About
Education
University of Arts Linz, Austria
- MA Sculptural Conception / Ceramics 2023 – 2026
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh College of Art, UK
- BA (First-Class Honours) Sculpture 2017 – 2020
Falkenberg School of Art, Sweden
- KG II 2016 – 2017
Dômen School of Art, Sweden
- Sculpture 2014 – 2016
Exhibitions
Solo shows:
Notes to Self – Master’s presentation, University of Arts Linz, Linz, 2026
Selection of group shows:
FMR festival, Linz, 2026
Talentiert & Etabliert 2026 - Kunst in der Energie AG, PowerTower Linz, 2026
Claiming Limbo, Ursuline Church Attics, Linz, 2026
BestOFF Sommerfrische, Stadtwerke, Gmunden, 2025
SWEAT, Linzer Limonistollen, Linz, 2025
leave it unfinished, it breathes better, WAF, Vienna, 2025
Residency Open Studio, Künstler*innenhaus Dortmunt, 2025
BestOFF 2024, University of Arts Linz, Linz, 2024
Rundgang 2024, University of Arts Linz, Linz, 2024
DISPLAYS//DISPLACED//THIS PLACE//THIS PLAYS, St. Bartlmä, Innsbruck, 2024
Are you invited Franziska?, First district, Vienna, 2024
ECA 2020 Graduate Event & Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, 2021
This Is Tomorrow Calling (Wish You Were Here), Zembla Gallery, Hawick, 2020
Alt_D Alternative Degree Show, Online, 2020
The Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show, Online, 2020
Buffering…, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, 2020
Ego2, Royal College of Art, London, 2019
Third Base, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, 2019
Walk This Way, West Barns Arts, Dunbar, 2019
Annual Exhibition, RÅMATERIAL, Black Sheep, Stockholm, 2017
BYOB, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, 2016
Kulturnatta i Kvarnbyn, Mölndal, 2015
Artist in Residency & Awards
AtelierhausSalzamt - Studio Award 2026
Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund AiR, Germany 2025
Energie AG Talentförderpreises 2025
Artist Statement
I create situations of tension, through sculptural installations, consisting of sculpted, non-figurative shapes or constructions, combined with found objects or materials. I explore abstract reflections on states of being through fictional scenes. It’s a practice of training one’s perception. To practice observation, attention and acknowledging of what’s in front of us, inside us, and how we respond to it. To be curious of the small, hidden, unspoken, or bold and clearly visible.
The sculptural shapes are built from materials typical for construction work, such as isolation foam, wall plaster, bolts, pipes, metal mesh, wood and scaffolding. By working with and against the materials, shapes with organic or fluid features are created, seemingly very far from their origin of a building site context. These non-figurative shapes act as bodies of mass which are non-human. Their function is to generate presence; be a body to be related to, to question dimensions and proportions, to activate, or be activated by their accompanying objects.
The found or readymade objects refer to questions of value, purpose of use, and attention. Once collected in recycling, second-hand markets, and urban surroundings, they become part of my library of supportive materials. I approach these objects with an openness towards their being, a curiosity toward their potentially altered expression when positioned in relation to a sculpted shape. Their role is to support, elevate, contrast, comment, or question the non-figurative bodies of mass to construct a situation.
The title is the third component – to fictionalise and direct the situation. I curate the installation by analysing, coding and decoding the sculptured shapes and objects; to find or construct dynamics of power, support, dominance, passivity. The title concretises this tension, isolating a moment, a situation, a state of being. It’s an invitation to explore and reflect upon our perceptions and observations of ourselves and others.
Get In Touch
Contact
carolinelerbro[@]hotmail.com
Tel: +43 677 61707931
Based in
Linz, Austria
Gothenburg, Sweden