ABOUT

Sandra Ikse
Born in Lübeck in 1945 by Latvian parents, came to Gothenburg,
Sweden in 1947 as a refugee.
Education:
Valand Academy, Gothenburg
HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg
Important solo exhibitions:
Borås Konstmuseum – 1974 & 1982
Kalmars Konstmuseum – 1975
Galleri Doktor Glas, Stockholm – 1979, 1982, 1984 & 1995
Centre Culturel Suedoise, Paris – 1981
Stadt Museum Düsseldorf – 1986
Collections:
Nationalmuseum Stockholm
Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
Göteborg Konstmuseum
Uppsala Konstmuseum
Röhsska Göteborg
1991 – Received a lifelong income guarantee for artists from the Swedish state due to her great importance for the country’s cultural life, an honour shared with only 122 others.2003 – Honorary doctor at the Gothenburg University.


NEWS

EXHIBITION:
VÄSTERÅS ART
MUSEUM

Sandras work Fossilt fragment is part of Västerås Art Museums exhibition Human. More info.


LIBERATION

Sandra's work Liberation is now on permanent display at the Faculty of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.


EXHIBITION:
GÖTEBORGS
KONSTFÖRENING
170 YEARS

Sandra will participate in the exhibition Göteborgs Konstförening 170 years, 1-20 of June 2024.
More info.


MOTHER AND CHILD

Sandras Mother and child is since 2023 part of the Gothenburg Museum of Arts collection and was recently selected by Göteborgs Postens art critic Sara Arvidsson as one of five artworks that has shaped Gothenburg.
Read the article.


EXHIBITION:
A NEW FREEDOM

Sandra will participate with her work Moa Martinson (as seen to the left) as well as Mother and Child at the exhibition A New Freedom at Viktoriahuset in Gothenburg between the 12th and 20th of November 2022. Other participants include Nina Bondeson, Torsten Billman, Karin Parrow and Erland Brand.


EXHIBITION:
LILJEVALCHS SPRING SALON
100 YEARS

Sandra was participating in Liljevalchs spring salon in 1968 and now she’s part of the retrospective exhibition when the salon celebrates 100 years. This time with her work Uppbrott. Exhibition is open until August 21st of 2022. More info.


EXHIBITION:
GOTHENBURG
MUSEUM OF ART

Sandras work Födelsen (the Birth) that was bought by The Gothenburg Museum of Art in 1980 is now on display in the retrospective exhibition Världen omkring dig until September the 22nd 2019. More info.


EXHIBITION:
EDSVIKS
KONSTHALL

Sandra will participate in the exhibition With Roots From Latvia, 12-20 of January 2018.


BOOK:
THE COLLECTION

Sandras work Födelsen is included in the Gothenburg Museum of Arts book The Collection.
More info.


BOOK:
A NEW FREEDOM

Sandra is one of 17 artists in En ny frihet, a book about Gothenburg art during the 20th century. More info.


CONTACT

Sandra Ikse
Timmermansgatan 8
414 55 Göteborg
Sweden



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