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Nike Kero
- A Conversation with the Torne Valley

10th April – 2nd May

A Conversation with the Torne Valley unfolds as a dialogue between place, material, and memory—where making becomes a way of tracing a heritage that is both near and distant, visible and obscured.

 

 

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About the artist

Working with clay, Kero creates a series of sculptures in the form of teapots, where a utilitarian object is rearticulated as sculptural.

Removed from its immediate function, the teapot becomes a bearer of cultural memory and artistic meaning.Their forms echo wind-shaped snow, softened drifts and the quiet force of climate, while also recalling objects placed over fire, tied to everyday rituals of making, gathering, and care.

These works situate themselves within a lineage of knowledge often carried through women’s practices—through repetition, touch, and embodied transmission.

Dates

Opening 10th April hours 17-21

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10th April - 2nd May

Nike Kero - Conversation With Torne Valley

Postponed – Craft Days, 7th May – 28th May (new dates to be announced)

HOME - An exhibition that starts with Craft Days but prolongs through May. With Vilda Kvist, Eling Flognman, Lisa Andersson Andersson, Sandra Österling. Curated by Ellinor Augustini & Anna Maria Hedman

Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances – 7th May – 28th May29, 30, 31st May

The residency brings together ten participants active in literature and artistic writing. The participants work with their own texts in a structured but open process with a focus on development, reflection and artistic exchange.
The programme consists of three parts:
– A start-up weekend in May at Syntropia Art Space – A digital full-day meeting during the summer – A final residency weekend in August The work combines her own writing with joint conversations, readings and responses. Artistic direction The work is led by author Klas Ekman (The Cousin, The Able), an established and multi-published author whose work has recently gained international attention through the sale of scripts for film adaptations.
Syntropia Art Space, in collaboration with Linda Spåman, wants to create a recurring place for writing where literature meets other artistic practices.

About

the Gallery

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Syntropia Art Space is an unfunded, artist-run space founded and run by Anna Maria Hedman working with invited artists.

All exhibitions, performances, and public programmes are curated by Hedman and developed through long-term thinking, dialogue, and shared responsibility.

Syntropia Art Space does not charge artists to participate. Instead, it operates on a commission-based model, taking a percentage of sales to support the ongoing work of the space.

We are always open to new artists and ideas — don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Syntropia Art Space exists to insist that what is overlooked carries weight.
We work through joy, grief, and discomfort —
because discomfort exposes structure,
and joy is resistance.
For the unpaid to have value.
For the marginal to take space.

 

Collaboration is not networking.
It is alliance.
Integrity is not attitude.
It is structure.

 

We reject speed and prestige –
Unless it’s pompous and glorious.

 

We stand with the underdog —
the materially stubborn,
the critically and creatively restless,
the ones who refuse market tempo.

 

We do not polish the surface.
We turn it inside out.
When disciplines collide, hierarchy cracks.
Something unfamiliar takes form.

 

 

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Syntropia Art Space does not operate as a rental gallery. Artists cannot hire the space, but are welcome to submit a portfolio, project proposal, or ideas for collaboration.
Proposals are carefully considered, though not all can be realised. Selection and prioritisation are active and necessary parts of the practice.
The space is a non-funded, art- and culture-led initiative that has operated since 2024, with a focus on so-called outsider art.
It provides a context for both emerging and established artists to work through process, experimentation, and public exchange, rather than rapid production or constant output.

The programme includes exhibitions, performances, book launches, music events, as well as curated dinners and conversations. The work is cross-disciplinary and shaped by a commitment to clear frameworks, artistic integrity, and the recognition of artistic labour as labour.

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Syntropia Art Space operates within shifting and often temporary conditions, exploring how artistic practice can be sustained across changing sites and formats

Opening Hours

During exhibitions curated by the gallery:
• Wednesday–Friday: 11:00–15:00.
• Saturday: 12:00–15:00 (weekend after openings)
Hours may vary; current times are announced on Instagram

To arrange a visit outside these hours, please email art@syntropia.space.

Contact

Address: Smedjegatan 5, 411 13 Göteborg
Email: art@syntropia.space

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