b. 1989, Sweden
Camilla Engström was born in Örebro, Sweden in 1989, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. A self-taught artist, after studying at Fashion Institute of Technology School in 2012, she worked as a fashion assistant in New York, but the positive response she received from posting her drawings of her alter ego, the voluptuous female figure she called ‘Husa’ (housemaid in Swedish, but chosen more because she liked the sound of the word) persuaded her to leave the fashion world behind and make art in earnest. Formerly based in Brooklyn, she later landed in Los Angeles and has divided her time between there and her homeland Sweden ever since.
In November 2024, Camilla Engström will have her sixth solo exhibition with Carl Kostyál at ART021, Shanghai. Her recent solo exhibitions include ‘NADA: Camilla Engstrom’, Carl Kostyál, NYC (2024); ‘Marfa Invitational: Camilla Engström’, Carl Kostyál, Texas (2024); ‘Market Art Fair: Camilla Engstrom’, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2023); ‘Valley of the Moon’, Over the Influence, Paris (2023); ‘Undercurrents’, Over the Influence, Bangkok (2022), ‘Mantle’, König Galerie Berlin (2022); ‘Emerging Passages’, Over The Influence Gallery, Hong Kong (2021); O‘Målningar till Mamma och Pappa’, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2021); ‘Returning Home’, Over The Influence Gallery, Los Angeles (2020); ‘Husa’s Garden’, Hilde Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); ‘Flora’, Cooler Gallery, New York (2017); ‘Faces’, Deli Gallery, New York (2016); ‘Camilla Engstrom’, Room Salon, New York (2016).
Engström’s work has been exhibited in group exhibitions including ‘Dog Days of Summer’, Timothy Taylor, New York (2024); ‘Beyond The Visible’, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles (2024); ‘Painters of Modern Life I’, Carl Kostyál, Ibiza (2023); ‘Stockholm Sessions’, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2021); ‘Gullringsbo Konstamling’, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2022); ’Rise and Shine’, Over The Influence, Hong Kong (2020); ‘Legalise Humanity’, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles (2020); ‘Spring Break Art Show LA’, Hilde Gallery, Los Angeles (2019); ‘Sweet Cheeks’, Big Pictures Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); ‘Visible Range’, Deli Gallery, New York (2017) among others.