About

I am a native of northern Sweden, where the midnight sun sparks the summers and the winters are cloaked in snowy darkness. In my early twenties I started to explore the world and moved to the UK, with frequent travels to Central America and the USA.

My interests are anthropology of art and bibliotherapy and how the current application of these modalities as a healing process operates in the contemporary world.

For me, working with texts and responding to the stories through reflection, through discussion and in writing, opens up new possibilities to heal.

During painting, the application of colour becomes a transformational experience which energises the surface, as well as the body and soul, inside and out. Drawing is a grounding process, where I can express spontaneity in the moment.

My passion for colour and material culture and how these shape women’s identity was the focus of my doctoral research for which I learnt to weave with Maya women in Guatemala. This deepened my knowledge of how creativity is connected to personhood and how material objects incite the development of social networks. 

The practice of creating activates receptivity, strengthens our inner guidance and enables soulful expansion. By taking practical steps in expressing that which we harbour inside us, through a medium which we feel called to, we allow empowerment and continuous exploration in our journey.

I believe in the continuous process of evolving through self-exploration, with a focus on sharing ideas and experiences. My approach is to raise awareness of the unique qualities we all hold inside us through personal inquiry via text and images and how these create community.

Pia