Josefin Bravo - INSIST

 03 juli 2026

Sommarutställning med glaskonst av Josefin Bravo på Galleri Carlson Starck

"My creations is inspired by color, humor, and provocation, are ever-evolving, reflecting my restless creativity. I approach my art as a live performance, where the creative process unfolds with immediacy and intensity, often accompanied by loud music. My own musical journey as a double bass player, marked by years in orchestras, chamber groups, and punk bands, has instilled within my practice a sense of discipline and harmony—qualities now central to my glassblowing. When the molten glass, heated to over 1000 degrees, is on my pipe, the symphony commences.

In my artistic practice, I delves into the interplay between beauty and rawness, challenging the boundaries of glass by juxtaposing it with rigid, cold, and angular objects, creating a striking contrast to the material’s glossy surface. This combination highlights the inherent duality of glass: its smooth surface alongside its sharpness—an instantaneous transition between hot and cold that can occur in mere seconds. By skillfully manipulating materials with the force of gravity and my own physical strength, I allow the ”bling” of glass to emerge, allowing it to reflect both its refined and untamed nature.

My work embodies strength and vulnerability, using glass to contrast raw metal forms. Influenced by punk’s rebellious edge, my pieces emphasize resilience and freedom, merging elegance with grit. My glass, both delicate and commanding, challenges boundaries to mirror the strength and physicality of my own body.

I envisions my creations as bodies that crawl around, searching for a place to conquer, rest, settle, implode, explode or even expands.

The finished artwork is frozen in time, and to experience the movement, the viewer is taken back to the moment before it was fixed, just as the final form settles." / Josefin Bravo

Öppettider: Tisdag – söndag kl. 11 – 17

Glaskonstnären Josefin Bravo