Arvida Byström (b. 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in ideas that deal with the internet and its social, aesthetic and commercial implications. She is known for employing a hyper- feminine aesthetic to explore themes concerning the complexities of femininity, identity, body image, social dynamics, emerging technologies and economic principles through primarily photography, performance and sculpture work.
By her early teens, Byström was publishing stylized portraits of herself on social media platforms, effectively foreshadowing the communicative power of the selfie. The following years saw her evolve into somewhat of a proxy for a young generation cultivating their identity, expression and influence on predominantly image-based social platforms. Her early understanding of the internet and its aesthetic and communicative pervasiveness led to an artistic practice perfectly adept at deconstructing and theorizing its language.
Previously based in London and Los Angeles, and now living and working in Paris, Byström travels in an aesthetic universe of disobedient bodies, fruits in lingerie, tulips and AI sex dolls. Her photography, performances and sculptures have been shown in various international institutions, including V&A London and Tate. Last year her work In The Clouds was featured as one of the most defining projects of the year by Art News.
Selected Solo Exhibition: 2025: „Who’s Your Daddy?“, OK Linz, Linz, Austria; 2025: Arvida Byström, „Wink“, PLUS-ONE Projects; 2023: Weltgeist - curated by Bjorn Stern, Galerie Kandlhofer; 2018: Inflated Fiction, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden; 2018: Cherry Picking, Gallery Kranjcar, Zagreb, Croatia; 2018: Chef Picking, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden; 2018: Frenemy, Absolut Art Bar, Stockholm, Sweden; 2014: Wifi or wife, Bon Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden;
Selected Group Exhibition: 2025: „Model Collapse“, Vienna Digital Cultures Festival, Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria; 2023: „…And that’s only (half) the story“, PLUS-ONE Projects; 2021: Mixed Pickles 9, Ruttowski;68; 2020: A WOMEN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE, BlackBook Presents; 2020: Me, Myself and I, BIP, Liege, BE; 2020: Better Off Online, Ars Electronica, Online & Linz, AT; AT; 2020: No True Self, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, AU;
PLA plastic, acrylic paint, print on aluminum, UV coating
Arvida Byström (b. 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in ideas that deal with the internet and its social, aesthetic and commercial implications. She is known for employing a hyper- feminine aesthetic to explore themes concerning the complexities of femininity, identity, body image, social dynamics, emerging technologies and economic principles through primarily photography, performance and sculpture work.
By her early teens, Byström was publishing stylized portraits of herself on social media platforms, effectively foreshadowing the communicative power of the selfie. The following years saw her evolve into somewhat of a proxy for a young generation cultivating their identity, expression and influence on predominantly image-based social platforms. Her early understanding of the internet and its aesthetic and communicative pervasiveness led to an artistic practice perfectly adept at deconstructing and theorizing its language.
Previously based in London and Los Angeles, and now living and working in Paris, Byström travels in an aesthetic universe of disobedient bodies, fruits in lingerie, tulips and AI sex dolls. Her photography, performances and sculptures have been shown in various international institutions, including V&A London and Tate. Last year her work In The Clouds was featured as one of the most defining projects of the year by Art News.
Selected Solo Exhibition: 2025: „Who’s Your Daddy?“, OK Linz, Linz, Austria; 2025: Arvida Byström, „Wink“, PLUS-ONE Projects; 2023: Weltgeist - curated by Bjorn Stern, Galerie Kandlhofer; 2018: Inflated Fiction, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden; 2018: Cherry Picking, Gallery Kranjcar, Zagreb, Croatia; 2018: Chef Picking, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden; 2018: Frenemy, Absolut Art Bar, Stockholm, Sweden; 2014: Wifi or wife, Bon Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden;
Selected Group Exhibition: 2025: „Model Collapse“, Vienna Digital Cultures Festival, Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria; 2023: „…And that’s only (half) the story“, PLUS-ONE Projects; 2021: Mixed Pickles 9, Ruttowski;68; 2020: A WOMEN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE, BlackBook Presents; 2020: Me, Myself and I, BIP, Liege, BE; 2020: Better Off Online, Ars Electronica, Online & Linz, AT; AT; 2020: No True Self, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, AU;
