HANNA STENMAN

Born 1987

"I’ve started drawing bodybuilders in the last few years. They emerged from my abstract drawings of simple lines. The body is ever-present in my drawings, and the bodybuilder’s overly accentuated lines speak directly with the lines in my hand. In my drawings, I move within a world of abstract imagery where I draw my inspiration from queer spaces, superhero comics and Agnes Martin.

For me, drawing is a form of note-taking; I draw as I listen and try to understand. In these notes, I then find my themes, my sketches, my finished drawings and text fragments. I want to understand the world around me and share my thoughts with others, and I’ve found that drawing is my language that I continue to learn with and from."

Master’s degree 2017, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design

Simon Persson Den Tänkande Handen teckning utställning

HANNA STENMAN

Hanna Stenman participates in the scholarship competition and exhibition with seven drawings created 2021–2022.

Dry pastel, coloured pencil, technical pen.

1. Labyrinth
2. In Bingen
3. Beauty and the Belle
4. The Gym
5. Grid
6. Drink the warmth from our hand
7. Pain Rehab


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THE SELECTION COMMITTEE'S MOTIVATION:
Hanna Stenman is not afraid of a red outline or a dazzling bodybuilder. The strange becomes the obvious in her series of images, which present a kind of drama between the bodybuilder of flesh and blood, her depiction of the muscular stone statue and, of course, a Dalmatian. In graphical terms, this is a gaudy smörgåsbord with tastes of Japan and Francis Bacon: the precise line thickness of the piping pen, vibrant coloured lines, swollen shapes and flat fields of colour in a twisted tête-a-tête.

Labyrinth
Dry pastel, 2022. Original size 36 x 30 cm.
In Bingen
Dry pastel and coloured pencil, 2021. Original size 36 x 30 cm.
Beauty and the Belle
Dry pastel and coloured pencil, 2021. Original size 36 x 30 cm.
The Gym
Dry pastel and coloured pencil, 2021. Original size 36 x 30 cm.
Grid
Dry pastel and coloured pencil, 2021. Original size 36 x 30 cm.
Drink the warmth from our hand
Technical pen and coloured pencil, 2022. Original size 40 x 20 cm.
Pain Rehab
Technical pen, 2021. Original size 14,5 x 10, cm.