Mattias Selldén »Träskalle«

Mattias Selldén himself states that he “makes dysfunctional furniture that easily could be mistaken for sculpture. Or maybe it’s the other way around?” This statement perfectly captures the playful ambiguity at the heart of his work. By calling his creations “dysfunctional,” Selldén invites viewers to question the purpose of familiar objects. His work exists in the space between sculpture and utility, where beauty and absurdity coexist.

Mattias Selldén is born in 1986 in Uppsala, Sweden, currently lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Selldén received his MA in 2019 and his BA in 2013 from Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts, Stockholm, as well as a BA from Parsons School of Design, New York in 2012.

He previously exhibited in a duo show with Thaddeus Wolfe at Friedman Benda, New York (2022), and had a solo exhibition Plastic Forrest at Kaleido Konsthantverk in Uppsala (2020). His work has appeared in group exhibitions and international design fairs, including New Narratives at Älvsjö Gård/Stockholm Furniture Fair (2023), Through The Looking Glass at Design Miami/Basel (2022), A New Realism at Friedman Benda, New York (2021), and What Would Have Been at Friedman Benda, New York (2020).