This is secondary although a background to who I am and what brought me to art is neccesary to get a more intimate relationship to my creative production.

I was born and raised in Sweden, in a little town north of Stockholm. Trying to find my path, whether it was to pursue my attraction to nature or the pursuit to draw what comes out of me when I´m in it was hard for some time. I tried studying Science of Forestry before turning to Economics which later brought me to the arts and the move to Prague. 

Like every other person here I have dealt with personal distress and when I went back into the arts through the lens of my camera or the edge of my charcoal pen, I found a way to face it, move forward and process life as it was happening and not what has already happened. 

Currently I am half way through my Visual Art studies at Anglo-American University in Prague. Surrounded by the art Prague has to offer I find myself inspired both by its cultural history and nature that surrounds it as well as its many talented artists like Kupka, Sima and especially Schiele who shows the intimate moments of sexuality and subconsciousness. 

In a study brought forward by Brno University in 2007, where they would measure the total mercury level and Methylmercury level in the waterways of the Czech Republic they found a significant amount in the Vltava River. Before listing amounts of mercury one should know that US EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) has set a level of mercury in fish that is safe for humans to eat. According to the Agency 0.1 micrograms per kilo of body weight is a safe level, meaning that if you weigh 60 kilos, a tolerable amount is approximately 0.6 milligrams of mercury per kilo fish. In the study by Brno University while sampling chub (Leuciscus cephalus L) an amount between 0.68 and 0.73 milligrams of Mercury per kilo was found in the Vltava river. Mercury has been found to cause nerve diseases and problems with reproduction, especially with females and miscarriage (PETA).

Another article that pollutes especially the Vltava is microplastics. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic, less than five millimeters and could come from a variety of sources. From large plastic debris that has been turned into smaller pieces to polyethylene that has its source in e.g. beauty products (NOAA). Greenpeace recently did one of their bigger campaigns, Plast je past in Prague studying and measuring the microplastics in the center of Prague and nearby locations, following the Vltava. They found out that there on average about 3.7 pieces of plastic per liter and a high of 18 pieces was measured in Labe (Greenpeace.org). Microplastics mixes with the other food sources and so through that goes into the fish digestion system where it cannot be processed and can lead to their death, especially for premature fish (National Geographic). 

Furthermore and the most threatening to the fish and us humans are the PCB or polychlorinated biphenyls levels. In a study of central European rivers including the Vltava, published by the European Union, we can see that the amount of PCB in the river that runs through Prague reaches the level of 103 ng/grams (Dioxins and PCBs in solid matter from the river Elbe, its tributaries and the North Sea, 2011). PCB in general terms a chemical used in the process and production of electronic components and hydraulic systems due to its chemical stability and heat resistance between the 1930-1980s and in 1985 they were finally extremely restricted (European Environmental Commission). The chemical is still active due to its accumulation in sediment. This man-made chemical causes cancer, mutations and infertility in both animals, fish and humans.