Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1988, now lives and works in Malmö, Sweden, after some years in Brussels and Berlin subsequently his Masters Degree in 2018, Emil Carlsiö works with painting at the intersection of abstraction and figuration, focusing on the relationship between color, form, and composition. Through an installation-like process, each work relates to the others in a recurring flow of images and symbols. Drawing inspiration from flags and digitally rendered natural environments, the paintings exist between the natural and the digital. The works are conceived as portraits of events, referencing film posters and book covers, and aim to convey a narrative rather than a single still image.