Cecilia Setterdahl
Swedish
Cecilia was born and raised in Sweden but has called a few different countries home, moving to Switzerland in 1988 and then onto Dubai in 2015 where her brand Carpets CC came to fruition.
Cecilia has exhibited professionally since 1987 across the globe, including Europe, Asia and the US, as both a solo artist and a collective. It was a natural progression to start her own studio, and alongside four other women, she opened Bellvaux 5, Neuchâtel, an Art gallery focusing primarily on bold works of acrylic on canvas.
Cecilia's initial work use gauche and oil and depicted personal and natural objects, with geometric undertones. However, over the years these geometric elements became the driving force behind her pieces, and oils were swapped for acrylics. Cecilia chooses now to create art which concentrates exclusively around bold geometric themes and which are always depicted using acrylic paints.
In 2012, inspiration struck, and Cecilia made the bold move to explore how her geometric designs could be transferred and applied to handmade carpets. This idea was how Carpets CC came to be and now allows one and all to explore Cecilia's unique designs through a unique medium, whilst bringing fine art to a new space - floors!
“My goal is to create something using different geometrical shapes, to reach balance and harmony in the picture. I like my work to say something, not always obvious, but connected to the title!”
C.V. (Resume)
EDUCATION
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Art Formation 1986-1988 Konstskolan in Stockholm 1990 Academie Maximilien de Meuron, Neuchatel, Switzerland 1999-2001 M-Art Neuchatel, Switzerland
EXHIBITIONS
1987 Exposition collective à Stockholm Sweden 1988 Exposition collective à Stockholm Sweden 1988 Exposition individuelle à Galtsjon, Ronneby, Sweden 2005 Exposition à Galarie Arcane, Neuchatel, Switzerland 2006 Exposition Atelier Has’Art Galarie Marie-Louise, Neuchatel, Switzerland 2007 Cover of <Maiden of the Titanic> Fidlar Printing, Davenport, USA 2008 Exposition Art Money Denmark 2008 Exposition collective SWEA ART, Bruxelles, Belgium 2009 Exposition collective à Galarie Arcane, Neuchatel, Switzerland 2011 Exposition collective SWEA ART, London, England 2011 Cover of <Hero of the Titanic>, USA 2011 Art Lausanne, exposition collective, Lausanne, Switzerland 2012 Espace Diamond, Swea Art Geneve, Switzerland 2012 International Art Centre Dubai, Dubai 2012 Artmoney International Thy, Denmark 2012 Artmoney Gallery Bredgade 22 Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Salon d’été Swiss Art Space Lausanne, Switzerland 2012 Swea Art Cercle Suedoise Paris, France 2013 Expo hiver Swiss Art space Lausanne, Switzerland 2013 Expo Femme Swiss art space Lausanne, Switzerland 2013 Artmoney, Gathering of the Tribes, New York 2013 Expo Swea Art Galerie Nest, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 Agora Gallery, New York 2015 Montessori School, Neuchatel , Switzerland 2016 Downtown Design Dubai 2017 AR Gallery, D3, Dubai 2017 Swedish Embassy Residence “ Swedish Surfaces” , Abu Dhabi 2017 Downtown Design Dubai 2017 Dubai Design Week 2018 Swedish Business Council Design Talk at D3 2018 Design Pier, “ True Tales” Hong Kong 2018 Dubai Index Fair 2018 Zero Nine Exhibition, Fujairah, UAE 2018 HNME-Hotelier, Dubai 2018 “ An Evening of Nordic Design”, Dubai 2018 Collaboration Concept Store, Dubai Design Week 2018 Pollete Fashion Show, The Walk, Dubai 2018 Mor Olivegården Gallary, Ronneby Sweden 2018 SWEA International Carpets CC Gallery DDD, Dubai 2019 Oman Scientific College, Muscat, “ Design Talk”, Oman 2019 Downtown Design, Dubai 2020 Art for Charity, Abu Dhabi
