Picking up a paintbrush for the first time in my life was a way for me to cope with being burnt out. Without any schooling in art I can move free from rules and go by feeling.

Some say the choice of colours I use give calm, some say the movement give a stormy feeling, some say the depth and details give time for reflection.

The creation process is 100% intuitive and nothing is planned before starting a new work of art. I never know where the artwork will end until something from within yells at me to stop and then I put down my brush.

- Ekstrand

instagram: ekstrand_art

Utbildning
none, never painted as a kid or teenager. Started from scratch January 2023.

Medlem i konstnärsförening
Art Pop-Up Malmö

Utställningar
2025
- Köpenhamnsvägen PopUpArt Malmö
- Kronprinsen, PopUpArt Malmö
(continous running of a gallery for up to five months with different artists including my own which was permanently exhibited)

2024
- Vårutställning at Luftkastellet, Malmö
- Påskrundan Österlen with Annika Österlind, BRICK Österlen
- Hotel Scandic S:t Jörgen, Malmö
- Galleri115, Norra Hultarp Skåne
- Pop Up Gallery GRAM, S:t Knut Malmö
- C/O Cocktail Bar (coming soon)
- Gallerihelgen Malmö, Skyddsrummet Limhamn
- Hyllie Bryggeri Exhibition & Beer release (my artwork featured on the new release)
- Spritfabriken, Ödåkra

2023
- Gallerihelgen, Galleri Englesson Malmö
- Spritfabriken, Ödåkra
- Galleri P, Linköping

Other projects & misc:
- Album cover, Mikael Ekstrand's EP 'Facing North'
- Cocktail menu backgrounds. My artwork featured at C/O Bar Malmö
- Beer label Hyllie Bryggeri, 'Coal Mines Schwarzbier'