WORK PLAN:
I started a series of sun drawings during my first artist residency in Switzerland. It was inspired by the sun. The residency was in a valley in the Swiss mountains. The sun didn‘t shine for the first two months of the winter. That had a big influence on me and my way of working.

I would like to pick up where I left off during a possible stay in Finland. Since there are also months in Finland with no or very few hours of sunshine during the day, I think this is an exciting place for me to continue this series.

The sun drawing series shows the movement of the sun over different periods of time. I find it exciting how the process and transience of time is thematised. At regular intervals I draw the shadow of the sun on a sheet of paper. The sun is decisive and the author of the drawing. Like a photograph, time is captured in the Sun Drawings.

In my artistic practice I follow a methodology that reveals the process. I often find myself in a state of hesitation or doubt. I imagine that this emotional chaos is made visible in my work. I like the tension that results. Spontaneity and control are juxtaposed. I always look for a consistent solution in my paintings, and practical issues such as hanging often determine the appearance of the painting. One decision follows another. I try to follow a plan, but recognise happy coincidences as
such and include them in the process.

As I experienced during my first residency, this gives me the space I need and the freedom to work in this way. I haven‘t been able to work so freely since my residency in Switzerland. I would love to indulge in this process again to see what can happen.

Besides themes like time and the sun, I am also interested in materials. I try to experience them in my paintings. I try to empirically explore the properties and behaviour of different materials and incorporate them into my work. The conditions and space of the residency would allow me to do this.

The aim of my residency would be to create a completely new series of paintings. A series based on the influences and circumstances of being in Finland. I can imagine working with everyday materials from crafts or nature, such as the charcoal used to heat saunas or the local clay. This is just a first idea. I want to take the time to immerse myself in the environment. To familiarise myself with the land and the place. This is the key to my work. I would be delighted to have that opportunity.

Website: www.andreavera.ch

Artist name: Dennise Vaccarello

WORK PLAN:
During my stay at Solf, I plan to carry out a fiction-based project entitled 'A Little Bird Told Me'. This project is a fictional exploration of the surroundings of the residency to examine the permeability between the real and the oneiric, using the incubation of dreams through found objects to reflect on the landscape and context. The aim is to create a sculptural installation, a fictional video essay, and an artist's book inspired by the Söderfjärden crater.

With this project, I want to explore aspects that I have addressed in my previous work: artistic research as a narrative genre of fiction and an animist conception of landscape as a methodology for reflecting on nature. In more detail, my aims are:

1. To create a site-specific installation in the studio based on small sculptures that allow me to explore the limits between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Bearing in mind that when you travel to a new place, details such as the color of the stones, the change of light, or the environmental sound can be fascinating in contrast to what you are used to, I will use this fascination as a starting point for creating a dialogue with the site and its surroundings.

The idea is to collect elements of the landscape (wood, stone, roots, sounds...) and create a sculptural installation that simulates the map of an explorer of the cosmos, which will be used to search for the origins of the meteorite that created the crater.

In order to carry out this fictitious investigation, it will be necessary to develop, through dreams, the ability to read the past of objects. That is to say, during the day I will search for material and work with it, and at night I will search for it in my dreams. Hopefully, this search will lead me to imagine the world the meteorite came from, what it saw on the way, or what it felt like to be part of a new world.

2. All this research will be captured in a fictional video essay to reflect on the universe and how the perception of reality can be shaped through fiction and dreams. In other words, how the world we live in can be shaped through stories. The video will include images of the area, the artistic process, the search, dreams, and reflections, as well as a soundscape made with natural recordings of the area, such as its birds and people.

3. I will keep a record or diary of the experience during the stay, which will eventually form part of the project as an ‘artist's book’ where the dreams, sketches, and ideas that arise during its materialization will be recorded. A map of the sculptural installation will be included in it, so that when I dismantle the installation-space, a record of the piece will remain.

Website: www.dennisevaccarello.com

In co-operation with Pro Artibus Foundation.

PRESENTATION (in Swedish only):
by Curator Markus Åström, Pro Artibus Foundation

Konstnären Ruben Risholm ingår i Sinnes program Januari 2026, vilket gör att det faller sig naturligt att han arbetar under en residensperiod på Ateljé Stundars hösten 2025. Risholm utexaminerades år 2022 från Malmö konstakademi. Han bor och arbetar i Sverige. Hans figurativa konst fokuserar främst på människofigurer i trä, men han arbetar också i andra material som sten, metall och keramik. Han är intresserad av hur myter och sagor överförs vidare över generationer, hur bildkonsten förkroppsligar det ordlösa och omedvetna och hur konsten som tradition öppnar upp för en djupare förståelse mellan oss människor i ett längre perspektiv.

Risholms grovarbete sker utomhus med motorsåg och vinkelslip. Efter grovarbetet mejslar han fram den slutliga ytan med stämjärn i ateljén.  Risholm är också intresserad av klockgjuteriet som är verksamt i området. Han skulle arbeta med lokalt trä som fällts på Stundars eller i närområdet. Det här skulle kräva att man förbererder med att torka på förhand utvalt virke.

