Jessica Eldenstjärna (b. 1979, Sweden) is a Stockholm-based artist working primarily with painting, extending into moving image, sound and participatory formats. She studied Fine Art and Illustration at Southampton Solent University, England 2000-2003
Her work explores states of perception, inner landscapes and the relationship between structure and flow. Through layered processes, she develops visual languages that move between the intuitive and the precise, where abstract and organic forms intersect with symbolic and spatial elements.
With a background in body- and art-based psychotherapy and long-term engagement with contemplative practices and cross-cultural spiritual traditions, her work approaches image-making as both a perceptual and experiential field.
Alongside her studio practice, Eldenstjärna develops artistic formats for participation, reflection and shared experience. These engagements extend her work into collective and site-responsive contexts, exploring the relationship between inner perception, meaning-making, and external expression.
Working across institutions, organizations and independent settings, she facilitates experiences ranging from keynote lectures and guided sessions to experiential, participatory works where the audience becomes an active part of the process. Rooted in presence and interaction, these works aim to open spaces for attention, resonance and new ways of thinking, supporting creative awareness, perceptual shifts and processes of insight. Developed and presented in collaboration with a range of contexts, including: Moderna Museet, H&M, Deloitte, Barncancerfonden and Institutet för framtidsstudier
Her work has been exhibited in Sweden and internationally, including presentations in Stockholm and Paris, and is held in both private and public collections.
Her work has been exhibited in Sweden and internationally, including presentations in Stockholm and Paris, and is held in both private and public collections.
SELECTED SOLOEXHIBITIONS
2022 — Waves of Light, Gallery 53, Stockholm
2019 — The Treasure of Your Infinite Depths, Eriks Basar, Stockholm
2018 — EarthAct; Part 1: Earth, Kulturfyren, Stockholm
2015 — MirrorWorks, Edsviken Konsthall, Stockholm
2015 — OtherWorldly, Johan Thunberg Gallery, Älvkarleby
2014 — Being is Unfolding, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2014 — Initiations, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2013 — There’s a Crack in Everything, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2013 — What Colour is the Soul, Gallery T, Stockholm
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2020 — The Essence of the Goddess, Utsunds Center, Sweden
2019 — Primordial Shapes – re:sacralisation, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris
2019 — Sacred Arts Festival, Senlis, France
2018 — Art Capital – Délégation Suédoise, Grand Palais, Paris
2018 — Grain of Rice, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris
2018 — Magic City Art, Stockholm
2016 — Aclimatize, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2015 — Quintorganic Oscillations, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2022 — Waves of Light, Gallery 53, Stockholm
2019 — The Treasure of Your Infinite Depths, Eriks Basar, Stockholm
2018 — EarthAct; Part 1: Earth, Kulturfyren, Stockholm
2015 — MirrorWorks, Edsviken Konsthall, Stockholm
2015 — OtherWorldly, Johan Thunberg Gallery, Älvkarleby
2014 — Being is Unfolding, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2014 — Initiations, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2013 — There’s a Crack in Everything, MLG Gallery, Stockholm
2013 — What Colour is the Soul, Gallery T, Stockholm
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2020 — The Essence of the Goddess, Utsunds Center, Sweden
2019 — Primordial Shapes – re:sacralisation, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris
2019 — Sacred Arts Festival, Senlis, France
2018 — Art Capital – Délégation Suédoise, Grand Palais, Paris
2018 — Grain of Rice, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris
2018 — Magic City Art, Stockholm
2016 — Aclimatize, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2015 — Quintorganic Oscillations, Fylkingen, Stockholm
Foto: Klara Reginia Forss
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT & COLLABORATIONS
Moderna Museet, Stockholm - Art Educator within the museum’s public engagement and mediation department; Creator of dialogue-based contemplative art tours drawing on her background in expressive arts and meditation practices. Her approach resonates with the principles of Slow Art, emphasizing attention, presence and embodied perception. In 2026, she conceived and led the museum’s Slow Art Day program, including a keynote lecture, guided meditation-based viewing and workshop
Moderna Museet, Stockholm - Art Educator within the museum’s public engagement and mediation department; Creator of dialogue-based contemplative art tours drawing on her background in expressive arts and meditation practices. Her approach resonates with the principles of Slow Art, emphasizing attention, presence and embodied perception. In 2026, she conceived and led the museum’s Slow Art Day program, including a keynote lecture, guided meditation-based viewing and workshop
She has also collaborated closely with artist Jeppe Hein in the context of his exhibition at Moderna Museet, facilitating audience-based experiences and interpretive formats in dialogue with his work
Expressive Arts Institute Stockholm - Faculty member and supervisor, contributing to both Swedish and international training programs in expressive arts
Hilma af Klints Ateljé - Board member, responsible for developing programs at the intersection of art, spirituality and retreat-based format
Expressive Arts Institute Stockholm - Faculty member and supervisor, contributing to both Swedish and international training programs in expressive arts
Hilma af Klints Ateljé - Board member, responsible for developing programs at the intersection of art, spirituality and retreat-based format
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Facilitated and worked in relation to exhibitions including artists such as:
Hilma af Klint, Marina Abramović, Yayoi Kusama, Olafur Eliasson, Louise Bourgeois
CONTACT:
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