Linnéa Therese Dimitriou lives and works in Umeå, Northern Sweden.
Dimitriou has a preoccupation with the tension between surface and perceptual space in painting. Her paintings spread across glass, mirror and 3-dimensional objects and she describes the flat surface as a metaphor for the boundaries of self, the solitude of being a singular consciousness. She repurposes pictorial and art historical archetypes to create multilayered scenarios that often project a sense of humour. The female figure is a reoccurring starting point- it’s image, experience and its' associated attributes of femininity. On it she projects and questions acts of representation and perception, and the power-relations these acts give rise to.
Education
Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
BA(Hons) Art & Design, Northumbria University
Foundation in Art & Design, Cleveland College of Art
Recent Exhibitions
Same River Twice, Galleri Oss, Umeå/Sweden, solo exhibition, 2021
Eye Candy, Sjungaregården, Granö/Sweden, solo exhibition, 2021
Tillvaron som klot, Umeå Konsthall, Sweden, group exhibition, 2021
Black & White IV, Envision Art, Online exhibition, 2021
Windows Exhibition, Duo exhibition, Black Box Genesis Vasa/Finland, 2020
GSA Then and Now, Digital Exhibition at gsathenandnow.com, 2020
Nu!, Group exhibition, Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå/ Sweden, 2020
20x20x20, Juried group exhibition at Galleri Socker, Umeå/Sweden 2020
There is no Planet B, Group Exhibition, Västerbottens Konstfrämjande, Umeå/Sweden, 2019
100!, Group exhibition, Galleri CC Malmö/Sweden, 2019
Drag me to the moon, Duo exhibition, Galleri Socker, Umeå/Sweden, 2018
Bothniasalongen, Juried group exhibition, Luleå Konsthall, Luleå/Sweden, 2018
Additional
Represented in Umeå City art collection and the Västerbotten County Collection
Artistic Director of Sliperiet at Umeå Arts Campus 2014-2019
Senior Lecturer/ Subject leader, Ravensbourne Institute, London 2010-2013
Founder/CEO, Schmäck, 2005-2009
Visiting lecturer at Umeå Konstskola, Ravensbourne, UID
Freelance creative strategist/ creative director/ designer 2006-
Member of Föreningen Svenska Konstnärinnor
Board member Ateljéföreningen Konstfabriken Umeå