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Anders Sunna (b. 1985, Kieksiäsvaara / Sápmi), based in Jokkmokk / Sápmi, is a painter, performer and installation artist and he is a Northern Sámi artist from a reindeer herding family in Kieksiaisvaara, in the Swedish part of Sapmi. Anders Sunna uses his large-scale paintings, spatial installations, and performances, which are full of incisive criticism, humor, and irreverence, to publicize social and political issues facing First Nations. Anders Sunna participated at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), at the 59. Venice Biennale (2022), among others.
He studied Fine Arts at the Konstfack College of Arts in Stockholm.

"As I grew older, I became interested in using art as a weapon in the political struggle. Imagine being able to speak all the world’s languages without saying a sound. To reach people’s hearts first and then their consciousness."
Anders Sunna

https://anderssunna.com/

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