Jury members Residence Sigrid 2026-2027

Catherine Anyango Grünewald is a Kenyan-born Stockholm-based visual artist, illustrator, and educator whose work spans drawing, moving image, and graphic narrative. Internationally exhibited, Catherine is known for her psychologically charged, atmospheric style and for engaging themes of justice, history, and human experience. In 2010 her graphic novel adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness was published to critical acclaim and has been translated into eight languages. Her most recent major work is the graphic novel Dead Man Walking: Graphic Edition (2025), created with Sister Helen Prejean and Rose Vines. In this adaptation of Prejean’s landmark memoir on the death penalty, Catherine’s drawings bring a visceral and human dimension to the story, amplifying its ethical and emotional complexity for a new generation of readers. Catherine's drawing work uses the materiality of drawing tools to explore meaning, exploiting the physical properties of pencil and eraser to render events with realism, but to also explore unseen dimensions. Her drawings tackle the historical and contemporary systemic oppression of characters who have been marginalised and underrepresented. The process and labour invested in the work is a direct homage to the subjects, victims of violent domestic or institutional crimes. In 2019 she was awarded the Navigator Art on Paper Prize, the world’s largest award for work on paper. Catherine taught at the Royal College of Art in London for ten years and is now a Senior Lecturer in Illustration at Konstfack in Stockholm. Catherine is the great grand daughter of Swedish painter Sigrid Hjertén - whose name has inspired Residence Sigrid.

Helene Boström is an established Swedish cultural entrepreneur and curator, founder of Konst-ig, an internationally renowned bookstore and platform that brings the best contemporary art books and publications into public and unexpected spaces. Through Konst-ig she has initiated exhibitions and collaborations that connect artists with broader audiences beyond traditional contexts. Her work focuses on creating accessible encounters with contemporary art and design publications and fostering dialogue between artists, institutions, and the public through innovative curatorial formats focused on books.

Paola Bjäringer is a Swedish cultural producer and curator working at the intersection of contemporary arts and social discourse. She grew up in France and was a gallerist in Paris, specialising in collectible design working together with upcoming designers and artists exploring the boundaries between art, craft, and design. She has been an entrepreneur since 2005 when she started her first company with a collection of lovetoys for women made by women designers. Paola holds a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2020 she moved back to Stockholm and founded Misschiefs, a method and platform that offers space, resources and visibility to selected womxn artists. Her most recent initiative deriving from Misschiefs is Residence Sigrid, an international residency program for womxn artists and writers in the village of Collioure in the south of France. Through her projects Paola makes active connections between artistic practice, the creation of safe(r) places, and feminist critical dialogue in order to push for more representation of womxn artists and designers at large.

matali crasset is a French designer based in Paris whose work spans across product design, furniture, architecture, and social design. Known for her modular and colorful aesthetic, she explores design as a tool for new ways of living, often questioning conventional domestic and social structures. After working with Philippe Starck in the 1990s, she founded Matali Crasset Productions in 1998. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally, including at the Centre Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art, and ranges from furniture and interiors to public spaces, cultural institutions, and experimental social projects. matali lives and works in Paris.

Helene Larsson Pousette is a Swedish diplomat, curator, senior facilitator, writer, and the former Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC (USA) and at the Embassy of Sweden in Serbia. In these positions, she took the initiative for long-term projects such as Creative Mentorship Serbia and We Hear You – A Climate Archive with The Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden, The Earth Commons, The Lab for Global Performance and Politics, and The Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC. She is co- founder of the culture organization Facilitator. She has worked at the Swedish Exhibition Agency, Swedish History Museum, and Swedish Institute, curating interdisciplinary programs and exhibitions that unite heritage, history, and contemporary art. As co-founder of the Stockholm Museum of Women’s History, she initiated ARKIVISM, a handbook and method on how to navigate archives and archive yourself, currently being implemented by Association of Swedish Teachers and Researchers in America. She has been a member of the Swedish National Heritage Board, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, and, since 2024, she has been a member of Lund University's external Cultural Advisory Board. In 2021, she published her book on curating and exhibition processes: Att veckla ut historien. Anteckningar från en utställningsprocess (Nätverkstan).

