The pieces I make are sculptural. I would say words create the sculptures. I find a word, or get inspired by a story. A spark is lit in me, curiosity, and I work from there... I use mixed material; wood, textile, found objects. Sometimes I weave in video or text made in the same way, I film things I come across that awakens something in me, found objects, I use quotes, or pieces of text important to me. "Beginning in language and politics she investigates the scope of our activities, the freedom and will to act, and to create. She works through drawing and sculpture investigating her sense of scale and understanding of the spatial and the haptic." -Andreas Knag Danielsen She has received the Bror Hjort Fellowship Drawing grant (2011), Anna-Lisa Thomson memorial grant (2014) and the Fredrika Bremer Fellowship grant (2013). Selected exhibitions: Uppsala Art Museum, Bildmuseet (Umeå), Bror Hjorts Hus (Uppsala), Galleri CC (Malmö), Kiruna Stadshus, Nortälje Konsthall, ZK/U (Berlin), Hilbertraum (Berlin), Detroit/Stockholm. She has participated in Artist-In-Residency programs at the Bauhaus Stiftung in Dessau, Germany, in Majdal Shams, Occupied Golan Hights, and at Interface Art Residency, Inagh, Ireland. www.madelainesillfors.se