Artist Interviews · 18. September 2025
Time, Memory and Everyday Technology In September 2025, Finnish artist Juha van Ingen joined Circolo Scandinavo in Rome, continuing a practice that moves between video, landscape, time and augmented reality. Originally from the Finnish countryside, Juha has lived in Helsinki since 1990. The pull of both rural and urban environments remains central to his practice: “Everything has influenced my work. The countryside left me with a strong connection to forests and nature, but the city offers...
Artist Interviews · 12. September 2025
In June 2025, artists Benjamin Savi and Aia Sofia Coverley Turan joined us at Circolo Scandinavo for a residency, preparing for their exhibition at Lateral Roma.
Artist Interviews · 16. June 2020
Helinä Hukkataival, a visual artist and performance artist, has been to Circolo five times already. This time she is staying at the residency for two months.
Artist Interviews · 24. February 2020
Hemkänsla är en av de starkaste känslorna Rom väcker hos Isa Schöier. Hon tycker om att människorna är kraftfulla i sina uttryck, alla de starka känslorna lugnar ner henne och hon känner sig inte annorlunda här i Italien.
Artist Interviews · 21. February 2020
Maj-Britt Andersson har i många år forskat om målningar av Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). För en konsthistoriker är det viktigt att se målningarna öga för öga och därför ansökte hon om residens på Circolo Scandinavo, för att kunna vara nära målningarna i Rom.
10. February 2020
The Board of Circolo Scandinavo is pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Kraft (b. 1967, Sweden) as the new director starting from 1st of July 2020.
Artist Interviews · 29. January 2020
Mads Mygind first discovered Circolo Scandinavo after a trip to the Danish residency at San Cataldo. He had been down at the Amalfi Coast writing and afterwards he visited Rome for one week with his friend.
Artist Interviews · 24. January 2020
Mårten Westö besökte Rom första gången år 2004 med sin familj och han skildrar mötet med staden som kärlek vid första ögonkastet.
Artist Interviews · 08. January 2020
År 1995 hade musikern Eli Helland fått ett stipendium att tillbringa 10 dagar på Birgittagården i Falun. Hon behövde lugn och hade därför sökt sig dit.
Artist Interviews · 05. December 2019
Sakaris Stórá has always been reading a lot about Rome, specially the old history of Rome which has always fascinated him. He visited the city for the first time two years ago, 2017, at the Alice nella Cittá Film festival, where he screened his feature film Dreams by the Sea.