Eva Livijn-Olin is a Swedish art consultant and former gallery owner, but she is probably best known for her private home on Karlaplan in Stockholm, which she has opened up for art exhibitions. A personal and intimate gesture that the art world takes seriously, because it is not just any exhibition. How many people, for example, open an exhibition of new video works by Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, at home? In recent years, Eva has also developed a special interest in contemporary art that explores race, gender and identity within the African diaspora. Of course, an exhibition about this was also presented at home, in collaboration with curator Sir Isaac Julien. Namely Rock My Soul II (Stockholm) which showed 25 female artists with connections to the field. With Eva, the art world becomes a little more international, a little more intimate and a lot more fun.

Cristina Ljungberg is born in the United States and lives in Stockholm. She is the founder of Firestorm Foundation, an initiative dedicated to advancing the visibility and recognition of women and non-binary artists through exhibitions, acquisitions, publications, and cultural collaborations. Through Firestorm, she supports artists whose work expands the narrative of contemporary art while also investing in future scholarship by supporting publications and master’s students researching overlooked artists and art histories. She is also the co-founder of The Case for Her, a philanthropic investment portfolio focused on women’s health and wellbeing, with particular emphasis on menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health. Through this work she has helped catalyse global attention and funding for issues historically overlooked in health and development. Cristina is an impact investor, arts patron, and philanthropist active across global and Nordic philanthropic networks. Cristina works to mobilize capital and collaboration around systems change in health, gender equality, and culture, and convenes leaders across sectors through initiatives including the Nordic Philanthropy Summit. Cristina is also a partner at Influence Film, supporting documentary filmmaking that drives social impact and sits on the board of several organizations including Acumen and Co-Chair at Maverick Collective.

Dr. Alexandra Loske is a British-German art historian, curator, and writer specializing in the history and theory of color. She is a Research Associate at the University of Sussex, a lecturer at the Roundtable 92NY in New York, and the curator of the Royal Pavilion & Historic Buildings in Brighton, UK. Alexandra is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and serves on the board of the Deutsches Farbenzentrum. Alexandra’s research focuses on historical color concepts and the cultural meanings of color in art and design, with particular attention to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the overlooked contribution of women in color history. She has curated several exhibitions on color and authored many influential publications including Colour: A Visual History (2019), TASCHEN’s substantial The Book of Colour Concepts (2024), and The Artist’s Palette (2024), which explore the development of color theory and its application in visual culture. Through her curatorial and broadcasting work, her writing, and public lectures, Alexandra has become an important voice in contemporary discussions on color, bridging art history, material culture, and social history. Alexandra will be the first writer in residence in Collioure - as a special guest of honor invited by Paola Bjäringer - together with artist Catherine Anyango Grünewald.

Johan Pousette is a Swedish exhibition curator, consultant, and editor of a new publication on international residency practice. His curatorial practice includes larger biennale projects as GIBCA in Sweden and the October Salon in Belgrade, and a large number of curated solo- and group shows. Johan is an advisor and board member for several organizations internationally and nationally, e.g. Dupont Underground in Washington DC, Transcultural Exchange in Boston, ResArtis Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies, and co-founder of the culture organization Facilitator. Former head of unit at the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and responsible for IASPIS (Sweden's international program for visual and fine arts and the country's largest residency program), Contemporary Art Manager at Riksutställningar, Founding Director of Baltic Art Center, and expert advisor to the Nordic Council of Ministers on artist residency programmes.

Marina Schiptjenko is a Swedish gallerist and art dealer. In 1991 she co-founded the contemporary art gallery Andréhn Schiptjenko together with Ciléne Andréhn, establishing one of the leading galleries in Scandinavia dedicated to contemporary art. With spaces in Stockholm and Paris, the gallery represents a top international roster of artists and participates regularly in major international art fairs. Through her work at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Marina has played an important role in promoting Nordic contemporary art internationally while fostering dialogue between artists, curators, and institutions across Europe. Marina is also known as an acclaimed musician and singer, active since the eighties with the electronic pop group BWO and Page.