Market Art Fair | Bella Rune, Alejandro Sintura & Petra Lindholm: Liljevalchs, Stockholm

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 We are delighted to present a two-person exhibition featuring artists Bella Rune (Sweden, b. 1971) and Alejandro Sintura (Colombia, b. 2000) at Market Art Fair 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. Two artists from different generations and cultures come together to explore differences and similarities in both language and content. Bella Rune’s three-dimensional sculptures occupy the space, while Alejandro Sintura’s paintings are installed on the walls. Points of contact can be found in their use of colour and materiality, as well as in their relationship to tactility and abstraction. The works reflect shared thoughts on how the ordinary and unassuming can be transformed into something significant and monumental. Both artists present new works made specifically for the fair.

This year, we are also participating in Market Extended with a monumental textile assemblage by Petra Lindholm (Finland/Sweden, b. 1973). In the new site-specific work Timelines, 2025, displayed in the staircase at Liljevalchs+, Petra Lindholm has created a six meter long landscape motif where abstract and physical qualities have been given more space to unfold. The work consists of many layers of thin fabrics, applied both by hand and by sewing machine. Pieces of fabric and fragments left over from previous works form the foundation. Lindholm embraces chance and spontaneity in her creative process, allowing the landscape to evolve organically, with each carefully added layer.

Bella Rune (Sweden, b. 1971) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. She is educated at Chelsea College of Arts in London, UK (1995–1998) and Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden (1992–1994). Bella Rune works with sculpture, often with a performative element. She experiments effectively with different materials, crafts and techniques. Sprung from an expanded concept of textile, with an interest in how patterns and repetition create surfaces, volumes and function, Bella Rune finds new context and meaning in how the analog and handmade can describe a new digital materiality.

Alejandro Sintura (Colombia, b. 2000) lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. He is educated at Beaux- Arts de Lyon, France and Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia. Alejandro Sintura has had four solo exhibitions since 2022 at galleries in Bogotá, Colombia and has participated in a number of group shows in London, Stockholm and New York. Sintura’s paintings depict the richness of simplicity. Based on his own memories and observations, Sintura works to understand and relate to his surroundings. The motifs are unpretentious and prosaic – everyday still lives, views from the studio window or details of landscapes – and depict the fragility of the moment. By carefully studying how light falls at a certain time on an object or place, Sintura makes visible the transience of existence.

Petra Lindholm (Finland, b. 1973) lives and works outside Älmhult in Småland, Sweden. She is educated at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (1996–2001). Petra Lindholm works with various techniques, including textile assemblages, sound, and moving images. She moves effortlessly between the digital, two-dimensional, and the analogue, tactile. She describes her images as a stream of landscapes shaped by memories, the subconscious, and personal experiences.

Opening hours:
Friday May 16: 3 pm–8 pm
Saturday May 17: 11 am–6 pm
Sunday May 18: 10 am–5 pm

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Address:
Liljevalchs
Djurgårdsvägen 50
Stockholm, Sweden