Kollekfive is a collective of five contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, and ceramics. Each artist develops a distinct practice, creating works that translate naturally into the screen printing process. Presented together as fine art editions, these pieces celebrate individual vision while revealing a shared exploration of abstraction, color, and form. Underlying Kollekfive’s work is the conviction that paintings are not merely visual representations but physical objects, deliberately staged to invite contemplation and engagement. Through a considered balance of material presence and visual language, the artists construct immersive experiences that invite viewers to contemplate how intention, materiality, and space converge within the act of viewing.
Troels Aagaard (DK)
Troels Aagaard (b. Copenhagen) is a visual artist who lives and works in Copenhagen. He holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2004).
Aagaard’s practice explores the spatial and sensory potential of painting through works that activate the relationship between image, architecture, and perception. His works are included in public and private collections, including Esbjerg Museum of Art and the New Carlsberg Foundation, and he has completed several permanent commissions in public space.
He has exhibited at institutions such as Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, and Gl. Strand, and has realized solo exhibitions and projects in Denmark and internationally. Aagaard was awarded a Working Grant from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2025.
From 2023 – 2025, Troels Aagaard was a board member of The Association of Visual Artists (BKF) in Denmark.
John Atherton (UK)
John Atherton studied Graphic Design at The Glasgow School of Art before moving to London, where he worked as a screen printer, designer, curator, and assistant to international artists, later completing an MA at the Royal College of Art (2017–2019). Following graduation, he was awarded the Clifford Chance Purchase Prize and selected for the Travers Smith CSR Art Programme. Atherton’s paintings and print works operate within the visual language of modern abstraction, characterised by precise compositions of colour, geometry, and surface that reward sustained looking; counter to expectation, however, this practice does not emerge directly from the traditions of abstract art but from the portraiture and commemorative imagery of anonymous 1980s school yearbooks. Stripped of covers and contextual framing, these books presented only rows of faces accompanied by names, devoid of stories, histories, or futures, compelling viewers to invent new lives and narratives for their subjects—an act of projection that continues to underpin Atherton’s approach to abstraction and memory.
Jennifer Idrizi (UK)
She is based in Lund, Sweden, where she splits her time between making art and designing homeware products and patterns for international clients. She studied at Central St Martins School of Art and The Royal College of Art in London and has exhibited her art in the US, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Vietnam and Albania.
Jennifer works with a variety of media, depending on the idea or project. Her work often explores the balance between order/chaos, nature/culture and control/freedom
Petra Lindholm (FIN)
Petra Lindholm (b. 1973, Karis, Finland) lives and works in Småland, Sweden. She studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (1996–2001) and has exhibited across Europe and the United States. Her practice centers on image-making through large-scale textile works, as well as smaller textile works on panel, where repetition, material presence, and subtle variation shape the visual experience. Her work is represented in collections including Moderna Museet, Kiasma, and several regional art museums in Sweden. She has received numerous awards and has recently completed large-scale public commissions integrating sound, sculpture, and installation.
Ida Persson (SWE)
Ida Persson lives in Ystad and works in Löderup. She holds an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Umeå ( 2014). Ida Persson’s large paintings employ a mix of architecture and illusion to communicate an ambiguous notion of power.
Her works are included in public collections such as the Modern Museum of Art, Public Art Agency, Ystad Art Museum, and Uppsala Art Museum. She was awarded the Fredrik Roos Art Grant in 2015 and the Olle Bærtling Scholarship in 2019.
Solo shows include Safeguard at ISSUES, Stockholm (2025); Stranger Walls, Borstahusen Konsthall, Landskrona (2024); Caretaker at ISSUES, Stockholm (2023); Numbness and Serenity at both Ystads Konstmuseum, Ystad (2023) and Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg (2022).
Group exhibitions include Downtown Issues 3 at ISSUES, Stockholm (2025); Downtown Issues 2 at ISSUES, Stockholm (2023); Twilight Land at Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö (2022); Portionsavund at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm (2022); Modernautställningen