Art Exhibition: Tove Kjellmark: The Horse, the Robot & the Immeasuarble

Tove Kjellmark’s (b. 1977, Stockholm) solo exhibition The Horse, the Robot & the Immeasurable is a profound exploration of the deep, silent wisdom that horses possess and the ways they guide us—not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well. This exhibition is both a tribute to the horse as a being and a reflection on their transformative potential.

Artist’s reflections on these themes are expressed through a collection of marble and bronze sculptures, video works, and drawings, which all converge in a dialogue between the organic and the mechanical, the past and the future. In Kjellmark’s art, realistic sculpture with traditional materials, like bronze and marble, meets new technologies in the forms of robotics, artificial intelligence, various measuring devices, thermal imaging, and motion capture. Kjellmark calls it ”Another Nature”, a Nature that includes everything and all dimensions.

The emotional depth of the project is underscored by Kjellmark’s reaction to the loss of a cherished horse, a bond that she explores in the haunting video work “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They.”

Kjellmark’s works provoke reflection on our relationships with animals and machines. Horses and people have a long, multifaceted history together. The horse has been a vital companion, tool and instrument for humans for thousands of years. Kjellmark’s works challenges our anthropocentric worldview, where humans are often considered the most important entity on the planet.

Tove Kjellmark is a Swedish sculptor who works with various techniques and materials. She has exhibited in notable venues in her home country Sweden and internationally, for example in Norway, Austria and Australia. Previously, The Horse, the Robot and the Immeasurable has been exhibited at Färgfabriken in Stockholm in 2022. This is her first exhibition in Finland.

The exhibition is supported by The Finnish Heritage Agency.