Works like Edward Hopper’s Morning Sun (1952), Elizabeth Okie Paxton’s The Breakfast Tray (1910) or Lucian Freud’s many portraits has inspired many, myself included. Beds in fine art context have fascinated me for years. Capturing all the the textures, folds, softness  and bringing those centuries old scenes to something new and my own is delightfully challenging and rewarding. When the real life object is captured through a painting something even more real than the place itself. The feeling of the moment has become more than a memory, something physical.  

 Beds at the first glance are something so mundane, but they are the most wonderful stages with many stories to tell. Beds are not only places to sleep but they also witness many chapters of our lives, from our very first moments till the last. It is said that on the average a person sleeps 26 years of their life. It’s a huge amount of time which we rarely count as our living experience. Moments spent and shared in beds are beautiful and unique, yet so fleeting.

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"BEDS" is a collection of paintings, installations, photobook and sketches, which each observe beds and bedrooms from a different angle. Each work is based on the artist's personal life, letting the viewer have a peek into something that is usually kept private. Themes are such as growing, mornings, nightmares, sleep issues, romance, polyamory, heart of home and hideout. 

- Alisa Malin