2/6: New works by Maria Jönsson

2011 January 31

by theacreproject

New works by Maria Jönsson
February 6-7, 2011

Opening Reception: Sunday, Feb 6, 4-8
Open Hours: Monday, Feb 7, noon-4

ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street

At ACRE Maria Jönsson will show two new sculptures. Her work is primarily in sculpture and installation, informed by a practice of academic research and writing that cross over to studio practice. A core narrative engages several disciplines within the Social Sciences, for example the function of language and translation, as well as creativity in relation to issues of criminality, inequality and labor.

Maria Jönsson, born and educated in Sweden, received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010. Her work has been exhibited at Loop, Barcelona; Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö; Hannofer Kunstverein, Germany; Sidcot Art Center, UK; Pentagon Gallery; NEXT Art Fair, Gallery 400, New Capital and DOVA Temporary in Chicago. Her catalogue essays on the work of Mark Kent has been published in monographs by FLACC and Ellen de Brujne PROJECTS. She is currently working on the translation of the Swedish novel The Genious- The Criminal Martin Ekenberg: Tales of the Chief Inspector (1919).

More information about Maria Jönsson can be found at http://mariajonsson.info.