Risk & Reward
Danelle Bergstrom divides her time between Hill End in NSW and the islands of Åland in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
Article by Kirsty McKenzie for Australian Country, 2023.
ABC Arts: The Art Show Radio Interview
Danelle Bergstrom was recently interviewed by ABC Arts for their radio program ‘The Art Show’ hosted by Rosa Ellen.
Trying to reconnect with her Swedish roots and grieving the death of her son, painter Danelle Bergstrom set sail for a remote Baltic island where she swapped her dry bush landscapes for seawater and new terrain. Discussing her dual life in Sweden and Hill End, Bergstrom details the life of an artist who lives and works overseas, her work often exploring the Swedish landscapes.
Layered Landscapes: Danelle Bergstrom
Danelle Bergstrom was featured on ABC's Landline in a segment produced by art documentarian Catherine Hunter.
Discussing her practice and the influence of the Hill End landscape on her work, Hunter interviewed Bergstrom at her Hill End studio while painting a series of works which formed part of her exhibition Entwined, on display at Arthouse Gallery in Sydney in March 2023.
Danelle Bergstrom Paints Tarja Halonen, 1st Female President of Finland
Article by Annika Kullman for Ålands Tidningen.
‘Rakastuin uudestaan elämään’
‘I fell in love with life again…’
Interview with Tyyne Pennanen for Finnish magazine ANNA.
Havet brusar i Önningebymuseets sommarutställning
‘The sea roars in the Önningeby Museum's summer exhibition’.
Ålands Radio interview with Ann-Christine Karlsson.
Danelle Bergstrom: Artist Profile Issue 36
We spoke to Danelle Bergstrom in her Chippendale studio before she flew to Göteborg for a Konstepidemin residency, on offer to 20 international artists annually, spending the summer on one of the Åland Islands in Finland.
Story by Chloe Mandryk for Artist Profile Magazine (Australia).
Long Road Home
As an artist renowned for expansive Australian landscapes, it makes perfect sense for Danelle Bergstrom to be living in Hill End, the picturesque former goldrush town in NSW’s central west that has long inspired painters.
Story by Tracey Prisk for Country Style Magazine (Australia)