ERIKA TROTZIG — Galería Reus | Contemporary Art Galleries in Palma, Mallorca

Galería Reus is a contemporary art gallery based in Mallorca whose trajectory dates back to 2003. Over the years, the project has evolved through different forms of collaboration and programming, consolidating itself as a space dedicated to the research, production, and dissemination of contemporary art.

The gallery works with emerging and mid-career artists, supporting the development of their practices while creating a context for dialogue, experimentation, and reflection around the diverse forms of contemporary artistic expression. Its program is characterized by a diversity of languages and approaches, as well as an interest in establishing connections between the local artistic scene and the international context.

From Mallorca, Galería Reus aims to actively contribute to the contemporary cultural ecosystem by promoting projects that encourage exchange, artistic research, and the development of new perspectives.

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ERIKA TROTZIG

Biography

Erika Trotzig is a London based, Swedish artist, working with sculpture. She is a current holder of the Gilbert Bayes Award for emerging sculptors from the Royal Society of Sculptors. She has participated widely in shows including most recently a duo show at Fold Gallery in London: upcoming shows includes APT Gallery 2023 and Royal Society of Sculptors in 2024. In 2021 she was selected for the Pada Studios residency in Lisbon. For several years Erika had her own clothing label, making one off, handcrafted pieces which were shown internationally.

She makes precarious structures, using temporary and unstable construction methods. Often mirroring aspects of architecture, her work questions the process of remembering, both individual and collective, and evolves into space dividers, obstructions and fragments that alludes to ruins. Her works have anthropomorphic qualities; They occupy a space between the human and the architectural, presenting tragicomic impressions in their absurd struggle to hold themselves together. Her works are humorous: un-heroic, un-monumental and absurd, teetering on collapse.

Central to her art practice is the notion of failure: failure as a political statement, failure as protest, as a methodology. Erika is a graduate of the BA Fashion and MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, where she is also associate lecturer.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 — Memory Body Architecture. Gigi Rigliaco Gallery. Galatina, Italy. Duo Show
2023 — I Tried to Fix It. The Stone Space. London, UK. Solo Show
2023 — Structural Issues. BOTH Gallery. London, UK. Solo Show
2023 — A New Dawn A New Day. The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. London, UK. Group Show
2023 — Techne. Fold Gallery. London, UK. Duo Show
2023 — Winter Sculpture Park. Gallery No. 32. London, UK. Group Show
2022 — The Colour of Memory. The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. London, UK. Group Show
2022 — That's Not What I Meant. One Paved Court. London, UK. Duo Show
2022 — City Entwined. Paradise Row. London, UK. Group Show
2022 — Winter Sculpture Park. Gallery No. 32. London, UK. Group Show
2021 — Vibrant Matter. PADA Gallery. Barreiro, Portugal. Group Show
2021 — The Possibilities of Touch. Safe House. London, UK. Group Show
2021 — Still Standing. Gallery No. 32. London, UK. Solo Show
2021 — Winter Sculpture Park. Gallery No. 32. London, UK. Group Show
2019 — In the Conglomerate. Salzburg International Summer Academy. Salzburg, Austria. Group Show
2019 — All the Things I Cannot Say. Harts Lane Gallery. London, UK. Group Show
2019 — Hollow Chambers. The Crypt Gallery. London, UK. Group Show
2019 — Tate Exchange. Tate Modern. London, UK. Group Show

EDUCATION

2018–2020 — MA Fine Art. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
2017–2018 — Graduate Diploma in Fine Art. Chelsea College of Arts
1995–1998 — BA (Hons) Fashion Womenswear. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

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