Sif Itona Westerberg











In the work of Sif Itona Westerberg motives originally taken from antiquity or the middle ages are morphed together in mostly sculptural works and reinterpreted with inspiration from a myriad of styles and times through Westerberg’s contemporary perspective. Meticulously carving out works solely by hand, she arcs back to classical techniques but applies them to contemporary industrial materials. Aerated concrete plays an important part in the material make up of her work along with industrial bolts and screws which often pierce the works to serve as methods of hanging or fixing the works. Together these elements create a stark contrast to her refined technique and the classical source material.
Itona Westerberg investigates the personal, cultural and historical markers which makes up humanity’s collective identity, which through time has defined the way we view ourselves in relation to society, class, race, gender, spirituality and nature. Seeking out myth, historical markers and cultural currents and combining them with our contemporary perspectives and current situation she creates a compiled view on the evolution of humanity and takes stock on where we are currently as a society
Insisting on the interconnectedness of humanity and nature and humanity as being cultivated and existing because of this relation Itona Westerberg’s work bears strong links to the spiritual and natural world. The rise and fall of humanity and a sense of the looming hybris in the light of our global environmental and now also health crisis is an underlying theme permeating her work.
Through reworking classical imagery and morphing it with a multitude of different styles and perspectives Sif Itona Westerberg casts a light on the shadowy, subcultural and suppressed sides of humanity and our society, which in our modern rational world has been pushed aside or ignored.
Sif Itona Westerberg (f.1985) lives and works in Copenhagen. She is a graduate of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2014. She has solo exhibited at AROS Aarhus Art Museum (DK), Tranen (DK), Gether Contemporary (DK), OK Corral (DK) among other, and she has participated in group exhibitions at Arken Museum of Modern Art (DK), Malmø Kunstmuseum (SE), Gianni Manhatten (A), Den Frie (DK), Museet for Religiøs Kunst (DK), Bornholms Kunstmuseum (DK), Oluf Høst Museet (DK), Cassandra Cassandra (CA), PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art (RU), Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LV), State Museum and Exhibition Centre ‘Rosizo’ (RU), AROS Triennial (DK). The works of Sif Itona Westerberg can be experienced in the collections of AROS Aarhus Art Museum (DK), Malmø Kunstmuseum (SE) and Ny Carlsberg Fondet (DK).
Selected Exhibitions & Projects

Sif Itona Westerberg: Solo Exhibition 'Immemorial' at ARoS

The House of Dionysus
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Sif Itona Westerberg
Born 1985, Copenhagen
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
2009 – 2014
Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi
Billedhuggerskolen (Martin E. Andersen)
& Skolen for mediekunst (Ann Lislegaard)
2007 – 2009
Det Fynske Kunstakademi (BFA)
Upcoming:
2022
Solo exhibition, Gether Contemporary, DK
Solo exhibitions:
2021
Immemorial, ARoS, Århus, DK
2020
The House of Dionysus, Gether Contemporary, Denmark
2019
Fountain, Tranen, Denmark
2017
Cargo Cult, Galleri Jacob Bjørn, Denmark
2013
Remains Of Eternity, soloudstilling, OK Corral, Denmark
Selected group shows:
2022
Group exhibition ‘New Positions’ at Gether Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK
2021
ARVEN - efter Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK
2020
Shapeshifters, Malmø Kunstmuseeum, Sweden
To The River, Gianni Manhatten, Austria
Marv & sten, Oluf Høst Museet, Denmark
Tværsnit, Søby Sommer Skulptur, Denmark
Idiosynkrasi, Ringstedgalleriet, Denmark
Extemporary, Art out of time II, gruppeudstilling, PERMM, Museum of Contemporarary Art, Russia
Åndemaner, Gether Contemporary, Denmark
Unexpected Encounters, Latvian Centre for Contemporary art, Latvia
2019
Extemporary, Art out of time I, State Museum and Exhibition Center ‘Rosizo’, Russia
Cosmic Existence, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark
Morph, Cassandra Cassandra, Canada
2018
Kolonien II, Gruppeudstilling, Højdestien, Denmark
Syng os en morgen af lys, fjer og skæl, duo-udstilling med Asbjørn Skou, M100, Denmark
The Origin of who U are right now, Kvadrat16, Denmark
2017
The Garden, Aros Trienale, Denmark
BOFCA, Bienale of Contemporary Arts, Future suburban contemporary, Denmark
Engros, Skulpturi, Denmark
Becoming Human, Odense Skulptur Trienale, Denmark
Virtual Perception, Huset for Kunst og Design, Denmark
Last Minute Buisness, Adult, Denmark
2016
Recollect, Godsbanen, Denmark
Jonas Lund Contemporary Gallery, New Shelterplan, Denmark
2015
Uden Titel 15, Kunsthal Nord, Denmark
Hands Off, Nam Project, milano, Italy
White Energy, Galeri KANT, Denmark
2014
Wax, Flax & Feathers, Sixty Eight, Denmark
Seepage, Westwerk, Germany
Ny Ung Kunst, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark
Prizes:
Det Treårige Arbejdslegat, Statens Kunstfond 2020
Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nilesens talentpris 2019
Collections
Malmø Kunstmuseum, SE
Ny Carlsberg Fondet, DK
AROS Aarhus Art Museum, DK
Art Fairs
2021
Enter Art Fair, DK
Chart Art Fair, DK
Artissima Art Fair, IT
2020
Chart Art Fair