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Tova Brodin (b. 2000) is a Swedish artist and comic book artist based in Umeå. Her work combines a childlike boldness with a colorful playfulness. What unites her work is a love for color, the recurring presence of bold cheeks, and an underlying feeling of displacement.
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Her inspirations include Japanese culture, deceptive nostalgia, futurism, and personal experiences of feeling misplaced.
PRESS
"BARA VARA" exhibition interview, VK, 2024
Interview scholarship, P4 Västerbotten, 2024
Article, Guldäpplet Award, 2024
Guest in podcast Arkiv Samtal, 2025
Article, VK: Interview about my graphic novel, 2025
Article, DN, Interview about my graphic novel, 2025
EXHIBITIONS
"Wallenberg Foundation Blackbox", group exhibition, Umeå, 2019
“Bara Vara” (“Just be”), solo exhibition, Umeå 2024
“Det blir bra sen” (“This too shall pass”), group exhibition, Umeå 2025
“5077 miles”, solo exhibition, Osaka, 2025
PUBLICATIONS
Vad ska jag packa? ("Smart Packing"), graphic novel, Lystring Publishing, 2025
AWARDS & GRANTS
Guldäpplet Award (30,000 SEK), 2024
Petersenska Hemmet Foundation Grant (20,000 SEK), 2024
