Staffan Gnosspelius

I’m Swedish and I ride around on a bicycle. I’ve been living in London since 2002. I share a studio space in south London with 2 talented artists. I do all my printmaking at Artichoke Print Workshop, which is just around the corner from the studio. If you like printmaking you would like this place.

Drawing is at the core of what I do. Most of the time an idea starts off in the sketchbook. There it stays while it gets processed, redrawn, scrutinised and eventually discarded or developed into a print or a project. I draw for pleasure. I doodle when I don’t know what to draw. I draw when things are hard. Then the act of drawing is like a release valve to take the pressure off.

My art comes from a place of play. Not only play when I'm in a chirpy mood but in any emotion in life; from feelings of happiness to sadness and anger or frustration. My art practice helps me process these feelings. Drawing and creating artwork is a way for me to digest the world around me and the world inside me.

Besides all the art malarkey I like food.

Eating food.

Cooking food.

And growing food.

I’m the proud owner of a densely populated wormery as well as four magnificent compost heaps in the corner of an allotment. I can make a mean tortilla and I have a tendency to disregard recipes.