Siiri Jüris, Galleri Duerr, 2025
Galleri Duerr, located in Stockholm’s vibrant gallery district at Hudiksvallsgatan 6, is a contemporary art space owned and directed by Deborah Duerr. The gallery presents a diverse range of Swedish and international artists, working across mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, and performance art.
During Stockholm Art Week, Galleri Duerr presents Siiri Jüris’ second exhibition with the gallery, entitled To Melt into Your Soil and Sprout as a Flower. This new body of work focuses on coexistence in both the content and medium of her works. Can painting, which has historically been considered a symbol of high culture, exist in symbiosis with the possibilities that artificial intelligence and digital technology provide? Jüris has said that she started using digital tools and artificial intelligence by asking the question of whether and how they could affect her manual work process. Curiosity led her to conduct her first experiments a few years ago. One can find bodyscapes, mystical worlds of her own and distorted perspectives in Jüris’s technically professional and eye-catching works. At first glance, it may even be difficult to understand what one is seeing. Some works have been made by hand, others modelled using 3D printing. The title of the exhibition expresses aptly how artificial intelligence and digital tools can merge into traditional painting and sprout from the seed as something completely new. During the week the artist herself will be present at the gallery. More information to follow.
Siiri Jüris (1992) is an Estonian painter currently living and working in Uppsala, Sweden. She holds a BA and MA in Painting from the University of Tartu (2015, 2017) and an MFA from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (2021). Her paintings are created through an intuitive, slow, and layered process, in which the acrylic material is treated as an active agent, allowing unexpected forms and patterns to emerge. She uses the vibrancy and dullness, fluidity and transparency of the acrylic to create a strong visual experience, combining classical painting techniqueswith arts and crafts and post-internet aesthetics.
Opening hours during Stockholm Art Week:
Tuesday – Friday: kl. 11.00–18.00
Saturday: kl. 12.00–16.00