Ben Schumacher’s (born in 1985 in Kitchener, Canada) humorous and very tactile sculptural and painterly output runs the gamut from twisted Cologne rock bar hangouts to Manhattan industrial manufacturing. At Street Gallery he will be installing a site-specific canvas hanging from the ceiling; an unofficial Stockholm debut. His previous notable shows include ‘Anatomie des Fachfests’ Weiss Falk, Basel (2019), ‘The Testing Place’ Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2017), ‘Rebirth of the Bath House’ Musée d‘art contemporain de Lyon (2014) and ‘Short Stories’ Sculpture Center, New York (2011).

For the ‘Non-space’ exhibition in Lima, Peru, curated by Silvana Lagos, Ilja Karilampi (born 1983 in Gothenburg) created a series of reflective vinyl covered glass works, which reflected his time on the street Avenida Mexico. Essentially a storyteller, his output over the years has been like an odyssey: reflecting his aesthetic interests in glamorous social realism and exploring the role of the producer. He is curating our debut exhibition ‘Babyfather’ at Street Gallery. Past and future shows include ‘Narcotics’ Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2020), ‘Malmö Sessions’ Carl Kostyal, Malmö (2019), ‘Westafrican Roadmovie’ Erik Nordenhake, Stockholm (2018), ‘ARS 17’ Kiasma, Helsinki (2017) and ‘The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap’ MoMA PS1, New York (2011).

Hanna Zelleke Collin’s (born 1987, Stockholm) abstract paintings could be seen as a reflection of her ongoing interest in algebra. The conceptual aspect of philosophy is similar to that of painting. French philosopher Jilles Deleuze suggests that philosophy in our present time is the art of forming, inventing and fabricating concepts, but instead of concepts we are fabricating paintings. At Street Gallery a single blue picture, hung in the Tiffany’s-like white space, echoes the idea of a masterpiece, however dramatically subtle.

Pierre-Alexandre Mateos (born 1989, Toulouse) and Charles Teyssou (born 1988, Paris) are two independent curators and writers based in Paris. They were recently active with an exploratory exhibition at Stockholm ArkDes as part of the Cruising Pavillion collective. They are regular contributors to several magazines. At Street Gallery they are displaying an ongoing collaboration with The Opioid Crisis Lookbook; a mysterious online ‘magazine’ investigating the opioid crisis in the USA and internationally. Acting as the ghost-writer of the crisis, it explores this phenomenon through mainstream culture, absurd anti-drug slogans and pharmaceutical advertising with deadpan humour and harsh social realism.