Daniel Götesson (1978), known as EKTA, is a Swedish artist, currently based in Gothenburg.
"EKTA works across numerous mediums, encompassing drawing, collage, painting, sculpture, textile, large wall works, animation, performance, installation, and music. His practice is characterized by a willingness to take bold risks, both in its literal sense as well as artistically. In the context of where he makes his work and in his ongoing investigation into new materials and visual language.
When discussing his work, EKTA emphasizes the importance of failure as a way of moving forward, and challenging established structures. This subversive nature of his work, comes through both in his process and use of materials as well as in his imagery, ranging from pure abstraction to combining formal elements with figurative elements, often appropriating patterns, symbols, iconography and figures in outlines or as colored silhouettes."
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FASS, 2019EktaEkta, FASS, 2019€ 520.30
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Stabber, 2019EktaEkta, Stabber, 2019€ 520.30
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Drop figure, 2019Ekta
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Duckie, 2019Ekta
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Head 1, 2019Ekta
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Hex, 2019Ekta
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Head 2, 2019Ekta
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Rope, 2019Ekta
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No one figure, 2019Ekta
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Rose, 2019Ekta
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Special figure, 2019Ekta
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Untittled 2, 2019EktaSold
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Untittled 1, 2019EktaSold
SOLO SHOWS | EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES
2021
Untitled, Maket / Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2020
Tack Vare På Grund Av, Hamnmagasinet, Varberg
When Is, Alice Gallery, Brussels
2019
Everything You Don't Have To Do, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
What It Do, Katrineholms Konsthall, Katrineholm
2018
Interrupting Myself, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam
WASHWASH, Industrigatan 12, Stockholm
A Feeling Itself, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
I Can't Help You, Tegn Artspace, Jyderup
2017
Non + Figuration, Ronneby Konsthall, Ronneby
No Chorus, Nevven, Gothenburg
2015
Failures & Unknowns, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2012
Self-Contained, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
Community, Krets, Malmö
2011
Structures & Figures, Nexus Gallery, Reims
Untitled, Trollhättans Konsthall, Trollhättan
2010
Untitled, Galleri Lars Bolin, Östersund
Heaps, Nordhems konst, Gothenburg
2009
Untitled, Värmlandskonstfrämjande, Karlstad
Foggy Notion, Rojo Maquina, Madrid
GROUP SHOWS | EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS (selection)
2021
Flysch #2, SC Gallery, Bilbao
2020
Herd Group Show, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
Exposé 2020, Linköping, Linköping
Out Of The Blue, Slika Galerie, Lyon
2019
Mini Galerie, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
Graffuturism, Mirus Gallery, Denver USA
RARO, Delimbo Gallery, Madrid Spain
Flat Earth Trap, Slika Gallery, Lyon
Easter groupshow, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
Wall Between, SC Gallery, Bilbao
2018
18-XCI, Alice Gallery, Brussels
Eddys Room, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
Avanzamento Progressivo, Fuorisalone, Milan
Joy Of Destruction, Galerie 42B, Paris
Realms II, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon
2014-2017
Lilla Göteborg, Raum Vollreinigung, Berlin
A LOT A LOT, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
Unexpected Territory, Nevven, Gothenburg
Collage II, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam
Strange Cities, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens
Suffering, Sundsvalls Konstförening, Sundsvall
Mapping The City, Sommerset House, London
Artmosphere Biennale, Moscow
Dear Bedfellows, Dear Painting, Fullersta Gård, Stockholm
2005-2013
Collage, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam
Mynningsladdare, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
Bang On The Beet, Watdafac Gallery, Madrid
Vacation, Penthouse Gallery, Baltimore
Out of Sth vol.3, BWA Gallery, Wroclaw
Family Show, Good Press Gallery, Glasgow
Live Action Festival, Världskultur Museet, Gothenburg
Live Painting, Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund
Tandragee Man, Market Place, Armagh
Salon Schwarzenberg, Neurotitan gallery, Berlin
Battlefield 6.0, Röda sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
Från Hällristning Till Graffiti, Mimershus, Kungälv
Friends Of The Endless Journey, Grasshut Gallery, Portland
Cocido Madrileno, Rojo Maquina Gallery, Madrid
Art Trek, Mekanik, Antwerpen
Homemade Jam, Festival, Northern Ireland
Brand New Second Hand, Galleri Oro, Gothenburg
