WHERE THE MEMORY ROARS
/ DÄR MINNET BRUSAR /
2025
hand-knotted rya, hand-dyed wool
The memory moves, shifts, dissolves and takes on a new form. As when light changes the tone of colour, or when the wind makes the surface tremble. Thread by thread, a map of nuances and movement grows, where time unfolds in diffuse layers of colours and fibres.
Memory is never static.
The colour transitions symbolize the mutability of memory. Each rya knot is influenced by its neighbour, carrying traces of the memory’s origin. The two sides of the weave stand in contrast – light and darkness, past and present.
Memory is constantly shaped by what we choose to hold on to.
We carry different experiences from the same occurrence.
How are we shaped by the differing perspectives others hold of a shared memory?
Where the Memory Roars lies in the borderland between the tangible and the elusive
– a whisper of something that once was, or perhaps never really existed.
Special thanks to Holma-Helsinglands for sponsoring the materials!
RECONCILIATION
/ FÖRSONING /
2024
hand-tufted sculpture, hand-dyed wool
IN FLUX
/ I RÖRELSE /
2022
recycled silk, hand-dyed
/ FÄRGTERAPI /
2021
hand-knotted rya, hand-dyed recycled wool
about
Pernille Knudsen (b. 1991, Sweden) engages in a material-driven practice rooted in a dynamic process. Her approach is intuitive and exploratory, allowing creativity to unfold organically. Textiles serve as both medium and method — a site where diverse techniques enter into dialogue with volume, surface modulation, and chromatic interplay.
Positioned between chance and control, Knudsen’s works emerge through acts of negotiation, where colour functions not merely as embellishment but as a structuring force — balancing tension through contrast and unexpected harmony. Each project unfolds as an open-ended conversation between materiality, nuance and perception, guided by process, spontaneity, and a deep attentiveness to the tactile and the temporal.
education
2021-2025
Konstfack, Stockholm
Textile art and Design, BA Fine Arts
(parental leave 2023-2024)
2020-2021
Handarbetets vänner, Stockholm
Textile crafts, weaving
2015-2017
Copenhagen Academy of Fashion and Design, Copenhagen
Fashion, design, patterncutting and sewing
work
2019 - present
Pernille Knudsen
freelance designer
group exhibitions
coming:
Craftverk, Stockholm Craft Week, Stockholm, Sweden
1st - 5th of October, 2025
https://stockholmcraftweek.se/aktor/konstfack-craftverk-2025/
previous:
Silk & Soufli, Mansion Brika, Soufli, Greece
22nd - 29th of June, 2025
https://www.sia.gr/en/articles.php?tid=1160
Stockholm Creative Edition, Stockholm, Sweden
21st - 14th of May, 2025
https://stockholmcreativeedition.com/press-room/
https://stockholmcreativeedition.com/
Spring exhibtion 2025, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
14th - 23rd of May, 2025
https://konstfack2025.se/en/bachelor/ba-te/pernille-knudsen/
Here We Are, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
December, 2024
Östersjöfestivalen 2024, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
23rd - 31st of August, 2024
Siden & Soufli, Grekiska Kulturhuset, Stockholm Sweden
November, 2023
Siden, Soufli, Archives, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athen, Greece
November, 2022
Handarbetets Vänner x Brillo, Taverna Brillo, Stockholm Sweden
April - August, 2021
Mattbasar, Handarbetets Vänner Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
February - March, 2021