Website: www.rubenrisholm.com
Risholm is represented by Gallerie Thomassen: www.gallerithomassen.se

2025
Andrea Vera Wenger (Switzerland)
Denise Sanchez Vaccarello (Spain)
Ruben Risholm (Sweden)1

2024
Tianyu Chen (China / Netherlands
Takatoku Nishi & Yumeo Nakayama (Japan)
Xiayi Su (China / Great Britain)

2023
Lenka Holikova (Czech Republic / Mexico)
Tanja Hamester (Germany)
Margot Araujo (France)

2022
Matilda Enegren (Finland)
Damla Tamer (Turkey / Canada)
Kirsimaria Törönen (Finland)

2021
Anisia Affek (Israel / Germany / Ukraine)
Ursula Sepponen (Finland / Sweden)
Diana Baumbach (USA)

2020
Jolene Mok (Hong Kong / UK)
Susanne Schär & Peter Spillman (Switzerland)
Andrea Coyotzi Borja (Mexico / Finland)

2019
Allison Roberts (USA)
Atefeh Majidi-Nezhad (Iran)
Jan Lütjohann (Germany)
Amanda Hellryd (Sweden)

2018
Hiram Wong (Australia / Hong Kong)
Minh Duc Pham (Vietnam / Germany)
Katrin Hotz & Jerome Lanon (Switzerland & France)
Susana Wessling (Portugal / UK)

2017
Hazel Barstow (UK / Norway)
Jo Ann Kronquist (Canada)
Juliana Irene Smith (USA / South Africa)
Behrad Hassanati (Iran)

2016
Shahrzad Malekian (Iran)
Cecilia Hultman (Sweden)
Barbara Tong (Hong Kong / UK)
Nicola Williams (UK)
Francesco Dipierro (Italy)

2015
Jane Hughes (Ireland)
Gloria Luca & Tudor Patrascu (Romania)
Anna Roberta Vattes (Germany)

2014
Anthea Bush (UK, Netherlands)
Bas Ketelaars (Netherlands)
Mariann Oppliger & Res Thierstein (Switzerland)
Johanna Kintner & Nora Mertes (Germany)
Heong uk Choi (Korea)

2013
Peter Luha & Lucia Cernekova (Czech Republic)
Soo Sunny Park (Korea, USA)
Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo (Korea, USA, Germany)
Jochen Schneider (Germany)

2012
Rosalie Schweiker (Germany / UK)
Hanna Saks (UK)
Antje Pehle (Germany)
Sonja Hinrichsen (Germany / USA)

2011
Lisbeth Grägg (Sweden)
Anneli Holmstrom (Scotland)
Melania-Elisabeta Hangan (Romania)
Bas Ketelaars (Netherlands)
Anneli Holmstrom (Scotland)

2010
Andreanne Fournier (Canada) 
Sophie Dvorák (Austria / Argentine)
Seungchee Kang (Korea)
Mathieu Leger (Canada) 

2009 
Michal Moskop (Germany / Israel)
Pamela Schilderman (Netherlands / UK)
James Kuehnle (USA)
Morgan Craig (USA) 
Kyösti Linna (Finland)

2008
Eva Spikbacka (Sweden / Finland)
Hideki Kanno  (Japan)
Maja Rohwetter (Germany)
Karin Kamijo (Japan)

2007
Britt Kootstra (Netherlands / Saudi Arabia)
Hanni Stolker (Netherlands)
Takashi Mitsui (Germany / Japan)
Eva Spikbacka (Sweden / Finland)

2006
Yoko Iida (USA / Japan)
Maria Petschatnikov (Germany / Russia)
Natalia Petschatnikov (Germany / Russia)
Markus Shimizu (Germany / Japan)
Dragos Alexandrescu (Romania)
Carla Cruz (Portugal)

2005
Samuel Nigro (USA)
Takehiro Mizumoto (Japan)
Sofia Bilius (Finland / Sweden)    
Marina Kronqvist (Finland)
Karin Laaja (Sweden / Finland)  
Britt-Lis Lindqvist (Sweden) 
Catherine Davies (Wales)
Helen Malia (Wales)
Jeroen van de Ven (Netherlands)

2004
Sven Eggers (Germany)
Bente Lise Jakobsen (Norway)
Marianne Høyland (Norway)
Ronan Caulfield (UK)
Sally Timmons (Ireland)
Christer Carlstedt (Sweden)
Sigita Blaziunaite (Lithuania)
Samuel Nigro (USA)

2003
Bojana Romic  (Yugoslavia)
Annukka Laine (Finland)
Tatsuo Hoshika (Finland / Japan)
Sari Carel (USA / Israel)
Ingela Sand (Sweden)
Sven Eggers (Germany)

2002
Janika Herlevi (Finland)
Anna Rossow (Finland) 
Tomas Kulistak (Czech Republic)
Annukka Laine (Finland)
Tatsuo Hoshika (Finland / Japan)
Haruka Furusaka (Japan)
Eva Kobylarczyk (Poland)

2001
Asta Rakauskaite (Lithuania)
Renate Wincken (Netherlands)
Carme Bosch (Spain)
Dolores Bosch (Spain)
Teresa Nogues (Spain)
Janika Herlevi (Finland)

2000
Maxine Adcock (UK)
Merja Ylitalo (Finland)
Panu Thusberg (Finland)
Hanne Ivars (Finland)
Mary Stechschulte (USA)
Asta Rakauskaite (Lithuania)

1999
Maxine Adcock (UK)

1998 
Ulrike Kuschel (Germany)