Live and let live- The Baltic Sea

A collaboration between the Swedish artist Charlotte Nicolin and Innovation Culture Europe (ICE)

This exhibition gives a positive angle on the much debated subject the Baltic Sea. The exhibition will show how it actually still can be in the future– if an effort is made.

Today’s reality looks more like:
Excessive nitrogen and phosphorous, oil spills and hazardous substances and other wastes, invasive alien micro organisms introduced via ships’ ballast water or hulls, overfishing and the destruction of some species’ habitats by human activities…This leads to eutrophication, intensified algal blooms, murky water, oxygen depletion and lifeless sea bottoms which all have strong impacts on biodiversity…

The good news is that marine dead zones are reversible. This is what we will pay attention to in the exhibition and show what a beautiful, living Baltic Sea would look like, through, for example, paintings, photographs, installations and a film. This project will also show what you and I can do to change today’s situation.

The idea is to exhibit in public places, like the ground floor of a business building, in a shopping center or a train station. The important thing is that it is a good spot where a lot of people are moving.

At the moment the idea is to collaborate with two more creators from the countries around the Baltic Sea; Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany, Denmark. Which means that there will be in total three creators work presented in the exhibition; probably it will involve a photographer, a film creator and of course Charlotte Nicolin, painter.

Charlotte Nicolin

This energetic Swedish artist has been creating her colourful and popular paintings for over 25 years. After getting a solid education in art in Sweden, Nicolin has lived in the US, Germany and Canada. Presently she lives in Paris, France. In 1998 she co-founded Nicolin & Gublin, a dedicated permanent showcase for her spectacular art. This is now a recognized Montreal gallery, serving both as a boutique and wholesale distribution center for her originals, limited editions and decorative items bearing her artwork. Her art revolves around nature, using her characteristic macro perspective vision, mixing lots of humor with a bold and graphic expression. She has worked with groups protecting endangered species and promoting biodiversity. Most recently the survival of life in the Baltic Sea is what has caught her full attention.

Read more about Charlotte on her site www.charlottenicolin.com