BIO
English-Swedish artist (b. 1995), based in London, UK.
Zetterström’s ethereal practice spans painting, works on paper, ceramics, and performance. Her oil paintings and watercolours on paper open portals into ambiguous terrains, while her ceramics serve as artefacts gathered from within these imagined realms. Her atmospheres drift between micro and macro, into deep seas and celestial perspectives; pulsating forms unfurl in tones of blood, merging with volcanic greys, noctilucent pools resemble water, as floating branches shift into veins, awakening an uncanny sense of awe and unease.
Zetterström views painting as a spiritual act, a dance with the subconscious, exposing the soul to unseen forces. Summoning paintings from the abyss, she escapes into them, only to find her own reflection.
PRESS
Arianna Caserta and Isabelle Zetterström (interview), The Mnemosyne: inside Isabelle Zetterström's visual moodboard, Go With Yamo (online platform), 2026.
Adrian Preisler, the measure of all things (and those that are not) (press release), Apiary Gallery: London, UK, 2026.
Education:
2025 – 2026, MA Painting, Royal College of the Art, London, UK
2016 – 2018, 3D Effects for Performance and Fashion, University of the Arts London, London, UK
2015 – 2016, Fine Art Foundation, The Art Academy, London, UK
Exhibitions:
Upcoming: 2026, Pending Response, Inku Sphere, Somers Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
Upcoming: 2026, Wand in Hand, The Handbag Factory Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Territory, ESTATE, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Threshold, D Contemporary, Whiteshepherd Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Graduate Show: MA Painting, Royal College of the Art, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, SD IV — She Was Never One Body, Eastway Baths, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, At The Threshold: Latent Desire, Matt Ford Studio, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, the measure of all things (and those that are not), Apiary Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, CACHE: Existing in the Threshold, Cut The Stem, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, System At Scale, Three Rooms Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Shifting Realities, Hockney Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Resurge, Brutal Collective, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Following Fallowing, The Hangar Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Salon 0502, The Old Waiting Room, London, UK (group exhibition)
2026, Untold, AMP Gallery, London, UK (group exhibition)
2023, Lucid, Crate Walthamstow, London, UK (solo exhibition)
2022, Somethings Fermenting 3.0, Cosimo x Renegade Wine Bar, London, UK (group exhibition)
2021, North London Makers, Eade Studios, London, UK (group exhibition)
Awards:
2025, Leverhulme Arts Scholarship, London, UK
Painting Performances:
2023, Motion Flow, Crate Walthamstow, London, UK
2022, Trash Princess, Matchstick House, London, UK
Collections:
Works held in private collections in the UK, Sweden, France, China and South Korea