Miko Hornborg

My works are playful and colorful messages from another reality. They depict landscapes and spaces in the vague borderland between figurative and abstract through the medium of analog collage. Using found imagery, I build compositions that create places that never existed, landscapes that feel familiar but remain unplaceable. They are more representations of the internal than the external world, shaped by memories, intuition and happy accidents.I’m drawn to the tactile nature of collage: the physical act of cutting, layering and assembling fragments. Each piece is a negotiation between structure and chaos, control and chance. I approach my practice without predetermined goals, allowing the material to guide the process and suggest its own meanings. Being self-taught, I see collage as a democratic and flexible medium—one that allows quiet disruptions and subtle interventions. My aim is not to tell a specific story, but to open a space where multiple readings are possible—where the viewer might project their own memories, geographies or states of mind. Ultimately, I see my collages as visual echoes of something lost, half-remembered, or not yet found.