Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Ana Cláudia Almeida, ektor garcia, Thea Ekström »Mark Makers«
Stockholm, November 07, 2025 - December 20, 2025
For Gallery Weekend Stockholm, Galerie Nordenhake presents a three-person exhibition featuring Ana Cláudia Almeida (BR), ektor garcia (US), and Thea Ekström (SE). Marking their Swedish debut, Almeida and garcia, two groundbreaking artists from Brazil and the United States, offer fresh insights into Ekström’s intriguing and historically overlooked practice.
Ana Cláudia Almeida, ektor garcia, and Thea Ekström each explore the thresholds between memory, materiality, and transformation. garcia’s tactile sculptures entwine ancestral labor, craft, and identity into compelling physical forms —his first institutional solo exhibition in the U.S. opened in October at the San José Museum of Art. Almeida’s canvases, which often dissolve into sculptural extensions, have recently drawn critical acclaim: she was highlighted by New York Magazine as “one of six female artists making major solo debuts this fall,” ahead of her New York debut at Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Thea Ekström’s haunting compositions, characterized by biomorphic forms and dreamlike symbolism, remain under-recognized despite her active engagement in the Stockholm, Paris and New York scenes in the sixties through eighties, the most prolific decades of her production. This exhibition invites to rediscover Ekström’s work, refracted through the practices of Almeida and garcia.
Artist Ana Cláudia Almeida in conversation with curator Emily Fahlén on the occasion of MARK MAKERS a group exhibition with Ana Cláudia Almeida, ektor garcia, and Thea Ekström at Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, November 8, 2025.
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Ana Cláudia Almeida, Brinco de princesa, 2025, oil pastel on paper, overall dimensions 91 x 124 cm, 35 7/8 x 48 7/8 in, each 36 x 28 cm, 14 1/8 x 11 in, framed 42 x 35 cm, 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in
ektor garcia, nera, 2019, glazed terracotta, copper wire, 54 x 20 x 20.5 cm, 21 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 8 1/8 in
ektor garcia, nera, 2019, glazed terracotta, copper wire, 54 x 20 x 20.5 cm, 21 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 8 1/8 in
Thea Ekström, 19 VII 66, 1966, oil on panel, 43 x 78 cm, 16 7/8 x 30 3/4 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Thea Ekström, 27 VIII 65, 1965, oil on panel, 48 x 87 cm, 18 7/8 x 34 1/4 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Ana Cláudia Almeida, Mouth watering, 2025, oil pastel and acrylic medium on cotton fabric, 90 x 85 cm, 35 3/8 x 33 1/2 in
Ana Cláudia Almeida, Mouth watering, 2025, oil pastel and acrylic medium on cotton fabric, 90 x 85 cm, 35 3/8 x 33 1/2 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Ana Cláudia Almeida, Lust explained, 2025, oil pastel on paper, 114 x 97 cm, 45 x 38 in, framed 120 x 104 cm, 47 1/4 x 41 in
ektor garcia, totemico, 2019, glazed terracotta, 77 x 16 x 16 cm, 30 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in, (EKG00045)
ektor garcia, arabesque, 2019, glazed terracotta, 67 x 17 x 17 cm, 26 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in
ektor garcia, figurina nera, 2018–2019, glazed ceramic, cast aluminum, 33 x 30 cm, 13 x 11 3/4 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Thea Ekström, 28 V 66, 1966, oil and lacquer on panel, 56 x 47 cm, 22 x 18 1/2 in
Thea Ekström, 28 V 66, 1966, oil and lacquer on panel, 56 x 47 cm, 22 x 18 1/2 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Thea Ekström, 18 IV 62, 1962, oil and lacquer on panel, 64 x 94 cm, 25 1/4 x 37 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Ana Cláudia Almeida, Whirlwind, 2025, oil pastel and acrylic medium on cotton fabric, 200 x 140 cm, 78 3/4 x 55 1/8 in
Installation view, Mark Makers, Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2025
Tied up, 2025, oil pastel, acrylic medium, cotton fabric, plastic, wood, acrylic, Frame 76 x 76 x 2 cm, 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 3/4 in, overall height 182 cm, 71 5/8 in
Tied up, 2025, oil pastel, acrylic medium, cotton fabric, plastic, wood, acrylic, Frame 76 x 76 x 2 cm, 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 3/4 in, overall height 182 cm, 71 5/8 in
Thea Ekström, 3 VI 65, 1965, oil on panel, 59 x 96 cm, 23 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
ektor garcia, senza titolo, 2019, terracotta, 5 elements (16 elements), smallest dimension 47.5 x 18.5 x 17.5 cm, biggest dimension 89 x 38.5 x 18 cm
