2026
A Locus
Coloured pencil, watercolour and graphite on paper
21 × 29.7 cm
I was commissioned by Tecknaruppropet to contribute to Historien om Sverige: Tidötiden, and for the publication I made A Locus.
The book brings together nearly one hundred artists and illustrators reflecting on the Tidö government’s four years in power. It is the first in a planned series of election year publications examining each Swedish government’s term in office through drawing, illustration and political commentary.
In A Locus, I bring together a nuthatch, barbed wire and a nazar. The nuthatch moves across a geographical area that includes both Syria and Sweden. The barbed wire refers to borders, control and obstructed movement, while the nazar carries associations with protection and the anticipation of danger.
The work comes from my ongoing interest in symbolism and in how artists and people develop ways of communicating under censorship, political violence and restricted freedom of expression.
I was also interviewed for the publication about symbolism, censorship, memory and migration, and how these questions have shaped my artistic practice.
Historien om Sverige: Tidötiden is a 280 page publication by Föreningen Tecknaruppropet, released in August 2026. Bringing together nearly one hundred illustrators alongside invited writers and artists, the book examines the Tidö government’s four years in power through drawing, comics, illustration, personal accounts and political commentary.
Organised into ten thematic chapters, the publication forms a collective visual and textual record of this period in Swedish politics. It is the first in a planned series of election year books by Tecknaruppropet, each intended to examine the preceding government’s term in office and the role of images in contemporary political debate.
I contributed both an artwork, A Locus, and an interview reflecting on symbolism, censorship, memory and migration in relation to my artistic practice.
Edited by Alma Thörn and Karin Z. Sunvisson. Graphic design by Karin Z. Sunvisson. Published with support from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
