Press release
Ohlsson/Dit-Cilinn, Hibernaculum
Opening Thursday 23 February 17–20
The exhibition runs to 1 April.
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Ohlsson/Dit-Cilinn, Polarian (Spine), 2017, Titanium, EVA foam, cotton wool, wood, 100 x 60 x 5 cm
Cecilia Hillström Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Hibernaculum with David Ohlsson and
Dit-Cilinn, which is also Dit-Cilinn’s second show at the gallery. The duo Ohlsson/Dit-Cilinn has
collaborated in exploring human existence and spirituality through elaborate objects, installations,
and performances since 2009. With a unique attention to detail and a skilful combination of
materials, their work is a negotiation between present day urban life and a desire for something
transcendent.
The exhibition, consisting of site-specific installations and sculptures, evolves around the concept
of a hibernaculum or an incubator – a place for rest, introspective meditation and transformation.
The works are physical poems which unite the primeval with the futuristic; a holistic forwardthinking approach combined with a responsiveness which may be found in animistic cultures. The
exhibition presents human beings as a part of nature, playing an active role in their own evolution.
In Hibernaculum, the past is a living foundation which is constantly recreated.
David Ohlsson (b 1985) holds an MFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, and a
BFA from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. He was awarded the Barclay Simpson Award in
2013 and the Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship Award and Scholarship in 2012.
Dit-Cilinn (b 1983) attended the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, and Valand Academy,
Gothenburg, 2006-09. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
She was awarded the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Grant in 2014, and concluded the two year
Rijksakademie Residency in Amsterdam in December 2016. Dit-Cilinn had her first exhibition,
Carrier Waves, at Cecilia Hillström Gallery in 2014.
Ohlsson/Dit-Cilinn has exhibited at Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, Mexico, Regina Rex, New
York, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (performance), For-Site Foundation, Nevada City, and
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, Cinnamon, Rotterdam, and Canal 05 in Brussels.