson Wärn

"[...] Lydia Ericsson Wärn continually returns to her own reposed body. This repetition has become almost ritualistic – a continued effort to produce new outcomes while revisiting the same subject each time, an ongoing reckoning with the self. In Cocoon, each canvas presents an undefined space that holds a form, the figures suspended between presence and dissolution.

These transitional spaces can be likened to the concept of ‘chora’ – first defined by Plato as a 'receptacle' that holds the form, a precondition for existence. The concept was reinterpreted by the philosopher Julia Kristeva to refer to the pre-linguistic state of an infant before they acquire language or selfhood. Kristeva associates it with the semiotic – a fluid container of rhythm, affect and instinct that supports meaning yet resists definition."

Lydia Ericsson Wärn (b. 1994, Stockholm, Sweden) lives and works in Stockholm. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: Issues, Stockholm (2025), Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York (2024), Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt am Main (2023) and Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm (2022). She is a graduate of Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, where she studied under Amy Sillman and Monika Baer.