When I moved from Sweden to the United States at the age of eight, I was dropped into an English-speaking classroom with all the confidence of a Viking without a map. Television became my first teacher, and my earliest lessons came from Happy Days and The Muppets. I eventually learned the language—though not without a few spectacular missteps that often landed me in the “timeout room.”
In those quiet hours of exile, I discovered art. Armed with library books filled with Renaissance and mythological imagery, I began drawing—using my school papers as makeshift sketchpads. Even then, myth and mischief became the foundation of my creative language.
That playful, mythic sensibility continues to shape my work today. Whether through photography, jewelry design, animation, or game design, I explore the meeting point between personal history, storytelling, and cultural mythology. My early photographic works, inspired by Swedish folklore and Norse myth, feature my parents as both subjects and collaborators. Through them, I rediscovered the rituals of play that connect generations—an exploration of memory, identity, and the tender humor of aging.
Today, my art extends beyond photography into digital worlds, jewelry design interactive narratives, and time-based media. My recent animations and games are modern mythologies—dark, playful, and morally complex. They invite viewers to laugh, reflect, and sometimes squirm, mirroring the absurdity and vulnerability of human experience.
Born in Enköping, Sweden, I am now Professor and Head of the Department of Visual Arts and Design at Tarleton State University—part of the Texas A&M University System—where I continue to merge traditional storytelling with digital craft. My work has been exhibited and screened internationally in Sweden, Japan, China, Australia, Germany, the United States, and beyond. It has been featured in numerous publications, and I served as an official photographer for Tanqueray Gin, producing commissioned work for the company as part of the Night Chicago project.
At its heart, my practice remains deeply personal. Whether through photography, Jewelry Design or game worlds, I create spaces to remember, to play, and to reflect—echoing the stories once whispered by my ancestors and retold at family tables across generations.