Diana Orving
Nebulae
18.10 - 29.11 2025

Suspended between gravity and release, ”Nebulae” unfolds as a large-scale textile sculpture, echoing the drifting forms of cosmic clouds — celestial bodies of dust, gas, and light where stars are born. Composed of hand-dyed, translucent materials in shifting shades of purple, lavender, and blue, the work breathes with an alchemical presence, its forms hovering as if caught in a moment of becoming.

The spectrum of purple — from deep violet to pale lavender — holds centuries of symbolic weight. It speaks of transformation, spirituality, and the threshold between matter and ether; it carries the depth of night and the promise of dawn. Like the nebula itself, the work exists where chaos and creation meet — reaching, resisting, never still.

Drawing on the vast language of the cosmos, Nebulae suggests that the forces shaping stars are not unlike those shaping us: slow, unseen, and profoundly transformative. A silent ecstasy. A firework unseen.

Diana Orving (b. 1985) is a Swedish artist working primarily with textile sculptures. Based in Stockholm, Orving has exhibited internationally at Carvalho Park (New York), Tempesta Gallery (Milan), and Singer Laren Museum (The Netherlands), among others. In Sweden, her work has been shown at Galleri Arnstedt, Artipelag, the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the Museum of Textiles in Borås, Varbergs Konsthall, Sven-Harrys Konsthall, Liljevalchs, and Nässjö Konsthall.