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WILLAS contemporary is thrilled to introduce Erle M. Kyllingmark’s work to Sweden for the first time. The Norwegian artist’s solo exhibition in Stockholm, ‘Confluence of Paths’, highlights her unique approach to capturing time, layering multiple exposures across seasons and years into single frames.
In Kyllingmark’s words, “I’m fascinated by extremes and contradictions, by bringing together what seems impossible to unite.” Each photograph is a journey through time and place, merging distinct moments to document change and explore our fixed perceptions of reality. Her analog process transforms reality into abstraction, a way of seeking what feels true.
Bio
Erle M. Kyllingmark (b. 1974) is a Norwegian photographic artist whose work spans still photography and video. Since completing her BA in Photography at London College of Printing in 1999, she has worked across a wide range of photographic practices, from editorial photography to documentary filmmaking. Her 2009 documentary 'Life is Goddamn Wonderful' was nominated for Best TV Documentary at Norway’s Gullruten awards. Kyllingmark’s video installations include two major works created for The Norwegian Opera & Ballet.
In 2020, she published 'You Don’t Actually See the Shape of Anything', a photo book that examines reality through the intersection of science and art. A selection of this work has since toured in a solo exhibition entitled ’Beyond I Within’ across four venues in Poland, organized by the Ethnography Department of the National Museum in Gdansk.
In 2023, Kyllingmark joined the Norwegian Journal of Photography, a collaborative project published by Journal, and presented in a group exhibition at Preus Museum, Norway’s National Museum of Photography. 2024 also marked her largest solo gallery show to date at Gallery Fineart in Oslo. Kyllingmark took part in ‘A View from No-Place: Time in the Age of the Anthropocene’, a group show at National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon, Portugal.
Her artistic practice is rooted in exploring existential questions and the nature of reality. Through her poetic visual language, Kyllingmark seeks to question our assumptions about time, place, and identity, creating complex, layered images using multiple exposures on analog film. This technique allows her to balance and blend several motifs within a single frame, inviting viewers to explore and interpret multiple layers of meaning.