Kaja Stumpf
Kaja Stumpf's detailed, zoomed-in compositions, derived from her family album creates an intimate but impactful visual evocation that triggers an interplay of personal and collective memories. Stumpf's work delves into the intricacies of memory and emotion, examining how selective recollection serves as a mechanism for navigating personal history and identity.
In her exploration of childhood and identity configuration, she is also drawn to the use of inversion as an expression, a deliberate play with colour, reveals the layered complexity of memories and emotions, inviting viewers to reconsider the narratives that shape their understanding of the past. Transforming our experience of colour, Stumpf opens a gateway to alternative interpretations of familiar scenes, suggesting the fluidity and multiplicity of personal experiences.
Stumpf’s paintings adopt an altered palette to challenge conventional perceptions.
Kaja Stumpf (b. 1987, Norway) lives and works in London. Stumpf’s work examines memory, self-representation, and the mind-body connection. She explores the idea of selective memory and cognitive bias as a means of self-preservation, and through painting, she visualizes the rumination of potential scenarios between past and present. Utilising staged images and the photographic family archive, she crops the scene and alters the colours to create a sense of delayed familiarity.